Here’s a surprise from the Bell trial: former council member Victor Bello, mister “$100,000 a year as assistant food bank coordinator” was a rat.
Victor Bello had written a letter to the Los Angeles County district attorney with allegations of misconduct in Bell on May 6, 2009, but was not interviewed until 10 1/2 months later, district attorney’s investigator Maria Grimaldo testified Wednesday. She was not asked the reason for the delay nor what the allegations were.
Here’s a great exchange:
“Your monthly salary as a council member is how much a month? investigator Mike Holguin asks. “You said $3,900?”
“No, no, no, no,” Bello replies, according to the transcript. “It’s about $100,000.”
“A $100,000 a year?” Grimaldo asks.
“That’s as a council member for, uh, for Bell?” Holguin adds.
$3,900 a month is what Bello expected to receive as his pension from Bell.
According to the LAT, Grimaldo is the final prosecution witness, so I guess we can expect the defense testimony to start soon. I’d recommend popping a fresh batch of popcorn for that.
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