Back in October, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri indicted Basketball Wives star Brittish Williams on federal fraud charges. The charges included misuse of a social security number, three charges of making false statements to the IRS, three charges of aggravated identity theft, three charges of wire fraud, as well as four charges of bank fraud. The reality star has since pleaded not guilty to all charges.
This case was investigated by the Internal Revenue Service and the Social Security Administration. Special Assistant United States Attorney Diane Klocke is handling the case for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Her lawyer previously spoke with Law & Crime where she claimed his client was being targeted simply because she’s a celebrity: “At this point, the government has not produced or turned over any evidence to us, so we can’t speak to specifics,” lawyer, Jason Korner said at the time. “But we believe when we do look at it, it will reveal that she was targeted because of her celebrity, and what she did was lawful.”
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While she’s dealing with that, it looks like it’s been a small challenge to live her normal life. According to an exclusive report by Radar Online, a federal judge reportedly denied Williams’ emergency motion seeking approval to fly to Mexico with the rest of the VH1 cast. It was said that Williams submitted emails from producers with the dates of the trip which her lawyer argued was part of her employment on the show. However, the judge wasn’t convinced. Not did the judge deny the request for the May 2 trip but also ordered Williams to hand over her passport within…
“Ms. Williams is gainfully employed. She has present emails from the producer showing exactly when she will be traveling to and from Mexico and what will be filmed during that travel. There is no legitimate concern that Ms. Williams would be a flight risk while traveling for work on tickets arranged by the production company.”
He argued, “There is no need for any unnecessary obstacle to that work in this instance … the inability to participate in this filming harms the show and the defendant’s legitimate employment.”
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