Political Illusions of the Cajun Mafia

Palermo Timeline Summary.xlsx
Prosecutor Misconduct Motion
CPDA attempts to sell immunity for $5 Million
Date Article Title Description
8/21/2014
8/21/2014
8/21/2014
8/22/2014
8/22/2014
Palermo attorneys and
district attorney exchange
fiery words
Palermo attorneys and
district attorney exchange
fiery words
"In my client's office, of course he kept all the materials relating
to this case, all those emails back and forth to his attorneys and
his copies of our papers and things and unfortunately those
have all en by the state. You feel like those people invaded your
trial preparation and it' us matter," said Koch.
Palermo attorneys also tried to get the lead prosecutor, Hugo
Holland, held in contempt of court for not showing up in court
July 16th, even though a subpoena was issued. But the judge
ruled in Holland's favor because he was never personally served
with the subpoena.
Even though another motion aimed at holding Holland in
contempt was dismissed, Koch asked him about the incident at
issue, involving a conversation Holland had at a cocktail part.
The defense was trying to suggest Holland broke the rule of
grand jury secrecy by
What defense attorneys describe as an illegal scheme to make
Palermo pay millions, the D.A. says was a legitimate offer of a
plea agreement.
Attorneys for the Sulphur businessman portray Palermo as the
victim in court papers that accuse District Attorney John
DeRosier of trying to force Palermo to pay penalties for crimes
they say he didn't commit‐‐ crimes related to prohibited gaming
business activity.
The search warrant was really nothing more than the fulfillment
of a threat that was made several months ago. The district
attorney, John DeRosier, came to Mr. Palermo's attorneys, and
demanded that Mr. Palermo pay millions of dollars, initially five
million dollars, eventually one million dollars, and threatened
that if he didn't, that he would go forward with allegations such
as those that were made. We refused to pay the ransom and he
fulfilled the threat," said Koch.
"This has always been about how do we get Joe Palermo to pay
several million dollars to the district attorneys office, even
though we have no legal way to demand that payment. And it's
only when we refused to make that payment and, in fact, called
the state police to report what was happening, the next day
that's when this all started happening," he said.
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