The ex-wife of TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau told a Chicago federal judge Thursday she’s “scared” for her life now that he’s turned against her.
The ex-wife of TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau told a Chicago federal judge Thursday she saw him handling dozens of gold bars over the course of their marriage and that she’s “scared” for her life now that he’s turned against her.
She also denied Trudeau’s claim that her father had threatened to kill him. “Never,” she said. “This is outrageous.” Babenko is expected to give continued testimony via Zoom at a later date, when Trudeau’s attorneys will get the opportunity to cross examine her. After Trudeau failed to pay a penny of the $37.6 million fine, leading to a civil contempt order by Gettleman.for violating a consent order in which he promised to stop making the misleading ads touting the book. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman, and was released from a minimum-security federal prison camp in Alabama in January.
In addition to the repayment of the judgment, Gettleman has also ordered Trudeau to show why he should not be held in contempt “yet again” for failing to report to the court when he was released from incarceration, which he had promised to do.
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