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car ran a stop sign john goodman's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit at the time even if the family winds that lawsuits that cannot access the money it john goodman put into a trust fund for his children which now includes his girlfriend. a legal victory for a driver who sued honda over gas mileage claims about its harbor cars: >>heather peters says that honda misled her when it claimed that the civic hybrid could drive up to 50 mi. on 1 gal. of gasoline. the california woman said that she even had the car reprogram to improve performance which then drop to about 30 mi. per gallon. yesterday an l.a. judge ordered honda to pay her 90 of hundred dollars in damages. a spokesperson for honda says that the automaker will appeal that ruling. >>coming up next a community alert on the city's northwest side after several women were the victims of strong armed robberies. later in the medical watch the possible connection between sleep apnea and a certain type of stroke. and she's the latest singing sensation from the u.k. and nash is hitting the united states which is performed wit

police say this guy, john goodman ran a stop sign and hit another car back in 2010 and the driver of that other car later died of his injuries. now the lawyers for the victim's family claim this guy, john goodman is using the girlfriend's adoption to protect his assets. his lawyers deny that. don't they. and now to our lawyers, fox news legal analyst and former prosecutor arthur aidala and randy zelin, criminal defense attorney. this is not a criminal case but a civil case. the guy has two kids. little ones. but under these rules you cannot get at the money, the assets from the guy, until they are 35 so they would not qualify. but he has this girlfriend who now he adopted at a daughter and she cannot get anything because she is only a daughter, and the assets cannot be protected so he adopted the 42-year-old in an effort to say he is old enough so these assets are protected and you of civil lawsuit fame who are coming after me because in essence i killed your family member you cannot have this, it is hers. can he do that? >>arthur: well, his lawyer has been brilliant, everyone forgot

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. >> john goodman, not the actor, two years ago while drunk he ran a stop sign and killed scott wilson. goodman checked himself into the four seasons waiting to be arrested. to protect his assets, goodman adopted his girlfriend, heather hutch shins -- hutchens has his daughter. by transferring it to his daughter before the trial it is safe and cannot be touched. >> here she become as beneficiary and now that he is is -- she is 42 is entitled to it. it's either bream yant or a crazy stunt. >> reporter: good man's lawyer said it was designed for estate planning and to guarantee his children's future not to shield his trial from a lawsuit. his trial starts in march. goodman hit wilson so hard that the car landed in a canal and began sinking. >>> around the nation tonight a daycare bus crash sent one person to the hospital. luckily there were no children on the bus. police are investigating but police said the bus driver was not at fault. >>> the dpefer mom who left her two toddlers in a van recently is out of the hospital. sara hatfield claims she has in idea how she ended 12 miles away f

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john goodman is fighting in court to keep his 42-year-old lover as his legally adopted daughter.l children trying to get it kicked out of court. why? money. she stands to gain up to $200 million. attorneys for john goodman's teenage children were in court asking the judge to throw out the adoption. >> you should not be able to subvert the adoption statute and adopt your lover. >> reporter: back in october, he legally adopted heather hutchens as his daughter. on thursday, attorneys for goodman's children demanded a judge toss out the adoption. >> he stands to gain a minimum of $250,000 a year for as long as she lives. she could realize as much as $5 million a year in distributions from the trust. >> reporter: every year? >> yes. >> reporter: she could get as much as $200 million over the next 40 years. the crown jewel? one of the biggest polo clubs in the world. goodman is trying to keep most of the money for himself, as he faces a dui manslaughter charge for allegedly killing 23-year-old scott wilson in 2010. >> uh, yes, i just had a wreck. and i um -- um -- my phone was dead and

