US EditionWoman Accused in Super Bowl Reporter's Death Gets 25 Years in Unrelated Case
- Danette Colbert, age 48, received a 25-year prison term Thursday in Orleans Parish for unrelated computer fraud offenses.
- The sentence increased from a suspended 10-year term due to Colbert's status as a habitual offender with over a decade of felony crimes in Jefferson and Orleans Parishes.
- Colbert is separately charged with second-degree murder for allegedly drugging Adan Manzano, a Kansas City reporter who was found dead in a hotel room in Kenner during the Super Bowl LIX weekend.
- Authorities found Manzano's phone and credit cards at Colbert's home, and court records show text messages with her accomplice discussing victim incapacitation and theft methods.
- The fraud sentence increase reflects prosecutors' push for harsher penalties, while the murder investigation continues with Colbert held without bond alongside her arrested accomplice Ricky White.
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'Bourbon Street' Hustler' charged in sports reporter's murder gets 25 years in unrelated case: AG
Louisiana AG Liz Murrill announces 25-year sentence for Danette Colbert, highlighting her habitual offenses. She still faces charge in Kansas City sports reporter Adan Manzano's murder.
Woman Accused Of Super Bowl Reporter Murder Gets Lengthy Prison Sentence In Separate Case
memorial-display-for-Adan-Manzano Danette Colbert, the woman charged with the murder of Super Bowl reporter Adan Manzano, has received a lengthy prison sentence for a separate and unrelated crime. She was re-sentenced for previous unrelated conviction that was originally suspended. On Thursday, the Office of the Louisiana Attorney General, Liz Murrill announced that Danette Colbert had been sentenced to 25 years in prison after being convicted o…
Woman accused of killing sports reporter resentenced in prior case
Disclaimer: All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty. NEW ORLEANS (WGNO) — A district court judge has resentenced Danette Colbert to 25 years following a trial that occurred in 2024, in which she was sentenced for computer fraud and theft. She was originally given a 10-year suspended sentence, but prosecutors from the attorney general's office argued Colbert was a repeat offender, claiming she had five prior felony convictions. Ulti…
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Woman accused in Super Bowl reporter's death gets 25 years in unrelated case
A woman facing a second-degree murder charge for the death of a Super Bowl television reporter has been sentenced to 25 years in an unrelated case on Thursday.
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