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Lawyer Jailed For Contempt Is Freed After 14 Years
H. Beatty Chadwick has been in a staring match with the judicial system for the past 14 years, and the system just blinked. Chadwick was ordered to pay his ex-wife $2.5 million after their divorce. He refused to pay saying that he couldn't because he lost the money in a series of "bad investments." The judge in the case didn't believe him and sent him to jail for contempt. That was 14 years ago. Last week another judge let Chadwick go saying that "continued imprisonment would be legal only if there was some likelihood that ultimately he would comply with the order; otherwise, the confinement would be merely punitive instead of coercive." Chadwick, now 73, is believed to have served the longest contempt sentence in US history.
Was "H Beatty Chadwick" - that's a wealthy, old money name if I've ever heard one. He's got the money.
It seems to me like the judge had good reason to think he's lying.
For fucks sake, if he lost 2.5 million, there's no receipts? No prospectus? No Fidelity account and history of day trading? No small business owner who says "yeah, he gave me money, I lost it in my business" If the guy wasn't lying, accounting for where 2.5 million went should be easy. Heck, with that much, he probably has an accountant who could whip up a report.
Furthermore, it is very very clear on the divorce papers for the filee and the second party what will happen upon hiding or otherwise restricting or even lying about money during the divorce. Go directly to jail due to contempt.
So he's either refusing to cooperate by paying up, or refusing to cooperate by not providing a good paper trail. Either way, he's refusing to cooperate and the contempt of court jail time is well deserved.
Your freeper fucking troofer shit link means nothing moron. Nobody need read link, comprende?
He's lying. He's a lawyer, of course he's lying.
Ah, so he deliberately hid it after the divorce filing.
You sir, are a fucking moron.