Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal Thursday wiped out contempt charges against a Dubai businessman who failed to pay nearly $2 million in legal fees to South Florida and Brazilian attorneys.

In an opinion authored by Judge Thomas Logue, the appellate court reversed orders of contempt and writs of bodily attachment issued against Azzan bin Abdulla Al Ghurair in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

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