Chevron's star witness in $9.5 billion Ecuador oil pollution claim admits: 'I lied'

The Ecologist
Oct 27, 2015, 3:20 pm42 pts
It was all going so well for Chevron - a New York court had ruled that a $9.5 billion judgment against it set by Ecuador's supreme court for massive pollution deep in the Amazon was corrupt and fraudulent. But then its star witness broke ranks and admitted, in another court, that he had lied, and the only…

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Chevron's star witness in $9.5 billion Ecuador oil pollution claim admits: 'I lied'

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