Over the past six months, prosecutors in the criminal fraud trial of Livent founders Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb have spent most of their time examining witnesses about the volumes of documentary evidence at the heart of the case. Most of the documents are dry financial statements; often inscrutable printouts ...
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.
Allegations that Livent’s accounting staff conspired to frame Garth Drabinsky and Myron Gottlieb for criminal fraud grew larger yesterday as the defence accused Maria Messina of collusion and fabricating evidence to cover up her own involvement in accounting fraud at the theatre company.
When does an inconsistent answer from a witness in court rise from an overly general statement or a genuine mistake to become an out-and-out lie? That's the answer Edward Greenspan is trying to get during his grueling cross-examination former Livent senior accountant Gordon Eckstein.
During a particularly tense cross examination of former Livent senior accountant Gordon Eckstein, Edward Greenspan, the defence lawyer representing Garth Drabinsky, approached the witness stand with a photo of U.S. president Bill Clinton standing in between Drabinsky and an attractive woman. The photo, Greenspan told the court, proved could not ...
If you're looking for a solid alibi, you can't do much better than having your picture taken with a U.S. president in Washington, D.C. at the time when you are supposedly also in a meeting allegedly cooking your company's books. Edward Greenspan may be hoping that a picture of his ...
