Update 7: Ebbers Judge Blocks Enron Testimony

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Forbes
01.18.2005, 12:36 PM

The judge in the trial of ex-WorldCom Inc. chief Bernard Ebbers ruled Tuesday that the defense could quiz the star witness about marital infidelity and blocked testimony about Ebbers' knowledge of hearings into the Enron scandal.

The government had sought to produce evidence that Ebbers watched the hearings on the collapse of Enron Corp. and discussed them with Scott Sullivan, his chief financial officer.

Federal prosecutors had hoped to use the episode to show that Ebbers knew WorldCom's own accounting procedures amounted to criminal conduct. Ruling on the eve of Ebbers' trial, U.S. District Judge Barbara Jones said she did not see the relevance.

Sullivan had faced his own trial until pleading guilty last year and agreeing to testify against his former boss.

http://www.forbes.com/business/energy/feeds/ap/2005/01/18/ap1765314.html

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1. Ebbers' political donations

http://www.newsmeat.com/ceo_political_donations/Bernie_Ebbers.php

weird list.