Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau avoids jail

Release Date 22 May, 2010 in Boston Herald

 
   

Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau avoids jail

Boston Herald - 22 May, 2010
By AP CHICAGO - An appeals court in Chicago says infomercial pitchman and author Kevin Trudeau won't have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his ...

Infomercial king avoids jail time for e-mail deluge

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎May 21, 2010‎
SUN-TIMES STAFF, AP Infomercial king and best-selling author Kevin Trudeau, who markets his products as things "They don't want you to know about," won't ...

Court spares infomercial pitchman from jail

The Associated Press - ‎May 20, 2010‎
CHICAGO â€" An appeals court in Chicago has ruled that an infomercial pitchman won't have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his supporters to flood ...

Kevin Trudeau off the hook for contempt citation

Chicago Sun-Times - ‎May 20, 2010‎
An appeals court Thursday morning threw out a federal judge's contempt of court citation against the TV pitchman. US District Judge Robert Gettleman ordered ...

No jail, contempt for TV pitchman Trudeau

Reuters - Jonathan Stempel, Andrew Stern - ‎May 20, 2010‎
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Chicago threw out a 30-day jail sentence and criminal contempt citation for a television pitchman who ...

Kevin Trudeau avoids jail in contempt case

WalletPop (blog) - 22 May, 2010
Infomercial king Kevin Trudeau, who was found in criminal contempt of court in February, won't be going to jail as a federal judge had ordered. ...

The FTC Never Forgets: Just Look at the Federal Pursuit of Infomercial King ...

BNET - Jim Edwards - 22 May, 2010
Infomercial king Kevin Trudeau has made another Houdini-esque escape from the clutches of the FTC, this time narrowly avoiding ...

Infomercial pitchman avoids jail time

UPI.com - 22 May, 2010
CHICAGO, May 21 (UPI) -- A federal appeals court in Chicago threw out a 60-day jail sentence given to infomercial salesman Kevin Trudeau for contempt of ...

Seventh Circuit Vacates Contempt for E-Mail Barrage

Citizen Media Law Project (blog) - Eric P. Robinson - 22 May, 2010
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the summary contempt citation and sentence imposed by US District Judge Robert Gettleman after his court ...

Contempt Charge Lifted Against Pitchman

Courthouse News Service - 22 May, 2010
(CN) - An informercial pitchman won't have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for getting his followers to jam a federal judge's e-mail inbox, the 7th Circuit ...

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. TRUDEAU

Leagle.com - ‎May 21, 2010‎
Kevin Trudeau was before us last year, on appeal from a district judge's order finding him in contempt of court, fining him nearly $40 million, ...

7th Circuit Nixes 30-Day Jail Term for Infomercial Pitchman Whose Fans Flooded ...

ABA Journal - Martha Neil - ‎May 20, 2010‎
A 30-day jail term for criminal contempt imposed on an infomercial pitchman after his followers flooded a federal judge's BlackBerry and ...

Judge dismisses Trudeau contempt conviction

ABC7Chicago.com - ‎May 20, 2010‎
May 20, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Author and infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau will not have to serve a 30-day jail sentence for contempt of court. ...

Trudeau Wins Appeal Of Contempt Of Court Jail Sentence

MyStateline.com - ‎May 20, 2010‎
(New York, NY) -- A federal appeals court has tossed out TV infomercial king Kevin Trudeau's jail sentence for contempt of court. Trudeau had been ordered ...

No Contempt, No Jail for Spamming a Judge

Wired News - David Kravets - 22 May, 2010
A federal appeals court has overturned a criminal contempt citation and 30-day sentence issued to a civil litigant who urged his followers ...

Trudeau nets contempt appeal

Chicago Tribune - Duaa Eldeib, Jeff Coen - ‎May 20, 2010‎
Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau was spared 30 days in prison when a federal appeals court Thursday overturned a ruling ...

No jail, contempt for TV pitchman Trudeau

Reuters - Jonathan Stempel, Gerald E. McCormick - ‎May 20, 2010‎
NEW YORK, May 20 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court in Chicago threw out a 30-day jail sentence and contempt citation for television pitchman Kevin Trudeau ...

Infomercial pitchman Trudeau wins contempt appeal

Leagle.com - Jeff Coen - ‎May 20, 2010‎
May 20--A federal appeals court today overturned a contempt of court ruling against infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau that ...

 

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