BREAKING NEWS: RICHA TO PLEAD GUILTY!

Dallas, Texas on Monday, September 22, 2008
By Crime Reporter: Malati Chopra / Gayfare Online
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At Gayfare Online, we pride ourselves of bringing you REAL & breaking unbiased Trollywood crime news - as they happen. We have breaking news regarding veteran Trollywood actress Richa Koppikar’s troubles with the law. Late last week Richa’s lawyers reached a plea bargain agreement with federal prosecutors. Per the agreement, Richa has agreed to appear before an immigration judge next week and to plead GUILTY! Further, Richa has also agreed to remain detained until her hearing later this week. In return, federal prosecutors agreed to drop 2 charges of theft against her. Our source informed us, on condition of anonymity that “the nature of her crime was such that she was not directly involved but always indirectly. As such, investigators had no substantial evidence linking her directly to the crime. So, federal prosecutors are very enthusiastic about this development – that she has agreed to plead “guilty” before an immigration judge. There are strict laws regarding time limit for holding inmates without evidence. So, prosecutors were worried that they would have to release Richa and she would be on the run again. But this plea bargain agreement is considered a major break for them because she has agreed to remain detained until her hearing – later this week.” Our source also added that “if she had pleaded NOT GUILTY, the case could have gone on for years costing tax payers thousands of dollars in legal fees and hundreds of hours for law enforcement.”

We asked our source - So why did she plead guilty? “There could be several reasons. Prosecutors may have led her to believe that they had concrete evidence against her and told her that if she was ‘found guilty’, she’d be put behind bars for years. So, she might have become scared and 'pleaded guilty' in order to get a less severe sentence. Also, the trauma of being behind bars and wanting the process to come to an end might have contributed to her decision to ‘plead guilty’ and receive a quick hearing. Many people also plead guilty because they don’t want to tarnish their family reputation by dragging the case on for years.”

We inquired as to what would be the next step in this process? “Well, she is pleading guilty to breaking the laws of this country so it is almost certain that she will be found deportable and inadmissible to the United States – thanks to the new fingerprint technology. She may never step into this country again! She might also be sued by different companies in a civil court – depending on the outcome of the court’s decision.”

We will continue our investigation and bring you further information and reaction from the Trollywood community.