{"id":438815,"date":"2025-12-10T23:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438815\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T23:23:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:23:19","slug":"ryan-weddings-alleged-cocaine-lawyer-pitches-plan-if-released-at-bail-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/438815\/","title":{"rendered":"Ryan Wedding\u2019s alleged \u2018cocaine lawyer\u2019 pitches plan if released at bail hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Ontario attorney with reported ties to a Canadian Olympian-turned-alleged cocaine kingpin<\/a> says if he\u2019s released on bail, he will follow the \u201cmost stringent\u201d plan he\u2019s ever proposed in his career.<\/p>\n

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Deepak Paradkar was in a downtown Toronto courtroom Wednesday for a bail hearing after he was arrested and charged last month for his reported involvement with Ryan Wedding.<\/p>\n

Wedding, 44, is facing several murder and drug charges stemming from his alleged drug empire that stretches across the Americas. FBI<\/a> Director Kash Patel has described Wedding as a \u201cmodern-day iteration of Pablo Escobar.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 62-year-old Paradkar was seen waving to his wife, family and supporters while inside the witness box Wednesday afternoon. He wore glasses, a blue blazer, a white dress shirt, and was sporting a beard with a grey moustache.<\/p>\n

Paradkar, who was arrested in Canada under the Extradition Act, is accused by American authorities of advising Wedding to murder a key witness so that Wedding and Andrew Clark, his reported second-in-command, would avoid extradition from Mexico on 2024 criminal charges against them.<\/p>\n

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Paradkar, who American authorities said went by several aliases, including the \u201ccocaine lawyer,\u201d is also accused of providing Wedding with court documents and evidence from the criminal case he would not otherwise have had access to.<\/p>\n

That witness was eventually shot dead at a restaurant in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, on Jan. 31.<\/p>\n

The allegations against Paradkar have not been tested in court. Paradkar, whose licence to practice law in Ontario was suspended last week,\u00a0has denied the allegations against him and maintains his innocence.<\/a><\/p>\n

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In court Wednesday, Crown attorneys told Superior Court Justice Peter Bawden that Paradkar\u2019s detention pending his extradition is necessary because of flight risk, the need to protect the public and desire to maintain confidence in the justice system.<\/p>\n

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Paradkar told Bawden he is not a flight risk, saying he has no ties to his native India, which he said he hasn\u2019t visited since 1997. Paradkar explained how his family immigrated to Canada in 1971, and how eventually he became a criminal defence lawyer after graduating with a master\u2019s in medical science in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n

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He also detailed his proposed plan of release, which he said includes a $5-million pledge between himself and his wife, 24\/7 house arrest without leaving home unless accompanied by one of his sureties, and no access to electronic devices except for his wife\u2019s cellphone, which he would only use in her presence for communication with his lawyers and sureties. His wife\u2019s cousin is also proposing to put up $250,000 towards Paradkar\u2019s release.<\/p>\n

He also said he is proposing to be under GPS monitoring and would surrender his passport to police within 48 hours of his release. Paradkar\u2019s wife and her cousin are the two proposed sureties.<\/p>\n

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