Ex-Ill. Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s life-size Elvis statue may be auctioned off for storage fees
By APMonday, July 26, 2010
Blagojevich’s Elvis statue may be auctioned off
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, Ill. — A life-size statue of Elvis Presley belonging to Rod Blagojevich could be up for auction soon because the former Illinois governor hasn’t paid his storage fees for more than a year.
Boyer-Rosene Moving & Storage CEO Paul Lombardo said Monday that everything in Blagojevich’s seven storage units at the facility near Chicago will be auctioned Aug. 14, unless he pays fees of at least $3,300. Lombardo couldn’t say what else was in the units.
Lombardo says auction profits will go to the Children’s Memorial Hospital, where two of his deceased children were treated.
Blagojevich has pleaded not guilty to charges that he tried to sell President Barack Obama’s old Senate seat and schemed to squeeze people for campaign donations — including a Children’s Hospital executive.
