Is Katherine Kealoha A Credible Witness In The Coming Drug Trial Of Her Brother?… Federal prosecutors have already branded her a liar and master manipulator in her previous criminal conspiracy case, attorneys for Rudolph Puana point out.
The criminal trial for the brother of disgraced former Honolulu Deputy Prosecutor Katherine Kealoha, Rudolph Puana, a Big Island anesthesiologist accused of running an illicit prescription drug ring, is set to start this week following repeated delays due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The trial is scheduled to begin in the U.S. District Court of Hawaii on Tuesday and could last up to two weeks. Jurors are expected to hear from dozens of witnesses including Kealoha, who is currently serving a 13-year sentence at a federal prison in California on corruption charges involving Puana and Kealoha’s ex-Honolulu police chief husband, Louis Kealoha.
Puana was indicted in September 2019 on charges that include health care fraud, unlawful possession of a firearm and conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and fentanyl.
