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Callaroga Shark Media. Good morning, I'm Reed Carter. Friday, December twelfth,
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twenty twenty five. Before we dive in today, mark your calendars. Sunday,
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We're kicking off a special countdown series right here on
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celebrity trials, the top ten trials of the year. You
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won't want to miss it now, Celebrities behaving badly, It's
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what we do here. And today we've got four stories
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that prove fame, money and talent don't exempt you from consequences, well,
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mostly don't exempt you. Sometimes the system bends over backward
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for the rich and famous. Michael Jordan's war with NASCAR
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is over. Twenty three to eleven. Racing in Front Row
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Motorsports have settled their antitrust lawsuit against the France Families
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Racing Empire. We've been covering this trial for two weeks. Tuesday,
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NASCAR CEO Jim France was sweating. On the Wednesday morning
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settlement announced, terms undisclosed. Jordan claimed victory, NASCAR claimed victory.
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Somebody's lying. Jennifer Shaw, Real Housewives of Salt Lake City
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Star is out of federal prison, served less than half
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of her six and a half year sentence for defrauding
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thousands of elderly victims in a telemarketing scam. She's in
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community confinement now, halfway house or home confinement. Either way,
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she's not behind bars while her victims are still waiting
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for their six point five million dollars in restitution. Grammy
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nominated opera singer Jubilant Sykes is dead seventy one years old,
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stabbed to death in his Santa Monica home Monday night.
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His son, Micah, thirty one years old, was arrested at
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the scene. The call is coming from inside the house.
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And Michigan football coach Sharon Moore was fired Wednesday morning
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for an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. By Wednesday evening,
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he was in the Washtenaw County jail police investigating an
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alleged assault. From national championship to jail cells in under
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two years, I'm read Carter today, Celebrities and consequences or
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the lack thereof. This is celebrity trials. Let's start with
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the settlement that has the racing world buzzing. We've been
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following this case since it began. Michael Jordan's six time
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NBA champion, arguably the greatest basketball player who ever lived
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decided to take on NASCAR, not on the track in
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the courtroom. Twenty three to eleven Racing That's Jordan's team,
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co owned with Denny Hamlin and business manager Curtis Polk,
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filed an anti trust lawsuit against NASCAR alongside front Row Motorsports.
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The allegation NASCAR operates as a monopoly. The France family,
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which has controlled the sport since its founding, uses anti
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competitive practices to squeeze teams while keeping the lion's share
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of revenue. The teams wanted permanent charters. NASCAR's charter system
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is essentially a franchise model, guarantees your team entry into
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every race plus a bigger cut of the purse money
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than open teams get. But the charters aren't permanent. They
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expire when NASCAR's media deals expire. Current agreement runs through
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twenty thirty one. After that, NASCAR could theoretically pull your
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charter and you're out. Jordan wanted security. Front Row wanted security.
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NASCAR said no. September twenty twenty four, NASCAR presented teams
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with a take it or leave it charter offer, gave
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them hours to sign. Most teams caved. Twenty three eleven
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in front Row refused. Jordan testified during the trial, said
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attorneys advised him the charter agreement could violate antitrust laws.
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Said he felt he needed to challenge NASCAR, that the
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sport he loved was being strangled by monopolistic practices. The
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charter agreement included a non disparagement clause. Sign this and
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you can never publicly criticize NASCAR again. Jordan, a man
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who built his on competition and winning, wasn't about to
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sign away his right to speak. So he sued, and
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for two weeks we watched NASCAR squirm Tuesday. This week,
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NASCAR CEO Jim Franz took the stand Wednesday morning, before
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France could finish testifying, attorney Jeffrey Kessler announced that the
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parties had reached a settlement in a way that will
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benefit the industry going forward. Translation both sides blinked. Terms
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weren't disclosed, of course they weren't. Settlements rarely are, but
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here's what we know. Twenty three to eleven in front
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Row raced as open teams for most of twenty twenty five.
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After various court rulings, they were never in danger of
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missing races. Not enough cars show up each week to
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force anyone out, But they missed out on charter money,
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charter revenue they would have had if they'd signed like
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everyone else. So what did they get in this settlement?
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We don't know. More money permanent charge changes to the
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non disparagement clause. The France family doesn't exactly have a
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reputation for generosity. What we do know is that Jordan
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went up against one of the most entrenched family dynasties
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in American sports and walked away claiming victory. The France
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family has controlled NASCAR since Bill France Senior founded it
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in nineteen forty eight. They've crushed every challenge to their authority.
