Talk:Garth Drabinsky

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[edit] What's up since 2002?

This article reports an indictment in 2002 but no resolution. The allegations are given undue weight where they were lodged years ago but the resolution is not reported. Would someone who knows something about this please update it? David in DC (talk) 22:15, 28 January 2008 (UTC)

The man has been a fugitive from U.S. justice for over ten years.

"There is an international arrest warrant out for Mr. Drabinsky, 58, and his former business partner Myron Gottlieb, 64, issued by the United States government that dates back to January, 1999, when a 43-page criminal indictment, outlining 16 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, was handed down by a New York federal grand jury against each of them."

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=490393

The trial 'by judge' starts in Toronto on Monday, May 5, 2008

http://www.nationalpost.com/related/topics/story.html?id=490386

[edit] Contested paragraph

This paragraph used to appear in the main article. Please see my argument above as to why this poses grave BLP problems. Please do not return to article without first sourcing and updating it:

"In January, 1999, Mr. Drabinsky, and his partner, Myron Gottlieb, were indicted in New York, New York on charges of accounting fraud. Drabinsky and Gottlieb failed to appear for trial and are now under fugitive arrest warrants in the United States. Furthermore, in October 2002, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police charged Mr. Drabinsky and three other former Livent senior executives with fraud affecting the public market. These charges were laid under Section 380 (1)(a) of the Canadian Criminal Code; police allege that the accused defrauded creditors and private and public investors of approximately one-half a billion dollars between December 14, 1989, and June 23, 1998, allegedly by falsifying the corporate financial statements of Livent Inc. and therefore misrepresenting the financial health of the company."

Thanks. David in DC (talk) 21:12, 30 January 2008 (UTC)