BL146 – While Bear Lawyer had only ever held a passing acquaintance with Knut, he nevertheless sympathizes with the young celebrity’s short and tragic life. Abandoned by his mother and predeceased by both his brother and his handler/adoptive father, Knut attempted to hold it all together for the adoring crowds at the Berlin Zoo, even as news of his tumultuous (and incestuous) relationship with Giovanna von München drew recommendations for chemical castration from animal rights activists. A turbulent life followed by a mysterious death—truly, Knut proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that the gilded cage of life in the public eye is nothing to be envied.