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April 22, 2015

Attorneys try to get ex-billionaire out of jail

  • The case emerged from the 2008 bankruptcy of the Yellowstone Club, a private resort that boasts a $300,000 entry fee.
    • By AMY BETH HANSON and MATTHEW BROWN
    Associated Press

    HELENA, Mont. — Attorneys for the founder of a luxury Montana club planned Tuesday to file an emergency request with a federal appeals court seeking to free him after he was jailed for failing to disclose what happened to $13.8 million from the sale of a Mexican resort.

    U.S. District Judge Sam Haddon ordered Tim Blixseth, 64, into custody after a Monday contempt hearing. He was being held at a detention center in Great Falls, marking Blixseth's second trip to jail in the past four months.


     
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