Bet On Sports CEO David Carruther Failed to Show Up In Court

Lawyers for online betting and gambling company BetOnSports PLC did not appear Monday in federal court in St. Louis. BetonSports was among the four companies charged in a 22-count indictment earlier this month.

Seven defendants from BetOnSports pleaded not guilty Monday to federal charges of racketeering and wire fraud. The company's former CEO David Carruthers was missing from the proceedings. According to media reports Carruthers, who is in federal custody, was en route from Dallas but did not arrive in time for the arraignment.

A lawyer appeared for DME Global Marketing, which does work for BetOnSports, and pleaded not guilty.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Mary Ann Medler set a hearing date of Aug. 21 for the defendants who appeared but said that date may be postponed.

Other defendants in the racketeering conspiracy include: Kaplan's siblings, Neil Scott Kaplan and Lori Kaplan Multz; Norman Steinberg; Carruthers; Peter Wilson, media director for BETonSPORTS.com; and Tim Brown, Steinberg's son-in-law.

According to the indictment, BETonSPORTS.com, based in Costa Rica, misleadingly advertised itself as the "World's Largest Legal and Licensed Sportsbook."

August 1, 2006
Posted By Tom Jones
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