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Melissa Lewis

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    November 21, 2010

    Melissa Lewis Had an Affair With Scott Rothstein, Villegas Says

    Courtesy of Lynn HaberlDebra Villegas and Melissa Lewis were best friends.​Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein and his slain employee, Melissa Britt Lewis, had an affair when Lewis was a law student, according to Debra Villegas.The alleged affair, which Villegas revealed in a videotaped statement to Pla ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2010

    Debra Villegas' Plea to Protect Her Kids Comes After Years of Abuse

    Debra Villegas relied on Melissa Lewis (right) to help care for her family.​At Debra Villegas' dramatic sentencing hearing last week, her psychologist argued against sending Scott Rothstein's former right-hand woman to prison for ten years, saying the separation would crush Villegas' two young son ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    Debra Villegas on Rothstein: "I'd Like to Believe That He Loved Me"

    Debra Villegas and Melissa Lewis.​Three months after Debra Villegas pleaded guilty to aiding in Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme, there's still plenty of mystery surrounding her relationship with the disgraced lawyer. How much did she know, and when did she know it? Did her best friend's dea ... More >>

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    June 15, 2010

    Debra Villegas' Criminal Timeline and Melissa Lewis' Death

    Debra Villegas (left) and Melissa Lewis.​When Debra Villegas pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering last week, one detail in her testimony stood out. Villegas, the former chief operating officer at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, told Judge William Zloch that she originally thought th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 11, 2010

    Debra Villegas Confesses to Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering in Rothstein Case

    Debra Villegas (left) has not yet been sentenced for the crime.​Debra Villegas, Scott Rothstein's right-hand woman at his defunct law firm, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering this afternoon at a hastily rescheduled federal court hearing.Beginning in February 2008, Villegas adm ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 4, 2010

    Morning Juice: Oil Will Ride Current to South Florida Coast; Circle K Killings an Isolated Event

    ​Here's what's in the local news this morning:If crews don't fix the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico soon, then scientists say it's "inevitable" that an ocean current will bring that contaminated water up Florida's east coast, through Broward and Palm Beach. [Palm Beach Post]Two forensic psycholog ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 3, 2010

    Debra Villegas and Melissa Lewis' Company Survives Death

    Debra Villegas, Christina Kitterman, and Melissa Lewis.​Now that Debra Villegas has been charged with money laundering in connection with Scott Rothstein's massive Ponzi scheme, her finances are getting a closer look. One venture that has raised some eyebrows is the corporation she formed with her ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2010

    Debra Villegas, Melissa Lewis, and the Round Up Connection

    Debra Villegas (left) liked to party at Round Up.​On the night her best friend was murdered in March 2008, Debra Villegas was partying with friends at the Round Up Country Western Club in Davie.This wasn't unusual for Debra, the former chief operating officer at the Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 7, 2010

    Melissa Lewis Complained of Stress, Heart Problems Before She Died

    Melissa Lewis (right) had complained of heart pain.​Melissa Britt Lewis was a cautious woman. The 39-year-old, newly divorced attorney at Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler carried Mace in her purse, had two dogs and an alarm system at her Plantation home, and always kept her garage door locked to prevent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Witness: Melissa Lewis Bought Mace Because of Tony Villegas

    Debra Villegas and Melissa Lewis armed themselves against Tony.​Some blog commenters have questioned whether Tony Villegas, the man charged with killing attorney Melissa Britt Lewis in 2008, was really as angry and abusive as his estranged wife, Debra, claimed. But police documents and New Times i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Even Lucy and Ethel Had Their Differences

    Debra Villegas and Melissa Lewis: Miller Light meets Pinot Grigio.​It's well-known that Debra Villegas and Melissa Britt Lewis were best friends. They ate lunch together, texted every night, vacationed together in the Keys. They nicknamed themselves Lucy and Ethel, and according to Debra, some peo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2010

    Tony Villegas' Diary: "You Don't Like Flies on Your Meat"

    Tony Villegas has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of Melissa Lewis.​During their investigation of the murder of Melissa Britt Lewis in March 2008, Plantation police officers seized a day planner that Tony Villegas used as a makeshift diary in late 2007 and early 2008. At the tim ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 19, 2010

    Debra Villegas' Daughter Explains Life With Tony

    Debra Villegas and her daughter Aimee.​Among the hundreds of pages of Broward County court documents recently made public regarding the 2008 murder of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler attorney Melissa Lewis, one of the most illuminating is a police interview with Aimee Villegas. Aimee is the daught ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2010

    Therapist Suspected Tony Villegas in Lewis Murder

    Debra Villegas (left), Christina Kitterman, and Melissa Lewis.​While Debra Villegas told police officers she was nearly certain that her husband, Tony Villegas, didn't kill her best friend, Melissa Lewis, others who were close to the women were not so sure.Ilene Vinikoor was a family therapist who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    A Piece of Courthouse Gossip

    Debra Villegas (left), Christina Kitterman, and Melissa Lewis.​While Debra Villegas told police officers she was nearly certain that her husband, Tony Villegas, didn't kill her best friend, Melissa Lewis, others who were close to the women were not so sure.Ilene Vinikoor was a family therapist who ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 11, 2008

    Plantation Police: Slain Lawyer Wasn't Sexually Assaulted

    Debra Villegas (left), Christina Kitterman, and Melissa Lewis.​While Debra Villegas told police officers she was nearly certain that her husband, Tony Villegas, didn't kill her best friend, Melissa Lewis, others who were close to the women were not so sure.Ilene Vinikoor was a family therapist who ... More >>

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