The Guadalajara Reporter

White case judge mired in controversy

The judge who earlier this year jailed a Puerto Vallarta lawyer for the “presumed” extortion of the late Thomas White has found herself at the center of a storm following allegations that she attended a party thrown by the late millionaire’s chief attorney.

White, a wealthy stockbroker and philanthropist who moved to Vallarta in 1990, was accused of sexually abusing local children from impoverished homes and supplying them with drugs. He was convicted in 2005 and died in prison last week, as he continued to fight an extradition request from the United States, where he was wanted in connection with similar offenses. Earlier this year, White won a victory of sorts when Vallarta judge Gabriela Enriquez issued arrest warrants for six men his lawyers claimed had persuaded “underage boys to falsely claim that White raped them while plying them with drugs and alcohol.”

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