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That was Robert Gold, a former federal prosecutor whom a colleague described as having “just two gears: sleeping and tearing into red meat.” Gold wasn’t sure how much fight the old man had in him Links of London Bracelets, and he told Cohen, “If you want a lawyer who will push papers around and ultimately capitulate, you should find someone else,” according to someone in the room.
“I’m the guy who fights.” “Bobby,” Robert Cohen croaked, “I want you to fight him and fuck him.” HIGHFLIERS There was no hint of the conflict to come on the warm, hazy day in June 2007 when a cavalcade of limousines glided up to Central Synagogue in midtown Manhattan for Claudia Cohen’s funeral Links of London Charms. It was the kind of A-list event that Cohen herself might have covered in her days as one of the city’s preeminent gossip columnists: The boldface names in the crowd included Donald Trump, Jon Bon Jovi, and Calvin Klein.