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Drivers who complained got blackballed. Team owners who pushed back
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got squeezed out. But Michael Jordan isn't some mid level
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team owner who can be intimidated. He's Michael Jordan. He
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has more money than some NASCAR tracks are worth. He
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has a platform, he has lawyers who've won antitrust cases.
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Before the trial revealed what we already suspected. NASCAR takes
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the majority of revenue while teams struggle with skyrocketing costs.
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The next gen car introduced in twenty twenty two forced
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teams to use NASCAR approved single source suppliers instead of
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building parts in how costs went up, team share of
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revenue didn't. Jordan saw an opportunity. Maybe he saw injustice,
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maybe he saw a business deal gone bad. Either way,
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he fought, and now it's over. Both sides get to
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claim victory, both sides get to save face, and we'll
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probably never know who really won. But I'll tell you this,
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NASCAR will think twice before presenting another take it or
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leave it offer to Michael Jordan. Sometimes the best outcome
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isn't winning the lawsuit. It's making sure nobody tries to
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push you around again. From a billionaire who fought the
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system to a reality star, the system is letting slide.
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Jennifer Shaw, fifty two years old, former star of the
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Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, sentenced in twenty twenty
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three to six and a half years in federal prison
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for wire fraud conspiracy. Defrauded thousands of people, many of
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them elderly, many of them vulnerable, in a telemarketing scam
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that ran for nearly a decade. Wednesday morning, Shaw was
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transferred from the federal prison camp in Brian, Texas to
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community confinement. That means she's either in a half way
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house or on home confinement. Either way, she's not in
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a prison cell anymore. Her projected release date is August thirtieth,
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twenty twenty six. She was sentenced in January twenty twenty three.
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Do the math. That's roughly three and a half years
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served out of a six and a half year sentence,
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less than half. The Bureau of Prisons wouldn't comment on
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why she was transferred or where specifically she's being held. Privacy, safety,
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and security reasons standard response. They never explain why some
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inmates get early release while others serve every day. Let
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me remind you what Jennifer Shaw did. She ran out
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a telemarketing operation that targeted vulnerable people, elderly, unsophisticated, electronically
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people who didn't understand they were being scammed. The scheme
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promoted bogus business services, supposedly helping people make money through
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online businesses, except the services were fake, the promises were lies,
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and the victims lost everything. Assistant US Attorney Robert Sobelman
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said Shaw was the most culpable of more than thirty
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defendants charged in the nationwide fraud, the ringleader, the mastermind,
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the one who made millions while her victims got nothing,
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And what did Shaw do with those millions? Lived in
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a ten thousand square foot mansion in Utah, called it
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the Shawski Chalet, least a Porsche Panamera. Maintained an apartment
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in midtown Manhattan, reality TV lifestyle funded by grandma's social
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Security check. After her arrest, she marketed Justice for Jen merchandise, said,
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the only thing I'm guilty of is being Shaw Mazing.
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Profited from her own criminal charges, mocked the victims while
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fighting the case. At sentencing, she changed her tune. I
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alone am responsible for my terrible decisions. It was all
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my fault and all my wrongdoing. I wish I could
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have stood outside myself and seen the harm I was
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causing and changed course. I am profoundly and deeply sorry,
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profoundly sorry, right, So sorry that she fought the charges
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for years, So sorry that she sold merchandise making light
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of her crimes, so sorry that she lived in luxury
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while her victims struggled. She pleaded guilty in July twenty
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twenty two, agreed to pay six point five million dollars
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in restitution and forfeiture once released, once released, not before.
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The victims have been waiting years, they'll keep waiting. Shaw
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got six and a half years served, maybe three and
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a half. Now she's in community confinement, which if its
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home confinement, means she's probably in a comfortab house somewhere,
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not a prison cell. Meanwhile, some kid caught with drugs
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does ten years, a desperate person who robbed a convenience
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store does fifteen, but a wealthy reality star who systematically
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defrauded thousands of elderly people three and a half years,
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and then she goes home. Welcome to justice in America.
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Two tier system, one for the rich and famous, one
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for everyone else. Your tax dollars at work. We'll be
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right back with a Grammy nominated singer stabbed to death
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in his own home by his own son. And a
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Michigan football coach who went from national championship to jail
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cell in under two years. Welcome back to celebrity trials.
