NEW YORK - A disbarred Manhattan lawyer who pleaded guilty to statutory rape has sued American Express for giving police credit card information which he says led to his 2006 capture in Grimsby, Ont.
Prosecutors say James Colliton fled to Canada after being indicted on charges of having sex with underage girls.
The 44-year-old Colliton said American Express violated its agreement to withhold customer information from third parties.
The lawsuit seeks an unspecified sum.
Colliton pleaded guilty in October 2007 and was sentenced to three concurrent one-year terms.
He said he had fled to Canada because he thought Canadian courts and prisons were more lenient than those in the U.S.
Police say Colliton paid a woman for sex with her two daughters, one of whom was only 13.
The other was 15.
Source: http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/07/21/6225291-ap.html
1 comment:
you know the scary part? He'll probably win!!
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