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While surrounded by cameramen and reporters, a video by News Channel 13/WNYT in Albany appears to show Billy Skelos grab the wrist of a New York Daily News reporter and throw her cell phone across the street outside the courthouse in Manhattan where Dean Skelos and his son Adam were sentenced. Adam Skelos received a sentence of six-and-a-half-years in prison.
Billy Skelos, a 27-year-old former lacrosse player at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut, was charged with misdemeanor assault following the incident.
The reporter involved received a tetanus shot as a precautiona scratches suffered in the incident, the New York Daily News reports.
Skelos, a Republican, and his son Adam were convicted of conspiring to use Dean Skelos’ position for jobs, fees and benefits. Dean Skelos was also found guilty in December of illegally approving a contract for a Scarsdale firm for which his son had been employed.
For more on the incident involving Skelos' nephew, including a video, click here.
For more on the Skelos sentence, click here.
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