Orlando, Newton case set for trial

by Karen E. Culp

SBJ Staff

Tony Orlando and Wayne Newton will have their day in court: Oct. 30, 2000.

Judge Ortrie Smith set the date for what is projected to be a 10-day jury trial in the case, which deals with allegations on both sides pertaining to taping of conversations in the Branson theater where both entertainers performed in 1998.

Tony Orlando originally filed a suit against Wayne Newton in April stating, in part, that Newton had violated a federal anti-wiretap statute during a Dec. 9, 1998, conversation between Orlando