A Manhattan judge refused to set bail last week for a lawyer who fled to Canada after being accused of paying underaged girls for sex. James Colliton was later captured in an East Village hotel. Judge Daniel FitzGerald stated he would not risk freeing someone who had already tried to flee. Colliton, a lawyer formerly with Manhattan firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, has pleaded not guilty to a 43-count indictment involving allegations he had sex with three underaged girls, including two sisters.
October 02, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.com
A Manhattan judge refused to set bail Thursday for a lawyer who fled to Canada and was captured later in an East Village hotel after he was accused of paying underaged girls for sex.
State Supreme Court Justice Daniel FitzGerald denied a bail motion filed by lawyers for James Colliton, 43. The judge ordered him to remain in jail without bail, saying he would not risk freeing someone who had already tried to flee.
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