A 77-year-old attorney from Florida, who represented three neighbors in a failed lawsuit against their homeowners association, has spent nearly two months in jail after refusing to reveal the identities of two clients who filed suit anonymously.
Bruce Burtoff was taken into custody on March 4 and held at the Orange County jail on a contempt of court order, according to court records.
The court order specifies that he may be released at any time if he provides the names, addresses, and phone numbers of the anonymous plaintiffs, who withheld their names from the suit for fear of retaliation from their neighbors, according to WKMG-TV…