'Cold, calculating': Lottery murderer gets life

Chris Urso / The Tampa Tribune via AP Dorice Moore, right, and her lawyer Byron Hileman watch the jury after she was found guilty of first-degree murder in the death of lottery winner Abraham Shakespeare on Monday. By The Associated Press A woman was convicted Monday of first-degree murder in the slaying of a lottery winner in central Florida and sentenced to mandatory life without parole by a judge who called her "cold, calculating and cruel." Dorice "Dee Dee" Moore showed no emotion as a jury foreman read the verdict. Judge Emmett Battles sentenced her to an additional minimum mandatory 25 years for using a gun in the commission of a felony. Moore has 30 days to appeal. If she decides to, she will be assigned a public defender. The attorney appointed by the court to represent her at trial, Byron Hileman, will no longer represent her. "I can sleep good at night because I know I had done the very best job," Hileman said. "I feel sad for the victim. I feel sad for their families. I feel sad for the defendant because these types of cases are no-win situations." Jurors deliberated for more than three hours before finding Moore guilty of the first-degree murder charge prosecutors had lodged against her in the death of Abraham Shakespeare, who won millions in 2006. Shakespeare's mother was in the courtroom, but showed no emotion. "She got every bit of his money," said Assistant State Attorney Jay Pruner in closing arguments. "He found out about it and threatened to kill her. She killed him first." Woman arrested in Fla. lottery winner's death Hileman argued that there were other potential suspects whom prosecutors refused to consider. "There were a lot of people who owed Mr. Shakespeare a lot of money. One guy owed him a million dollars," he said during his closing arguments. "The police focused on Dee Dee Moore and they didn't even consider other people." Pruner could not be reached for comment immediately. 'Manipulative person' Battles instructed the jury that it could convict the 40-year-old Moore of a lesser charge. Following the verdict, he called her "the most manipulative person" he had ever seen, describing her as "cold, calculating and cruel." Prosecutors built much of their case from a confidential informant's statements and financial records. Moore was briefly banned from the courtroom Monday over concerns that she may have threatened jurors. She was back a short time later for closing arguments, but said she did not want to take the stand in order to protect her family. At times, Moore closed her eyes and averted her face from the jury as prosecutors played audio recordings made by an undercover officer posing as a criminal who would take the fall for Shakespeare's murder. Prosecutors said Moore befriended Shakespeare in late 2008, claiming she was writing a book about how people were taking advantage of him. Read more US stories from NBC News They claimed Moore later became his financial adviser, eventually controlling every asset he had left, including an expensive home, the debt owed to him and a $1.5 million annuity. She ultimately swindled Shakespeare out of his dwindling fortune, then shot him and buried his body under a concrete slab in her backyard, Pruner said. In opening statements, Moore's attorney told the jury that his client was trying to help protect Shakespeare's assets from a pending child-support case when he was killed by drug dealers who hadn't been caught. Former inmate Rose Condora, who was locked up with Moore, told reporters during a break in the trial that she has visited her friend every night at the jail. "She's not what people think she is," Condora said. "She did not kill that man." More content from NBCNews.com: More graves found at notorious Florida reform school for boys New York Hasidic counselor found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing girl Pentagon identifies SEAL killed during hostage rescue Fewer homeless vets expected; 'alarming' trend in young Aurora shooting suspect James Holmes' notebook at center of hearing Video:Troubling signs in paradise Follow US news from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook © 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Mandela in hospital with lung infection

Mandela was hospitalized over the weekend Doctors ran tests on the 94-year-old Former South African president won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial segregation (CNN) -- Nelson Mandela's current hospitalization is due to a lung infection, authorities said Tuesday. Doctors were treating Mandela and he was responding to treatment, a statement from President Jacob Zuma's office said. Mandela, 94, was hospitalized over the weekend at a Pretoria facility but the exact nature of his ailment had not been released. Tuesday's statement said he had a recurrence of a previous lung infection. The global icon and former South African leader spent 27 years in prison as retribution for fighting racial segregation in South Africa. He became president in 1994, four years after he was freed.

