Cohen styles himself as a "courtroom pugilist" who has also represented basketball star Dennis Rodman and rapper Earl Simmons, better known as DMX.

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Van Winkle insists that the incident that led to his arrest is a "misunderstanding" and has been "blown out of proportion."

Cohen touted Van Winkle's charity work. He was named Wellington's "Outstanding Citizen of the Year" last year for his community service. Just days after his arrest, he visited a disabled child in Palm Bay to help build a therapeutic pool.

Yesterday, he presented two awards at the Palm Beach International Film Festiva's Student Showcase.

In recent years, he has starred on the DIY Network show "The Vanilla Ice Project," in which he and his entourage buy, fix up and resell Palm Beach County homes. The home that police say he burglarized is near one of the homes being fixed up for his show.

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Former Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman talks to her daughter, Wandrea ArShaye "Shaye" Moss, a former Georgia election worker, after she testified before the U.S. House Select Committee at its fourth hearing on its Jan. 6 investigation on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/TNS)

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