Nation : ‘Hotel Queen’ Helmsley Loses Plea

Hotel empire queen Leona Helmsley today lost another bid for dismissal of her indictment on federal charges of conspiracy, extortion, tax fraud and failure to pay $1.2 million in income taxes.

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Helmsley’s request to dismiss charges against her in an April 14 indictment. In a 47-count indictment, Leona and Harry Helmsley and two officers of Helmsley Corp. were charged with conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and failing to pay $1.2 million in federal income tax.