disgraced attorney who planted drugs on pta mom

Did Kelli Peters get any money?

The jury also awarded Kelli Peters $365,000 in compensatory damages for false imprisonment and $800,000 for emotional distress. Her husband and daughter were awarded $365,000 and $600,000, respectively, in compensatory damages. With ongoing interest, Everheart might owe another $1 million by now, Marcereau said.Feb 14, 2018

Who Is Jill Easter?

Jill Easter now known as Ava Everheart, and her former husband Kent Easter were slapped with the damages bill by a court in Irvine, California, back in January.May 17, 2016

Did Jill Easter go jail?

Kent Easter and Jill Easter – who now goes by Ava Everheart – were both convicted of false imprisonment in separate criminal trials, and were ordered by a jury to pay Peters $5.7 million following a civil trial. He was convicted and served 76 days in jail, while Jill Easter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120.Sep 12, 2017

How much did the jury award to the mother of a PTA?

A jury Friday awarded $5.7 million in damages to an Irvine PTA mother and her family in their lawsuit against two disgraced former attorneys convicted of planting drugs in her car in a revenge plot for a perceived insult against their son.

How long was Mary Easter detained?

Easter also challenged her claim that she was detained at the scene for two hours, saying it was closer to 40 minutes.

How long did Kent Easter serve in jail?

He was convicted and served 76 days in jail, while Jill Easter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 120.

What happened to Kent Wycliffe Easter?

Kent Wycliffe Easter and Jill Bjorkholm Easter were convicted of a felony count for false imprisonment. Jill has since changed her name to Ava Everheart. A former Irvine attorney convicted of planting drugs in the car of a PTA volunteer has been disbarred. The California State Bar has announced that because of his felony conviction ...

Who was Kent Easter's wife?

In a case that drew national headlines, Kent Easter and his then-wife, Jill Easter, in February 2011 were accused of planting bags of marijuana, Vicodin and Percocet in the car of Kelli Peters, a school volunteer at Plaza Vista School in Irvine ...

Did Jill Easter plant drugs?

Jill Easter was previously disbarred in 2014, according to the State Bar. Although she pleaded guilty, when pressed in the civil trial she said she did not plant the drugs. “ (Kent) Easter has no ability to appeal the decision,” Jonah Lamb, a state bar spokesman, said in a statement.

Did Kent Easter call police?

After his ex-wife planted the drugs, Kent Easter eventually said, he called police and made a false report against Peters under a fake name. Police exonerated Peters after finding Kent Easter’s DNA on a set of pills and a marijuana pipe found in the car.

Did Kent Easter call in a false police report?

However, during his civil trial, Kent Easter, who acted as his own attorney, did admit to calling in a false police report about Peters.

How much did the Peters family get in 2016?

A jury, which deliberated for about an hour, unanimously agreed in February 2016 to award the Peters family $1.5 million in punitive damages against Kent Easter, and $2.1 million against his ex-wife. The jury also awarded Kelli Peters $365,000 in compensatory damages for false imprisonment and $800,000 for emotional distress.

What happened to the PTA mom in Irvine?

A former attorney convicted of trying to set up an Irvine PTA mom on a phony drug possession charge dropped her appeal of a multimillion-dollar civil judgment against her Wednesday.

Did Kent Easter get busted?

Kent Easter “somehow, some way, got some money cobbled together and paid… a significant sum that made a difference in (the Peters family’s) lives,” he said. Netflix is developing a movie about the saga, which drew international headlines when the Easters got busted.

Who is Kelli Peters' ex husband?

She had continued on with her appeal even after her ex-husband, Kent Easter, also a former attorney who was disbarred, dropped his appeal and settled his case with Kelli Peters, her husband and their teenage daughter.

Who is producing the Peters movie?

George Clooney is producing and Julia Roberts is set to star, according to Marcereau. “Hopefully that Netflix movie will get made and continue to help them (the Peters),” Marcereau said. “They feel vindicated and happy they did end up getting a significant amount of money so far.”.

How much did Kent Easter pay in the case of Peters?

The jury awarded $2.1 million in compensatory damages to Peters and her family. In addition, Kent Easter is required to pay $1.5 million in punitive damages, while Jill Easter, who now goes by the name Ava Everheart, must pay $2.1 million.

How long was Kent Easter in jail?

Kent Easter, a Stanford-educated attorney who once worked at one of the county’s top law firms, was convicted of felony false imprisonment in 2014 and spent 87 days in jail. Jill Easter pleaded guilty to the same charge and spent about 60 days behind bars.

How much did the PTA award in 2016?

February 6, 2016 at 8:40 a.m. A jury on Friday awarded $5.7 million to a former PTA president framed by an Irvine couple, apparently enraged by a schoolyard comment, who planted drugs in her car.

Who planted marijuana in Kelli Peters car?

The Orange County Superior Court jury deliberated for less than hour Friday before finding that Kent Easter and his ex-wife, Jill Easter, acted with malice, oppression or fraud when they planted bags of marijuana, Vicodin and Percocet in Kelli Peters’ car in February 2011. Jill has since changed her name to Ava Everheart.

Who was Jill Easter's first run in with?

Peters, a former PTA president and volunteer at Plaza Vista School in Irvine, had her first run-in with Jill Easter on Feb. 16, 2010. Easter was upset that her son wasn’t in front of the school when she came to pick him up. Peters testified that she told Jill Easter that her son may have been “slow to line up,” a comment Easter apparently mistook ...

Who represented Kent Easter in the civil trial?

Kent Easter, who represented himself in the civil trial, declined comment. Jill Easter, who also represented herself, was not present in court for the verdict. Kent Easter’s law license has been suspended, while Jill Easter was disbarred.