Moores’ BINT plea agreements rejected by court
Marlon and LaShonda Moores’ BINT plea agreements have been rejected by a Texas court.
Why the plea agreements were rejected isn’t clear, with the court only stating the following in a September 30th Minute Entry;
Sentencing hearing called but not held as to Lashonda Moore and Marlon Moore held on 9/30/2025.
Court rejects both 11(c)(1)(C) agreements and will set the matter for trial on the Court’s next available docket.
It should be noted that the Moores (right) are representing themselves. This follows a sovereign citizen meltdown and their previous attorney bailing back in April.
It’s unclear whether sovereign citizen shenanigans contributed the court denying the Moores’ plea agreements.
The Moores’ BINT criminal case will now proceed to trial, now scheduled for December 15th, 2025.
Blessings In No Time, or BINT, was a COVID-era MLM gifting scheme.
The Moores settled BINT civil fraud charges brought by the FTC for $9.7 million in 2023.
Update 1st October 2025 – The Moores’ criminal trial order makes a provision for new plea agreements to be filed. The deadline set is November 15th, 2025.
Update 1st November 2025 – As per an October 8th order, the court has pushed back the plea agreement deadline to December 15th. Failing which, the criminal trial has been reset for January 5th, 2025.
I’m leaning towards sovcit shenanigans as to get to sentencing the court would have already had to have approved the Moores’ plea agreements.
Either way, hopefully we get a popcorn-worthy trial.
Rule 11(c)(1)(C) allows the defendant and Federal Government to “agree that a specific sentence or sentencing range is the appropriate disposition of the case, or that a particular provision of the Sentencing Guidelines, or policy statement, or sentencing factor does or does not apply.” The purpose of a plea under Rule 11(c)(1)(C) is to limit the sentencing judge’s discretion.
So the court rejected the sentences the Moores’ offered to cop to.
Yeah but to throw out the entire plea agreement based on a sentencing clause? Surely that could have been rectified in court?
Have their plea agreements been rejected though? From the small excerpt it sounded like “We don’t accept the sentence you offer, sentencing hearing to be scheduled”
Well they’re now going to trial. You don’t go to trial if you’ve entered in a plea agreement.
Note it’s not a sentencing hearing that has been scheduled, it’s a full-blown jury trial in December.
Edit: Just read the trial scheduling order again, there is a provision for a new plea agreement:
I suppose if the Moores’ can get out of their own way new plea agreements will be filed, failing which popcorn time.
Article updated to note both the plea deadline and trial dates have been pushed back.