Overview
- A federal judge denied the defense motion to dismiss, leaving in place 13 counts including wire fraud, theft and money laundering.
- Ted DiBiase Jr. chose not to testify as the defense concluded two days of witnesses describing work on a proposed 'Get Fit Mississippi' app.
- Prosecutors presented FBI forensic accounting that traced 29 payments totaling about $2.9 million into DiBiase-controlled accounts from 2017 to 2019, including nearly $2 million in welfare funds, though at least $134,000 was not federal money.
- The government alleges the diverted funds paid for personal items such as a $1.4 million home, a $55,000 boat, a $34,000 tractor and a $40,000 truck.
- In a late evidentiary clash, prosecutors displayed an August 2018 text from DiBiase to then–DHS director John Davis that undercut a defense witness’s claim about forming an LLC, drawing an objection from the defense.