Plastic Surgeon Who Represented Himself in Trial Convicted of Killing Attorney in Law Office Bathroom
Prosecutors said surveillance, DNA and cellphone evidence tied Kosowski to Cozzi’s disappearance, and Judge Joseph Bulone later found him guilty.
- On Wednesday, Judge Joseph Bulone found former plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski guilty of first-degree murder in the 2023 death of Largo attorney Steven Cozzi. Kosowski waived his right to a jury and represented himself throughout the trial.
- Cozzi disappeared from Blanchard Law on March 21, 2023, while representing defendants in a civil lawsuit against Kosowski. Tensions escalated after witnesses reported Kosowski confronted Cozzi months earlier, calling him a 'scumbag'.
- Detectives recovered Cozzi's blood in Kosowski's truck, garage, and the law firm's bathroom. Despite surveillance footage showing a man wheeling a cart, Kosowski argued the state's theory was 'physically impossible' due to weight and logistics.
- Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for Kosowski. Judge Bulone appointed special counsel for the penalty phase after Kosowski refused to present mitigation arguments, despite the defendant's objection to any assistance.
- Although investigators tracked Kosowski's phone to a dumpster hauled to a Collier County landfill on March 23, 2023, a three-day search yielded no results. Cozzi's remains have never been recovered.
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Tomasz Kosowski faces a life sentence with no possibility of parole or the death penalty
Plastic surgeon who insisted on repping himself found guilty of murdering attorney — now faces death penalty
Tomasz Kosowski, 47, was convicted Wednesday for killing lawyer Steven Cozzi, 41, in the bathroom of his Clearwater, Florida, office, and disposing his body in a dumpster near a highway in March 2023.
Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski refused legal representation and represented himself in court for the murder of attorney Steven Cozzi. Although the victim's body was never found, the judge found him guilty of first-degree murder. He will now decide on his sentence, as Kosowski faces life in prison or the death penalty.
Florida Plastic Surgeon Convicted of Murdering Attorney Who Vanished From Blood-Soaked Office
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For Lauren del Valle, CNN Tomasz Kosowski sat alone every day at the defense table, dressed in the orange prison uniform and rubber sandals with socks. In a rare fact and practically unprecedented in a case that could carry the death penalty, Kosowski was represented as
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