BOSTON — Imprisoned former Fall River mayor Jasiel Correia II filed a motion Thursday with a Boston federal judge seeking to reduce his prison sentence, claiming that his defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, attempted to extort money from him and take a 20% portion of ownership of Correia's now-defunct app company SnoOwl. 

“He’s a liar,” said an impassioned Reddington, a highly revered defense attorney in the region. “And by the way, 20% of nothing is nothing.” 

Reddington said he only learned of Correia’s accusations against him on Thursday morning, after the request for early release was filed at federal court. 

Correia authored the 26-page court filing. He is currently incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution Ashland in eastern Kentucky, a low-security prison with a minimum-security satellite camp that houses 1,313 male inmates.

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