The now-barred trainers Servis and Jorge Navarro are the two highest-profile defendants in the case.
On Thursday, the judge ordered the prosecution and defense attorneys to get together over the next week to hash out a proposed schedule for the filing of related briefs, after which a trial date can be established by the court. Group III defendants Jason Servis, Erica Garcia, Michael Tannuzzo and Alexander Chan will be tried together at a date that has not yet been set.
On Thursday, the judge told them to expect to face a trial in the latter part of the first quarter of 2022. Group II shall consist of defendants Rick Dane Jr. They had been previously advised their trial will commence on or about Jan. Trial Group I shall now consist of defendants Seth Fishman and Lisa Gianelli. Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil of United States District Court (Southern District of New York) also ordered that all remaining motions to suppress evidence that are pending on the docket are to be considered denied, noting that her written opinion on that decision is forthcoming. 4 status hearing reset the trial groupings for the remaining defendants, with those trials all now anticipated to commence in the first half of 2022.
In the wake of nine defendants in the alleged nationwide horse-doping conspiracy case having changed their pleas to “guilty” in recent months, a Nov.