. >> john goodman is charged in a fatal 2010 drunk driving accident in florida. parents of the 23-year-old man killed in the crash are suing goodman. but he decided to adopt his girlfriend after a judge ruled that the trust funds set up for his two biological children are off limits. >> folks are look at this as it's brilliant or a crazy stunt that could backfire. >> the adoption took place three months ago but was not disclosed until this week. he's facing a criminal trial on the dui manslaughter trial. he could get up to 30 years behind bars. >>> mississippi's highest court will laer legal challenges to the pardons by the outgoing governor. he sparked a lot of outrage by pardoning dozens of people, including kirls and rapists. >>> and a bunch of treasure unt hers are waiting for the right conditions to start what could be mare last recovery mission. it will take place 50 miles out in the atlantic. the wreck of a british ship sunk in world war ii. they say there's about $3 billion in platinum on board that ship. the hope is to keep the mission mostly a secret to

do you see what happens when you -- i'd like to apologize to john goodman and the cohen brothers and all drinkers of the whites russians. >> bob morris, republican of fort wayne is terrified of girl discussed. mr. morris has this afternoon written a long self serving statement where he apologizes to the girl scouts of america and indiana and their families and then bashes them again: >> morris goes to know cite a 2004 interview where the c.e.o. of the scouts partners with planned parent hood with regard to sex education: >> he also refers to a sister organization called the world association of girl guides and girl scouts, which openly promotes: >> because, of course, preventing unwanted pregnancies and helping unwe had mothers would reduce the number of republican candidates for the statehouse in indiana! >> amazingly that is the dumbest thing he wrote in his whole fake apology bum kin updates. there was a box of girl scout cookies at every table warning rod calendarized. >> the speaker mentioned he researched this on the internet. the speaker like poor senator morris is a republica

john goodman is accused of dui and vehicular manslaughter and the family of the man killed in the crashay the adoption is a way for goodman to shield his money from a lawsuit. one florida adoption lawyer called the move both brilliant and awful. betty, just when you think you have heard it all. >> i don't know if she can still be called his girlfriend if he adopted her much there's a law against that. >> another law for you. >>> thank you, ashley. >>> straight ahead, your friday morning weather. ? sports, will injured ron gronkowski play in sunday's super bowl. find out what madonna thinks he should do. ommy? - behind every open heart is a story. - it's beautiful. - tell yours with my open heart collection at kay jewelers. keep your heart open, and love will always find its way in. >> announcer: one fabric softener has that special snuggly softness your family loves. >> hi, i'm snuggle. snuggly softness that feels so good. look, i get towels fluffy... [giggles] blankets cuddly... and clothes stay fresh... [sniffs] for 14 days, with my snuggle fresh release scent droplets. and i cost les

john goodman is fighting in court to keep his 42-year-old lover as his legally adopted daughter.d international fugitive nabbed after nearly 20 years on the run. he allegedly fled britain in 1993. tracked down and arrested on thursday in a small town in missouri. this is one of those stories where you wonder how it could happen. for almost 20 years it did. >> reporter: it reads like a hollywood block buster mystery. a british man runs way from a high-proe final criminal past. he ended up in a quiet american town where no one from his neighbors, coworkers, and apparently not even his children flew the secret. until now. for almost 20 years, he appeared to be just mike maher, the quiet cable guy. this morning, his true iddy revealed. fast eddie maher. wanted for a 19-year-old bank heist. >> i wouldn't expect someone to be in ozark, missouri right across the street from me. >> reporter: they nabbed him there this week. he allegedly stole an armored van in england while working as a security guard. by 1997 he apparent lid skipped to the u.s. under aliases. moving states every couple

john goodman who is 48 formally adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend to add her to his trust fund set up his two other children. this move appears to try and protect his fortune from a lawsuit being brought against him by the parents of a man who was killed in a collision with goodman who was driving his bentley. trust money is off limits and can't be awarded in damages in civil lawsuits. that's wrong in a lot of ways. >> too many loopholes. >> coming up, now that's dedication. we'll give you a look at this sky high super bowl haircut before it gets crammed into a helmet o never in my lifetime did i think i could walk 60 miles in 3 days. 60 miles in 3 days is-- is huge. if my mom can fight and beat breast cancer, i can walk 60 miles. you just put one foot in front of the other, and you know that you're walking for such a great cause that you just keep going. (man) that you have all these people coming together for one common goal. (woman) the goal is to bring an end to breast cancer. (woman) the fund-raising was the easiest part. people were very giving. complete strangers wanting to hel

