Llewellyns Given Additional Time to Acquire Legal Counsel, Will Return to Court With Counsel Asserting Their Innocence Sept. 9

On Friday morning, July 26, in Warren County Circuit Court a date of September 9, on the 9 a.m. morning docket was set for a hearing on the multiple criminal indictments against Ron and Corinne Llewellyn regarding allegations of Embezzlement and Unlawful Financial Transactions involving the movement of funds of Corinne’s mother, Jane White.

Questioned by Judge Clark Ritchie, Ron Llewellyn confirmed that the couple is in the process of acquiring legal counsel to represent them. He noted that he and his wife would have to be represented by separate counsel in their respective cases. He added that they had narrowed their legal choices down from six to two, and asked for a month and a half to two months to put the finances together to acquire the necessary legal representation. Ron Llewellyn also asked that he be allowed to travel out of state due to his Fragrances Ltd. business interests, which he explained required frequent travel to various destinations around the nation to meet with clients.

Commonwealth’s Attorney John Bell agreed to the defendant’s time frame as long as they would waive speedy trial statutes, which they agreed to. He also agreed to Mr. Lllewellyn’s request that the out-of-state travel prohibition be waived.

The Llewellyn’s were released on their own recognizance, as they have been since turning themselves in to authorities in Frederick County on July 11, after being alerted to the indictments being filed against them while they were out of state vacationing in South Carolina. They were released from the Northwestern Regional Adult Detention Center on their own recognizance, without bond imposed, on July 12.

Corinne and Ron Llewellyn remain free on their own recognizance following Friday’s brief appearance in Warren County Circuit Court. Royal Examiner Photo Roger Bianchini

As previously reported the former Warren County supervisor and EDA board member and his wife were charged on multiple indictments regarding the movement over a number of years of money from Corinne’s mother, Mrs. Jane White, who lived with the Llewellyn’s on the family’s Rose Hill Estate in Front Royal. The criminal investigation appears to have been fueled by civil litigation brought by Corinne’s sister and brother filed in Frederick County several years ago. A number of those cases were either non-suited by the complaintant or settled out of court, with a few being determined by judicial rulings. And according to Ron the bulk of those civil case judicial rulings were made in favor of he and his wife. One that did not is on Appeal in the Virginia Appeals Court system. Corinne confirmed that her mother is still alive and in assisted living in Frederick County as she approaches 100 years of age this September.

Both Ron and Corinne Llewellyn appear poised to go full bore legally in fighting the charges against them. And as noted in our original story on the indictments being filed, Ron faces a total of 55 counts, Corinne 28 counts, dating back over a decade.

Former Supervisor and EDA Board Member Ron Llewellyn and Wife Indicted on Fraudulent Felony Financial Charges