Judge Sets Bail at $500,000 For Ono’s Driver
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A judge set bail at $500,000 yesterday for Yoko Ono’s chauffeur after a prosecutor said he tried to extort $2 million from her and “had people on standby waiting to kill” her.
Police arrested the Turkish-born Karsan on Wednesday and charged him with first-degree attempted grand larceny for allegedly trying to shakedown Ms. Ono, the 73-year-old widow of the late Beatles John Lennon.
Prosecutor Maureen O’Connor had asked Kennedy to set high bail because she said Mr. Karsan, 50, was an “extraordinary flight risk.”
Mr. Karsan’s lawyer, Patrick Kevin Brosnahan, said his client was not guilty and “will vigorously dispute these charges.”
