Journal photo/ Kathy Borchers
Lawyer Richard Nicholson is interviewed as he leaves the apartment at 58 River St in West Warwick.
WEST WARWICK, R.I. -- A lawyer representing the family of Mikhail "Misha" Allakhverdov, who has been linked to one of the men suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings, said Monday that Allakhverdov had been cooperating with authorities and had answered all the questions asked of him.
Atty. Richard Nicholson spoke briefly about 12:30 p.m. Monday to a group of reporters who had gathered outside Allakhverdov's River Street apartment, following the publication Sunday of an interview with Allakhverdov in The New York Review of Books.
That story said that Allakhverdov confirmed that he had known one of the alleged bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, but denied any role in the marathon bombings.
Nicholson said Allakhverdov's elderly parents, who live with him in the River Street apartment, were upset when reporters showed up Sunday night outside the apartment. The media group had grown to more than 20 by Monday morning.
"This is a trying time for Yuri and his family," Nicholson said, referring to Allakhverdov's father.
Nicholson said he was there to calm their anxiety.
"I told them to go about their normal business," he said.
Nicholson also said he expected that authorities would complete their review of Allakhverdov soon.