Crime & Safety

Prosecutors: Dominic Barbara Choked Girlfriend

Celebrity lawyer arrested in Williston Park.

Famed lawyer Dominic Barbara tried to choke his girlfriend at has Wiliston Park home, authorities said.

Barbara, whose clients have included Massapequa residents Joey Buttafuoco and Jessica Hahn, was busted at the home Sunday night at 11 p.m.

The couple were arguing and Barbara "put his hands around the victim's neck and applied pressure," according to court papers.

Barbara was charged with obstruction of breathing and was released on his own recognizance, following his Monday morning arraignment.

It's not the Garden City City-based lawyer's first brush with the law.

In December, he was charged with allegedly attempting to extort $200,000 from his ex-wife.

In March he was arrested for allegedly stealing a woman's purse.

Barbara represented Buttafuoco in the aftermath of his affair with Wantagh-born teen Amy Fisher. He also represented Hahn a church secretary linked to a sex scandal involving televangelist Jim Bakker.


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