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What did ‘Staircase’ lawyer David Rudolf think of the HBO Max drama’s final episode?

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As Antonio Campos developed his idea for making a dramatized version of the Michael Peterson murder case, the man who defended Peterson — Charlotte attorney David Rudolf — says he tried to be as helpful to the process as possible.

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Lawyer praises HBO show’s owl theory depiction, but says the rest of it is for the birds

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — For years, Charlotte defense attorney David Rudolf has imagined a scenario in which Durham business executive Kathleen Peterson died not at the hands of her husband, but at the talons of a barred owl — and it’s a scenario he has famously described as “pretty persuasive and…

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Is 'The Staircase' a true story? What the HBO show gets right and wrong

Just how true is this true crime drama? We break down what 'The Staircase' on HBO Max gets right and wrong about the real life story.

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Michael Peterson’s real-life attorney calls HBO series’ big twist ‘completely unfair’

After viewing the first episode of HBO Max’s “The Staircase,” Charlotte attorney David Rudolf — who defended Michael Peterson in the real-life murder case depicted in the dramatized limited series — was interested to watch the inspired-by-true-events show unfold.

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‘I was literally shocked’: the true story behind new TV drama The Staircase

The confounding, and unsolved, case of a man accused of killing his wife that inspired a landmark docuseries has led to a star-studded new crime drama

The Guardian - US

Truth about Netflix's The Staircase murder revealed - killer owl or evil husband

Sky’s new drama The Staircase is about the gruesome and suspicious death of Kathleen Peterson in December 2001.

Daily Record

How accurate is HBO’s ‘The Staircase’? Not very, argues Charlotte attorney David Rudolf.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- As he prepares to dive into the first episode of HBO Max’s “The Staircase,” David Rudolf takes a deep breath.

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Truth about The Staircase murder exposed - deadly owl or killer husband

Sky's new drama The Staircase is about the death of Kathleen Peterson in December 2001, with her husband Michael Peterson among the theories over who or what was responsible for such

Daily Mirror

‘The Staircase’: Colin Firth breaks bad as a real-life liar, cheater and possibly killer

In this well-written HBO Max series, the good-guy actor expertly plays a duplicitous man whose discovery of his wife’s body casts suspicion on him and divides his family.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘It’s the tip of the iceberg’: shining a light on the horror of wrongful convictions

In his book American Injustice, criminal defence lawyer David Rudolf looks at abuses of power and corruption that have put innocent people behind bars

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