HSBC to pay $1.9 billion in money-laundering case

Stefan Wermuth / Reuters, file The investigation HSBC -- Europe's largest bank by market value -- has focused on the transfer of funds through the U.S. financial system from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations like Iran that are under international sanctions. By NBC News staff and wire services British banking giant HSBC has agreed to pay more than $1.9 billion to U.S. authorities -- the largest penalty ever paid by a bank -- after failing to abide by anti-money laundering and sanctions laws, it said on Tuesday. The investigation of the bank -- Europe's largest by market value -- has focused on the transfer of funds through the U.S. financial system from Mexican drug cartels and on behalf of nations like Iran that are under international sanctions.  The bank said in a statement  that it had also "clawed back" bonuses from a number of senior staff, spent more than $290 million on "remedial measures" and taken steps to limit business in "countries that pose a high financial crime risk." The statement added that the bank was also expected to finalize an agreement with the U.K. Financial Services Authority "shortly." Stuart Gulliver, chief executive of HSBC Group, said in the statement that the bank was a "fundamentally different organization" now. "We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again," he said. Related content: Report: HSBC allowed money laundering that likely funded terror, drugs HSBC's group compliance chief to quit amid scandal  HSBC Bank USA is suspected of giving free rein to money launderers Banks' bad behavior may be scaring away investors Chase, HSBC among 7 banks subpoenaed over rate fixing NYT: HSBC said to near $1.9 billion settlement over money laundering "While we welcome the clarity that these agreements bring, ensuring the highest standards wherever we do business is an ongoing process," Gulliver added. "We are committed to protecting the integrity of the global financial system. To this end we will continue to work closely with governments and regulators around the world." The statement, which included a string of measures taken by the bank to address the problems, also said that an independent monitor would assess HSBC's progress over the five-year term of the agreement with the Justice Department. The agreement with the Justice Department noted that HSBC Bank USA and HSBC Group had "provided valuable assistance to law enforcement," according to the bank's statement. U.S. and European banks have now agreed to settlements with U.S. regulators totaling some $5 billion in recent years on charges they violated U.S. sanctions and failed to police illicit transactions, Reuters reported. No bank or bank executives, however, have been indicted as prosecutors have instead utilized deferred prosecutions, the wire service said. Analyst Jim Antos, of Mizuho Securities, said the statement on Tuesday indicates an extra $420 million for the settlement costs, calling it a "trivial" figure in terms of the company's book value, Reuters reported. "But in terms of real cash terms, that's a huge fine to pay," Antos added, who rates HSBC a "buy." U.S. justice department officials are expected to detail the settlement later Tuesday, according to Reuters. HSBC's settlement comes a day after rival British bank Standard Chartered agreed to a $327 million settlement with U.S. law enforcement agencies for sanctions violations, a pact that follows a $340 million settlement the bank reached with the New York bank regulator in August. CNBC's Eamon Javers reports the detail on an investigation of HSBC's lending practices. Medicare fraud case Such settlements have become commonplace. In what had been the largest settlement until this week, ING Bank NV in June agreed to pay $619 million to settle U.S. government allegations it violated sanctions against countries including Cuba and Iran. Other banks that have reached settlements over sanctions violations are Credit Suisse Group, Lloyds Banking Group, Barclays and ABN Amro Holding NV. In the United States, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Wachovia Corp. and Citigroup Inc. have been cited for anti-money laundering lapses or sanctions violations. HSBC's failings date to 2003, when the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and New York state regulators ordered the bank to better monitor suspicious money flows. In 2010, a consent order from the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) ordered HSBC to review suspicious transactions moving through the bank, Reuters reported. At the time, the OCC called HSBC's compliance program "ineffective." In 2008, the U.S. Attorney in Wheeling, West Virginia, began investigating HSBC and how a local pain doctor allegedly used the bank to launder Medicare fraud. Ultimately, that prosecutor's office came to believe the case was "the tip of the iceberg" in terms of the suspicious transactions conducted through HSBC, according to documents reviewed by Reuters and reported earlier this year. Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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Many obstacles to weed out before pot is sold legally

