LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An attorney who briefly represented the suspect accused of killing two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, gave a window in the defense, calling the case "unusual from the beginning, Fox59 reported Thursday.

Richard Allen, 51, is accused of killing Abigail "Abby" Williams and Liberty "Libby" German in February 2017 near Delphi's Monon High Bridge.

Andrew Baldwin and Brad Rozzi — Allen's court appointed counsel — stepped away from the case minutes before a hearing in October of last year after allegations evidence was leaked not once but twice from attorney Baldwin's office. And graphic crime scene pictures were leaked by a former employee of Baldwin.  

Bill Lebrato was appointed to represent Allen as Baldwin and Rozzi fought to get back on the case. During an interview with Fox59 this week, he expanded on the current defense team's theory, including their belief that Abby and Libby's deaths may have been part of a ritualistic sacrifice by a cult.

"There are people that follow this Odin religion," Lebrato said. "There are people that were very brazen at the time of the murders on their Facebook accounts about being part of this Odinistic cult. Whether they're responsible, I don't know. I don't want to get into what our legal defense theory would've been because I don't want to hinder the current attorneys."

The Indiana Supreme Court issued an order last month that allowed Baldwin and Rozzi to be reinstated as Allen's lawyers. Now that they're back on the case, they are trying for a second time to get Gull removed. In fact, they recently filed a new motion to get Gull removed, claiming he insisted they withdraw from the case following those leaks. 

According to court records, Gull was prepared to publicly shame Allen's attorneys for incompetence and gross negligence if they didn't quit the case.   

In the affidavit filed Monday, the attorneys cite 19 different reasons why Gull should be removed. They claim she violated Allen's right to a fair and speedy  trial and is biased against them.

The lawyers also want Allen moved, claiming he is unnecessarily "shackled like Hannibal Lecter" at the Wabash Valley Correctional Facility. But prosecutors said Allen is being treated better than any other inmate, and allegations made by the defense are misleading.

The legal back-and-forth is stalling the case. The trial was supposed to start this month, but now isn't set to start until October.

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