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Criminal

Jul. 16, 2014

Orange County attorneys charged with trying to extort Saudi sheik

Joseph G. Cavallo and Emanuel Karl Hudson, along with their client, are accused of requesting up to $20 million from the man in exchange for them dropping a sexual assault case against his son, Los Angeles prosecutors said.


By Kylie Reynolds


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Two Irvine-based attorneys were charged Monday with trying to extort at least $15 million from one of the wealthiest men in Saudi Arabia after their client accused his son of sexual assault and torture.


Attorneys Joseph G. Cavallo and Emanuel Karl Hudson, along with their client Leyla Ors, are accused of requesting millions of dollars from Sheikh Monsur Albalwi in exchange for their abandoning the c...

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