The Livent trial
John Gray covers the fraud trial of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb
There has been plenty of dramatic testimony over the past five months at the criminal fraud trial of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb. As if testimony about the widespread fraud that eventually destroyed the high-profile theatre company wasn’t exciting enough, there has been testimony about volatile, and profanity laced, management meetings, ...
For the past two weeks, testimony at the criminal fraud trial of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb has focused almost exclusively on the last quarter of 1998 as defence lawyers grilled former Livent controller Chris Craib. But today, prosecutors brought the trial back to the origins of Livent and the ...
It was speed-dating day at the criminal fraud trial of Livent founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb as the court completed the testimony of three witnesses in one day. In a trial where it’s been par for the course to keep witnesses on the stand for more than a week, that’s ...
Prosecutors at the criminal fraud trial of Livent founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb were left scrambling this morning when their key witness did not show up. When proceedings began at 10 a.m. this morning, former Livent controller Chris Craib was nowhere to be seen. Calls to his home and ...
The goal of defence lawyers in their cross examination of Chris Craib has been two-fold. First, destroy the credibility of the former Livent controller who testified that he witnessed Garth Drabinsky openly discuss plans to manipulate the company’s financial results at a meeting in April 1998. Second, convince the judge ...
Edward Greenspan wrapped up his cross-examination of Chris Craib today trying to convince the judge overseeing the fraud trial of his client Garth Drabinsky that just about everything the former Livent controller testified to was a lie.
For the third day in a row, defence lawyer Edward Greenspan accused former Livent controller Chris Craib of fabricating his testimony in the criminal fraud trial of Livent founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb.
If asked to name a famous Canadian defence lawyer, top of mind would be Eddie Greenspan. The august lawyer has defended some of Canada’s most famous defendants and has a reputation as one of the sharpest criminal lawyers practicing. Today, Greenspan showed why he’s earned that reputation with a dramatic ...
Outside the courthouse today, a group of angry fathers were protesting the unfair treatment they feel they have received in family court. A flyer handed out by the group recommended that participants in court actions bring their own recording devices into the courtroom to ensure against perjury by their former ...
If they ever make a movie about the alleged fraud that destroyed Livent they may cast Kevin Spacey to play the role of Chris Craib, the former controller at Livent who testified today at the criminal fraud trial of Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb.
