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Second Hurdle Looms For Seabrook Retrial: Who Pays His Defense?

By MARK TOOR
Posted 11/27/17

Norman Seabrook said after his mistrial Nov. 16 that he was depending on help from “the Man Upstairs.” That might be his best option, since it’s not clear how much help he’s going to get from the men and women down here whom he used to represent.

The Correction Officers Benevolent Association, which Mr. Seabrook headed for 21 years before he was charged in June 2016 with taking a $60,000 bribe in return for investing $20 million in union money in a now-bankrupt hedge fund, would not comment last week on wheth­er it would pay for Mr. Seabrook’s defense in the retrial.

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