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flag Former judge Leslie Celebrezze pleads guilty to tampering with records by manually assigning a divorce case to herself and favoring a friend’s firm, leading to nearly $500,000 in fees.

flag Former Cuyahoga County Domestic Relations Court Judge Leslie Celebrezze has pleaded guilty to felony tampering with records, admitting she manually assigned a 2023 divorce case to herself instead of allowing a random assignment. flag The plea resolves state and federal investigations sparked by reporting that she steered lucrative cases to Mark Dottore, a close friend and former campaign treasurer, over several years. flag Nearly $500,000 in fees were approved for Dottore Companies, LLC, in cases she handled. flag Retired Judge Mark Wiest will preside at sentencing, with prosecutors not seeking jail time. flag Celebrezze, who retired after the charges, will be sentenced after a presentencing report is completed.

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