Lawyer Says Max B is Not Involved in Killing, But Witness is a Prostitute and a Liar

In an effort to taint the jury pool, or plead their case, rapper Max B and his attorney Gerald M. Saluti presented their side of the case, saying Max was not involved in the murder of David Taylor way back in Sept. 2006.

The attorney says the prosecutor's star witness Gina Conway, a former girlfriend of Max B, "was high on Extasy and drunk on Henny", the night this murder went down and she was the only person involved, not his client. She took a plea deal this week and could face up to 18 years prison. The case against Max B goes to court in APril.

The backstory goes like this:
Prosecutors say Max B was the mastermind behind an elaborate plot to rob two Florida businessmen who were flashing large amounts of money around New York City in recent days. Allan Plowden and his partner David Taylor, both of South Florida, came to Jersey in early Sept. looking to upgrade the sound systems on their respective vehicles. While staying at a Holiday Inn in Fort Lee, NJ, the two men linked up with two Bronx residents named Julio Cruz and Edward Blancaneaux, who in turn hatched a plot to rob the two big spending out-of-towners. At some point, Cruz and Blancaneaux arranged a meeting with one Gina Maria Conway of the Bronx, an alleged prostitute and girlfriend of Wingate. With no knowledge of the plot already set in motion by the two Bronx men, Conway devised a separate scheme to rob Taylor and Plowden, and enlisted the help of her boyfriend Wingate. Meanwhile, Cruz and Blancaneaux had separately hired two other Bronx prostitutes, Maite Castro and Gisselle Nieves, to help them get close to the two targets. On Sept. 22, at about 3am. Conway and an associate of Wingate, Kelvin Leerdam, entered Plowden’s hotel room at the Fort Lee motel and found him with Nieves. Leerdam pulled a gun on Plowden and tied up Nieves, placing her in the bathroom. After Plowden claimed he had no cash in the room, the gunman ordered him to call Taylor, who was in his own room with Castro, and tell him to come to the room. When Taylor arrived, Leerdam shot him in the head killing him. Leerdam and Conway made off with $800 and a Rolex watch, but did not find $30,000 in cash that the men had hidden in one of the rooms. On Friday, Wingate, Conway and Leerdam were charged with felony murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. Cruz, Blancaneaux, Castro and Nieves were charged with conspiracy to commit robbery. Plowden was himself charged with money laundering and possession of identity theft equipment.

Got it?

Well, watch Max B's lawyer plead his case in the court of public opinion. Plus, wanna know who bailed Max B out of jail? It's all revealed.