Lawyer Selwyn Pieters says he鈥檚 no longer representing Sen. Don Meredith, who has been asked to resign by his fellow senators over his sexual relationship with a teenaged girl.

鈥淭hat was one of the shortest and most hectic retainer I have ever taken on in my legal career. 鈥� feeling thankful,鈥� Pieters wrote on Twitter.

He said that another lawyer had been retained 鈥渨ith my blessing, to handle this very important and public interest matter.鈥�

On March 9, Senate ethics officer Lyse Ricard about Meredith鈥檚 sexual relationship with the teenager, referred to only as 鈥淢s. M.鈥� The relationship began when she was 16 years old and Meredith was 48, and lasted about two years.

Ricard said Meredith 鈥渄rew upon the weight, prestige and notability of his office, as well as his relative position of power as a much older adult, to lure or attract Ms. M, a teenager who, by virtue of her age, was necessarily vulnerable.鈥�

Pieters defended Meredith on CTV鈥檚 Power Play last week, saying that 鈥渘othing improper happened. It takes two to tango.鈥�

The Toronto-based lawyer said Meredith may have been the victim of institutional racism over his relationship with the teen.

鈥淏lack people in public places and in highly visible public jobs are invariably taken down,鈥� Pieters said. 鈥淭hey鈥檙e portraying him as a sexual predator, and historically that is how people look at black men: as hypersexual, as sexual predators, as thinking with their penis as opposed to their heads.鈥