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Danette Colbert Convicted in Telemundo Reporter Death Case

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  • 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.