An attorney who has been indicted in a long-ranging staged wrecks scheme is asking for a judge to move forward with trial next month due to financial constraints. Vanessa Motta's attorney, Sean Toomey ...

The letter, obtained by WDSU, claims Vanessa Motta is under "targeted persecution" and requests the federal indictment be ...

WDSU MOBILE APP. A NEW ORLEANS ATTORNEY CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A STAGED REX PROBE WAS ARRAIGNED IN COURT MONDAY. VANESSA MOTTA PLEADED NOT GUILTY TO CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT MAIL FRAUD AND WIRE FRAUD.

A trial has been delayed in the federal case over a scheme to stage crashes into big-rig trucks that allegedly sparked the ...

Vanessa Motta’s attorney, Sean Toomey, filed a motion Thursday asking for a speedy trial. In the motion, Motta claims to be in “financial ruin” due to not being able to work. Motta’s law ...