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| | * [[Winona Ryder]] was convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031212024546/http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/ "Winona Ryder shoplifting trial - full coverage"] (2003). CourtTV/Trials. Retrieved from December 18, 2003 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> | | * [[Winona Ryder]] was convicted of vandalism and grand theft for stealing designer merchandise worth $5,560.40.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20031212024546/http://www.courttv.com/trials/ryder/ "Winona Ryder shoplifting trial - full coverage"] (2003). CourtTV/Trials. Retrieved from December 18, 2003 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> |
| | * [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his second ex-wife and her friend, and was found liable for this in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He left California for Florida in 2000 to avoid paying any more of the civil liability debt to the families of the deceased and was convicted in 2008 of unrelated felonies committed in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] in 2007, served almost nine years in Nevada's Lovelock Prison until October 2017 and is currently on parole in Las Vegas until 2022. | | * [[O.J. Simpson]] is widely believed to have murdered his second ex-wife and her friend, and was found liable for this in a civil (but not criminal) trial. He left California for Florida in 2000 to avoid paying any more of the civil liability debt to the families of the deceased and was convicted in 2008 of unrelated felonies committed in [[Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]] in 2007, served almost nine years in Nevada's Lovelock Prison until October 2017 and is currently on parole in Las Vegas until 2022. |
| − | * [[Jim Bakker]], televangelist for the PTL Club, was convicted of accounting fraud in 1989, stemming from the televangelism scandals of the later 1980s. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, but this sentence was commuted to eight years, the fine was voided and Bakker | + | * [[Jim Bakker]], televangelist for the PTL Club, was convicted of accounting fraud in 1989, stemming from the televangelism scandals of the later 1980s. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, but this sentence was commuted to eight years, the fine was voided and Bakker was placed on parole in 1994 but owed $6,000,000 to the [[Internal Revenue Service]]. |
| − | was placed on parole in 1994 but owed $6M to the [[Internal Revenue Service]]. | |
| | * [[Jimmy Swaggart]], also a televangelist that was involved in the late 1980s televangelism scandals, was caught in 1991 with yet another prostitute while in Indio, [[California]], and when asked about it, he said "The Lord said it's flat none of your business". | | * [[Jimmy Swaggart]], also a televangelist that was involved in the late 1980s televangelism scandals, was caught in 1991 with yet another prostitute while in Indio, [[California]], and when asked about it, he said "The Lord said it's flat none of your business". |
| | *Lana Turner was involved with [[Mafia]] enforcer John Stompanato, who tried murdering her in 1958, but was himself killed by Lana's daughter, Cheryl, then 14, in an incident that would be ruled justifiable. | | *Lana Turner was involved with [[Mafia]] enforcer John Stompanato, who tried murdering her in 1958, but was himself killed by Lana's daughter, Cheryl, then 14, in an incident that would be ruled justifiable. |