‘Aida’ Promoter Sentenced
Huey R. Weathersby, former general director of the now-defunct Los Angeles Metropolitan Opera Co., was sentenced today in Los Angeles Municipal Court to serve five years’ probation, perform 250 hours of community service and make $56,000 in restitution to financial backers of his ill-fated production of “Aida.”
Weathersby had pleaded guilty to selling securities after being forbidden to do so by the state Department of Corporations and to 11 counts of failing to tell investors about the prohibition. The opera was canceled because of financial problems before it was to open during the 1984 Olympics.
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