Black's lawyers ask for information to be withheld

Former newspaper tycoon Conrad Black’s lawyers are asking a judge to bar from his trial testimony that he used money belonging to the Hollinger International media empire to buy dinner for former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, refurbish a Rolls Royce and pay for his wife’s jogging suit.

A Black effort to scuttle a Hollinger International investigation of his financial dealings is also among the allegations his attorneys asked US District Judge Amy St. Eve to rule out in court papers filed in Chicago on Tuesday.