Bollea criminal case back in court

Nick Bollea's criminal case was back in court today, six months after he pleaded no contest to a charge of reckless driving. Back in May, Judge Philip J. Federico set a status check for today to see about any possible restitution that Bollea would pay to John Graziano, the victim in the car crash.

On Wednesday, attorney Kevin Hayslett asked the judge to check back in another six months. He said there had been progress recently in the civil case and if that resolved satisfactorily, there might not be a need for the criminal court to assign restitution.

George Tragos, one of the two attorneys representing Graziano in the civil case, disagreed with the statement about progress. He said a scheduled mediation failed and now the case was set to go to trial.

Jonathan Abel, Times Staff Writer

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