Dispute over lawyers postpones trial for Kelly Ryan, Craig Titus
LAS VEGAS A dispute about who will represent former fitness queen Kelly Ryan will postpone the Las Vegas trial for Ryan and her bodybuilder husband, Craig Titus.
Ryan's attorney -- Craig Denue (De NEW') is characterizing Ryan as a battered wife who did whatever Titus wanted.
Another lawyer -- Michael Cristalli -- wants to represent Ryan, and he denies the abused spouse allegation.
Cristalli says Ryan and Titus should mount a joint defense and face trial together against murder charges in the December 2005 slaying of Melissa James.
James' body was found in the back of Ryan's burned-out Jaguar sedan off a southern Nevada highway outside Las Vegas.
Clark County District Court Judge Jackie Glass has ruled that Denue should remain Ryan's lawyer.
But her ruling is being appealed to the Nevada Supreme Court -- and the judge acknowledged yesterday that'll push back the trial date from next month to sometime later this year.
