John Lehmann

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'SMART' DEFENSE - 'CRIME' TOO DUMB FOR MARTHA: LAWYER

Did Martha Stewart join a "confederacy of dunces" to cover up her ImClone stock tip? That's the question Stewart's lawyer, Robert Morvillo, asked jurors yesterday, telling them they would have...

'TRAIL OF EVIDENCE' - FEDS SUM UP WITH 6-POINT LIST OF MARTHA'S 'GUILT'

Firing a powerful final shot at Martha Stewart, the government yesterday gave jurors a six-point list of why the domestic diva is guilty of obstructing justice and lying to the...

'RING' LEADER MARTHA - RICH AND FAMOUS ALL CALLED

It used to be fabulous being Martha Stewart - just take a peek at the domestic diva's phone messages from her glory days. Before the feds started poking into her...

TOMATO SURPRISE; MARTHA STOCK ROCKETS AS JUDGE DROPS FRAUD RAP

Martha Stewart scored a surprise legal victory yesterday - and boosted her fortune by a cool $48 million in four minutes - when the judge presiding over her ImClone stock...

TOMATO SURPRISE - MARTHA STOCK ROCKETS AS JUDGE DROPS FRAUD RAP

Martha Stewart scored a surprise legal victory yesterday - and boosted her fortune by a cool $48 million in four minutes - when the judge presiding over her ImClone stock...

FRYING PAN TO FIRE - NOW THE IRS IS OUT TO GRILL MARTHA

If Martha Stewart survives her tangle with the feds, tax investigators are ready to pounce - probing the bills from a Latin American vacation that the ex-billionaire claimed as business...

MARTHA JURY SHOCKED BY LEGAL 'BRIEF'

Martha Stewart's jurors looked stunned yesterday when the domestic diva's legal team called a sudden halt to her defense after questioning only one witness for less than 17 minutes. One...

-MARTHA CLAMS UP - WON'T TESTIFY IN 15-MIN DEFENSE (M)-MUM'S THE WORD - MARTHA GAMBLES, WON'T TAKE STAND (S, LCF)

Get ready for Martha Stewart's latest creation - the 15-minute defense. Martha Stewart won't be taking the witness stand at her supercharged trial. Instead, she'll stage a defense today that...

DIVA 'LYNCH' MOB - FIRM HAD FANEUIL CRYING WITH FEAR

Rookie broker Douglas Faneuil broke down in tears after claiming to his lawyer that he made false statements to the feds about Martha Stewart's ImClone sale, saying that his Merrill...

MONEY GAL HOLDS FATE OF MARTHA

Martha Stewart's hopes of avoiding prison could rest in the hands of her longtime financial adviser Heidi DeLuca, who will take the witness stand this week to back up her...

MARTHA FATE IN HANDS OF MONEY GAL

Martha Stewart's hopes of avoiding prison could rest in the hands of her longtime financial adviser Heidi De- Luca, who will take the witness stand this week to back up...

GOING IN $TYLE: HOW MARTHA & PAL SPENT HOLIDAYS

AS Martha Stewart and her best buddy rang in the 2002 New Year with a $1,000 sea grill dinner party at a luxury beachfront resort in Mexico, they could not...

BUDDY'S BOBBLE; SAYS MARTHA BOAST MAY BE 'JUST IN MY MIND'

In a bizarre backflip, Martha Stewart's best pal, Mariana Pasternak, yesterday torpedoed her own devastating testimony against the domestic diva, telling jurors she's no longer certain Stewart boasted about getting...

'ISN'T IT NICE TO HAVE BROKERS WHO TELL YOU THOSE THINGS?' - MARTHA STEWART ACCORDING TO FRIEND'S TESTIMONY

Martha Stewart's best friend yesterday delivered a potential knockout blow against the domestic diva, telling the jury how Martha bragged, "Isn't it nice to have brokers who tell you those...

MARTHA MAYHEM - WITNESS RELIVES STOCK FRENZY AS SCANDAL BROKE

Martha Stewart's former top corporate lawyer told yesterday how the domestic diva's good-living media empire was sent into a frenzy when she was implicated in the ImClone insider-trading scandal. Advertisers...

CALL BLOCKING - TELE-EVIDENCE NIX A BOOST FOR MARTHA

The judge presiding over the Martha Stewart trial gave the domestic diva another break yesterday, shooting down the government's bid to prove its conspiracy charge by telling the jury about...

DOUG PALS MAY BURN MARTHA

The government is planning to call friends of star Martha Stewart witness Douglas Faneuil to give evidence at the super-charged trial this week - and what the pals say could...

$46M - THAT'S HOW MUCH TRIAL TESTIMONY'S COSTING MARTHA

Baby has not only put Ms. Martha in her place - he's cost her a fortune. Damaging testimony against Martha Stewart from rookie broker Douglas Faneuil, who referred to himself...

WINNING RECIPE - MARTHA JUDGE PUTS DENT IN FRAUD CHARGE

The judge presiding over the Martha Stewart trial yesterday dealt a savage blow to the prosecution's attempt to prove she committed securities fraud, the most serious charge against her. The...

MARTHA GETS WALLOPED BY TALE OF THE TAPE

Jurors at the Martha Stewart trial yesterday listened to an explosive tape of stockbroker Peter Bacanovic's interview with the feds that revealed major cracks between his and the domestic diva's...