Drabinsky appeal denied
It wasn’t the finale Garth Drabinsky would have scripted. The Supreme Court lowered the curtain on his long-running legal drama Thursday, leaving the former head of Livent Inc. to serve out his fraud sentence behind bars.
The man who brought lavish spectacles such as The Phantom of the Opera to the public assumed a starring role in a courtroom drama about falsified financial statements that dragged on for 14 years.
He saw his last chance to overturn his conviction dashed when the high court declined to hear his appeal.
An Ontario lower court found Drabinsky and business partner Myron Gottlieb guilty of two counts of fraud in 2009 and sentenced them to seven and six years behind bars respectively.
The Ontario Court of Appeal upheld the convictions last September, but shaved two years off each man’s sentence.
Gottlieb is expected to be eligible for day parole this summer while Drabinsky can apply before the end of the year.