Jersey Shore's 'The Situation' Loses Attorney In Tax Evasion Case

First, he allegedly didn’t pay his taxes.

Then, ”The Situation” reportedly didn’t pay his attorney who was supposed to defend him against the tax evasion accusations.

Either way, it’s a pretty sticky situation for Michael Sorrentino of “Jersey Shore” television fame who lost his attorney, Richard J. Sapinski of the Newark law firm Sills, Cummis & Gross, just as he was supposed to go on trial next week on charges he failed to pay his taxes, according to News12.

Sorrentino, 34, of Manalapan and his brother, Marc, were supposed to go on trial on charges that they failed to pay all of the taxes due on $8.9 million in income they earned from promotional activities from 2010 through 2012, according to The Asbury Park Press.

Sapinski was granted permission to withdraw from the case. Now, the trial is postponed so that Michael Sorrentino, who reportedly made up to $150,000 an episode for the six-season MTV reality series “Jersey Shore,” get a new lawyer, according to the report.

He has been given until Oct. 14 to address the “situation,” according to court documents. In court papers filed June 24, Sapinski said he had entered into a fee agreement with Michael Sorrentino but “to date, Mr. Sorrentino has not been able to meet the obligations of the fee agreement, and there is no reasonable expectation that he will be able to do so,” according to the report.

During the summer, Sorrentino asked U.S. District Court Judge Susan Wigenton to appoint him a taxpayer-funded attorney because he could not pay for one himself, a request Wigenton rejected, NJ.com reported.

“I definitely need some time to find an attorney because I really don’t have much left in the bank,” Sorrention told Wigenton, NJ.com reported.

Marc Sorrention was assigned a court-appointed attorney in June after he told authorities he had no savings, The Record reported. The brothers were scheduled to stand trial in September, but that will likely be pushed back past October now that Michael Sorrention must hire a new attorney.