News

Senator Accused of Using $600K of Federal Funding For Wedding and Lavish Lifestyle

Memphis, TN — Senator Katrina Robinson from Tennessee is facing multiple federal charges after she reportedly stole over $600,000 in federal funds to use for her wedding and lavish lifestyle.

Robinson was accused of stealing $600,000 from the $2.2 million in federal grants provided to The Healthcare Institute, a nursing school she directed, from 2015 to 2019.

She apparently used the stolen money to cover her wedding and honeymoon costs, as well as the legal fees for her divorce. She also bought a 2016 Jeep Renegade for her daughter, a $500 Louis Vuitton handbag, home improvements, and invested in a snow cone business run by her 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren.

Robinson has been charged with theft, embezzlement, and wire fraud.

Despite the charges, she said she will continue to serve in the state legislature “with the same integrity, the same passion that I’ve demonstrated since you’ve elected me to this office.”

“It is believed that if I were not in the position that I’m in, that if I did not champion the voices, the views and the faces that I represent, that I would not be in this moment right now,” Robinson said.

Meanwhile, she pleaded not guilty in August. But if she’s found guilty, she faces up to 20 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

Related Posts

Alice Dunnigan Left Her Mark as the First Black Female White House Reporter

The daughter of a Kentucky sharecropper, Alice Allison Dunnigan endured poverty, segregation and 𝓈ℯ𝓍ism as she fought to fulfill her dream of becoming a journalist. She went on…

Maggie L. Walker: First African American Woman to Found a Bank in the United States

Maggie Lena Mitchell was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 on July 15, 1864, the daughter of Elizabeth Draper and William Mitchell. Both of her parents were 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 into slavery in Virginia. Her…

Mary Elizabeth Mahoney – First African-American Nurse

Mahoney became the first Black woman to graduate from a nursing program and the first to earn a professional nursing license. She was one of 42 students admitted…

Mary Jane Patterson – First African – American Woman to Receive B.A. degree

Born in Raleigh, NC, Patterson was the oldest of Henry and Emeline Patterson’s seven 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren. By 1856 the family had settled in Oberlin, Ohio, which had a large…

Phillis Wheatley: America’s First Black Poet

Phillis Wheatley Peters was 𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐧 in West Africa in 1753. At the age of eight, she was kidnapped, enslaved in New England, and sold to John Wheatley of…

LL Cool J’s 4 Kids: Najee, Italia, Samaria and Nina

LL Cool J wanted his 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘥ren to have a humble upbringing Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic LL Cool J does it all as a renowned rapper and doting dad. The hip-hop legend…

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *