Scrushy Files Personal Appeal For Release
January 29th, 2008Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy says in an affidavit submitted to the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals he will put up $10 million in property as security to show he is no flight risk, if only the court will release him from prison while his conviction in a questionable and likely political government corruption case is appealed.
Scrushy said he was willing to post his lavish Lake Martin and Birmingham homes to prove he would not try to leave the country if released, and he invoked his family in the filing.
“Combined, these properties have a tax-appraised value of over $10 million, free and clear,” Scrushy said. “I am fully aware of the fact that if this bond was ever revoked, it would leave my family and children without a home. I would never allow this to happen.”
AP: Scrushy makes personal appeal to appellate judges for release
