Sentencing In Wilkerson's Corruption Case Delayed

BOSTON (AP) -- A federal judge has set a new date to sentence former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson on corruption charges.

Wilkerson's sentencing hearing was originally scheduled for Wednesday. But U.S. District Court Judge Douglas Woodlock postponed sentencing so he could take testimony from a developer who claims Wilkerson solicited bribes from him between 2002 and 2006.

WBZ News Radio's Carl Stevens reports.

Wilkerson was not charged over those alleged payments, and her lawyer has said she did not solicit the money.

The judge set sentencing for Jan. 6.

The Boston Democrat pleaded guilty in June to eight counts of attempted extortion after she was captured on video stuffing bribe money into her bra. She was accused of taking $23,500 in bribes to help get a liquor license for a nightclub and an undercover agent posing as a businessman.

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