Posted by: Keir
If he had stuck to writing ponderous biographies–and left massive fraud to others–he’d still be winging his way to Bora Bora on the corporate jet. But such are the travails of the writing life.
What you’ll miss if you don’t read to the end:
Black’s attorney, Jeffrey Steinback, asked St. Eve to look at testimonial letters from celebrities including Elton John, George Will, William F. Buckley and former Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney, as well as "a lifetime of extraordinary accomplishment."
"I ask the court to consider all of the work he has done for so many," Steinback said.
A prosecutor said the celebrities don’t have any better handle on Black’s character than the jurors.
"Does Elton John really know Conrad Black?" prosecutor Eric Sussman said.
