Nash Enters Plea in Racketeering Case
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Former Hollywood nightclub owner Eddie Nash pleaded not guilty Monday to federal racketeering charges, including allegations that he ordered the 1981 murders of four people in a Laurel Canyon drug den.
The 71-year-old Nash, who is in poor health, was tried for the murders twice in state court.
A jury deadlocked in one trial and acquitted him in the second one.
Authorities believe the four victims were killed in retaliation for the theft of $2 million worth of drugs, cash and jewelry from Nash’s home.
In addition to allegedly ordering the slayings, Nash is accused of bribing a juror in one trial and trafficking in narcotics over a 25-year period.
He has been held without bail since his arrest last month.
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