Mickelson to Take 5th If Called in Gambler Case, Lawyer Says
- Golfer potential witness in Walters’s insider-trading case
- ‘I’m not a part of that’ -- Mickelson told a reporter
Phil Mickelson
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Professional golfer Phil Mickelson won’t be called to testify at gambler Billy Walters’s insider-trading trial because he’d invoke his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination, a defense lawyer told a judge.
The disclosure came at a sidebar conference between lawyers and the judge as they discussed whether the golfer would testify. Mickelson has become a titillating sideshow in the criminal case against Walters, 70, who’s accused of reaping about $43 million by trading on inside tips provided by Tom C. Davis, the former chairman of Dean Foods Co.