Well, former Judge Larry Seidlin solicited gifts from an attorney in his courtroom and chiseled an elderly widow living in his condo building out of nearly half a million dollars -- and it looks like he's going to get away with it.
The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office, while not exactly exonerating the judge who became famous as the rambling, blubbering judge in the Anna Nicole Smith case, decided not to charge him with any crimes. Instead prosecutors are referring the case -- which
Seidlin, crying for Anna Nicole, now faces an elderly abuse investigation.
In a disturbing development in the Larry Seidlin saga, the judge now faces a complaint of elderly abuse from the niece and caretaker of the elderly woman he has already been accused of financially exploiting.Corine Kasler, who is in town visiting 83-year-old Barbara Kasler, says she filed a complaint against Seidlin on the state's Elderly Abuse Hotline today, saying she is "shocked" by the treatment
Judge Larry Seidlin is setting up his defense for the elderly abuse complaint lodged against him -- and it appears to be another variation of "I'm the victim here."
Seidlin's wife, Belinda, spoke with a staffer at TMZ.com after the national gossip website followed the Pulp report below, saying that "she and Larry don't live with the old lady [and] have nothing to do with her care," according to the website.
Perhaps the judge doesn't live with 83-year-old Barbara Kasler, but they
Finally, justice. Or at least a taste of it.
Larry Seidlin, the weeping Anna Nicole Smith judge who has chiseled more than a half million dollars from an elderly widow in his condo building, has been removed from the woman's will.
Or I should say Seidlin's wife and daughter are off the will, since Seidlin was always shrewd enough to keep his name out of it as he worked to take over Barbara Kasler's multi-million dollar fortune. Kasler's family members, caregivers,
