Professional golfer Phil Mickelson wont be called to testify at gambler Billy Walterss insider-trading trial because hed invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, a defense lawyer told a judge.
The disclosure came at a sidebar conference between lawyers and the judge as they discussed whether the golfer would testify. Mickelson has become a titillating sideshow in the criminal case against Walters, 70, whos accused of reaping about $43 million by trading on inside tips provided by Tom C. Davis, the former chairman of Dean Foods Co.
He is on our witness list, but we understand from his counsel he would invoke his Fifth Amendment if called, attorney Barry Berke said, according to a transcript of the conferenc…
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