Paul Ceglia, who claims to own half of Facebook, has now gone through eight lawyers in his crusade against the social networking giant.
The ex-wood pellet salesman lost his latest lawyer, Dean Boland, after federal agents arrested Ceglia last week for allegedly defrauding Facebook.
But Boland says he dropped the case for his own "personal reasons" and not because he believed Ceglia had scammed Mark Zuckerberg's empire, Reuters reports.
Boland didn't elaborate on those reasons, but he has had his own legal woes in the past, according to Reuters.
A day after making an appearance for Ceglia in October 2011, a federal judge ordered Boland to pay $300,000 to two minors whose images the lawyer allegedly altered to make it look like they were engaging in lewd conduct. That judge said Boland used the images to defend clients on child porn charges, Reuters reported.
Boland did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment on Wednesday morning.
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