New trial date sought for Kimmel

18-Dec-07 – The attorney for Dr. Gary S. Kimmel has filed a motion to reset the trial date of the Marina City resident accused of money laundering.

The trial was scheduled to start on February 11. Attorney Joseph Lopez told Marina City Online he has another trial at that time and hopes to get a new court date in April when he appears before Honorable Blanch M. Manning on January 15.

Kimmel was indicted in January 2006 on a federal money laundering charge linked to a nationwide prostitution ring. It is believed he allowed prostitutes and a pimp to use condominium units he owned at Marina City. He’s also accused of accepting about $405,000 from two pimps to purchase vehicles for the ring. He pleaded not guilty and was released on $100,000 bail.

Lopez told the Chicago Tribune that if prostitution went on in Kimmel’s condominium units, “it was without his knowledge, his consent, and it was going on behind his back.”

(Left) Attorney Joseph Lopez represented Frank Calabrese Sr. in the Chicago “Family Secrets” Mob Trial. Lopez writes for a column on the web site The Chicago Syndicate.

Property seized from Kimmel includes nine condo units at Marina City. If convicted, the money laundering charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine that could reach $810,000. A charge of interstate transportation of unlawful proceeds has a maximum penalty of five years in prison and a $250,000 fine.

In June 2006, Illinois regulators suspended indefinitely Kimmel’s dentist license and he was fined $50,000.