john goodman's lawyer said the adoption of ms. hutchins will have no effect on it.allegation of hiding or seeking of assets is totally false" which is exactly what you just said. the question is this, is this just an ugly thing that he's doing so that if he goes to jail and some people say he very well may, when he gets out, he may have some money left because it's likely that the civil case is going to take everything outside the trust? >> well, no, that's not the case either because this guy is so rich he makes mitt romney look like a pauper. he is a billionaire. he's got planes, mansions, all kinds of things going on. there's only a piddling $100 million in this trust so there's plenty of money to compensate the victims of this horrible, horrible accident. you know, this man, mr. wilson's parents who are suing, so i think there will be money available to compensate them in the end, but i smell a rat here and i think a judge is going to smell a rat here also because his natural children who this really belongs to, they're the ones who are being hurt. the girlfrien

john goodman was living the high life in tony palm beach., a beautiful girlfriend. owner of a celebrity-filled polo club. then this happened. now he's embroiled in one of florida's most bizarre legal cases. >> the local polo mogul charged in a fatal dui crash has adopted his girlfriend as his daughter. >> reporter: you heard right. it's making heather hutchens his legal daughter. now he's been accused of exploiting a legal loophole to protect his millions from a bitter civil lawsuit. it started in february 2010. when he was allegedly driving home with a blood alcohol twice the legal limit. he hit this car, causing it to flip into this kanaan. the young man inside drowned. goodman allegedly walked away from the scene. >> are you sure you don't want to say anything to the young man's family? >> reporter: wilson's parents are suing goodman. they might not get any money even if they win. the majority of his fortune is untouchable, tied up in a trust fund for his teenage children. after adopting his girlfriend and making they are part of the trus

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police and emt's determined that john goodman died on the scene from a blunt force trauma to the body. around 11:30 they got a second 911 col. this time coming from firefighters who had driven by the area of 45th avenue and garrissonville and noticed there was another young adult male unresponsive, lying near a bike. police found out this gentleman had died on the scene, also suffering some some sort of a blunt trauma to the body. police and not release any sort of information on the identities of both victims. they are still waiting to contact the next of kin. they are investigating these as two separate homicides and are looking into the fact they could be connected based on where the bodies were found and since they were found about an hour apart from each other. jummy olabanji reporting, abc 7 news. >> prince george's county police also investigating two of their own. last night we learned the department suspended two officers in connection with a police involved shooting on friday. video evidence from the incident contradicts the story the officers told about the shooting. >> jur

john goodman is his name.facing charges in a manslaughter case for a vehicular death involving a 23-year-old man. his other two children who would have been the beneficiaries of his trust, this multimillion dollar trust, their guardian has filed suit to stop this adoption. will they succeed? >> they might. they might, indeed, show that the adoption -- i mean, john goodman who's worth $300 million, jon, he adopted this woman only six years younger than he is so it's not an incestuous relationship. what it is is an attempt to shield assets from this lawsuit, you mentioned. he killed a 23-year-old while driving drunk, now he's trying to shield his assets. the two children, his biological children are suing because he's diluting their estate. the judge has already ruled that the trust may not be considered by the plaintiff in the -- jon: geraldo, we're about to get cut off. gotta go. honey, i love you... oh my gosh, oh my gosh.. look at these big pieces of potato. ♪ what's that? big piece of potato. [ male announc

that's 48-year-old john goodman, standing next to his 42-year-old girlfriend, who is also his daughterrged in a drunk driving accident that left a 23-year-old dead. he legally adopted his girlfriend, heather hutchins, personal injury lawyers say, in an effort to shelter his family fortune, in an upcoming civil case. >> i was flabbergasted to learn of it. >> christian and scott smith. >> it is definitely unusual. >> represent scott wilson's family. >> this is very difficult. not knowing what happens. not knowing if he could have been saved. >> deputies say the 23-year-old died when goodman's convertible bentley t-boned wilson's hyundai in 2010 at an intersection in wellington, florida. it was 1:00 a.m., the road was deserted. investigators later snapped this photo of goodman grinning at he sat in his hospital bed, a nurse had just drawn his blood. prosecutors say goodman's alcohol was .177, more than twice the legal limit. in their reports, traffic homicide investigators say goodman walked away from the scene of the collision. and didn't call 911 for 54 minutes. that's been especially p