Washington State's new law makes it legal for adults to possess up to an ounce of marijuana, but some speculate the federal government will prosecute those who use marijuana on federal land because federal law prohibits marijuana use. NBC's Kristen Dahlgren reports. By M. Alex Johnson, NBC News Washington and Colorado say you can legally smoke marijuana for fun now, but here's the catch: You can't legally buy it. M. Alex Johnson is a reporter for NBC News. Follow him on Twitter and Facebook. Voters in those states passed initiatives last month to legalize recreational use of marijuana. As of last Thursday, it's legal under Washington law for anyone 21 and over to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana, 16 ounces of "solid marijuana-infused product" (in other words, a pound of pot brownies) or 72 ounces of "marijuana-infused liquid." In Colorado, Gov. John Hickenlooper signed Amendment 64 to the state Constitution on Monday, legalizing not only recreational use but also home growing, unlike in Washington. Entrepreneurs are already planning stores to get more buck for the bhang. PhotoBlog: Pot smokers gather under Seattle's Space Needle to celebrate "Part of the mission of our company is to transform marijuana from a back-alley drug being sold by criminals into a premium product being enjoyed by responsible adults," said Jamen Shively, chief executive of Diego Pellicer Inc., a new company that hopes to open a chain of stores in Washington and Colorado as soon as the budding legal issues are cleared up. The company is named for Shively's great-grandfather, who grew hemp in the Philippines. It eventually became the biggest hemp supplier in the world around the turn of the 20th century. ("It's a family business," said Alan Valdes, a veteran securities trader who recently joined the company as chairman.) "We're creating the category of premium marijuana," said Shively, who worked as a corporate strategy manager for Microsoft Corp. from 2003 to 2009 before leaving for a specialty food startup. "If you are producing or intending to produce premium-grade product that's in line with our ethos, we're interested in talking to you." Americans to feds: Keep your hands off our pot But Diego Pellicer and its customers may be in for a long wait. The federal government still insists that marijuana is a Schedule I controlled substance and that buying and selling it for any purpose remains a federal crime. Federal authorities officially even frown on the pot that patients get at medical marijuana dispensaries, although their policy is to look the other way in those cases. For recreational users, well, "you're a felon," said Mark A.R. Kleiman, editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. "Period. End of paragraph." And so is your retailer. "Regardless of any changes in state law ... growing, selling or possessing any amount of marijuana remains illegal under federal law," said Jenny Durkan, the U.S. attorney in Seattle. She said the Justice Department is reviewing its options in Washington and Colorado. Buzzkill: Feds fire warning shot over pot legalization Shively said that under no circumstances would his company violate federal law. "Let's suppose tomorrow that Washington state issued licenses and said, 'Go ahead, guys, have at it.' We would say to the state of Washington respectfully, 'Thanks, but no thanks, because we haven't heard from the federal government.'" Until then, Diego Pellicer is rounding up funding and private shareholders to be ready if and when the Justice Department changes course. "I think it's going to be hard for the Obama administration to slap this down," Valdes said. "Washington is a liberal Democratic state that helped (President Barack Obama) get elected. The people voted for him — it would be a slap in the face." Like Amsterdam: Washington bar owner lets patrons get stoned Dan Satterberg, the prosecuting attorney in King County, Wash., which is home to a thriving marijuana scene in and around Seattle, thinks the Justice Department will try anyway. The Washington and Colorado laws require state agencies to facilitate something the federal government considers an illegal act — the sale and distribution of marijuana. That raises an important states' rights question that only the courts can sort out, he said. Satterberg told NBC station KING of Seattle that he expects the states and the Justice Department to wind up before the U.S. Supreme Court within the next couple of years to argue the issue. KING: Clearing up the new marijuana law: What's legal? Overlooked in the immediate reaction to passage of the initiatives, both pro and con, is an important public health question, said Kleiman, who is a professor of public policy at the University of California-Los Angeles and co-author of "Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know." It's not the question you might expect — how much does legalization increase marijuana use? — but "how much does legalization increase abuse?" he told NBC News. Assuming marijuana use follows the pattern of alcohol use, most of the marijuana consumed in the U.S. is used by the 20 percent minority of people who abuse it, he said. Most pot users use it now for light recreational purposes, but if it's legal, how big will that 20 percent grow? "Nobody knows," he said. Questions like that are why it might, in fact, be wise for the federal government to step back and let Washington and Colorado serve as laboratories, so policy makers can "find out what happens." Watch US News videos on NBCNews.com If it does, Shively and Valdes will be ready. "We are building our entire business on the premise it will be sufficiently legal in the next few months or a year," Shively said — a business that will include merchandising beyond simple sales of premium pot. "Be looking out for really beautiful vaporizing products," he said. "That will be really hot." More content from NBCNews.com: More graves found at notorious Florida reform school for boys Fewer homeless vets expected; 'alarming' trend in young Storm pounds Upper Midwest with heavy snow, wind Cops: 2 University of Colorado students fed pot brownies to classmates, professor Video: Senator: MTV series 'Buckwild' is 'a travesty' Follow US news from NBCNews.com on Twitter and Facebook

