State Crime Reports

Weight-Loss Infomercial Pitch-Man Kevin Trudeau Convicted of Criminal Contempt

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 12, 2013.  Author and television pitch-man KEVIN TRUDEAU was convicted today of criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making deceptive television infomercials that misrepresented the contents of his weight loss cure book. A federal jury deliberated approximately an hour after a week-long trial in U.S. District Court.

Trudeau, 50, of Oak Brook, had his bond revoked and he was ordered taken into custody by U.S. District Judge…

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