Also a focus of the investigation were numerous payments totaling nearly $3 million to a former business associate and felon, Derrick Armstrong. Nazarian's lawyers likened the payments to extortion. Nazarian said he made the payments out of fear.
Date: Dec 18, 2014
Category: U.S.
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Much of that hearing was spent discussing payments Nazarian made to a former business associate, Derrick Armstrong, whom Nazarian's lawyers described as an unsavory individual. They say Armstrong threatened to harm Nazarian and his family physically and in the public sphere by divulging embarrassing