The Sidelines : 2 Sports Agents to Be Retried
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CHICAGO — The government has decided to retry two sports agents accused of using cash and threats of violence to recruit college athletes as clients, a federal prosecutor said.
Agents Norby Walters and Lloyd Bloom were found guilty in 1989 after a five-week jury trial, but the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals last September reversed their convictions.
The appellate court said Walters had been denied a fair trial because jurors weren’t allowed to properly consider his contention that he had acted without criminal intent.
Bloom was unfairly denied a request to be tried separately, the appellate court said.
The government will try to prove its case again in separate trials against the New York agents, federal prosecutor Barry Elden said.
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