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Danette Colbert Convicted in Telemundo Reporter Death Case
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Story summary
- Danette Colbert was convicted of negligent homicide for Telemundo reporter Adan Manzano’s death.
- Rickey White was found guilty of racketeering and acquitted of manslaughter.
- Prosecutors said they lured men in the French Quarter and drugged them with Xanax.
- An autopsy found Manzano died face-down from alcohol and alprazolam causing positional asphyxia.
- Colbert’s negligent homicide conviction carries a maximum ten-year sentence while racketeering carries up to fifty years in Louisiana.
