Accurso trial suspended
Tony Accurso was to go on trial for tax fraud, but the judge has suspended proceedings. With a little more delay, the whole thing may be dropped under the Jordan ruling.
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Bill Binns 10:42 on 2021-04-16 Permalink
Such nostalgia. As I remember, Tony Accurso and the water meter scandal were the talk of the town when I arrived here 18 years ago. Who would have bet back then that in 2021 he still wouldn’t have spent a night in jail?
Kate 11:10 on 2021-04-16 Permalink
I’ll always have a soft spot for him, because my mother was at his parents’ wedding. But I’ve told that story before.
Clément 11:13 on 2021-04-16 Permalink
And what timing too, just as Gérald Tremblay is attempting to improve his image and expunge some inconvenient history
JP 19:32 on 2021-04-16 Permalink
What’s the story, Kate? Or, where can we find it?
Kate 20:20 on 2021-04-16 Permalink
It goes way back.
When my mom was a kid, her best friend was from an Italian family, and when she was 12 she was invited to the wedding of the friend’s older sister to Vincenzo Accurso, later known as James Accurso – Tony’s father.
My grandfather was a strict teetotaler, which was probably unusual for an Irish Catholic in the Point, but his father had been a drinker and his older brother was a homeless street person from the drink, so he was motivated to swear off the stuff. There wasn’t a drop in that household, ever, even at Christmas, so my mother had never had so much as a whiff of anyone’s drink.
So Mom goes to the wedding, and as is not unusual for an Italian party, the young people were offered a little wine, maybe mixed with juice or 7-Up or something. My mother had no idea, but she liked it. A lot.
At some point she left the party and reeled home. Luckily for her, her father was out. Her mother, recognizing the symptoms, put her to bed, and told her never to mention any details about the party to her father.
I’ve found the marriage record in Drouin: Vincenzo Accurso marries Arcangela Strano, August 12, 1933, Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel.
dwgs 09:31 on 2021-04-17 Permalink
Great story Kate.
Kate 21:08 on 2023-10-11 Permalink
Much later, adding this background on the Accurso family from the ever cromulent Linda Gyulai.