i want to run it by mark geragos. the famed criminal defense attorney and cnn legal analyst.er words, here's what i'm thinking. if the statute of limitations has run in a criminal context but someone has an opportunity to sue him civilly, it could remove the opportunity from him to plead a fifth amendment. i can't answer your question, because the lapd is out there investigating me. does that make sense to you? >> it does make sense in a sense. because, look, i don't know, the lapd has got enough to do. i don't know why they would be out there investigating. >> have you ever heard of such a thing? >> no, frankly, i haven't. they've got the right in cases where there is no statute of limitations, if it's a murder case, theft of public moneys, things like that. there is no statute of limitations. if it was a life top case, no statute. but in this case, there is clearly a clearly-defined ten year statute in california. number one, they know it. and if it's older than ten years, and the case itself would have already expired, they can't revive it with a new statute of limitations

. >> mark geragos, state community, does that equal federal community? you have the federal government investigating. >> no, it does not. there's all kinds of complex issues as to whether or not they can use the grand jury testimony. generally, they don't. they're not able to. the fact remains the feds, my prediction, is will not step in on this. i just don't think they're going to do it. >> why? >> part of the problem they've got is because it's already run through a grand jury once. you've locked in the witnesses, testimony, the immunity that was given to the various officers would make it a problem now if they tried to use those officers again and frankly, this whole thing, i think, was from the beginning. when they realized it was going to be this particular d.a. in this particular borough and he was going to use the grand jury and there were calls for a special prosecutor. look, i'm no fan for the special prosecutor. but i think at the time, that was when the guy was cast. there's a real problem. i hate to say it, but it isn't just in the african-am

with me now to talk about that is cnn legal analyst mark geragos. thanks, mark, for coming in. >> my pleasure. >> you know mr. singer what's he like? >> i know the description is accurate. i don't know if i would go so far as to say warm and fuzzy. we've worked with each other and opposed each other. >> so his strategy at first seemed to be to say these women's allegations were ridiculous and to malign their characters. is that a good strategy? >> well, look, he's in a very difficult spot. he has a client who is out there and doing interviews and then going silent in the middle of the interview. most people are going to see that and think "that's indicative of somebody who's guilty." so if he has to deal with that, there's that constant b-roll going out there and the normal way to defend this case is to attack the people, why they waiting, things of that nature. the interesting thing that i'm seeing here that just rings somewhat true is, you know, i represented kesha against another powerful hollywood type and you see -- you hear the same stories. th

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