Ex-Playmate getting new lawyer after allegedly smuggling Canadian boyfriend into US
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A federal judge in Syracuse granted Colleen Shannon's request to drop her lawyer. (AP)
A former Playboy Playmate wants a new lawyer to defend her against charges that she tried to smuggle her Canadian boyfriend across the border into New York last summer.
The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that a federal judge in Syracuse granted Colleen Shannon's request Tuesday to drop her lawyer and hire a new one.
The 34-year-old Los Angeles resident's trial on illegal immigrant smuggling charges was scheduled to start this week. A new start date hasn't been set.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Shannon and her boyfriend, Robert Skojo, were arrested in August in Fort Covington, N.Y., after federal agents said he entered the U.S. illegally. Officials say Skojo has a criminal record in Canada.
Shannon was the centerfold for Playboy's 50th anniversary edition in 2004. She now works as a disc jockey.