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Spotlight shines on Royal Theater at Kenyatta Johnson’s bribery trial

Carl Dranoff, one of the city's most prominent developers and a partner in a failed redevelopment plan for the old Royal Theater, testified Friday in the councilmember's bribery trial.

Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson walks to a car with his wife, Dawn Chavous, outside the federal courthouse in Center City on Thursday.
Philadelphia City Councilmember Kenyatta Johnson walks to a car with his wife, Dawn Chavous, outside the federal courthouse in Center City on Thursday.Read moreYONG KIM / Staff Photographer