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FTG OF COURT HEARING OF JOHN GOODMAN AND POST HEARING PRESSERS A Florida jury has convicted Palm Beach polo mogul John Goodman of killing a 23-year-old motorist while driving drunk two years ago, according to news reports out of West Palm Beach. Goodman, 48, gained notoriety outside Florida last month when it was revealed he had adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a legal ploy against a lawsuit filed by the parents of the victim, Scott Wilson. Goodman was taken into custody after the verdict and faces up to 30 years in prison for DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide at his April 30 sentencing, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel says. Driving his black Bentley drunk in February 2010, Goodman, founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, ran a stop sign in Wellington and smashed into Wilson's car, police said. Wilson's car landed in a canal, where he died. Goodman fled and waited nearly an hour to call 911. His blood-alcohol was more than double the legal limit, the equivalent of 16 drinks, police said.

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Title: JOHN GOODMAN VERDICT
Date: 03/23/2012
Library: ABC
Tape Number: NYU102958
Content: FTG OF COURT HEARING OF JOHN GOODMAN AND POST HEARING PRESSERS A Florida jury has convicted Palm Beach polo mogul John Goodman of killing a 23-year-old motorist while driving drunk two years ago, according to news reports out of West Palm Beach. Goodman, 48, gained notoriety outside Florida last month when it was revealed he had adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend as a legal ploy against a lawsuit filed by the parents of the victim, Scott Wilson. Goodman was taken into custody after the verdict and faces up to 30 years in prison for DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide at his April 30 sentencing, the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel says. Driving his black Bentley drunk in February 2010, Goodman, founder of the International Polo Club Palm Beach, ran a stop sign in Wellington and smashed into Wilson's car, police said. Wilson's car landed in a canal, where he died. Goodman fled and waited nearly an hour to call 911. His blood-alcohol was more than double the legal limit, the equivalent of 16 drinks, police said.
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