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Today 295 is run by two court-appointed trustees, including Michael Moroney, a labor-racketeering investigator since the 1970s. Even so, Carey earlier this year took a detour around the Teamsters' constitution by intervening in a dispute against Local 295 on behalf of its Mobbed-up sister Local 851. The...
"I am confident the department will conduct a fair and thorough investigation," Jackson said in a statement, "and its results will demonstrate that there was no wrongdoing on my part." His attorney, Howard Weitzman, denied the charge and accused the father of extortion. "What has transpired here," he says, "is...
SO FAR, THE JACKSON CASE IS A TANgle of maybes, omigods and say-it- ain't-so's. Both the star and the boy are figures who cry out to be believed. An edgy Hollywood has not rushed to Jackson's defense. Though Sony, with which he has a multizillion...
Los Angeles -- For the past two weeks, Hollywood has been engulfed in speculation about HEIDI FLEISS, the alleged madam to the stars. But aside from investigating the gossip-rich prostitution allegations, Los Angeles police have been closely reviewing other aspects of the case, including possible gambling, extortion and drug trafficking...
Rackets, Gambling, Nuclear Extortion . . .