Don Tollefson withdraws guilty plea, wants to be own lawyer

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Tuesday, December 16, 2014
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Former sportscaster Don Tollefson has withdrawn a guilty plea and will now head to trial.

Don Tollefson is headed to trial.

The former Philadelphia sportscaster was set to be sentenced Monday in Bucks County, but instead he withdrew his guilty plea.

Tollefson had admitted to scamming sports fans who bought fake travel packages in the name of charity.

But today, he said he did not commit those crimes and has new evidence to support his case.

"I found out some things that I think are very germane to this case that I did not know about when I originally pledged guilty," Tollefson said.

More than 200 victims are seeking $341,000 in restitution.

They will now have to testify when the trial begins January 5th.

Tollefson has decided to act as his own lawyer.

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