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Staged-crash 'slammer' pleads guilty in murder of New Orleans witness, implicates lawyers

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Harris, 36, pleaded guilty to a host of federal charges while implicating a pair of codefendants — disbarred attorney Sean Alfortish and his fiancee, stuntwoman-turned-attorney Vanessa Motta — among others in an alleged years-long insurance fraud scheme ending in murder.

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Harris pleaded guilty to a three-count bill of information that charged him with a conspiracy to commit fraud, wire fraud and causing death through use of a firearm. In a deal with federal prosecutors, Harris agreed to serve a set 35-year prison sentence.

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Garrison was killed four days after his name appeared at the top of a federal indictment, one of several that has resulted in charges against 63 defendants. More than 50 have pleaded guilty.

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Alfortish and Parker remain jailed pending trial from an indictment handed up last month that accuses them of fraud. Last week, Alfortish, 57, dropped a challenge to his detention. In a superseding indictment handed up last month, only Harris was charged directly with Garrison's murder. Motta and another charged attorney, Jason Giles, remain free on bond. In his admission, Harris implicated Giles and his law firm, the King Firm, as a knowing participant in the long-running fraud scheme, but not in Garrison's killing.

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