O'Connor lawyer blames TUMOR for BILLION dollar gambling spree

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
2/15/2013
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

How many people could have been fed?

The tumor made her do it, or so said Maureen O'Connor's lawyer defending his client against allegations that she spent $1 billion over nine years on a gambling addiction. Connor, 66, was the former mayor of San Diego who took a plea deal after gambling millions taken from a charitable trust.

Maureen O'Connor with her attorney. Her attorney says a tumor may have made her gamble and lose a billion dollars over the past nine years.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - O'Connor lost a billion dollars over nine years playing video poker at various casinos in the San Diego and Los Angeles area. Some of the money she gambled was kept in a charitable trust established by her late husband, who earned the fortune after founding the Jack in the Box fast-food chain.

After being charged for gambling the money, O'Connor took a plea deal from prosecutors that will save her from jail time, provided she pays $2 million in restitution and gets counseling.

Her lawyer suggested today that the addiction was a result of a brain tumor. To back the claim, he provided brain scans from a surgery she underwent in 2011.

O'Connor is now nearly destitute. O'Connor has apologized for what has happened and will be getting help.

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Keywords: Maureen O'Connor, gambling, Jack in the Box, charity, plea deal, prosecution

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