Phony Lawyer In Jail Sex Ruse

DECEMBER 21--Tiffany Gwen Weaver isn't a lawyer, she just plays one at the Baltimore jail. The 29-year-old woman is facing felony charges for allegedly forging documents so she could assume the identity of a Maryland lawyer. Why did she need to make it seem that she was attorney Amanda Sprehn? Because, investigators charge, Weaver pulled the ruse last month so she could get into the Baltimore City Jail and have sex with an inmate named Jason Moody. According to a District Court charging document, a copy of which you'll find below, Weaver presented herself to prison officials as Moody's attorney, showing them a business card with Sprehn's name and a corresponding ID card seemingly issued by the Maryland State Bar Association. Weaver's legal visit with Moody, 31, was interrupted by jail guards who noticed that the supposed lawyer was having sex in a visiting room with her purported client (who's doing 30 years for manslaughter). As first reported by the Baltimore Examiner's Luke Broadwater, the real Sprehn, 28, was on maternity leave when her law firm received a letter informing them that the attorney was caught having sex with an inmate. After investigators met with the real Sprehn, they determined the ID proffered by Weaver was fake. Neither Sprehn nor her law firm has represented Moody. Sprehn told the Examiner she had no idea how Weaver latched into her identity. 'I certainly feel like a victim,' she said. 'My reputation is at stake.' Weaver is facing forgery, fraud, and false use of government identification counts, among other charges. (4 pages)