The lawyer representing Mayor Ed Murray in a child sex abuse lawsuit asked a state judge to fine the accuser's lawyer over the unconventional way he communicates about the case with Murray's legal team and the media.

In a motion filed in court today, Murray's attorneys, Bob Sulkin and Malaika Eaton, argued that Lincoln Beauregard, who is representing Murray's accuser Delvonn Heckard, has been violating conduct rules by filing letters with the court intended to grab media attention, which they claim is an improper purpose. The motion, signed by Eaton, claimed that Beauregard filed letters, subpoenas, and other documents before actually sending them to Murray's lawyers. Eaton cited a subpoena filed by Beauregard's firm yesterday, which alleges a cover up of a police response to Murray's home last summer. Eaton claimed those allegations are false but are now included in the court record because of the subpoena.

She also cited another subpoena and three other letters, which she says contained "inappropriate tone," adding that the tone "hardly paints the legal system in a good light." Eaton says the tone in Beauregard's correspondence—which contained lines like, "The world will be reading your letters, and see that you cannot be civil"—violated the court's rules of professional conduct.

Beauregard argues his actions do not violate any rules of conduct.

"They are trying to intimidate us and prevent you from getting the truth," Beauregard said in an email to The Stranger today.

In a letter to Sulkin filed in court today, Beauregard wrote that Sulkin has a "reputation of being nasty."

"If it was not clear enough," Beauregard wrote to Murray's attorneys, "we have elected to file all relevant information, in part, hoping that it would cause you to be civil and focus on the merits. Thus far, we have been unsuccessful. You really should focus your efforts on defending Ed Murray, and not attacking our law firm."

Sulkin and Eaton did not specify the amount they believe Beauregard should be fined, but wrote that it should be enough to "deter future inappropriate conduct."

In a civil lawsuit filed April 6, 46-year-old Heckard alleged that Murray raped and molested him over multiple years, paying him $10 to $20 for sex while Heckard was a teenager and Murray was in his 30s. Two other men who are not involved in that lawsuit—Jeff Simpson and Lloyd Anderson—have made similar allegations against Murray. Both Simpson and Anderson say they knew Murray from a group home in Portland where Murray worked and that he sexually abused them as teenagers. Later, after Simpson and Murray each moved to Seattle, Simpson says the abuse continued here at an apartment Murray lived in on Capitol Hill. Heckard says Murray abused him at that same apartment. Murray has denied the abuse allegations. He admits he knew Simpson, but has denied ever meeting Heckard.

In an interview Monday, Beauregard said Sulkin and Eaton's complaints about his court filings are an attempt to intimidate him, "and that's wrong." Asked if he had used the same strategy of posting correspondence with his opponent's counsel to the court file in the past, Beauregard said he had. He didn't give specific examples, but invited The Stranger to look through his case history.

Since news broke about the allegations, Murray's team has claimed Beauregard and the firm he works for have political motivations. Beauregard denies the accusation, but acknowledges his style is unorthodox.

"I know that my personal litigation style and lifestyle is rather unfiltered," he said. "I'm not the type of lawyer who's going to come out in a suit and do a press conference and have my tie all tight."

"My client wants the truth out there," Beauregard added, "and if anyone wants to question my and [my colleague Julie Kays'] methods, look at our results."