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Jun 7, 2024 · A Grosse Pointe attorney accused of embezzling millions from Carhartt heiress Gretchen Valade was acquitted Friday afternoon of two charges, though the jury could not reach a decision on two...
Jun 4, 2024 · Valade, a businesswoman, philanthropist and arts patron, died at her Grosse Pointe Farms home on Dec. 30, 2022. She was 97 and the granddaughter of Carhartt Inc. founder Hamilton Carhartt....
Jun 7, 2024 · After a week of deliberation, a Wayne County Circuit Court jury acquitted attorney David Sutherland of two charges Friday in a case in which he was accused of embezzling from trusts of former...
May 16, 2024 · Gretchen Carhartt Valade was a generous, lively person who trusted her longtime attorney -- which he exploited, prosecutors now say.
- Julia Cardi
- Investigative Reporter
Jun 3, 2024 · A Wayne County Circuit Court jury reported it was deadlocked on charges against attorney David Sutherland, who is accused of embezzling from trusts of former Carhartt leader and...
- Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press
May 16, 2024 · Valade died in December 2022 at age 97. Scott Teter and Daniel Gunderson from the Michigan Attorney General's Office are prosecuting the case. They did not say in court Wednesday how...
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David Sutherland used and betrayed the late Carhartt leader Gretchen Valade, using her "like a human ATM," a Michigan assistant attorney general asserted during opening statements Thursday in...