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DA deciding whether to investigate James Brown’s death
A prosecutor in Atlanta will decide whether to open a formal investigation after meeting with a woman who says she has evidence legendary singer James Brown’s death was caused by another person, his spokesman said.
Brown, known as the Godfather of Soul, was 73 when he died of heart failure on Christmas Day in 2006 in Atlanta, less than two days after being hospitalized for treatment of pneumonia.
A woman named Jacque Hollander contacted Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard’s office to request a meeting, claiming Brown’s death was caused by another person, according to the prosecutor’s spokesman Chris Hopper. Howard met with Hollander on Wednesday and accepted a bin of materials she said related to Brown’s death.
Howard will look at the materials Hollander brought and will decide whether to open an investigation.
Loughlin’s lawyers want her trial moved to 2021
Lori Loughlin’s lawyers are trying to get the actress’s trial date pushed back to 2021.
Federal prosecutors suggested that Loughlin, her fashion designer husband, Mossimo Giannulli, and other parents charged in the college admissions scandal should be tried together in groups starting in October.
However, according to court documents obtained by USA TODAY, Sean Berkowitz, an attorney for Loughlin and Giannulli, argues that they will not be ready for trial until next year due to substantial evidence and the “general complexity of the case.”
For example, the defense team says the government is still producing a “large volume of outstanding discovery” that includes “over 44,000 pages” turned over in January.
From wire reports
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