Scott Rothstein's attorney says it isn't easy seeing his client. The South Florida Ponzi king is in protective custody at an undisclosed location after helping prosecutors nab an alleged Sicilian Mafioso. Marc Nurik, Rothstein's defense attorney and former partner, said he has to make special appointments with the U.S. Marshals Service to see Rothstein and can't get legal documents to him easily.
U.S. District Judge James Cohn noted inactivity in the case with sentencing set for May 6 and prompted attorneys on both sides Wednesday by setting an April 30 deadline to file sentencing memoranda. Nurik quickly responded with a request to delay sentencing, and the Fort Lauderdale judge reset it for June 9.
Others in the South Florida legal community warn against treating the date as a certainty for determining whether Rothstein will spend the rest of his life in prison for masterminding a $1.2 billion scam, the largest in Florida history.
The U.S. Attorney's Office has a lot riding on keeping Rothstein under wraps, attorneys say.
He knows where all the bodies are buried, whom he duped and who may have cooperated with him in bilking investors in his lawsuit settlement financing scheme.
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Rothstein Lawyer Says Protective Custody Hinders Case, Requests Sentencing Delay
Boo-hoo!
ReplyDeleteDoes he want his client killed because he knows too much?
Boo hoo is right. I think that says it all!
ReplyDeleteThis guy's a real gem. What a shame it would be if the Mafia found him.
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