TV pitchman Trudeau found guilty of criminal contempt

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

BY ADAM KIRBY
CHICAGO Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:11pm EST

(Reuters) - A federal jury found pitchman Kevin Trudeau guilty of criminal contempt on Tuesday for exaggerating the contents of his weight-loss book in infomercials, and he was taken into custody, prosecutors said.

Jurors took less than an hour to find Trudeau, 50, guilty of violating a 2004 federal court settlement with the Federal Trade Commission that barred him from misrepresenting the contents of his books in advertisements, said Randall Samborn, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Chicago.

Trudeau, who was jailed twice in recent months for civil contempt by a different federal judge in Chicago, faces potential prison time for the criminal contempt conviction in the trial before U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman.

Prosecutors had argued Trudeau knowingly violated the 2004 agreement while marketing his book, "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You To Know About," in infomercials made in 2006 and 2007 that aired about 32,000 times.

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[mikeargo]

1. Good

The guy is pure scum.

[SunSeeker]

2. Good. That scumbag's been skating the law for way too long. nt

[gopiscrap]

3. Good

[Tx4obama]

4. Kick n/t

[christx30]

5. Looks like 'they' were

able to keep those amazing weight loss tips a secret. Bless this man for standing up to the criminal network of the mafia/tri-latereral commission/Freemasons/JFK assassins/JFK himself/the bilderbergs/comcast that wanted to keep those explosive weight loss secrets. The truth will come out.