Stanford Law Grad Can’t Cover Debt in Escort Service Plea Deal
The dwindling Internet wealth of the founder of Ask.com is having an effect on the plea deal of his estranged spouse, a Stanford law graduate accused of failing to pay taxes on money she made running an escort service.
In January, law graduate Cristina Warthen pleaded guilty to tax evasion and agreed to pay the government $313,000—the total she was accused of making while running an escort service and working as a prostitute under the name Brazil.
But Warthen’s lawyers said in papers filed last week that she will only get $230,000 from her husband David Warthen in divorce proceedings, making it impossible for her to pay the full debt to the government, the <a href=http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_12595455?source=rss” title=”San Jose Mercury News”>San Jose Mercury News reports. Originally Cristina Warthen had expected to get $350,000 in the divorce, but the stock market drop has left David Warthen “a mere shadow of his former financial self,” court papers say.
