Judge sides with Lennar in libel case against gadfly minister
Miami-based home-builder Lennar has prevailed against a corporate gadfly who "intentionally" concealed information and presented false testimony as a defendant in a libel and extortion suit. Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Gill Freeman said Barry Minkow, the minister of a California church, forfeited his right to defend himself in the case because of "misconduct" that included failing to preserve evidence, destroying evidence and defying court orders, among others, to the court.