Bail set in Ono extortion case
From the Associated Press
A judge set bail at $500,000 Thursday for a chauffeur for Yoko Ono after a prosecutor said he tried to extort $2 million from John Lennon’s widow and “had people on standby waiting to kill” her.
Koral Karsan, 50, was arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on a first-degree attempted grand larceny charge. His lawyer, Patrick Kevin Brosnahan, said his client was not guilty and “will vigorously dispute these charges.”
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