Jurisprudence
From Staff and Wire Reports
Questioned about why he continued a three-year association with an admitted gambler, former New York Yankee managing general partner George Steinbrenner repeatedly testified that he let his top aide deal with Howard Spira.
Defense lawyer David S. Greenfield tried to show that Steinbrenner was inconsistent when he testified he felt threatened by Spira’s demands, but did not have his aides notify the FBI until after a $40,000 payment to Spira in January 1990--more than three years after their first meeting.
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