Mastro Judge Strikes Down Plea Agreement

[Leon]

That darned O'keefe. It's all his fault!! I find this a bit surprising though as I thought that judges usually went along with prosecutor's plea deals. This is going to get more ugly (for some) it seems.

[ullmandds]

Let em pay i say...the liars, cheaters and thieves need to be punished!

[Sean1125]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Let em pay i say...the liars, cheaters and thieves need to be punished!

Couldn't have said it better myself.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by Leon

That darned O'keefe. It's all his fault!! I find this a bit surprising though as I thought that judges usually went along with prosecutor's plea deals. This is going to get more ugly (for some) it seems.

Judges usually go along with the plea agreement. However in cases in ok inv multiple co-defendants it is not uncommon for a judge to require the defendant to testify truthfully against co-defendants. I am honestly surprised that the AUSA didn't require his cooperation as part of a plea deal, especially given the significance of this case to the sports memorabilia industry.

It's about time.

I hope this, and other judicial rulings pertaining to AHs, is a sign of things to come.

[calvindog]

Weak. The US Attorney's office in Chicago should be ashamed of themselves. When a judge is tougher than the prosecutors are toward a non-cooperating defendant, well, that is a disgrace. Mastro had his priest there and surely he will claim he has an alcohol problem in order to further reduce his sentence. Pitiful.

[Runscott]

You think he'll tell them where the diamonds are?

[travrosty]

any plea deal with a reduction in sentencing should involve mastro telling everything he knows about everybody he has knowledge of who engaged in illegal practices, whether or not they are the other principals of the auction house, authenticators, friends, accomplices, anybody, or else no deal.

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by bubblebathgirl

It's about time.

I hope this, and other judicial rulings pertaining to AHs, is a sign of things to come.

Were you once kidnapped by an AH?

[Brian Van Horn]

I like this judge!

[Paul S]

Originally Posted by Wymers Auction

Were you once kidnapped by an AH?

That's very funny! One thing you can be sure of, he doesn't have Stockholm Syndrome.

[murcerfan]

Mastro had his priest there and surely he will claim he has an alcohol problem in order to further reduce his sentence. Pitiful.


oxycodone made him do it....surprised they didn't pay an MD to take a fall for over-writing a script....what with all the post-traumatic-auction-stress syndrome and all.

[lharri3600]

Originally Posted by murcerfan

Mastro had his priest there and surely he will claim he has an alcohol problem in order to further reduce his sentence. Pitiful.


oxycodone made him do it....surprised they didn't pay an MD to take a fall for over-writing a script....what with all the post-traumatic-auction-stress syndrome and all.

nope greed made him do it

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by murcerfan

Mastro had his priest there and surely he will claim he has an alcohol problem in order to further reduce his sentence. Pitiful.


oxycodone made him do it....surprised they didn't pay an MD to take a fall for over-writing a script....what with all the post-traumatic-auction-stress syndrome and all.

I'm also surprised he didn't bring a violinist along to play a heart-wrenching lament while he was throwing himself at the mercy of the court since it was recently alleged that he claimed that "he was indicted due to people with axes to grind".

Hopefully more of the "culprits" will receive justice because of the recent turn of events.

[jdr424]

The indictment was for Mastro, Doug Allen, and Mark Theotikos. There was a 4th (main) person involved that was not included in this indictment and also unnamed. The indictment named him Co-schemer A. Who is the 4th person?