Are record fines the new normal?

HSBC was fined for money laundering activities tied to drug cartels in Mexico and terror-linked groups in Saudi Arabia in December 2012. . Standard Chartered was levied the fine on August and December 2012 for violating U.S. sanctions on transactions with Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan. In June 2012. ING Group was charged for covering up fund transfers in violation of U.S. sanctions against Cuba and Iran. Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse was penalized for allowing clients in Iran, Libya, Sudan, Myanmar and Cuba to conduct financial transactions. Barclays Banking Group faced the fine for rigging the Californian electricity market in November 2012. The group was charged for manipulating bank Libor rates in June 2012. Allowing Iranian and Sudanese clients access to the U.S. banking system cost Lloyds TSB Group the hefty sum in January 2009. Bank of America was fined in February 2012 for charging discriminatory lending rates to African American and Latino borrowers. Barclays was fined earlier in August 2010 for allowing client payments from Cuba and Sudan. In February 2012, JPMorgan Chase was levied for problems in its mortgage servicing business. The Royal Bank of Scotland was forced to pay the amount in June 2012 for manipulating bank Libor rates. Ally Financial, based at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, was also charged in February 2012 for problems in mortgage servicing business. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 HSBC to pay record $1.92 billion to U.S. authorities to settle money laundering accusations "We accept responsibility for our past mistakes," says HSBC Group CEO Stuart Gulliver Standard Chartered agreed to pay $327 million to settle U.S. Treasury Department charges At least 21 global banks have paid millions in fines since 2009 for a variety of charges (CNN) -- In a historic fine, HSBC will pay out a record $1.92 billion to U.S. authorities to settle money laundering accusations -- activities which have allegedly occurred with drug cartels in Mexico and terror-linked groups in Saudi Arabia. U.S. authorities declared HSBC, the UK's biggest bank by market capitalization, in breach of a series of U.S. laws, including the Trading with the Enemy Act. "We accept responsibility for our past mistakes. We have said we are profoundly sorry for them, and we do so again. The HSBC of today is a fundamentally different organization from the one that made those mistakes," HSBC Group CEO Stuart Gulliver, said in a statement. On Monday, Standard Chartered, the UK's second largest bank by market value, agreed to pay $327 million to settle U.S. Treasury Department charges of violating sanctions on transactions with Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan between 2001 and 2007. In August Standard Chartered paid $340 million to the state of New York's Department of Financial Services to settle civil charges alleging it had concealed $250 billion in illegal transactions with Iran. But while this week's fines are record fees, they are not earth-shattering when compared to the billions of dollars the banks boast in market values, assets and profits. According to Quartz, it will take HSBC a mere 41 days to earn back the $1.9 billion fine. "These banks are big and you can argue that these kinds of settlements have some mitigating effect on risk-taking," says Gary Biddle, professor of accounting at the University of Hong Kong. But "HSBC has about a $123 billion market cap today so its ($1.9 billion) fine is about 1%. This is not a huge amount. The stock price will vary that much in any given day anyway." Indeed, HSBC's share price appears to have not suffered in light of these charges. In Hong Kong trading, HSBC Holdings rose 0.31% by mid-day Tuesday. Since news of HSBC's allegations hit in mid-July, HSBC's share price in Hong Kong has risen 16.3%. In the same time period in London trading, its share price has risen nearly 15%. Since the start of 2009, there have been at least 21 instances where global banks and financial institutions have been fined -- predominantly by U.S. authorities. Cases include a $536 million fine against Credit Suisse in December 2009 for allowing clients in Iran, Libya and Cuba to conduct financial transactions; a $335 million fine against Bank of America on racial discrimination charges in lending rates; and a $619 million fine against ING Bank NV that involved a cover-up of fund transfers that violated U.S. sanctions against Cuba and Iran. Biddle says bank improprieties will continue as long as governments continue to back them -- fallout from the 2008 financial crisis when the U.S. labeled some banks: "Too big to fail." "The obvious natural consequence of governments bailing out banks, or any industry for that matter," says Biddle, "is that executives are able to take on more risk (and) governments bailing out banks puts us all at risk." The Dirty Dozen: Biggest fines of the banking world since 2009 1. $1.9 billion, HSBC, December 2012. Charge: Accused of money laundering activities tied to drug cartels in Mexico, terror-linked groups in Saudi Arabia. 2. $667 million, Standard Chartered, August and December 2012. Charge: Violating U.S. sanctions on transactions with Iran, Burma, Libya and Sudan. 3. $619 million, ING Bank NV, June 2012. Charge: Covering up fund transfers in violation of U.S. sanctions against Cuba, Iran. 4. $536 million, Credit Suisse, December 2009. Charge: Allowing clients in Iran, Libya, Sudan, Myanmar and Cuba to conduct financial transactions. 5. $470 million, Barclays, November 2012. Charge: Rigging electricity market. 6. $450 million, Barclays, June 2012. Charge: Manipulating bank Libor rates. 7. $350 million, Lloyds TSB Group. Charge: Allowing Iranian and Sudanese clients access to the U.S. banking system. 8. $335 million, Bank of America, December 2011. Charge: Racial discrimination in lending rates. 9. $298 million, Barclays, August 2010. Charge: Allowing client payments from Cuba, Sudan. 10. $275 million, JPMorgan Chase, February 2012. Charge: Problems in mortgage servicing business. 11. $233 million, Royal Bank of Scotland, June 2012. Charge: Manipulating bank Libor rates. 12. $207 million, Ally Financial, February 2012. Charge: Problems in mortgage servicing business.

