Demond Wilson Testifies in ‘Cotton Club’ Trial
Former “Sanford and Son” co-star Demond Wilson testified Wednesday that hours before New York theatrical producer Roy Radin disappeared, he saw the murder victim enter a limousine with a woman accused of masterminding the killing.
Wilson, testifying in the Los Angeles Superior Court trial of four people accused of murdering Radin in a dispute over profits of the movie “The Cotton Club,” said Radin had asked him to follow the limousine on the evening of May 13, 1983. Wilson said that Radin, the actor’s manager, also asked him whether he had a gun on him. “Always,” Wilson said he replied.
Radin, 33, was found dead about a month later, allegedly murdered by hit men hired by Karen De Layne Greenberger, an admitted cocaine dealer.
Before his disappearance, Radin had told Wilson that he was going to have dinner with Greenberger in Beverly Hills. He never showed up, Wilson said.
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