Roger Stone Seeks Stay in Tax Case Due to Wife’s Cancer

Roger Stone and his wife Nydia Stone—recently diagnosed with cancer—are seeking a 90-day stay in the government’s nearly $2 million tax case against them.

The Stones cited Nydia’s diagnosis with aggressive, advanced cancer as the reason for the stay, because neither would be able to “meaningfully participate” in the case. Nydia Stone was hospitalized earlier this month, and her “short-term prognosis and health remain uncertain,” according to the document filed Tuesday.

The stay request is unopposed by the government, according to the document, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

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