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Rush Limbaugh's Pretrial Intervention Agreement

By Ron Chapman

          In 2006, political commentator Rush Limbaugh was charged with committing the crime of Withholding Information from a Practitioner.  On May 1, 2006, Limbaugh entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement with the Office of the State Attorney.  According to that agreement, the State Attorney's Office agreed to drop his case if he successfully completed the Pretrial Intervention Program.             Conditions 1 through 10 and condition number 12 are all standard conditions of a deferred prosecution agreement.  Condition number 11, however, is a special condition requiring that Limbaugh pay costs of investigation totaling $30,000...continue to full post

Full post as published by Palm Beach Criminal Defense Blog on June 24, 2009 (boomark / email).