Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament. Friends who are raising money for Grimm's medical care say the former lawmaker suffered the devastating injury in September and is now being treated at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in New Jersey.
FILE — Former U.S. Rep. Michael Grimm arrives to his polling site in the Staten Island borough of New York, June 26, 2018. a New York Republican who resigned from Congress following a tax fraud conviction, is paralyzed from the chest down after being thrown from a horse during a polo tournament, according to friends who are raising funds to pay for the ex-lawmaker’s medical care.
Grimm had been an avid polo player for years, Ignizio said. “It was a passion of his and he suffered a tragic accident at the end of September,” said Ignizio, who has set up a GoFundMe account to pay for Grimm’s medical care. A federal investigation into Grimm’s fundraising that started in 2012 ultimately resulted in a 20-count indictment centered on a restaurant Grimm ran in Manhattan. Prosecutors said he underreported wages and revenue to the government and filed false tax documents.
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