2026年9月18日 美国东部时间上午10:32 / 哥伦比亚广播公司/美联社
据杰斐逊县地区检察官办公室消息，路易斯安那州一个陪审团周四裁定一名女子犯有过失杀人罪，该案涉及一名前往新奥尔良报道超级碗的特莱蒙多电视台记者死亡。
地区检察官办公室发言人保罗·普尔普拉透露，49岁的达内特·科尔伯特以及35岁的同党里基·怀特均被判犯有敲诈勒索罪。在路易斯安那州，敲诈勒索罪最高可判处50年监禁。
根据检方说法，二人多年来一直在实施一项犯罪团伙活动，他们以提供性服务为诱饵，将受害者引诱至该市历史悠久的法国街区，随后用药物将其迷晕，再通过被盗的银行卡和手机转移受害者银行账户内的资金。
科尔伯特是最后一个被看到离开阿达南·曼萨诺房间的人。27岁的曼萨诺是密苏里州堪萨斯城特莱蒙多电视台的记者兼主播，去年超级碗举办前几天，他的尸体于2月5日在新奥尔良郊区肯纳的酒店房间内被发现。
尸检结果显示，曼萨诺脸朝下趴在枕头上，因摄入酒精和镇静剂阿普唑仑的混合成分无法呼吸而死亡。
特莱蒙多堪萨斯城提供的照片中，电视记者阿达南·曼萨诺
特莱蒙多堪萨斯城 via 美联社
检方曾试图以最高可判40年监禁的过失杀人罪起诉科尔伯特和怀特，但怀特被判无罪。
据地区检察官办公室透露，陪审团经过五个半小时的商议后作出了判决。
杰斐逊县助理地区检察官珍妮·沃斯告诉记者，科尔伯特的过失杀人罪定罪最高可判处10年监禁。她表示陪审团仔细权衡了所有证据，她尊重这一判决结果。
“我们对这一判决结果感到满意，”她告诉记者，“我们知道这起案件从一开始就十分棘手，涉及大量复杂的法律条款，我们真切认为陪审团已经将所有因素纳入考量，正义得到了伸张。”
沃斯补充道，曼萨诺的家人无法出席庭审。曼萨诺生前供职的特莱蒙多堪萨斯城总经理史蒂夫·唐宁没有立即回复置评请求。
科尔伯特的律师斯塔夫罗斯·帕纳古洛普洛斯和怀特的律师利奥·卡耶尔三世均未立即回复置评请求。
科尔伯特有吸毒和盗窃相关的被捕记录，事后她曾在新奥尔良的一家加油站以及当地其他商店使用曼萨诺的信用卡消费。
在法庭文件中，检方将科尔伯特描述为以“妓女或‘派对女孩’”的伪装行事，而怀特则是她的“皮条客”，负责提供安保并协助寻找和抢劫受害者。
另一名协助科尔伯特和怀特犯罪团伙的35岁男子克里斯蒂安·安德森作为污点证人指证了二人，以此换取将指控降为简单抢劫罪和存取款设备欺诈罪。普尔普拉表示，法庭记录显示安德森已对两项罪名认罪，并被判处六年监禁。
安德森的律师布拉德利·菲利普斯称，安德森“如释重负，终于能够翻过这一页”。安德森被捕后一直配合执法部门，“已经明确表现出对过往行为的悔意”。
在法庭文件中，检方披露了科尔伯特、怀特和安德森之间多年来的大量短信往来，内容涉及使用药物使受害者失去行动能力并实施抢劫。
据地区检察官办公室消息，科尔伯特和怀特将于9月底被宣判。
曼萨诺的妻子一年前死于一场车祸，二人留下一个年幼的女儿。
Woman found guilty of negligent homicide in Super Bowl reporter’s death in Louisiana
September 18, 2026 10:32 AM EDT / CBS/AP
A Louisiana jury convicted a woman of negligent homicide on Thursday in the death of a Telemundo television reporter who had been visiting New Orleans to cover the Super Bowl, according to the Jefferson Parish District Attorney’s Office.
Danette Colbert, 49, was also convicted of racketeering, as was her accomplice, 35-year-old Rickey White, according to Paul Purpura, a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office. Racketeering carries up to a 50-year sentence in Louisiana.
The two had spent years carrying out a criminal enterprise that drew in victims in the city’s historic French Quarter with the promise of sex, then used drugs to knock them out and drain their bank accounts using stolen cards and phones, according to prosecutors.
Colbert was the last person seen leaving the room of Adan Manzano, a 27-year-old reporter and anchor for Telemundo based in Kansas City, Missouri, who was found dead in his hotel room Feb. 5 in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner days before the Super Bowl last year.
An autopsy revealed Manzano died lying face down on a pillow, unable to breathe after ingesting a combination of alcohol and the depressant Xanax.
Television reporter Adan Manzano is seen in a photo provided by Telemundo Kansas City. Telemundo Kansas City via AP
Prosecutors had sought to convict both Colbert and White on the charge of manslaughter, which carries up to a 40-year sentence. White was found not guilty.
Jurors deliberated for five and a half hours before reaching their decision, according to the district attorney’s office.
Colbert’s negligent homicide conviction carries a maximum sentence of 10 years, Jefferson Parish Assistant District Attorney Jenny Voss told reporters. She said the jury had carefully weighed all the evidence and she respected its decision.
“We are pleased with the verdict,” she told reporters. “We knew that this was a difficult case going in with a lot of complicated law, and we really feel like they took all that into consideration, and justice was served.”
Manzano’s family was unable to attend the trial, Voss added. Steve Downing, the general manager of Telemundo Kansas City where Manzano had worked, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Stavros Panagoulopoulos, Colbert’s attorney, and Leo Caillier III, White’s attorney, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Colbert, whose arrest record included allegations of drugging men and theft, later used Manzano’s credit card at a New Orleans gas station and other stores in the area.
In court documents, prosecutors described Colbert as acting under the guise of a “prostitute or ‘party girl’” while White served as her “pimp,” who provided security and helped find and rob victims.
Another man who assisted Colbert and White with their criminal ring, Christian Anderson, 35, testified against them in exchange for reducing his charges to simple robbery and access device fraud, according to Purpura. Court records show he pleaded guilty to both charges and received a six-year prison sentence.
Anderson “is relieved to be able to put this behind him,” said his attorney, Bradley Phillips. Anderson has been cooperating with law enforcement since his arrest and “has clearly demonstrated remorse for his past behavior.”
In court documents, prosecutors revealed extensive text messages dating back years among Colbert, White and Anderson, discussing using drugs to incapacitate and rob victims.
Colbert and White are scheduled to be sentenced in late September, according to the district attorney’s office.
Manzano’s death came a year after his wife died in a car accident. The couple is survived by a toddler daughter.
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