In a vigorous defense of a veteran prosecutor, the Manhattan district attorney's office on Friday accused the defense in the Gigi Jordan case of concocting a "histrionic and contortionist fantasy" of prosecutorial misconduct in a "desperate attempt to shift blame" away from the defendant.

The defense promptly responded that it is the prosecution, not the defendant, engaging in a blame-shifting exercise in a case that has grown toxic with scandalous allegations and insinuations.