Crime & Safety
Fake Rockefeller Pleads Not Guilty to Murder (PHOTOS)
After being charged in March with the 1985 murder of San Marino man John Sohus, Christian Gerhartsreiter—aka "Clark Rockefeller"—was arraigned at the Alhambra Superior Courthouse Friday morning.
Christian Gerhartsreiter--the man who refers to himself as "Clark Rockefeller" and has been linked to other aliases--pleaded not guilty to the 1985 murder of San Marino man John Sohus Friday via judge Carlos Uranga, who entered the plea on his behalf.
Gerhartsreiter, who donned glasses and bright blue jail scrubs Friday, stood in the small Alhambra court room flanked by his Boston attorneys Brad Bailey and Jeffrey Denner, and only spoke to answer a short, assured “yes” a few times when asked by prosecuting Deputy District Attorney Habib Balian if he waived his right to have a case brought to trial within 180 days of June 13, when Gerhartsreiter apparently signed paperwork agreeing to extradition.
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