An attorney for a private investigator who called Costa Mesa police to report Mayor Pro Tem Jim Righeimer as a possible drunk driver said Friday that he doubts charges will be filed.
"From what he's said, he has nothing to hide," attorney Tony Kimbirk said of his client.
Kimbirk is representing Menifee-based private investigator Chris Lanzillo in Orange County Superior Court proceedings that will determine what evidence seized by authorities can be used by the Orange County district attorney and what falls into the category of attorney-client privilege.
Kimbirk said Lanzillo often receives assignments to investigate people but works within the parameters of the law.
Lanzillo has said he was hired to tail politicians in Costa Mesa but has not revealed who hired him.
"He does what's legal," Kimbirk said.
Also represented in the court proceedings Friday was Dieter Dammeier, a founding partner in the law firm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir.