Robin Lopez Trial Pushed to Dec. 8 as She Rejects Plea in Florida Gambling Case
She refused a deal requiring guilty pleas to two money laundering counts with 24 months’ probation plus a felony conviction.
Overview
- Judge Brian Welke reset the two-week trial to Dec. 8 after defense counsel sought time to review late discovery produced this week.
- Prosecutors said the plea would also have required a truthful statement about the gambling ring; the defense rejected it after the state refused to withhold adjudication.
- The standalone racketeering charge previously listed against Robin Severance-Lopez was recently dropped, while a conspiracy count remains pending along with a separate false-testimony case.
- New materials turned over include property and construction records and text messages involving Severance-Lopez and the wife of unindicted co-conspirator Krishna Deokaran.
- Severance-Lopez remains jailed after an earlier bond revocation tied to alleged false statements about her finances, and she faces up to 30 years on the conspiracy charge, while her husband Marcos Lopez faces up to 60 years on related allegations.