Disgraced ex-lawyer Chris Pettit is going to jail on a contempt charge after violating a judge’s order in his bankruptcy case.
after hearing testimony from Pettit, the family of his child’s nanny and a former employee of his law office — all of which convinced the jurist that Pettit has not been truthful during bankruptcy proceedings or about what happened to a laptop that may hold answers sought by creditors.
In their testimony, two members of the family said that at Pettit’s direction, they moved furniture and other valuables from a home on Champions Run to storage units and contacted an auctioneer to sell them. That contradicted what Pettit said during a hearing on the matter last week, when he testified by video that he “did not ask anyone to move anything” from the house.The judge also heard a phone conversation Pettit had with the nanny’s daughter, who recorded it.
Also Thursday, Sophia Gonzales, a former secretary at Pettit’s law firm, testified that days before he and his firm filed for bankruptcy, Pettit instructed her to retrieve a laptop and flash drives he’d used at his San Antonio office. At his direction, she said, she shipped the items to him at a home where he’s been living in Florida.
“Most troubling to the court is the issue of the business laptop being secreted away prior to the bankruptcy being filed,” the judge said, adding that he believed Pettit might have committed “bankruptcy crimes.” He said was referring that matter to the FBI as well.
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