that's john goodman and his girlfriend. he is 48 years old. is -- he is trying to adopt his girlfriend so he can manipulate paying out asset notice a wrongful death suit. this is the way he can try to protect his assets by adopting his long-time girlfriend. if he does it, if he is able to go through with the adoption, legally, she's entitled to part of his trust. apparently, there's a court, another court, that's trying to overturn this adoption. the wrongful death was a car accident. he ran a stop sign back in 2010. it was a serious incident. there was a person who died. and the family of that person who died, launched the wrongful death suit. >> and he's trying to get away with not paying anything. >> he wants to get away of not paying on his assets. he's 48, she's 42 and he's trying to adopt her. >>> still to come, the u.s. to end combat operations in afghanistan next year. this big announcement draws big criticism. james spider marks, former commander of the u.s. intelligence center weighs in. you're watching "early start." >>> good mornin

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right now let's talk about the case of wellington polo magnet by the name of john goodman who was chargedlaughter in the death of a 24-year-old by the name of scott wilson to protect his estate, he has adopted his girlfriend so that she will manage the estate for his two children. so, you know, avery, you laugh, but apparently there's some real legitimacy in the way in which he adopted the girlfriend to protect the state, right? >> yeah, you think so? you like that? >> that's what legal minds would say. >> maybe as long as there is no lineal -- close blood line goodman can do it. i think it's a fraudulent conveyance. so now the two children of goodman, the two children, you know, muffy and biff, or whatever their names are will now have to share the children's trust with the girlfriend, who is 42 years old. it's a technicality. i think it's terribly creepy, but i think she's going to get away with it. >> richard? >> i do not think she's going to get away with it. i agree with avery. i think it is a fraudulent conveyance. when you're faced with a big money judgment, fred, or someone has a

palm beach investigators say billionaire and international polo club founder john goodman ran a stopile riding his bentley, hitting and killing wilson. new, the attorney representing wilson's family, scott smith, said goodman legally adopted his 42-year-old girlfriend, heather hutchins, to shield his assets in a wrongful death suit. the plaintiffs were notified that mr. goodman completed an adult adoption of the woman. the adoption was finalized on october 13th, 2011, in dade county. the records state the defend effectively diverted a significant portion of the assets of a children's trust to a person whom he is intimately involved at a time when his personal assets are largely at risk. it remains unclear whether she will be recognized as a legitimate beneficiary. they were not available for comment. goodman is charged with dui manslaughter, vehicular homicide, and leaving the scene of a crash. he's due to appear in court on march 6th. valerie boy, fox 35 news. >>> thank you for joining us at 5. the news edge at 6 starts now. >>> newt gingrich gets dissed by the donald. as trump pull

john goodman, who is 48 years old and accused in a dui case has a considerable fortune.t of his trust that he set up for his two children exceeds $100 million. now by adopting 42-year-old heather hutchins, she gets immediate access to that money. this is all happening at a time where he's getting ready to stand first in the criminal court charges in that dui and, of course, the dui is especially painful for the family of the young victim, 23-year-old scott wilson. so that family is also after the criminal trial bringing a civil case. they would like to get access, if they are successful, to get some of that $100 million. but by adopting his girlfriend, he may have limited access to some of that money. >> it really is a cagey move. kerry sanders, thanks so much. coming up next right here on msnbc, real jobs, real leads. we're seeing a lot of new jobs pop up in the midwest. we'll explain after this. of any small business credit card. the spark card earns double miles... so we really had to up our game. with spark, the boss earns double miles on every purchase, every day. t

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a billionaire named john goodman, pay close attention, he's a billionaire has adopted, yes, adopted hisida affiliate wpec it has to do with estate planning. but many legal experts suspect this is a way for goodman to protect his assets. a legal suit by the family of scott wilson, he is -- there's a legal suit now. he's the 24-year-old man that goodman allegedly hit while driving drunk. then police say he left the scene as wilson drowned in a drainage ditch. the billionaire is headed to trial on a manslaughter charge in march. all right. whew. that's a lot. unbelievable. cnn's legal analyst sunny hostin is on the case. many people didn't know that you can actually adopt an adult, someone you're dating, a girlfriend. >> that's right. it's sort of the underbelly of family law. it's been going on for quite some time as an estate planning tool. i will tell you this though, don. it's illegal in about half of our states to adopt an adult. clearly it's not illegal in florida. even in those states that allow adult adoption, there are really, really strong restrictions, but it is -- i think this