There won’t be a new trial for Vanessa Motta, the New Orleans attorney convicted in the Louisiana staged accident scam.
But next month there will be a criminal trial for two men charged with gunning down a witness to the scheme that slammed cars into trucks with the goal of generating a fat insurance payout.
Motta was one of two attorneys convicted in March of being one of the ringleaders of the scam, along with Jason Giles. The King Law Firm, where Giles worked, also was convicted, as was co-conspirator Daiminike Stalbert on lesser charges…