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Aug 28, 2023 · BEVERLY HILLS, CA - DECEMBER 06: Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors member Mark Ridley-Thomas speaks onstage during the Children's Defense Fund of California 22nd Annual Beat The Odds Awards ...
Mar 9, 2023 · Suspended Los Angeles City Councilmember Mark Ridley-Thomas, shown in 2020, is accused of steering contracts to USC in exchange for special benefits for his son, Sebastian Ridley-Thomas. At the ...
Mar 30, 2023 · Ridley-Thomas’ political career spans several decades, including in the California State Legislature and, most recently, in the Los Angeles City Council. He was suspended in October 2021 from the Los Angeles City Council after being indicted in this case. “When elected leaders engage in acts of corruption, our community suffers immense damage.
Jun 30, 2023 · A federal judge in Los Angeles has upheld the conviction of longtime politician Mark Ridley-Thomas, declining Friday to acquit him of all public corruption charges or grant him a new trial. In a ...
Aug 28, 2023 · Ridley-Thomas served on the Los Angeles City Council from 1991-2002, then was a member of the Assembly and state Senate before being elected to the powerful county Board of Supervisors in 2008 ...
Oct 14, 2021 · Oct. 13, 2021 Updated 8:52 PM PT. Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges that he took bribes from a USC dean in exchange for directing millions of ...
Aug 28, 2023 · Ridley-Thomas, 68, of Los Angeles, was sentenced by United States District Judge Dale S. Fischer, who also ordered Ridley-Thomas to pay a $30,000 fine. At today’s hearing, Judge Fischer said Ridley-Thomas engaged in a “shakedown” and that he used his “[political] support as a bargaining chip to get benefits for his son.”
