Bernie Gets a Beat Down

Attention all you schadenfreude fans out there. The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Bernard Madeoff was beaten up in prison by another inmate back in December. The article sites current and former inmates as sources.

The current inmate said Mr. Madoff's assailant was a beefy man serving time for a drug conviction. The alleged assailant's mother said in an interview her son had not mentioned any scuffle with Mr. Madoff but that he had been a body builder and held a black belt in Judo until he was injured in a shooting in 2002. While behind bars he has regained strength and gotten back into shape, she said.


So if you were one of the thousands of people who's investments took a beating a the hands of Mr. Madeoff, you can take some comfort in the knowledge that he feels your pain (literally). I've got to think that this won't be the last time Bernie gets into a brawl. After all, he's still got 149 years left on his sentence.

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