Daily Archives: December 24, 2009

It just doesn’t get any better than this.  Bernie Madoff gets his ass kicked in prison.   Gee,  I can’t imagine why a bunch of white collar criminals would want to give old Bernie a beating,  can you?    JD

DURHAM, NC — Sources tell ABC11 Eyewitness News that disgraced financier Bernie Madoff is being treated for serious injuries consistent with an assault.

He is serving a life sentence at the federal prison in Butner after admitting to cheating investors out of billions of dollars.

According to the sources, Madoff came to Duke with facial fractures, broken ribs and a collapsed lung.

Prison officials won’t confirm that. They say the 71-year-old is now in the medical clinic at the prison in Butner.

According a report by the Associated Press, Madoff’s lawyer – Ira Sorkin – contradicts the assault story, saying his client “had some dizzy spells and some high blood pressure.”

The report also quoted a prison official as saying Madoff was not assaulted. He has been under medical care for seven days.

The AP reported Duke University Medical Center earlier said Madoff had been treated there, but later a spokeswoman said the hospital had never had a patient by that name.