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04-01-19 09:27 AM - Post#283138
In response to palestra38
The Miami Herald notes that the Esformes trial is heading to a jury today.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article228 5...
There was a bit of Allen-centric information in its trial summary.
- Perhaps the most riveting testimony at Esformes’ trial came from a former University of Pennsylvania basketball coach, Jerome Allen, who got to know the businessman through a fellow coach who trained his son. He testified that Esformes paid him about $300,000 in cash bribes and wire transfers to place his son, Morris, on a priority list as a “recruited basketball player†so he could be accepted to Penn and its exclusive Wharton School.
Allen, now an assistant basketball coach with the Boston Celtics, said Morris Esformes was not cut out for Division I basketball but he still put him on a short list of five recruits to get him into the Ivy League school. Morris Esformes didn’t make the team after entering in the fall of 2015 but he is expected to graduate this spring.
Allen, who was fired in March 2015 after a string of losing seasons before Esformes’ son started at Penn, pleaded guilty to a bribery-related money-laundering charge. He will be sentenced in April. -
Here is an article from Think Progress on how a recent decision from another Penn person may influence the trial. I'll leave it to the lawyers on this board to interpret the information.
https://thinkprogress.org/trump-obamacare-medic are...
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