Former MIT professor headed to trial in allegedly staged shooting

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/01/millionaire.shot.ap/index.html

CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts (AP) -- What the former MIT professor and wealthy
businessman told police sounded like a scene from a bad spy novel: He was
shot by two masked men with Russian accents, and saved only because two of
the bullets bounced off his belt buckle.

Five months later came the indictment -- against him.

Prosecutors say John J. Donovan Sr. staged his own shooting to gain an
advantage in a legal battle with his own children for control of trusts that
he claims are worth at least $180 million. He's accused of trying to get
back at his oldest son by falsely accusing him of hiring his would-be
killers.

The accusations and the civil case -- and even a daughter's molestation
allegation -- are overshadowing the career of a man once dubbed "the Johnny
Carson of the training circuit."

Donovan, 65, a business professor at the
<http://topics.cnn.com/topics/massachusetts_institute_of_technology>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1969 to 1997, made a name for
himself as a technology guru. He commanded big fees as a sought-after
speaker to Fortune 500 companies, started more than a dozen companies and
published 11 books.

Donovan is charged with filing a false police report, a misdemeanor that
carries a maximum one-year sentence. His trial is scheduled to begin Friday
in Middlesex Superior Court.

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