Newsinkling: Who is Deborah Jeane Palfrey? Part Seven

Written by Biloxi
MITTWOCH, 03 OKTOBER 2007

In an email from civil attorney Montgomery Sibley, he wrote: “Along with the criminal case against Ms. Palfrey, the government had filed a civil forfeiture action seeking to take all her assets. Curiously, in the criminal action -- in which Jeane could go to jail -- she is not allowed to gather information before trial by examinations of witnesses under oath.

However, in the civil forfeiture action, such discovery before trial is allowed. Judge Kessler stopped the civil forfeiture action last March 2007 for six months to prevent Ms. Palfrey from getting information to help her defense in the civil and criminal cases. Yet, that stay order expired last week. Mr. Sibley has issued subpoenas on September 26, 2007 for the depositions of (i) Troy Burrus, the IRS case agent on Jeane's case, for Friday, September 28th in Washington, D.C., and (ii) Brian Ross of ABC News, (ii) Cindy Adams of the New York Post and (iv) Bill Bastone of the Smokingun.com for Friday October 5th in New York City.”

And here is the latest from WTOP news: Ms. Palfrey is seeking a plea agreement. Read more on Newsinkling.