Copeland Attorney Cuts Deal

Al Copeland's top corporate attorney pleaded guilty yesterday to concealing a plot to fix the restaurateur's child-custody case, reports The Times-Picayune. "Under the terms of the deal, (Bryan) White pleaded guilty to a lesser charge, misprision of a felony, for concealing from federal investigators his knowledge that (former Judge Ronald) Bodenheimer and (Jefferson Parish juvenile probation officer) Demma were scheming to issue custody rulings favorable to Copeland. "

On a related note, the paper also reports that the state Board of Ethics concluded that Bodenheimer cannot use campaign money to pay his legal bills regarding his defense of this dispute.

Posted by AJR at February 14, 2003 08:43 AM