Stanley R Lerner

For Stanley R. Lerner, a 25-year-old UCLA dropout-turned-entrepreneurial phenom, today could be the day to say goodby to his symbols of success: the fire-engine red Porsche, the champagne fund-raisers, the Beverly Hills office with the black marble and chrome desk, the pricey paintings that hang in his Rodeo Drive gallery. Today, Lerner is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Tagasuki to be sentenced on charges of conspiracy to deal cocaine.

Stanley R. Lerner--the 25-year-old Beverly Hills art dealer who helped authorities crack a major art fraud case--was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for cocaine dealing, although U.S. District Judge Robert M. Tagasuki said the time could be served in a halfway house. The judge pronounced the sentence, which also included a $50,000 fine and five years probation, behind closed doors.

Stanley R. Lerner--the 25-year-old Beverly Hills art dealer who helped authorities crack a major art fraud case--was sentenced Monday to three years in federal prison for cocaine dealing, although U.S. District Judge Robert M. Tagasuki said the time could be served in a halfway house. The judge pronounced the sentence, which also included a $50,000 fine and five years probation, behind closed doors.

For Stanley R. Lerner, a 25-year-old UCLA dropout-turned-entrepreneurial phenom, today could be the day to say goodby to his symbols of success: the fire-engine red Porsche, the champagne fund-raisers, the Beverly Hills office with the black marble and chrome desk, the pricey paintings that hang in his Rodeo Drive gallery. Today, Lerner is scheduled to appear before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Tagasuki to be sentenced on charges of conspiracy to deal cocaine.

Two prominent Beverly Hills art dealers have emerged as key figures in a multimillion-dollar art fraud case that is causing severe repercussions for some local art dealers as an investigation by local and federal authorities expands. A Los Angeles police affidavit obtained by The Times names Lee Sonnier, 42, former manager of the prestigious Rodeo Drive branch of Upstairs Gallery, as a primary suspect in the case. It also identifies Stanley R.

A prominent Beverly Hills art dealer was charged with five counts of grand theft Tuesday in connection with a widening police investigation into art fraud in Southern California. Lee Sonnier, former manager of the Upstairs Gallery on Rodeo Drive, was charged with failing to deliver four pieces of art that were sold for about $872,000. Three were works attributed to the Impressionist master Pierre Auguste Renoir and one was a drawing.

Two prominent Beverly Hills art dealers have emerged as key figures in a multimillion-dollar art fraud case that is causing severe repercussions for some local art dealers as an investigation by local and federal authorities expands. A Los Angeles police affidavit obtained by The Times names Lee Sonnier, 42, former manager of the prestigious Rodeo Drive branch of Upstairs Gallery, as a primary suspect in the case. It also identifies Stanley R.