Disgraced celebrity accountant Kenneth Starr faced up to 15 years behind bars but got lucky-he'll serve about five. Jacob Bernstein reports from the courtroom, where Starr's victims spoke out against the light sentence.
In the end, Kenneth Starr caught a break.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Ponzi King's Clients Dish
Instead of jail time that could easily have run 10 to 15 years for defrauding investors and putting millions of dollars into shell companies, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Wednesday opted for leniency, arguing essentially that victims of the disgraced celebrity accountant, such as Uma Thurman, Lauren Bacall, Neil Simon, Denise Rich, and Jim Wiatt, were rich and did not go broke as a result of his fraud scheme.
Scheindlin sentenced Starr to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release thereafter.
Outside the courtroom, moments later, Starr's lawyer Flora Edwards explained to the former moneyman's teenage children...
In the end, Kenneth Starr caught a break.
Related story on The Daily Beast: The Ponzi King's Clients Dish
Instead of jail time that could easily have run 10 to 15 years for defrauding investors and putting millions of dollars into shell companies, U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin on Wednesday opted for leniency, arguing essentially that victims of the disgraced celebrity accountant, such as Uma Thurman, Lauren Bacall, Neil Simon, Denise Rich, and Jim Wiatt, were rich and did not go broke as a result of his fraud scheme.
Scheindlin sentenced Starr to 90 months in prison and three years of supervised release thereafter.
Outside the courtroom, moments later, Starr's lawyer Flora Edwards explained to the former moneyman's teenage children...
- 3/3/2011
- by Jacob Bernstein
- The Daily Beast
American actress Joan A. Stanton has died at the age of 94.
The star, best known for voicing Lois Lane in 1940s radio show The Adventures of Superman, passed away on Thursday in New York after suffering an intestinal blockage, according to her daughter Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
Stanton, real name Louise Abrass, began her career as a model and stage actress before finding fame as a radio star, voicing roles on crime drama Perry Mason and the Superman series. She also went by the name of Joan Alexander.
Stanton is survived by her daughter Stanton Hitchcock, her son Tim Stanton, and a grandson, reports the New York Times.
The star, best known for voicing Lois Lane in 1940s radio show The Adventures of Superman, passed away on Thursday in New York after suffering an intestinal blockage, according to her daughter Jane Stanton Hitchcock.
Stanton, real name Louise Abrass, began her career as a model and stage actress before finding fame as a radio star, voicing roles on crime drama Perry Mason and the Superman series. She also went by the name of Joan Alexander.
Stanton is survived by her daughter Stanton Hitchcock, her son Tim Stanton, and a grandson, reports the New York Times.
- 5/25/2009
- WENN
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