David Lee Pettus, who has been sued several times in Harris and Fort Bend counties over the alleged theft, had also been under investigation by the State Bar of Texas with a trial set for this fall, according to multiple accusers.

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In this photo taken April 14, 2020 and released by Melanie Wang, Zhang Zhan eats a meal at a park during a visit to Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of "picking fights and provoking trouble," one of her lawyers said. (Melanie Wang via AP)BEIJING – A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of “picking fights and provoking trouble,” one of her lawyers said. He said the court did not ask Zhang whether she would appeal, nor did she indicate whether she would. In the early days of the outbreak, authorities reprimanded several Wuhan doctors for “rumor-mongering” after they alerted friends on social media.