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Deadline For Carruthers
Over eight months ago, the then
CEO of Betonsports, located in
Costa Rica, David Carruthers was
arrested in the USA whilst
connecting to Costa Rica on a
flight from London.
Alleged by the US Department of
Justice to have committed a
number of offences related to
his position as an executive at
the betting group, Carruthers
was detained, fired by his
company and then allowed out on
heavy bail on condition that he
wears an electronic tracking
device and remains on house
arrest within the environs of
St. Louis until his trial.
Following the Carruthers arrest,
Betonsports, closed its doors to
its San Pedro Mall operations,
leaving some 1.400 employees out
of work.
When that trial will take place
is anyone's guess, and
Carruthers and others charged in
the case including Betonsports
founder Stephen Gary Kaplan
remain in a restricted legal
limbo land.
But Carruthers, who has
strenuously denied that he is
guilty of any wrongdoing, and
his legal team may have a card
up their sleeves. Judge Mary Ann
Medler of the United States
District Court, Eastern District
of Missouri, has ruled that the
embattled former exec could use
a March 30 ruling by the World
Trade Organization that the US
is not compliant with the
General Agreement on Trade
Services as a basis for arguing
for a dismissal of the case
against him.
To do that, the argument would
have to be based on the new WTO
ruling, and Judge Medler has
stipulated that the deadline for
filing such a motion expires May
2.
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