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Law Practice

Apr. 9, 2010

O.C. Lawyer Indicted for Extortion

A Newport Beach lawyer who once chaired the Orange County Democratic Party will be arraigned Friday along with a client for attempting to extort money from a woman the client was allegedly harassing.

By Don DeBenedictis

Daily Journal Staff Writer

A Newport Beach lawyer who once chaired the Orange County Democratic Party will be arraigned Friday along with a client for attempting to extort money from a woman the client was allegedly harassing. Prosecutors accuse James Toledano, who chaired the party in 1995-96, of demanding $350,000 from the victim to prevent Toledano's client, Michael Earl Roberts, from sending humiliating material about the woman to the press. The dis...

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