Trudeau: Judge Wants Me in Jail Again
June 3, 2010 by admin
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Judge Dismisses Trudeau Contempt Conviction
May 21, 2010 by admin
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May 21, 2010
ABC News
Author and infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau will not have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for contempt of court.
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Infomercial King Avoids Jail Time for E-mail Deluge
May 21, 2010 by admin
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May 21, 2010
Chicago Sun Times
It’s a jail sentence they don’t want him to serve.
Infomercial king and best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, who markets his products as things “They don’t want you to know about,” won’t have to serve a 30-day contempt of court jail sentence because a federal appeals court threw the sentence out Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman had ordered Trudeau to spend 30 days in jail for urging his followers to deluge Gettleman with e-mails as the judge prepared to make a key decision in a Federal Trade Commission case against Trudeau.
That shut down the judge’s BlackBerry and clogged his e-mail inbox in February. Most of the 300 e-mails were “polite and enthusiastic,” the appellate court noted, but some had “threatening overtones.”
“This was an attempt by Mr. Trudeau to harass, intimidate and influence the court,” Gettleman said at the time. But the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the penalty and sent the case back to the judge.
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Court Spares Infomercial Pitchman From Jail
May 20, 2010 by admin
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May 20, 2010
ABCNews.go.com
An appeals court in Chicago has ruled that an infomercial pitchman won’t have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his supporters to flood a federal judge’s e-mail inbox.
The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals dismissed Kevin Trudeau’s contempt of court conviction on Thursday. It says a judge cannot find a defendant in contempt on the spot and without a hearing unless the offending action occurred in the presence of the judge.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman found Trudeau in contempt after his computer and BlackBerry were jammed with e-mails from Trudeau’s supporters. Gettleman argued that a contempt ruling was appropriate because his computer was part of his court.
The judge has overseen a long-running legal battle between Trudeau and the Federal Trade Commission.
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Infomercial Pitchman Avoids Jail
May 20, 2010 by admin
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May 20, 2010
KWQC.com
An appeals court in Chicago says infomercial pitchman and author Kevin Trudeau won’t have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his supporters to flood a federal judge’s computer with e-mails.
The appeals court on Thursday dismissed Trudeau’s contempt of court conviction, saying an act of contempt must occur in the presence of the judge.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman had found Trudeau in contempt after his computer and BlackBerry were both jammed with e-mails from Trudeau’s supporters.
The appeals court disagreed with Gettleman’s finding that Trudeau had in effect committed contempt in the presence of the judge because the computer was a part of his court.
Trudeau has been fighting a battle with the Federal Trade Commission before Gettleman.
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Infomercial Pitchman Avoids Jail
May 20, 2010 by admin
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May 20, 2010
CBS2Chicago.com
An appeals court in Chicago says infomercial pitchman and author Kevin Trudeau won’t have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his supporters to flood a federal judge’s computer with e-mails.
The appeals court on Thursday dismissed Trudeau’s contempt of court conviction, saying an act of contempt must occur in the presence of the judge.
U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman had found Trudeau in contempt after his computer and BlackBerry were both jammed with e-mails from Trudeau’s supporters.
The appeals court disagreed with Gettleman’s finding that Trudeau had in effect committed contempt in the presence of the judge because the computer was a part of his court.
Trudeau has been fighting a battle with the Federal Trade Commission before Gettleman.
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No Jail, Contempt For TV pitchman Trudeau
May 20, 2010 by admin
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May 20, 2010
TheUSDaily.com
A federal appeals court in Chicago threw out a 30-day jail sentence and contempt citation for television pitchman Kevin Trudeau.
Thursday’s ruling by a unanimous panel of the U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a February ruling by a federal district judge, who had scolded Trudeau for inciting fans to flood the judge’s e-mail with testimonials.
Trudeau has long battled federal regulators over his marketing of “cures” for such things as disease, memory loss, obesity and financial distress.
The case is Federal Trade Commission v. Trudeau, U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 10-1383.
