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Weight-Loss Infomercial Pitch-Man Kevin Trudeau Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison for Criminal Contempt

CHICAGO—(ENEWSPF)—March 17, 2014. Author and television pitch-man KEVIN TRUDEAU was sentenced today to 10 years in federal prison for 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. Trudeau was convicted by a jury last November after a week-long trial in U.S. District Court.

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Trudeau, 51, formerly of Oak Brook, who has been in custody since he…

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