Tom Girardi arrives at the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in downtown Los Angeles, on Monday, August 26, 2024. Photo: Amanda Bronstad/ALM 'A Den of Thieves': Jurors Begin Deliberations in Tom Girardi's Criminal Trial
"At the end of the day," prosecutor Scott Paetty told jurors on Monday, "this trial is a simple and sad story of betrayal of trust and greed."
August 26, 2024 at 07:19 PM
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Criminal Law
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- 'What we saw in this case is that for years the defendant was running a Ponzi scheme,' prosecutor Ali Moghaddas told jurors.
- 'Mr. Girardi got old, and he got sick, and he lost his mind,' public defender Charles Snyder told jurors.
- Jurors began deliberations on Monday afternoon.
Jurors in the Tom Girardi criminal trial began deliberations on Monday after hearing contrasting descriptions of the famed plaintiffs lawyer: He was a skilled trial lawyer who could put on the "charm" to get away with lies, or the elderly victim of fraud by his firm's own accountant.
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