Kevin Smith was sentenced to five years in federal prison on appeal . The TV pitchman and author was acquitted by a jury in Toronto . Trudeau , 51 , was sentenced to 10 years on Monday for criminal contempt for violating a 2004 federal court order that prohibited him from making misleading infomercials and misrepresenting his weight-loss books . Trudeau was found guilty of misrepresenting his weight - loss books . Critics called Trudeau an ` ` uncontrollable huckster ''
Kevin Smith was sentenced to five years in federal prison on appeal . The TV pitchman and author was acquitted by a jury in Toronto . Trudeau was found guilty of misrepresenting his weight - loss books . Critics called Trudeau an ` ` uncontrollable huckster ''