Post by pavel on Jan 19, 2016 17:16:07 GMT -6
Former Confederate monument contractor finds $200K Lamborghini burned, TV station reports
The contractor who pulled out of the job to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans after citing death threats found a $200,000 Lamborghini charred beyond recognition in the company's parking lot Tuesday morning, according to WDSU.
An attorney for the company, Roy Maughan Jr., told WDSU that while an investigation into the burnt vehicle is ongoing, its discovery was "extremely suspicious" considering the threats company owner David Mahler and his staff have received in recent days.
A man who shot photos of the Lamborghini during what appeared to be a Baton Rouge car show over the weekend posted before and after shots on his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mahler, owner of H&O Investments in Baton Rouge, had been hired to take down the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, as well as the Jefferson Davis monument and the Battle of Liberty Place obelisk. But during a court hearing Thursday, Rebecca Dietz, who is defending the city against a lawsuit from those who opposed the monuments' removal, announced that the company would no longer be performing the work.
Read more: www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/former_confederate_monument_co.html#incart_m-rpt-2
The contractor who pulled out of the job to remove Confederate monuments in New Orleans after citing death threats found a $200,000 Lamborghini charred beyond recognition in the company's parking lot Tuesday morning, according to WDSU.
An attorney for the company, Roy Maughan Jr., told WDSU that while an investigation into the burnt vehicle is ongoing, its discovery was "extremely suspicious" considering the threats company owner David Mahler and his staff have received in recent days.
A man who shot photos of the Lamborghini during what appeared to be a Baton Rouge car show over the weekend posted before and after shots on his Facebook page Tuesday morning.
Mahler, owner of H&O Investments in Baton Rouge, had been hired to take down the statues of Confederate generals Robert E. Lee and P.G.T. Beauregard, as well as the Jefferson Davis monument and the Battle of Liberty Place obelisk. But during a court hearing Thursday, Rebecca Dietz, who is defending the city against a lawsuit from those who opposed the monuments' removal, announced that the company would no longer be performing the work.
Read more: www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2016/01/former_confederate_monument_co.html#incart_m-rpt-2