Former Public Prosecutor Stevan Pavleski withdrew as lawyer for disgraced Special Prosecutor Katica Janeva.

Pavleski represented Janeva in her initial hearing, when she was ordered into a month long detention on the charge of extorting money from a businessman who she was prosecuting.

His hiring drew scrutiny, as Pavleski also defends Cvetan Pandeleski, who was reportedly one of the businessmen Janeva extorted money from. Pavleski also defends a political appointee who Janeva is also prosecuting.