More legal troubles for the Black family: Jonathan Black facing harassment charges

As if the family of Conrad Black didn’t have enough to deal with, Conrad’s son Jonathan Black is now facing criminal charges for harassing and threatening his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend. Taking a page from the old man’s book, Black Junior says he’s completely innocent and only being prosecuted because of his public position. While we admire the loyalty to his father—and his tactics—we sure hope Jonathan’s got a better legal defence than that. Conrad’s legal strategy of “screw the court, I’m Conrad Black” didn’t keep him out of jail, nor did it get him out early. Read the entire story [Toronto Star] »