| In SDNY Horse Racing Follow
Up Izhaki Pleads Guilty After Toying With
Taking Her Own Life
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Aug 18 – In further FBI horse
racing performance enhancing
drugs prosecutions, on May 28
Sarah Izhaki and Ashley
Lebowitz pled not guilty
before Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil
of the U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York. Inner City Press covered
and live tweeted
it.
The Assistant US
Attorney describing discovery,
saying that It would take
about a month to process and
re-upload the discovery
material.
Izhaki's lawyer
said that he and his wife will
be out of town in
August.
But on
August 18, Izhazi appeared
before Judge Vyskocil to plead
guilty. Inner City Press live
tweeted it:
Judge Vyskocil:
How would you characterize
your ability to speak English?
Izhaki: Un
momentito. I speak six, seven
different languages. English
is number six. To understand
it is different. Like instead
of saying The White House you
say the House White.
Judge
Vyskocil: Are you a US
citizen?
Izhaki: Yes your
Honor. Judge Vyskocil: Have
you been under the care of a
psychiatrist? Izhaki: Yes.
Since my car accident in May
2019. And after the criminal
charges... I was hospitalized
three weeks ago.
Judge Vyskocil:
So she did not try to take her
life?
Izhaki: I had
tried to take my life
previously. But I didn't
continue with that type of
behavior.
Mr. Jacob
Mitchell: There was an earlier
incident. More recently a
doctor sent her to be
examined, but she was released
Judge Vyskocil: I
find Ms. Izhaki is competent
to enter a plea. Izhaki: Can I
read you something? Mr.
Mitchell: Is it just the
allocution? Izhaki: Yes. Judge
Vyskocil: We'll get to that in
a minute.
Izhaki: Can I
speak to my attorney? Judge:
Yes
They're back.
Judge
Vyskocil: You
understand you will have no
trial?
Izhaki: I'm
giving up my trial?
Mr Mitchell: May
I speak?
Judge Vyskocil. Yes. And I
wish you had spoken more with
the client
beforehand.
The AUSA said, We
might supersede on the
smuggling charges - but we
won't do it if we're moving
toward resolution.
Judge Vyskocil
asked, Have you identified
victims under the Victims'
Act?
The AUSA
replied, No, not in the
case.
Judge Vyskocil
said, = How is September
9?
AUSA Andrew Adams
said, Fine.
Judge
Vyskocil: OK, 11 am on that
day. I am excluding time under
the Speedy Trial Act to
complete discovery and allow
time to analyze if there will
be any motion. And to allow
parties to negotiate, as Mr.
Adams said.
This outweighs
interest of public. The
case is US v. Izhaki,
20-cr-161 (Vyskocil).
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