Judge Finds Former Tarpon Springs Plastic Surgeon Guilty of Killing Largo Lawyer
Prosecutors said surveillance, DNA and cellphone evidence tied Kosowski to Cozzi’s disappearance, and Judge Joseph Bulone later found him guilty.
- On Wednesday, Judge Joseph Bulone found former plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski guilty of first-degree murder in attorney Steven Cozzi's 2023 death. Kosowski waived his jury trial right and represented himself throughout the proceedings.
- Steven Cozzi disappeared from Blanchard Law on March 21, 2023, while representing defendants in a civil lawsuit brought by Kosowski. Tensions escalated after witnesses reported Kosowski confronted Cozzi months earlier, calling him a 'scumbag'.
- Detectives recovered Cozzi's blood in Kosowski's truck, garage, and the law firm's bathroom. Despite surveillance footage showing someone wheeling a cart to a vehicle, Kosowski argued the state's theory was 'physically impossible' given the weight and logistics.
- Prosecutors are pursuing the death penalty for Kosowski. Judge Bulone appointed special counsel for the penalty phase after Kosowski refused to present mitigation arguments, despite the defendant's insistence he needed no assistance.
- Investigators tracked Kosowski's phone to a dumpster hauled to a Collier County landfill on March 23, 2023, but a three-day search failed to recover Cozzi's body. The attorney's remains have never been found.
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Plastic surgeon who insisted on repping himself found guilty of murdering attorney — now faces death penalty
Tomasz Kosowski, 47, was convicted Wednesday for killing lawyer Steven Cozzi, 41, in the bathroom of his Clearwater, Florida, office, and disposing his body in a dumpster near a highway in March 2023.
Plastic surgeon Tomasz Kosowski refused legal representation and represented himself in court for the murder of attorney Steven Cozzi. Although the victim's body was never found, the judge found him guilty of first-degree murder. He will now decide on his sentence, as Kosowski faces life in prison or the death penalty.
Florida Plastic Surgeon Convicted of Murdering Attorney Who Vanished From Blood-Soaked Office
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For Lauren del Valle, CNN Tomasz Kosowski sat alone every day at the defense table, dressed in the orange prison uniform and rubber sandals with socks. In a rare fact and practically unprecedented in a case that could carry the death penalty, Kosowski was represented as
Steven Cozzi remembered as ‘vibrant and full of life’ after Kosowski’s guilty verdict as judge weighs death penalty
A judge found Tomasz Kosowski guilty of murdering Steven Cozzi, then heard emotional testimony from Cozzi’s family as the case moved into the penalty phase.
‘What if that evidence was planted?’: Pro se surgeon claimed prosecution’s theory of murder was ‘physically impossible’ — minutes before being convicted
CLEARWATER, Fla. (Court TV) — A plastic surgeon repeatedly described prosecutors’ theory of his case as “physically impossible” on Wednesday, urging a judge to acquit him of murder charges less than an hour before the judge came back with a conviction. Tomasz Kosowski delivers his closing argument on Sept. 23, 2026. (Court TV) Tomasz Kosowski, 47, acted as his own attorney as he stood trial on a charge of first-degree murder in the death of Stev…
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