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Reporter’s Death Leads to Guilty Verdict | Honduras News
A Louisiana jury convicted Telemundo reporter Danette Colbert of negligent homicide and racketeering in the death of 27-year-old anchor Adan Manzano, who died from alcohol and Xanax after being drugged in his hotel room. Colbert, 49, was sentenced to up to ten years; her accomplice Rickey White, 35, was acquitted. Prosecutors say Colbert lured victims with false promises of sex before robbing them — including Manzano — while White acted as enforcer. The case, which took five and a half hours to deliberate, drew national attention, especially since Manzano’s family couldn’t attend trial…
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