Conforte is not as famous as Cosby, but he was much more famous in the 1980s. Bonavena was a huge star in Argentina. They filled the country's largest soccer stadium for a memorial service for him. He staggered Muhammed Ali, by the way. The movie "Love Ranch" was loosely based on a Conforte bodyguard shooting Bonavena with a high-powered rifle as Bonavena was headed into the Mustang Ranch to confront Conforte. Bonavena had been having an affair with Conforte's wife and wanted to take over the brothel. The real life stories are phenomenal in this case. A pro-Conforte deputy planted a gun on Bonavena's body,. then unplanted it when they started moving Bonvena and found out he actually had a gun.
On Fri, Apr 27, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Tom Wolper <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 6:39 PM Steve Timko <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Joe Conforte was fairly high profile. Oscar Bonavena was an Argentinian >> national hero when he was shot dead at the Mustang Ranch. Roman Polanski >> was high profile. Hell, Cuba took hijackers. >> >> What Cosby needs is a competent Michael Cohen to grease the skids for his >> entry into some country. >> > > I had to look Conforte up on wikipedia which, to me, makes him much less > high profile than Cosby. Conforte was 54 when he first fled the country in > 1980 and 65 when he fled in 1991. According to wiki Brazil doesn't > extradite for bankruptcy fraud, not that they don't have an extradition > treaty with the US. Oscar Bonavena wasn't on the run from the law, not in > Argentina nor in Nevada. Polanski was 44 when he fled. > > Cosby is 80. Even someone who is healthy for 80 doesn't want to start a > new life in another country away from family and a US standard of medical > care. And I haven't seen any indications of this, though I am not following > the details of the case closely, but I'm sure the court has frozen his > assets or at least has a way to keep him from sending his money out of the > country. And Cosby is just too recognizable to blend in anywhere. There are > fugitives who managed to escape the US for years and decades but they were > financiers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
