Joe Lewis, the British billionaire whose family trust owns a majority share of Hotspur soccer team, pleaded not guilty to 19 counts of insider trading in a Manhattan courtroom on Wednesday before being released on $300million bail.'Not guilty, your honor,' Lewis told judge Valerie Figueredo, while wearing a grey suit and dark blue tie.The 86-year-old, whose fortune is estimated to be $6.1billion, is accused of 'orchestrating a brazen insider trading scheme' by passing on tips about companies to friends, personal assistants, private pilots and romantic partners. The alleged crimes are said to have taken place between 2013 and 2021, when Lewis was Spurs’ owner.
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