Nick Mosby 'ashamed' of financial troubles, prosecutors allege 'perjury' about past taxes

BALTIMORE – Marilyn Mosby's defense is presenting evidence from when she and ex-husband Nick Mosby were happily married, including photos from their wedding, and a divorce agreement from when they were less happy. did.

Nick Mosby testified in sometimes halting and combative cross-examination that the main reason the marriage broke up was financial.

He said he repeatedly lied to his then-wife about tax liens and other debts.

After being cross-examined on the witness stand, he told WJZ investigator Mike Hellgren that further comment was inappropriate.

In previous testimony, he said of his financial problems: “I'm embarrassed. I didn't tell my wife about it. There was a lot of pressure.”

Prosecutors argued in court Monday that Mosby lied about more than just his tax debt.

The president of the Baltimore City Council had his pay garnished, his car repossessed, and his mortgage behind due to unpaid student loans, but he still donated $18,000 to charity in one year alone.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Aaron Zelinsky asked, “…the tax returns were signed under penalty of perjury, right?”

Nick Mosby replied, “I don't know.”

Mr. Zelinsky later told a judge that a forensic analysis of the Mosby family's accounts showed that “there were not sufficient funds at the time to make charitable contributions.”

Defense attorneys pointed out that the Mosbys have not been charged with any crime related to the tax deductions.

Prosecutors have repeatedly tried to present evidence that Mosby, the defense's key witness, lied about his own taxes and those filed jointly with Marilyn Mosby. The judge stopped the questioning.

In court and in certain filings, the government incorrectly referred to Mr. Mosby as a “defendant.”

Marilyn Mosby, who served two terms as state's attorney for the city of Baltimore, was charged with mortgage fraud related to two vacation homes she purchased in Florida.

She claimed she did not intentionally lie and did not know about her husband's tax lien when asked about it on the mortgage documents.

She is also accused of promising the mortgage company that she would not lend out the property, but still did so.

The government also claims she misrepresented $5,000 She had to contract one of the properties as a gift from Nick Mosby.

Late Monday, the defense called Gilbert Bennett to the stand. He was Marilyn Mosby's Florida Mortgage Broker and was responsible for her alleged “gifts” from Nick Mosby, as well as her “hers” that he advised her to write to get her mortgage approved. He testified about the letter from his boss.

In the letter, Marilyn Mosby said she was working remotely from Florida and staying in her second home for 70 consecutive days. The government claims they are lies.

Prosecutors are scheduled to cross-examine Mr. Bennett on Tuesday.

Before the day's opening, the defense said there were three more witnesses and that testimony could continue into Wednesday.

A judge has not yet ruled on a defense motion for acquittal in which Marilyn Mosby's lawyers argued that the case should be dismissed because the alleged mortgage fraud occurred out of state.

The judge will also consider whether Nick Mosby can be questioned about statements he made to Mosby's former lawyer. Prosecutors believe their lawyers could be effective rebuttal witnesses regarding his credibility.

When asked about his ex-wife's statements to her former lawyers, Nick Mosby repeatedly said on the stand, “I don't remember.''