Philippine toll from typhoon tops 700

The numbers of dead and missing are likely to rise further, an official warns Typhoon Bopha has so far killed 714 people in the Philippines Another 890 people are missing, including hundreds of fishermen Hundreds of thousands of survivors have been severely affected by the destruction (CNN) -- The death toll from the destructive typhoon that savaged the southern Philippines last week has climbed above 700, authorities said Tuesday, warning that the final number may be much higher. Nearly 900 people are still unaccounted for in the aftermath of Typhoon Bopha, the strongest and deadliest storm to hit the Philippines this year, according to the country's emergency management agency. The numbers of dead and missing have risen drastically during the past several days as government officials have gathered information from isolated areas where the scale of the devastation was previously unknown. Both of the grim totals are likely to increase further this week, said Benito Ramos, head of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, the emergency agency. Search and rescue efforts are continuing, he said, despite the declining chances of finding people alive. "We are still hoping against hope that there are still survivors," he said by telephone, adding that some of the hundreds of fishermen reported missing after the storm could yet be found sheltering on small islands out at sea. If only a few of those missing are found alive, Bopha could eventually prove more deadly than Tropical Storm Washi, which killed 1,268 people a year ago. But its toll would still remain far below that of Tropical Storm Thelma, the country's most lethal storm on record that left more than 5,000 people dead in 1991. The worst of the death and destruction from Bopha took place on the southern island of Mindanao, where the storm hit first and hardest with gusts as strong as 220 kph (138 mph). In the provinces of Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental, the heavy rain set off flash floods and landslides that engulfed whole neighborhoods, and the winds ripped apart fragile houses. Many residents were unprepared or unaware of the typhoon's threat to the region, which rarely experiences tropical cyclones of such magnitude. Bopha, known locally as Pablo, was the most powerful typhoon to hit Mindanao in decades. Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental account for the vast majority of the 714 people killed and for most of the 890 still missing nationwide. A week after the typhoon struck, survivors there are facing many obstacles to rebuilding their lives. Hundreds of thousands of people are living in evacuation centers or relying on the government for other kinds of assistance, according to the national emergency agency. And hundreds more, who have not been able to find refuge in the centers, line the roads of Compostela Valley, said Arlo Ramos, a relief worker in the region for World Vision, a humanitarian group. "During the daytime, they stand along the side of the road, they ask for food," he said. At night, they sleep in small, makeshift shelters cobbled together out of bits of wood and canvas scavenged from the debris, he added. In New Bataan, the town at the heart of the devastation, dead bodies are still being found and lined up in an open space in front of an evacuation center, according to Arlo Ramos. When aid workers or government officials arrive in the town, he said, residents crowd around them, hoping to get the food or water they desperately need, he said. The region's prospects for longer term recovery are also bleak, since the storm laid waste to a great deal of the agricultural land on which many residents rely for their livelihood. "Farming communities have been the worst hit and it could take many years for them to fully recover," said Paul del Rosario, the humanitarian program coordinator for the charity Oxfam. The United Nations has announced a global appeal to try to raise $65 million to help those affected by the storm. And Philippine President Benigno Aquino III, who visited New Bataan and other severely affected areas last week, has declared a state of national calamity, which releases emergency funds and puts price controls on basic goods. Finger pointing has also begun among officials over the reasons why so many people lost their lives. Local authorities have been criticized for not anticipating the scale of the destruction. And a member of Aquino's government, Environment Secretary Ramon Paje, has said illegal logging and mining contributed to the landslides and flash floods on Mindanao. Paje has implemented measures aimed at clamping down on logging in Philippine forests. "Several quarters are criticizing the declaration of a total log ban but look at what happened," he said last week, referring to the devastation on Mindanao, according to CNN affiliate ABS-CBN. "It is now proving that we really must stop timber harvesting, especially in our natural forests."

