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- Linda Fairstein was born on May 5, 1947 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Final Jeopardy (2001), The Real SVU (2018) and Hardcover Mysteries (2010). She has been married to Michael Goldberg since September 2014. She was previously married to Justin Feldman.
- SpousesMichael Goldberg(September 2014 - present)Justin Feldman(May 2, 1987 - 2011) (his death)
- Oversaw the prosecution of the "Central Park Five" in 1990. She was portrayed by actress Felicity Huffman in When They See Us (2019), a Netflix miniseries inspired by the controversial rape case.
- Chief of the sex crimes unit of New York City's prosecutors' office in Manhattan for over 20 years.
- Lead prosecutor in the so-called Preppy Murder trial of Robert Chambers.
- Was the inspiration for fictitious prosecutors Kelly McGillis in The Accused (1988) and Greta Scacchi in Presumed Innocent (1990)
- Favorite songs: "What's Love Got to Do With It" by Tina Turner, "Desperado" by Linda Ronstadt, "The Tracks of My Tears" by Smokey Robinson.
- The latest arrest of Robert Chambers doesn't surprise me. I always believed his problem with drugs and alcohol would get him in trouble again. He's had the opportunity in prison to detox and take college courses, to straighten out his life, but that clearly is of no interest to him. He's learned nothing in the last 20 years. [Interview with The New York Daily News, October 2007]
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