Donovan obtained a restraining order against his son James in 2003 after he told police he found a broken window in his bedroom, but the order was later withdrawn. He has filed several lawsuits against his son, one of which alleges the younger Donovan laundered $180 million through unlawful trading of restricted stock in his position as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs & Co. in Boston. James Donovan testified Tuesday the company launched an internal investigation of the claim and found no wrongdoing.
During the emergency call Donovan made from his cell phone after the shooting, he told a state police dispatcher that his son "laundered $180 million" and had threatened to kill him.
James Donovan's wife, Christina Donovan, testified that on the night of the shooting, her husband came home from work, kissed their three children goodnight, ate dinner and checked e-mail before police arrived to search their home.
The elder Donovan also was a clinical professor of pediatrics at Tufts University for 10 years, where he did research using computer and statistical analysis to track birth defects. He is a founder of Cambridge Technology Partners, a computer services consulting company that was once valued at more than $1 billion.
Companies such Hewlett-Packard have paid as much as $300,000 to sponsor his seminars, and The New York Times once dubbed him the Johnny Carson of the executive training circuit.
- Associated Press
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