Artists facing legal issues should hire professional counsel rather than attempting to handle legal matters on their own.

“Call your lawyer, man. Don't Don't Don't try to handle it. Don't try to handle it on your own, man. Not to say this happened. Not to say this happened. But at the end of the day, I know it gets frustrating, and dealing with lawyers Listen, I've spent over a million dollars on lawyers.”

Steve Silverman asserts that his client's criminal actions were the result of extensive brainwashing by cult leadership.

“there's no question she was brainwashed”

Public defenders and some private attorneys are often overwhelmed or ineffective, and the constitutional right to counsel does not guarantee effective representation.

“In the constitution, right? Like you know you have you have uh um the right to have an attorney doesn't say you have a right to have an effective attorney, right?”