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I'm Reed Carter. Monday night, Santa Monica, California, officers RESPET
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responded to a nine to one one call reporting an
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assault in progress at a residence in the coastal city
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west of Los Angeles, inside. They found Jubilant Sykes, seventy
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one years old, Grammy nominated opera singer, baritone voice praised
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as charismatic by The New York Times, stabbed multiple times
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critical wounds. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. His son,
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Micah Sikes, thirty one years old, was at the home,
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taken into custody without incident, arrested on suspicion of murder.
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The call is coming from inside the house. Jubilant Sykes
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was nominated for Best Classical Album at the twenty ten
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Grammy Awards for Bernstein Mass, where he performed the celebrant role.
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He appeared in the nineteen ninety Metropolitan Opera production of
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The Gershwins Porgy and Besses as Jake, a Los Angeles
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native who spent his career moving seamlessly between opera, classical music,
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and pop. My singing is like breathing. It's an extension
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of me, Sykes told NPR in two thousand and two.
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I don't think of it as extraordinary. It's my passion.
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He was artistic adviser for Orchestra Santa Monica, sang in
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and narrated performances. The organization released a statement calling him
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a true inspiration whose artistry, generosity, and kindness touched countless lives.
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Music director Roger Kallia remembered him warmly. The community is
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in shock. A man who brought beauty into the world
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killed in his own home by his own son. Details
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are scarce. Police recovered, a weapon, investigation ongoing, no information
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about motive, no information about what led to the confrontation.
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Just a seventy one year old father dead and a
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thirty one year old son in custody. We don't know
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if Micah Sikes has an attorney. We don't know what
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happened in that house Monday night. We don't know why
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a son would allegedly stab his father to death. What
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we do know is this family violence is the most
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common form of violence. The people most likely to hurt
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you are the people you love, the people you trust,
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the people you let into your home. Jubilant Sykes spent
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his life creating beauty, opera, classical music performances that moved
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audiences to tears. He was seventy one years old. Should
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be enjoying retirement, should be mentoring young singers, should be
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watching his grandchildren grow up. Instead, he's dead, allegedly killed
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by his own child. Some cases don't have explanations that
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make sense. Some violence defies understanding. A father and son,
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a knife, a nine to one one call, A life ended.
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Jubilant Sykes was seventy one years old. Grammy nominee Opera
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Singer artist. Father. Should still be breathing, should still be singing,
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Rest in peace, jubilant Finally today. How fast can a
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career implode? Wednesday morning, University of Michigan announced it had
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fired head football coach Sharon Moore for cause reason inappropriate
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relationship with a staff member. University maintains zero tolerance for
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such behavior. Wednesday evening, Moore was booked into the Washtonaw
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County jail. From national championship to jail cell less than
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two years. Let me back up. Sharon Moore thirty nine
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years old, Kansas native didn't play football until his junior
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year of high school, walked on at Butler County Community College,
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then transferred to Oklahoma, where he played offensive line for
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Bob Stoops. Coaching career started as a graduate assistant at Louisville,
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then Central Michigan, then Michigan under Jim Harbaugh. When Michigan
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won the twenty twenty three National Championship, Moore was offensive
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line coach and co offensive coordinator. He filled in as
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interim coach for four games while Harbaugh served suspense for
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potential NCAA violations. The team went four and zero under Moore.
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He looked like a rising star. January twenty twenty four,
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Harball left for the Los Angeles Chargers. Michigan promoted Moore
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to head coach, five year contract, base salary five point
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five million dollars annually. The program was in good hands,
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except it wasn't. Moore went eight and five in his
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first season, nine to three this year, respectable, not championship caliber.
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But the problems weren't just on the field. The NCAA
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signed stealing scandal followed more into his tenure. Former staffer
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Connor Stallions had led a scheme to steal opponent's signals.
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Moore deleted an entire fifty two message text thread with
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Stallions on his personal phone. The texts were later recovered
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and shared with the NCAA. Moore was suspended for two
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games this season as part of self imposed sanctions. The
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NCAA added a third game, but the deletion the cover up,
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That's what sought attention. What was in those texts that
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Moore didn't want anyone to see? Now this inappropriate relationship
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with a staff member. Moore is married with three young daughters.
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The university provided no details about the alleged relationship. Hours
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after the firing, Pittsfield Township Police, a couple miles south
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of Michigan Stadium, issued a statement they were called to
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investigate an alleged assault, took a person into custody. That