Retired professor, accused of bilking wealthy friends, pleads guilty in NY (original) (raw)

Lawrence Gray, a retired political science professor, attained international notoriety when wealthy friends, including the family of a deceased Georgetown socialite, accused him of stealing and then selling off their diamonds and other valuable jewelry.

Gray had maintained his innocence — that is, until Sept. 24 when he pleaded guilty in New York to fraud and agreed to pay $55,850 in restitution to four people, including former U.S. ambassador Frederick Vreeland, who claimed he stole their jewels.