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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.
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.
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.
Nearly $500,000 in fees were approved for Dottore Companies, LLC, in cases she handled.
Retired Judge Mark Wiest will preside at sentencing, with prosecutors not seeking jail time.
Celebrezze, who retired after the charges, will be sentenced after a presentencing report is completed.
La ex jueza Leslie Celebrezze se declara culpable de manipular registros asignándose manualmente un caso de divorcio a sí misma y favoreciendo a la firma de un amigo, lo que lleva a casi $500,000 en honorarios.