Word: helmsleys
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...other Trump news: Harry and Leona Helmsley are suing the Donald for $100 million. The Helmsleys, who lease the Empire State Building from Trump and his Japanese partners, say a lawsuit that Trump filed in February claiming the Helmsleys had mismanaged the landmark (key phrase: "rodent infestation") was an attempt to drive down rental rates and scare off tenants...
...either the DNA tests or the police discoveries at Simpson's house are admitted into evidence, Shapiro may have to rely on other strategies. Defense adviser Alan Dershowitz, the ubiquitous specialist in appeals (Klaus von Bulow, Leona Helmsley and Mike Tyson), suggested one possibility during an appearance on PBS's Charlie Rose Show. "Now you're going to see the defense brutally attacking these victims," he said. "By the end of this trial, nobody's going to have a kind thing to say about the two dead people." Last week Dershowitz insisted to TIME his words were "a general comment...
...Building--without putting up any cash. In return for equity financing and the Donald's singular real estate expertise, NS America handed over halfthe shares for the famous building, which the company bought last October for $45 million. The move is rumored to have further inflamed the ongoing Trump-Helmsley rivalry, as Harry Helmsley currently runs the group representing the Empire State's leaseholders. Trump criticized the management of the building and promised to re-establish the landmark as a world-class real estate possession.parparparpar
Dershowitz's previous celebrity clients have included Leona Helmsley, Claus von Bulow and former boxing heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson...
...Helmsley is soon to be released, it may be because her consultant is able to dramatize the harsh treatment she has received in comparison with other tax evaders. As the judge was reminded in Helmsley's court filing, singer Willie Nelson was allowed to settle $15.6 million in unpaid taxes and penalties without any jail sentence at all, partly by agreeing to produce an album -- which he titled Who'll Buy My Memories: The IRS Tapes -- and turn all proceeds over to the government...