2 Backpage execs found guilty on prostitution charges; another convicted of financial crime
The verdict comes after a five-year saga that began when Michael Lacey, Scott Spear and John "Jed" Brunst were indicted on a slew of felony charges.
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The verdict comes after a five-year saga that began when Michael Lacey, Scott Spear and John "Jed" Brunst were indicted on a slew of felony charges.
The verdict comes after a five-year saga that began when former New Times editor Michael Lacey and others were indicted on a slew of felony charges.
Attorneys for executives of Backpage.com continued their closing arguments on Tuesday. The case is expected to go to the jury on Wednesday.
A former executive and two operations managers for classified site Backpage.com worked vigorously to keep the platform free of ads for prostitution even as strategies on how to do so constantly shifted, their attorneys said Tuesday at a federal trial in Phoenix.
A former executive and two operations managers for classified site Backpage.com worked vigorously to keep the platform free of ads for prostitution even as ...