Less than three weeks before the start of his Aspen trial on 30 fraud-related charges, alleged scam artist Peter Frommer has gotten some breathing room — and, he says, a new lawyer.

At an all-day hearing yesterday, Judge James Boyd agreed to postpone Frommer’s May 27 trial date. Frommer’s current lawyer, public defender Garth McCarty, said Frommer had reached an agreement with a private defense lawyer who would represent him only if given enough time to prepare for the trial. That means no trial on May 27, no trial this summer, and probably no trial until October or November.

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