Name: Erik Conover sentenced: Luxury real estate YouTuber facing up to 10-years #shorts
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Description: Luxury real estate YouTuber Erik Conover has pleaded guilty after a wild sequence that started with a speeding stop and ended with two police chases, an officer thrown from his hood, viral courtroom rants and a bipolar diagnosis on the record. Conover now faces up to 10 years behind bars.

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Luxury real estate YouTuber Erik Conover has pleaded guilty after a wild sequence that started with a speeding stop and ended with two police chases, an officer thrown from his hood, viral courtroom rants and a bipolar diagnosis on the record. Conover now faces up to 10 years behind bars.

Erik Conover sentenced: Luxury real estate YouTuber facing up to 10-years #shorts

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