| Man Who Kidnapped
While Impersonating Medical
Professional Sentenced to 10
Years
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
April 8 – Herman
Brightman is charged with
kidnapping at least four
women, one with a minor child,
and assaulting the
women.
On December
11, he was before U.S.
District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Magistrate Judge Barbara C.
Moses. Inner City Press was
there, the only media in the
SDNY Mag Court.
The AUSA
described Brightman
impersonating a medical
professional and finding new
victims online even of the
previous victim called the
police on him.
The Federal
Defender said he could be
ordered to home detention with
his father in Central Islip,
if the state case is dropped
now that the underlying
kidnapping charge has been
Federalized.
Judge
Moses declined to order
Brightman free, citing both
danger to the community and
risk of flight, including with
an ankle monitor.
On June 10, 2024
a conference was set for
August 5. But on July 22,
Brightman pled guilty to
counts 2 and 8.
On December 9 his
Federal Defender wrote in
asking for 48 months with
sentencing set for December
20.
The sentencing
was canceled and a Fatico
hearing set for January 31 and
February 3 after the defendant
disputed items in the
Pre-Sentencing Report.
On April 8, 2025
Inner City Press attended and
live tweeted the sentencing, thread.
Brightman was sentenced to 10
years.
The case
is USA v. Brightman,
1:23-cr-642 (Cronan)
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