Infomercial Pitchman, Facing Charges of Managing a Scam, Commits Suicide

Jesse Lapre Jesse Lapre, an infomercial pitchman who had been facing charges of managing a scam to market useless companies, has died within an apparent suicide, based on the Hollywood Reporter. The Phoenix-based Lapre is at federal custody of the children and located dead in the cell Sunday morning. He was indicted in June on 41 counts of conspiracy and fraud. Lapre was charged with marketing companies that defrauded nearly $52 million from a lot more than 220,000 sufferers. Lapre's trial was scheduled to start Tuesday. Watch among his commercials: