WATCH: Attorneys discuss sexual assault lawsuit against Don Lemon

On Thursday, attorneys Arthur Aidala and Mark Eiglarsh had been friends on Megyn Kelly’s present on SXM, the place the legal professionals mentioned the ramifications and doable validity of the sexual assault accusations against CNN’s Don Lemon.

Criminal protection lawyer Eiglarsh and trial lawyer Aidala dived deeper into Lemon’s upcoming assault trial. Lemon has made headlines for taking goal at unvaccinated Americans, calling the pool “silly” that ought to be “left behind.” Lemon additionally stated the unvaccinated do not need to take part in society.

Lemon additionally argued that the case of Gabby Petito and the next nationwide consideration the case has garnered are proof of widespread racism within the United States. According to critics, Lemon gleefully reported on the sexual midsconduct scandal involving now ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY).

Kelly described Lemon’s sanctimous on-air persona, saying that he’s “trying to tell us what bad people we are, night after night.” Kelly went on to state that she considers Lemon to have been “credibly accused of sexual assault.”

She stated that the witness who introduced the case against Lemon makes the lawsuit “worthy of serious thought and consideration.”

The host detailed the alleged incident on July 15, 2018, which occurred at a pub in Sag Harbor, within the Hamptons. The accuser, 38-year-old bartender Dustin Hice, went to Murf’s Backstreet Tavern the place he noticed Lemon and supplied to purchase the CNN anchor a drink. Hice requested for 2 “lemon drops,” vodka-based cocktails.

Lemon declined the supply at first, Kelly stated. He informed Lemon that he was heterosexual and never attempting to hit on him, which the CNN newsman took offense to it and interpreted the transfer as flirting, Hice claimed.

Hice alleged that Lemon approached him, put his fingers down his personal board shorts, rubbed himself aggressively, “his penis and whatever else was down there.”

Lemon then “shoved his index and middle fingers in [the] Plaintiff’s mustache and under [the] Plaintiff’s nose,” in response to Hice’s swimsuit.

Hice additional alleged that Lemon requested after the nonconsensual maneuer if he favored “p***y or d**k?” And he stored repeating, “P or D? P or D?” Hice claimed Lemon stated it three or 4 instances. “Whoa man, what the hell?” Hice stated he reacted.

“What do you think is going on here?” Kelly requested the 2 friends, each of whom are consultants in civil litigation. Eiglarsh and Aidala each supplied barely totally different takes on the incident, however agreeing that there is a sturdy chance the allegations are true and {that a} case against Lemon would prosper in courtroom.

Aidala went on to level out that it could possibly be a possible “money-grab” situation given the alleged six-figure talks a couple of monetary settlement, though the deal by no means appeared to materialize. The lawyer advised there is likely to be a “ring of truth that something along those lines had to have happened.”

A supply near Lemon stated Hice’s camp contacted the CNN host’s legal professionals and demanded $1.5 million in alternate for not submitting the swimsuit, the New York Post reported. Lemon refused as a result of he did nothing unsuitable, the supply stated.