SCOTT SIMON SPEAKS WITH PETER HILLMORE, A COLUMNIST FOR BRITAIN'S OBSERVER NEWSPAPER, ABOUT THE MAXWELL TRIAL, NOW RIVALING OUR O.J. TRIAL, IN LONDON. THE FOUR DEFENDANTS, TWO OF THEM THE SONS OF THE LATE MEDIA MAGNATE ROBERT MAXWELL WHO DISAPPEARED OVERBOARD FROM HIS YACHT OFF THE CANARY ISLANDS IN NOVEMBER OF 1991, HAVE BEEN ACCUSED OF ILLEGALLY USING EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS TO SHORE UP THE FAILING MAXWELL PUBLISHING EMPIRE.
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