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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael R. Sisak and Larry Neumeister

Alleged plot to bribe a juror with $100,000 upends former heavyweight boxer’s NYC drug trial

Heavyweight Boxer-Jury Tampering - (Copyright 2018 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

Three men were arrested Monday for allegedly trying to pay up to $100,000 in cash to a juror at the Brooklyn drug trial of a former heavyweight boxer, leading a judge to abruptly dismiss the jury as it was about to hear opening statements.

John Marzulli, a spokesperson for federal prosecutors in Brooklyn, said an anonymous jury will be chosen when the trial of Goran Gogic resumes in a month.

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