Adelphia’s Tim Rigas Got Married Days Before Starting Prison

Tuesday, August 14, 2007
David Voreacos, Bloomberg.com,

Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Timothy Rigas, the former chief financial officer of Adelphia Communications Corp., married the mother of his young daughter nine days before starting a 20-year prison term for accounting fraud. Rigas, 51, reported yesterday to the Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. On Aug. 4, Rigas married Katherine Fox near his home in Coudersport, Pennsylvania, said Annette Easton, a magisterial district judge in Potter County, Pennsylvania, who officiated.

Before going to prison, John Rigas helped his three sons -- Timothy, Michael and James -- run Zito Media, a cable company with about 7,000 subscribers.

Fox, who works at Zito, didn't immediately return a call seeking comment. She attended the trial in New York, where prosecutors said the Rigases used Adelphia as a personal piggy bank to buy company stock, steal cash advances, pay for residences around the country and fund Timothy Rigas's passion for golf.

Prison Visits

He is now nearly 400 miles to the south in a low-security facility with 1,295 inmates. No conjugal visits are allowed, said Bureau of Prisons spokesman Mike Truman. Prison visits ``shall be conducted in a quiet, orderly and dignified manner,'' according to procedures outlined on the prison's Web site.

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