(WHTM) — In 2016, once-prominent local defense attorney Karl Rominger was sentenced to at least five years in prison for stealing $800,000 from his clients to feed a gambling addiction.

It’s been five years and Rominger is now a free man. He sat down with abc27 to talk about his crime, his time behind bars and what’s next for him.

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Our exclusive interview with Rominger airs on abc27 News at 11 Tuesday. Watch the video above for a preview.

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