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U.S. judge orders TV pitchman (Kevin Trudeau) jailed for failing to pay judgment
Source: Reuters
U.S. judge orders TV pitchman jailed for failing to pay judgment
By David Bailey
Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:09pm EDT
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday ordered infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau back to jail for failing to pay a nearly $38 million judgment over false promises he made in a weight-loss book.
Trudeau, 50, had been jailed overnight in September for failing to disclose assets and cooperate with a receiver and Judge Robert Gettleman had given him "another last chance" in an order entered October 16 to comply by Tuesday or be held again.
Trudeau and his attorneys urged on Tuesday that he not be jailed for contempt, but Gettleman declined and he was taken into custody in the civil case, brought by the Federal Trade Commission, FTC attorney Jonathan Cohen said.
"Certainly there is no guarantee that coercive sanctions will succeed, but coercive sanctions present the best possibility for redress that consumers have," Cohen said.
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By David Bailey
Tue Oct 22, 2013 5:09pm EDT
(Reuters) - A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday ordered infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau back to jail for failing to pay a nearly $38 million judgment over false promises he made in a weight-loss book.
Trudeau, 50, had been jailed overnight in September for failing to disclose assets and cooperate with a receiver and Judge Robert Gettleman had given him "another last chance" in an order entered October 16 to comply by Tuesday or be held again.
Trudeau and his attorneys urged on Tuesday that he not be jailed for contempt, but Gettleman declined and he was taken into custody in the civil case, brought by the Federal Trade Commission, FTC attorney Jonathan Cohen said.
"Certainly there is no guarantee that coercive sanctions will succeed, but coercive sanctions present the best possibility for redress that consumers have," Cohen said.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/22/us-usa-trudeau-pitchman-idUSBRE99L1DG20131022
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