Martha Stewart said then-U.S. Attorney James Comey and other prosecutors used her as a 'trophy' during her criminal trial in 2004 in the new Netflix documentary, 'Martha.'
In a new documentary delving into the life and legacy of Martha Stewart, the homemaking master takes a swing at former FBI Director James Comey. Her comments come during a section of the film that focuses on her federal obstruction of justice trial and five-month stint in prison beginning in 2004 — five years after Stewart, 83, became the first self-made female billionaire in 1999. 'It was so horrifying to me that I had to go through that to be a trophy for these idiots in the U.S.
was a trophy — a prominent woman, the first billionaire woman in America,' Stewart says of the case in 'Martha.' 'Those prosecutors should have been put in a Cuisinart and turned on high.' When charges were initially filed against Stewart, then 62, then-U.S. Attorney Comey said during a 2003 news conference that the 'case is about lying — lying to the FBI, lying to the SEC and investors.
Is it because she is a woman who has successfully competed in a man's business world by virtue of her talent, hard work and demanding standards?' Morvillo asked. Stewart had made her fortune off her media company, Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., which she founded in 1997. 'I always personally thought they were making an example of her because of her celebrity.
In an Oct. 31 interview with The New York Times, following the official premiere of 'Martha' on Netflix, the media mogul said she enjoyed the first half of the film but described the second half of as 'a bit lazy.' Her trial, she said, was 'not that important.' 'The trial and the actual incarceration was less than two years out of an 83-year life,' Stewart told the Times. 'I considered it a vacation, to tell you the truth.
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