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May 9, 2017

Dance Mom star Abby Lee Miller gets "a year and a day" for bankruptcy fraud

Today's celebrity federal sentencing news involves former "Dance Moms" reality TV star Abby Lee Miller, whose case is covered in hard-hitting fashion here via E! Online

Two years after her indictment, Abby Lee Miller has officially learned her legal fate.  The reality star, who rose to fame on the Lifetime series Dance Moms, was sentenced to one year and one day in prison followed by two years of supervised release on Tuesday, according to several reporters in the court room.  She was also reportedly fined $40,000 and ordered to pay a $120,000 judgment. She has 45 days to report to prison.

"It's a very serious situation when someone who files for bankruptcy isn't truthful with the court," Judge Joy Flowers Conti told the reality star in court.

The 50-year-old dance instructor was initially indicted in 2015 on 20 charges of bankruptcy fraud, concealment of bankruptcy assets and false bankruptcy declarations after the FBI, IRS and postal inspectors conducted an investigation.  She allegedly hid more than $755,000 in other bank accounts, income reportedly stemming from appearances on the show in 2012 and 2013....

In June 2016, Lee Miller pleaded guilty to concealing bankruptcy assets, as confirmed to E! News. Miller also pleaded guilty to one count of not reporting an international monetary transaction. In March, she also announced she was walking away from the longtime TV series.

While appearing in court Tuesday, she told the judge she was ashamed to be meeting this way and that she wished the judge could have taken her class. Lee Miller ultimately got teary eyed as she expressed regret for her actions. "I am very sorry for what I've done," she said, according to reporters. "My name has been dragged through the mud."

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This may improve her career. For example, I never heard of her outside this pro-criminal blog.

Dumbass prosecutor spent $2 million prosecuting Martha Stewart on a $40,000 insider trade beef. he did so to get his name in the papers. The charge was not even insider trading. It was lying to the FBI about not getting a phone call, as they visited her home, informally, not under oath. She bought her own falling stock, and made $billion upon release.

Posted by: David Behar | May 9, 2017 4:17:48 PM

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