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The linked article says this about Alicia Tondreau-Leve: When Dattadeen and Tondreau-Leve were still close, Tondreau-Leve
often spoke to her of her anger at losing the home she and her
husband had owned in Massachusetts — a stately four-bedroom
Colonial on an acre of land. Visiting from Florida, while Alan was
still living there, she found it so upsetting to be in the house,
which she knew by then that they would lose, that she sometimes
preferred to spend time in a rented R.V. Formula Mom became a means
of redemption and reinvention.
I found the following comment by Florida attorney general Pam Bondi disconcerting
(Alicia Tondreau-Leve was sentenced to 20 years in prison): The Leves’ sentences struck me as severe, and I asked Pam Bondi,
the Florida attorney general, if she agreed. “I wish she’d been
locked up for as long as humanly possible for what she did,” she
said of Tondreau-Leve. “Had she used her wits to start a legit
business, she could have been incredibly successful — a true
entrepreneur.”
But if that were Pam Bondi's wish, wonder why she offered a plea deal before the
case went to trial: Before trial, the prosecutors presented a deal that would have meant much less
prison time for Alicia and mere probation for Alan.
Also, this is the same Pam Bondi who in 2013 [1]: Bondi has been criticized for election fundraising activities,
including questions raised about contributions from Donald Trump
and his associates. The Florida Attorney General's office received
at least 22 fraud complaints about Trump University. In 2013 a
spokesperson for Bondi announced her office was considering joining
a lawsuit initiated by New York's Attorney General against Trump
regarding tax fraud. Four days later 'And Justice for All', a PAC
that supported Bondi's re-election campaign received a $25,000
donation from the Donald J. Trump Foundation, after which Bondi
declined to join the lawsuit against Trump University.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi#Controversies |