Out of Jail and into Trouble

De Lorean makes bail, but is charged with a drug deal

After his luck ran out so abruptly in a bugged hotel room, John De Lorean had ten days and nights in jail to contemplate the wreckage of his life. Then at the end of last week, all in a few hours' time, he was the center of frantic activity. A federal grand jury in Los Angeles formally charged the automobile tycoon (and two alleged accomplices) with conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine. De Lorean's bail was doubled, to $10 million. But then, for the...

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