Jonas Brother Makes a Surprise Appearance at U.S. Soccer Trial
(Bloomberg) -- Paul McCartney was apparently too busy to testify at a U.S. trial over corruption in international soccer, so pop singer Kevin Jonas made a surprise appearance instead.
Three former South American soccer bosses are on trial in Brooklyn, New York, in what prosecutors say is a bribes-for-media-rights scheme. Earlier, jurors were shown a ledger kept by a sports-marketing firm's finance officer showing illicit gifts, including tickets worth more than $10,000 for a 2010 McCartney show in Buenos Aires.
After defense lawyers questioned whether such a concert ever happened, prosecutors asked the oldest of the Jonas trio to come to court to confirm that there really was a sold-out concert at River Plate Stadium, which he said he attended because the Jonas Boys concert there was days later.
Jonas's turn on the stand lasted less than five minutes.
To contact the reporter on this story: Patricia Hurtado in Federal Court in Manhattan at pathurtado@bloomberg.net.
To contact the editor responsible for this story: David Glovin at dglovin@bloomberg.net.
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