New York Hasidic counselor found guilty of repeatedly sexually abusing girl

View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. By Colleen Long, NBCNewYork.com NEW YORK -- A religious counselor in Brooklyn's ultra-orthodox Jewish community was convicted Monday of the sustained sexual abuse of a girl who was sent to him with questions about her faith. The courtroom was silent as Nechemya Weberman was convicted of 59 counts, including sustained sex abuse of a child, endangering the welfare of a child and other counts. He faces 25 years in prison on the top charge and two to seven years on the lesser charges. The 54-year-old defendant and his relatives stared down at the ground as the verdict was pronounced. Some of the accusers' supporters smiled quietly. The accuser, now 18, told authorities Weberman abused her repeatedly from the time she was 12 until she was 15. Defense lawyers said the jurors, who deliberated about half a day, did not properly grasp the complicated issues. "We firmly believe that the jury got an unfairly sanitized version of the facts," said attorney George Farkas. "As a result, the truth did not come out and the struggle continues in full force to free this innocent man." The case was a crash course for jurors about the customs and rules in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community in Brooklyn, home to about 250,000, the largest community outside Israel. It spotlighted the strict rules that govern the Satmar Hasidic sect. Guarded community Weberman is not a licensed counselor, but worked with families within his community for decades. The girl was sent to him because she had been questioning her faith, was dressing immodestly and showing an interest in boys, all violations of the sect's rules. Prosecutors say Weberman molested the girl for years behind a locked office door. Defense attorneys argued the counselor was the victim of a vindictive child who was angry that he had betrayed her trust when he went to her parents after learning she had a boyfriend. "When she found out that she had been betrayed, she went wild," defense attorney Stacey Richman said. The trial has rocked the insular, tight-knit group, not only because of the shocking charges but also because the case was played out in a public court. The guarded society strongly discourages going to outside authorities. The victim testified that she and her family were harassed and shunned for coming forward; her father lost his business and her nieces were kicked out of school. During the trial, which began last week, three men were charged with criminal contempt for snapping images of the accuser on the witness stand with cellphone cameras and posting them online. And before the trial began, Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes charged other men with trying to bribe the accuser to drop the charges. The teen testified for three days about the abuse, detailing that Weberman forced her to perform oral sex and act out porn films. She said the abuse lasted from 2007 to 2010. Her family paid him $12,800 in counseling fees during that time, the victim's mother testified Monday. "I wanted to die rather than live with myself," the accuser testified. "I didn't know how to fight. I was numb."