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Viola Drath was murdered by husband Albrecht Muth at their Q Street townhouse in August 2011.
Viola Drath Murder to Get Hollywood Treatment
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The tragic tale of Georgetowners Viola Drath and wife-killer Albrecht Muth will be made into a movie by Christoph Waltz, who will direct the film and play the part of Muth. The film, based on a New York Times Magazine article, “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown,” will begin production in October, Variety reported. “Voltage Pictures has come aboard to fully finance and produce the picture, which will be sold at Cannes,” according to Variety. “The film will be produced by Waltz, Erica Steinberg
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(‘Inglorious Basterds’) and Nicolas Chartier. Zev Foreman and Jonathan Deckter will be executive producing for Voltage, alongside M. Janet Hill, who originally optioned the material. The script was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning author and playwright David Auburn (‘Proof’).” Waltz – who appears to be perfectly cast for the film – won Academy Awards for “Inglourious Basterds” and “Django Unchained.” He will make his directorial debut in “The Worst Marriage in Georgetown.” He plays the villain in the James Bond movie, “Spectre,” set for a November release. Drath and Muth were known around Georgetown for their dinner parties, and moved about in Washington society. In fact, Muth once visited the offices of The Georgetowner to purchase tickets for a benefit. A staffer recalled that he made her feel “uneasy.” The following is the sad, you-cannot-makethis-stuff-up story, as previously reported in The Georgetowner. Albrecht Gero Muth was convicted of killing his 91-year-old wife Viola Herms Drath in 2011 in their Q Street home in Georgetown, and given a 50-year prison sentence. At the April 30, 2014, sentencing, Judge Russell F. Canan of D.C. Superior Court said he found the evidence against Muth “overwhelming” and scoffed at his hunger strikes in the hospital, where Muth remained during the trial and the sentencing, and participated via videoconference. Muth’s lawyer, Dana Page, spoke on his behalf, reading a statement that claimed Muth was innocent and that his wife was killed by Iranian agents. Drath was found dead in the third-floor bathroom of her home on Q Street on Aug. 12, 2011, after being strangled and beaten. At the time, medical examiners determined Drath’s death to be a homicide – and not a result of falling, as Muth first contended. There had been no forced entry into the house. He was arrested a few days later on P Street, after being locked out of the house, wandering around the neighborhood and sleeping in nearby Montrose Park. A veteran journalist, and married previously to an Army colonel, Drath married Muth in 1990. The couple was known around town for their dinner parties with a mix of political, diplomatic, military and media VIPs. Drath was 44 years older than Muth. Seen around Georgetown in faux military garb, the cigar-smoking Muth was perceived by neighbors and shopkeepers as an oddball. He said that he was a member of the Iraqi Army –
which the Iraqi government denied. Muth went so far as to have arranged a 2010 ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery for Iraqi Liberation Day. He was also known around government and foundation lobbying circles as Count Albi of the EPG (Eminent Persons Group).
One of Two ‘Good-Looking’ Thieves Arrested
A suspect believed to be one of the two welldressed “beautiful” robbers, who mugged two Georgetown University students at gunpoint, at two locations, has been arrested. The suspect, Ja’khori Ellerbe, was apprehended by the Georgetown University Police Department around 5 p.m. on May 8, according to GUPD Chief Jay Gruber. He was reportedly in possession of a silver revolver, which was the weapon used in the robberies that took place on the Georgetown campus. The robberies occurred on May 6, according to authorities. One robbery took place on the 3700 block of O Street NW around 10 p.m., and the other on the 1000 block of 31st Street NW around 11 p.m. Ellerbe was charged with two counts of armed robbery and carrying a pistol without a license. Authorities are still looking for a second suspect involved. The individual has been described as a black female in her 20s, tall, with a thin build and a light complexion. She was wearing a black ball cap. Another “sharp dressed bandit” was arrested in April in Arlington for committing a series of bank robberies in Dupont Circle, Old Town Alexandria and Ballston. His given name is Sunny Parekh.
Council Members Todd, May Sworn In
The Council of the District of Columbia now stands fulfilled. That is to say, with the swearing in May 14 by Mayor Muriel Bowser of its two newest members – Brandon Todd, who won easily in Ward 4, the seat formerly held by Mayor Muriel Bowser; and LaRuby May, who squeaked to victory in a tight election in Ward 8 – the District Council is now at full strength. It is a council that is full of relatively fresh faces, a council that is made up of seven men and six women -- and seven African American Chaired by Phil Mendelson, this council has a number of new and newer members who were
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