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Martha Stewart was sentenced to 5 months in prison, 2 years probation, and a $30,000 - plus a home confinement period with electronic bracelet (Stewart chose her Bedford, Maine house). Pundits are saying that this is a "downward departure" from the estimated 10-16 months many were thinking she would get. Apparently the judge showed "compassion." The funny thing is that pundits wonder if this is "a win" for Martha. The lady was found guilty is going to jail - that's not a win in Gothamist's book. [Update:] Martha is giving a statement - "Thank you for your support...it was a small personal matter...Support our magazines...I'll be back...I'm not afraid, I'm used to hard work."
The Post has a list of what Martha can and cannot do (she can still vote, but can't serve in the Army - ever!) and yesterday the Times had a piece about how Stewart was living it up in her pre-sentencing days. Also, the Times on Martha's appeal and wardrobe.
Gothamist on the Daily News and Post covers from the guilty verdict. You know, last week, Courtney Love gave the tabs something to write about on the weekend, and this week it's Martha. Will Britney give us a wedding next week?
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There's something appealing about not being able to leave your home for a period. Talk about no pressure to get anything done, and no guilt if you sit around all day...
hard work, hard time, same thing.
Any word on when she starts? I hope her five months in Maine is during high season. Or barring that, that her place is winterized.
I think she doesn't have to go to jail until the appeal thing is worked out, or at least that what the frenzied CNBC reporter on the courthouse steps said, so who knows when she goes!
This is a joke, an absolute joke. And if Bacanovic gets more this afternoon, the joke is complete.
Hey, do they have aryans where she's going? Maybe that will make up for it.
Nice statement... how about, "I did it, and I'm sorry." Creep.
Five months is far, far too many for a 60-year-old woman convicted on flimsy evidence of a victimless crime. I hope her 5 months in Maine is restorative. Why is there so little compassion for her? One of the few people who has succeed on her own ambition, creativity, and courage, and not turned her fame and fortune into a platform for half-assed religious and political preaching.
Do you think we're allowed to send her cakes in prison?
FREE MARTHA!
Martha was a scapegoat by the Feds. There are executives that stole from people's retirement funds. People's lives were ruined. Are these guys spending time in jail? How long did it take even indict some of these guys?
I hope her five months in Maine ends with a swatstika tattoo on her cottage-cheese butt, a la Beecher on Oz.
Ah, Beecher. How I miss Tobias.
Bedford is in Westchester, not Maine!
"One of the few people who has succeed on her own ambition, creativity, and courage, and not turned her fame and fortune into a platform for half-assed religious and political preaching."
Right. Definitely bolsters the case against Bush, since he got to where he is without any hard work or courage, and has turned his position of privilege into a platform for promoting his half assed religious and political beliefs (are they really his anyway, or just what he was told to believe?)
I hope the Enron bastards are next, but they should get life.
Dude, even Betty freakin' Crocker wouldn't have the self-confidence to send a cake to Martha Stewart.
re: the Maine thing, Bedford NY makes much more sense; According to MSNBC, she'll actually be under "manse" arrest.
First thing Martha makes in jail is probably a shiv cozy.
tscoccol, She wasn't convicted of insider trading. If you don't even know that basic fact, you should probably hesitate to comment.
On top of that, she didn't realize any "illegal profits." In fact, she lost to the tune of $250,000. ImClone, whose shareholders you seem to think she defrauded, has appreciated generously in the past 2 years, because Erbitux was eventually approved by the FDA. The biggest losers are MSLO shareholders, who have lost billions in aggregate value thanks to the prosecution of Martha's (possibly) false statements.
SP, I agree with you wholeheartedly. GW Bush and Madonna are approximately the same kind of asshole.
FYI: Martha's place in Maine is on Mt Desert Island. In this Smoking Gun report, it, too, is called a manse.
Your use of quotation marks is "nonsensical." Nyah!
Some Martha facts:
1. Twelve people found her guilty, so she's a convicted felon.
2. She also conspited with Bacanovic to have Faneuil take the fall.(Conclusion: so this idea of her being the victim is nonsense.)
3. The suggested sentence for someone guilty of what she was convicted of, someone with no prior record, is 10-16 months in jail.
4. She got half of that. (Conclusion: I doubt if you or I acted on a stock tip in the same way and were convicted we would receive such lenient treatment.)
Innocent people are victims of prosecutorial zeal. All Martha Stewart is a victim of is her own arrogance and greed.
I should think that the 200 people who are out of work as a result of her criminal arrogance and greed are the real victims here (so much for a victimless crime, eh?).
Now, back to her guesting on Oz... to avoid the Aryans how about she becomes Adabisi's dance partner?
1. True
2. Where'd you get this idea? If they conspired, it was to get Faneuil on board with the story, not to have him "take the fall." He pled out of his own charges.
3. Okay . . .
4. I, for one, am not 62 years old, nor have I done nearly as much good in the world as she has. I wouldn't necessarily expect the same leniency.
And if you want evidence of prosecutorial "zeal," how about when Patton attempted to bring charges for securities fraud against Stewart just for publicly proclaiming her innocence. As Judge Cederbaum said, "Well, that would be a novel application of the law."
Being 62 makes no difference. If anything she should have had the wisdom not to engage in a fraudulent transaction. She is a greedy old bitch, she already has tons of money. boo fuckin hoo.
She was convicted of lying to the feds about a crime (insider trading) of which she was not convicted. Say what you will about Martha, personally, I see it all as a huge waste of tax dollars.
Larry... the story of MS and PB setting up DF to take the fall comes from the newspapers... try them sometime. In the meantime, I'll be waiting for my 62nd birthday to commit some whitecollar crimes, since that seems to be the criteria you're judging by.
And what the hell has Martha Stewart done for the world besides a crappy TV show, a crappy magazine, and peddle crappy stuff at Kmart? She drove her shuband away, she drove her daughter to an eating disorder, and she rode other people's talents to a career as a pretty face and a screaming mediocrity (check with her former assistants, as I have). Dude, pick better heroes.
And comparing herself to Nelson Mandela? She couldn't be more offensive if she donned blackface and danced a jig... something I'm sure she would do in a heartbeat if if would keep her from her just punishments.
martha's pre planned interview with barbara walters on "20/20" the night of the sentencing was designed to rally anglofiles, evoking empathy, showcasing her parents, scholastic/academic brilliance and her otherwise stepford wives polished existence, but it only made her look more scheming and self-serving. martha was that high school tightass that ignored you, she was the gwyneth paltrow that lorded over you, who received "special exemption" from P.E. courses while you were playing dodgeball. the woman is an unrepentant crook. her "statement" after the ruling was a commercial for her products. most audacious thing i've ever seen. no remorse. no conscience. those words, in that moment were a postcard of the times, an indictment on the moral bankruptcy of this country and the latest failure of this repugnant legal system of two worlds; wealthy whites and "the rest," or in her own words, "the little people". and the mandela reference proves it all. even if she got away with it, i look forward to all the "prison living" parodies. bitch.