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Offline Chris_

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TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« on: March 17, 2014, 10:09:40 PM »
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TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison

When TV huckster Kevin Trudeau stood in a packed federal courtroom to make one final sales pitch Monday, he hardly resembled the tanned, dapper figure seen hawking miracle diets and natural cancer cures on so many late-night infomercials.

After spending four months in jail for contempt of court, Trudeau’s trademark jet black coif was thin and gray. His usual tailored suit was replaced by rumpled orange jail clothes. Even his typical air of defiance had turned to contrition, a change he said washed over him during his sleepless first night in custody.

“If I ever write a book again, if I ever do another infomercial again, I promise no embellishment, no puffery and absolutely no lies,” Trudeau told U.S. District Judge Ronald Guzman in a remorseful tone. “I know going forward I will be a better person.”

But the judge wasn’t buying a word.
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I can't believe I'm still seeing this guy on TV.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2014, 10:19:06 PM »
Who? 

I can't remember ever seeing him.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2014, 10:25:31 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on March 17, 2014, 10:19:06 PM
Who? 

I can't remember ever seeing him.

Don't recognize the name or the face.

Good. He doesn't exist in my universe.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2014, 11:55:50 PM »
It's that Sham-Wow guy I can't stand. Wasn't he arrested on rape charges in NYC?
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #4 on: March 18, 2014, 02:29:00 AM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on March 17, 2014, 10:19:06 PM
Who? 

I can't remember ever seeing him.

I've haven't ever seen or heard of him either.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #5 on: March 18, 2014, 04:05:58 AM »
Good find Chris. In the end the scammer was scammed by the shysters who defended him. Karma.
He would have been no worse off representing himself.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #6 on: March 18, 2014, 09:03:14 AM »
Quote from: marv on March 17, 2014, 11:55:50 PM
It's that Sham-Wow guy I can't stand. Wasn't he arrested on rape charges in NYC?


I think so, but the evidence had been .......................cleaned up.    :-)
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #7 on: March 18, 2014, 09:09:22 AM »
He used to have one book out, "Natural cures they don't want you to know about"....probably sickened almost as many as Obamacare will.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #8 on: March 18, 2014, 02:43:31 PM »

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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2014, 02:58:31 PM »
Yeah, everybody's got diet advice, it's a dime a dozen.  But when you start messing around with sham cancer cures, you could be putting people in the grave. 

That guy gets 10 years and Obama/Pelosi/Reid get nothing for his lie of the year? 
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2014, 03:12:51 PM »
Quote from: Karin on March 18, 2014, 02:58:31 PM
Yeah, everybody's got diet advice, it's a dime a dozen.  But when you start messing around with sham cancer cures, you could be putting people in the grave. 

That guy gets 10 years and Obama/Pelosi/Reid get nothing for his lie of the year? 

Bingo, if a person follow a reasonable diet and activity regimen they'll lose weight taking a sugar pill.  Miracle diet pills can at least have a placebo effect.  Cancer doesn't respond to placebos, so making money selling lies to desperate people is some of the slimiest behavior imaginable.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2014, 11:05:01 PM »
This reminds me that I might need to update my "Everything I know about weight loss" thread.
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Re: TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau sentenced to 10 years in prison
« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2014, 11:28:46 PM »
Quote from: BattleHymn on March 17, 2014, 10:19:06 PM
Who? 

I can't remember ever seeing him.

Probably before your time.  Lots of late-night infomercials, promoting memory crap, among many things. 
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