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Commenter Makes Death Threat on OC Weekly Blog Postnew
An anonymous user made a "death threat comment" on a blog post about Mass. Congressman Barney Frank, who is openly gay.
OC Weekly |
08-31-2010 1:16 pm |
Industry News
OC Weekly Investigation Leads to Prison Time for AIDS Doctornew
Nine and a half years after OC Weekly's R. Scott Moxley broke the story about well-known AIDS doctor George Steven Kooshian having injected patients with saline and vitamins instead of the expensive drugs they were billed for, the 59-year-old was sentenced Monday to 15 months in federal prison. Kooshian was also ordered to pay $660,955 in restitution to 18 insurance companies for 21 patients who were subdosed.
OC Weekly |
02-24-2010 12:50 pm |
Industry News
Politician Resigns After Alt-Weekly & TV Station Reveal Alleged Affairnew
Republican Michael D. Duvall has resigned from the California state Assembly amid the scandal uncovered on Tuesday by OC Weekly and KCBS/KCAL. The staunch conservative was caught on video talking graphically about two affairs, one of which was with a lobbyist whose clients had business before a committee on which Duvall sat. Weekly reporter R. Scott Moxley and TV reporter Dave Lopez were both chasing the story at the same time on Tuesday -- literally -- as they followed Duvall around the capitol, trying to get him to respond. In a statement, Duvall says his resignation "is in no way an admission that I had an affair or affairs," adding that his only "offense was engaging in inappropriate story-telling."
OC Weekly |
09-10-2009 11:21 am |
Industry News
Sherrif's Dept. Banned From Mafia Database After OC Weekly Revelations
The Law Enforcement Intelligence Unit has cut off the Orange County Sheriff's Department because of Sheriff Michael S. Carona's association with various businessmen, including a Las Vegas strip club owner with reputed mob ties now serving time for racketeering, the Los Angeles Times reports. The sheriff's mob ties were first reported last year in two OC Weekly stories by R. Scott Moxley.
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OC Weekly Press Release |
07-19-2007 10:47 am |
Press Releases
Wheelchair Defender Cries Foul Over OC Weekly Piecenew
After the weekly ran an Oct. 12 cover story about a wheelchair-bound man who filed more than 200 onerous lawsuits against small businesses failing to meet accessibility standards for the disabled, a lawyer for the profile subject has lashed back. Marc E. Angelucci, a Los Angeles attorney who represents David Allen Gunther, calls R. Scott Moxley's investigative article
"one-sided, sensationalistic opinion-disguised-as-news," in a post on the OC Weekly staff blog.
"one-sided, sensationalistic opinion-disguised-as-news," in a post on the OC Weekly staff blog.
The Blotter |
10-17-2006 8:46 am |
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