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Speaker 1: Carmelo Anthony is back in court with a new defense team, fighting to remove a judge who oversaw his trial and get him a new one. Did the jury get it right? Yeah?
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Speaker 2: They did.
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Speaker 1: Fourteen people are charged in an alleged cocaine trafficking ring tied to two Penn State fraternities, and.
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Speaker 2: That packaging was done by fraternity brothers and oftentime pledges.
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Speaker 1: And the Laker cell has turned into a Bus family fight. Five siblings voting to sell, Genie Buss voting no. It's Wednesday, August nineteenth, from the Black Effects Podcast Network. I'mmi Brown. This is front page and here are the day's biggest stories. Stay with me. Carmelo Anthony is back in a Collin County, Texas courtroom today with a new defense team and a new legal fight. A visiting judge will decide whether John Judge Roach, who presided over Carmelo's June trial, should be removed from his post trial proceedings. The issue with an interview Roach gave after Carmelo was convicted. Could the jury get it right?
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Speaker 2: Yeah? They did? You know what, because they were picked based upon the law, They listened to the facts.
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Speaker 1: Carmelo's Dow attorneys argue those comments raised questions about whether Roach can fairly consider their request for a new trial, and that hearing is scheduled for tomorrow. One of the defense's arguments centers on what appelled. Attorney Russell Wilson calls quote a gentleman's agreement. Wilson says prosecutor said Carmelo's original defense team had an off the record understanding that certain character evidence involving Carmelo, Austin Metcalf, and Metcalf's brother would not be introduced at trial, but prosecutors reportedly withdrew from that agreement. The defense says that changed the trial strategy, including Carmelo's decision not to testify one potential hurdle. The agreement was now were put on the record, so first a judge decides who will hear Carmelo's post trial case, then the new attorneys make their case for why he should get another trial. Fourteen people are facing charges in an alleged cocaine trafficking operation tied to two Penn State fraternities. Thirteen are current or former Penn State students. The fourteenth is the father of one of those students. For the defendants are still enrolled at Penn State. Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday says the alleged operation involved members and pledges of two fraternities.
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Speaker 2: What we learned during this investigation was that between twenty twenty three and twenty twenty four, large amounts of cocaine kilos were brought from Philadelphia and New York to State College, where they were cut and packaged for sale primarily to Penn State students. The two main dealers were senior members of the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Kai fraternities. Agostino Abatiello was at the very top of the chain. Thomas Robinson was a rung below that on the ladder. The evidence showed that cocaine was primarily packaged at the fraternity houses, and that packaging was done by fraternity brothers and oftentime pledges. In fact, we found a pattern of events that showed cutting and bagging cocaine was for some pledges and indoctrination into the Delta Upsilon and Sigma Pi fraternities.
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Speaker 1: Both fraternities are off campus, and Sigma Kai is not currently recognized by the university. One of the alleged ringleaders turned to himself in Tuesday and has been denied bail, and one student's father, Paul Robinson, is charged with felony tampering. Investigators accused him of trying to conceal evidence, including a safe containing drugs and cash. Penn State has placed Delta Epsilon on interim suspension, and the university calls the allegations horrifying. And lastly, the twelve point five billion dollar sell of the Los Angeles Lakers has hit a new roadblock inside the Bus family. Last week we told you former Disney CEO Bob Iger and Thrive Capital founder Josh Kushner agreed to buy the Lakers in a deal that would value the franchise at twelve point five billion dollars, the highest ever for professional sports team. Now, the Bus family has to decide what happens to the remaining seventeen point eight percent State Monday, five of the six Bus siblings voted to sell. Jennie Buss did not, and now her attorney is challenging whether her siblings can move forward without her. Johnny, Jimmy, Janey, Joey, and Jesse Buss release a statement saying they are united in their decision to sell. Genie's attorney, Adam streisand responded with the letter demanding the family take no action on the vote. His argument goes back to a twenty seventeen court wru. Genie's side says the family state cannot be sold without approval from all three co trustees Genie, Janey, and Joey, So even though five of the six siblings voted to sell, Genie argues her approval is still required. And there's another major issue for Genie. If the Igor Kushner sell closes as planned, they would own roughly eighty three percent of the Lakers, and Genie would lose her position as governor of the franchise. Genie previously had an agreement with Mark Walter, the billionaire Dodgers owner who bought controlling ownership of the Dodgers last year, that would allow her to remain governor through at least twenty thirty. But Walter is also selling his controlling stake as part of the new deal. So what looked like a done deal is now a fight over who has the legal authority to sell the bus's family remaining piece of the Lakers. That's your front page. I Mimi Brown. This podcast was brought to you by the Black Effect Podcast Network