Criminal Plague

She was one of New York’s most powerful attorneys, until the truth started to bleed through the cracks.

Following her harrowing 2019 interview with Cole King, Michelle Hartmann finally tells her story. But this isn’t a tale of redemption. It’s a confession without remorse.

For over two decades, Hartmann manipulated the justice system to serve her ambition. She blackmailed, extorted, harassed, and bribed her way to courtroom victories. Keeping murderers, predators, and criminals on the streets. Among them was Emily Cannister, a child killer Michelle helped walk free, giving her the opportunity to take even more innocent lives.

In Criminal Plague, Hartmann sets out to dismantle the rumors that she built her empire through fraud and privilege, by replacing them with the cold, calculated truth. From her rise in law to her ruthless strategies behind closed doors, to her eventual disbarment and personal unraveling, this is the raw, manipulative, and self-serving autobiography of a woman who never cared who she destroyed, as long as she won.

Dark, emotional, and disturbingly revealing, Criminal Plague is not just the story of a disgraced lawyer, it's a look into the heart of unchecked power, and the damage one person can do when justice is just another game.