THE SIDELINES : U.S. Rests in Gioiosa Drug, Tax Case
Federal prosecutors rested their case today in the drug and tax-evasion trial of former Pete Rose house-mate Thomas Gioiosa after calling two more witnesses who did business with Gioiosa.
The government presented seven witnesses during the seven-day trial who implicated Gioiosa and Rose in a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by having Gioiosa claim Rose’s race track winnings.
Gioiosa, 31, also is accused of participation in a cocaine smuggling ring directed by the former operators of a gymnasium where Gioiosa was employed and Rose worked out.
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