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Former Informercial Pitchman Jailed, Accused Of Hiding Assets From Court
CHICAGO (STMW) – Silver-tongued, former infomercial king Kevin Trudeau has been jailed by a federal judge for repeatedly violating court orders that required him to stop his lavish spending and turn...
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Judge Releases Infomercial Pitchman Kevin Trudeau From Jail
CHICAGO (CBS) — Infomercial host Kevin Trudeau was expected to gain his freedom Thursday afternoon — after spending the night behind bars, where he was questioned about his financial assets. The judge...
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Judge Orders TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Back To Jail
CHICAGO (CBS) — He wouldn’t talk, so it’s back to jail for TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau for refusing to reveal where he’s hidden millions in ill-gotten gains. Trudeau –who made mega millions hawking...
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Weight Loss Pitchman Trudeau Ordered Back To Jail
CHICAGO (CBS) – Infomercial pitchman Kevin Trudeau was ordered back into federal custody on Tuesday, despite his pleas that he has no assets to pay off a multimillion-dollar judgment against him....
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Judge Won’t Free TV Pitchman Trudeau From Jail
CHICAGO (CBS) – TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau must stay in jail a bit longer, after again failing to convince a judge he’s done all he can to disclose assets to pay off a $37 million fine. WBBM Newsradio’s...
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TV Pitchman Released From Federal Jail
(CBS) – Television pitchman Kevin Trudeau was freed Monday from a federal lockup, where he spent nearly a week for allegedly sitting on millions he won’t surrender to the government. Trudeau had been...
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Criminal Trial Begins For Infomerical King Kevin Trudeau
CHICAGO (STMW) — Using a two-week federal trial to test the truthfulness of an infomercial may sound a little like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. But pitchman Kevin Trudeau hopes his lawyers can...
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Dietitian Describes Likely Menu For Trudeau Customers
CHICAGO (STMW) – Bran flakes, toast, a banana, milk, coffee. That’s the normal breakfast registered dietitian Melissa Dobbins described Thursday for the average person, testifying at the federal trial...
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TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Made False Diet Claims, Jury Finds
CHICAGO (CBS) — A federal jury on Tuesday found television pitchman Kevin Trudeau did violate a federal order barring him from making false claims about his diet books on Tuesday. The jury deliberated...
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After Night In Jail, ‘Penniless’ TV Pitchman Remembered Swiss Account
CHICAGO (STMW) – He claimed he was “penniless and homeless.” But an overnight stay in federal jail seems to have had a remarkable effect on discredited TV pitchman and convicted felon Kevin Trudeau’s...
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Kevin Trudeau Already In Jail, But Second Judge Slams Cell Door
(STMW) – A federal judge slapped a second lock on the cell door of imprisoned TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau on Thursday afternoon—saying he still doesn’t trust the convicted liar, the Sun-Times is...
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Infomercial King Kevin Trudeau’s Possessions To Be Auctioned
CHICAGO (STMW) – Even in prison, convicted fraudster and TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau has something to sell. A grand piano; a copy of Catherine the Great’s favorite 72-candle chandelier; hundreds of...
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Feds Seek 10 Years For Convicted Pitchman Trudeau
CHICAGO (STMW) – If convicted liar Kevin Trudeau pitched his supposed miracle weight-loss book to readers by telling them the truth, it would have sold slightly more than zero copies, federal...
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Infomercial King Makes Pitch To Judge For Help On Sentence
In a bizarre letter filed in federal court, informercial king Kevin Trudeau delivered a pitch worthy of one of his late night TV promotions. The letter begs one federal judge to intercede with another...
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TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Gets 10-Year Sentence
play pause Trudeau Sentenced To 10 Years WBBM Newsradio's Steve Miller CHICAGO (CBS) —— The TV Pitchman king, Kevin Trudeau, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for violating an order not to lie...
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TV Pitchman Kevin Trudeau Picking A Fight With Receiver Over Taxes
CHICAGO (STMW) — TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau claims he is being put in a “trick box” and is picking a fight with the receiver a federal judge put in charge of his assets nearly two years ago. Trudeau,...
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Judge Tries To Shut Down Trudeau Fight Over Taxes
CHICAGO (STMW) — A judge sought to end the snit Thursday between TV pitchman Kevin Trudeau and a receiver put in charge of Trudeau’s assets nearly two years ago. Trudeau, who is in prison in Alabama,...
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FTC Wants To Start Handing Out Refunds For Kevin Trudeau’s Diet Book
CHICAGO (STMW) — More than $30 million may be missing from Kevin Trudeau’s empire. But a firm tasked by a federal judge with tracking down the TV pitchman’s fortune put its hands on more than $8...
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FTC Has Plan To Give Refunds To Buyers Of Trudeau Diet Book
CHICAGO (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission has a plan to issue refunds to more than 800,000 customers who bought a now imprisoned television pitchman’s weight-loss book. U.S. District Judge Robert...
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Judge Approves Refunds For Buyers Of Kevin Trudeau’s Diet Book
CHICAGO (STMW) — The Federal Trade Commission plans to start refunding customers duped into buying fraudster Kevin Trudeau’s diet book “as soon as possible” after a judge gave final approval to the...
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