Tag: White Collar Crime

Newark, NJ, Mayor Sharpe James, Who is Charged with Misuse of Campaign Funds, says Black People ‘Have No Justice in New Jersey’

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Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James at Mayor Steven Fulop 2nd Annual Jersey City Prisoner Reentry Conference "The Prisoner's Story" at St. Peters University in Jersey City, NJ 4/2/15 (William Perlman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com) Former Newark Mayor Sharpe James at Mayor Steven Fulop 2nd Annual Jersey City Prisoner Reentry Conference “The Prisoner’s Story” at St. Peters University in Jersey City, NJ 4/2/15 (William Perlman | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)

Calling the New Jersey Supreme Court and other state officials “mere pawns” of Gov. Chris Christie, former Newark Mayor Sharpe James on Wednesday railed against the court’s decision to not hear an appeal over his use of campaign funds to pay legal expenses in a criminal probe.

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Donald Sterling Says Ex Sidepiece V. Stiviano Illegally Forged His Name To Cop $1.8 Million Dollar Home

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V. Stiviano sits with Ex-Clippers owner, Donald Sterling at a Clippers NBA game in 2011. Photo: Associated Press/Danny Moloshok

Recordings that cost Donald Sterling ownership of the Los Angeles Clippers could cost the woman he was dating the fortune in gifts he lavished on her.

Snippets of the conversations recorded by V. Stiviano were played Wednesday as a lawyer for Sterling’s wife explained why the former girlfriend should return more than $3.6 million the billionaire gave her in gifts that included a duplex, Ferrari, jewelry and designer clothes.

Stiviano manipulated and deceived the 80-year-old to give away community property that belongs to Shelly Sterling, his wife of nearly 60 years, attorney Pierce O’Donnell said in Los Angeles Superior Court. Continue reading “Donald Sterling Says Ex Sidepiece V. Stiviano Illegally Forged His Name To Cop $1.8 Million Dollar Home”