CHARLES FELDMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Leona Helmsly was very outraged that she would be in court to begin with. Her feeling and part of her defense in fact was that she paid more taxes than, you know, most people make in a lifetime, in terms of earnings. And while she steadfastly denied trying to bilk the government out of taxes, there was a sort of subtext to the whole thing, which was that even if she didn't exactly pay the right amount, you know, didn't she pay more than her fair share? Considering the vast amount of money that she had. And I think she was somewhat disturbed by the fact that her husband, both of them charged with tax evasion, and her husband, who has since passed away, because of health reasons, his case was severed, and so he never actually stood trial. She spent a few years, as I recall, in prison, And, no -- I know when she was released she went through the sort of normal halfway house routine, and then went back to her life running her hotel empire.
CNN 20: Leona Helmsley is Sentenced, December 12, 1989