COVINGTON — For the first time in almost a year, Lexington-area lawyer Melbourne Mills Jr. will wake up today in his own bed.
After six days of deliberation, a jury on Tuesday found Mills –"who argued that he was too drunk to take part in a criminal conspiracy — not guilty of taking millions from his former clients in a $200 million fen-phen settlement.
Mills’ face broke into a wide grin and he mouthed ‘thank you, thank you’ to the jury after the verdict was read. …
The jury will continue deliberations Wednesday on the fate of Gallion and Cunningham.
Mills’ girlfriend: ‘I knew he was innocent all the way. I’m just glad to get my honey back home so we can start our life again.’
A former phen-fen client: ‘They successfully used his alcoholism as a defense and it worked. They have made alcoholism a pass or a get-out-of-jail-free card for all criminals.’
A paralegal who worked for the three defendants and thinks this bodes well for Gallion and Cunningham: ‘I do think that Gallion and Cunningham had their hands in it more than Mills, but they were what they called the three caballeros. I can’t imagine one would not know what the other one was doing.’
More at the Herald-Leader.
(h/t LetterofApology)
