Bronfman kidnapping
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bronfman-kidnapping-169-11154443
title:
Bronfman kidnapping
text:
In 1975, Samuel Bronfman II, the 21-year-old heir to the Bronfman family trust then worth $750 million, was kidnapped after a gathering in Yorktown Heights, New York, and held for ransom. His kidnappers were caught and the ransom recovered, but the defendants' attorneys mounted a defense that argued Bronfman had been a co-conspirator, and the abductors were only convicted of extortion, not kidnapping. The defense attorney confessed in 2020 that he had been aware the defense was a lie and that Br
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1975 crime in New York, United States
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronfman_kidnapping
date created:
2023-01-09T10:07:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T13:47:38Z
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