{"id":120527,"date":"2026-01-16T12:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120527\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T12:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T12:47:08","slug":"trial-date-could-be-set-for-former-orlando-commissioner-regina-hill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/120527\/","title":{"rendered":"Trial date could be set for former Orlando Commissioner Regina Hill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Former Orlando commissioner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Regina_Hill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/topic\/Regina_Hill\/\">Regina Hill<\/a> is set to be in court Friday for a status hearing and we may finally learn when her trial will begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hill is accused of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/investigators\/2024\/03\/26\/orlando-mayor-confirms-commissioner-regina-hill-under-grand-jury-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/investigators\/2024\/03\/26\/orlando-mayor-confirms-commissioner-regina-hill-under-grand-jury-investigation\/\">exploiting a 96-year-old woman<\/a> by using her lift savings to purchase personal luxuries. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2024\/04\/01\/orlando-commissioners-to-meet-for-1st-time-since-regina-hill-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2024\/04\/01\/orlando-commissioners-to-meet-for-1st-time-since-regina-hill-arrest\/\">suspended from the Orlando City Council in 2024<\/a> after the Florida Department of Law Enforcement <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2024\/03\/28\/orlando-commissioner-regina-hill-arrested-after-elderly-exploitation-fraud-investigation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2024\/03\/28\/orlando-commissioner-regina-hill-arrested-after-elderly-exploitation-fraud-investigation\/\">arrested her<\/a>. Her trial has been delayed several times. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[PAST COVERAGE: Regina Hill attorney asks for medical records, another status hearing]<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Hill has otherwise made headlines recently for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/13\/regina-hill-challenges-shan-rose-in-court-over-district-5-election-results\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2026\/01\/13\/regina-hill-challenges-shan-rose-in-court-over-district-5-election-results\/\">her ongoing lawsuit against newly-elected Commissioner Shan Rose<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">She claims Rose\u2019s campaign offered money and other things of value in exchange for votes during <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/07\/regina-hill-refuses-to-concede-as-orlandos-city-council-race-results-are-certified\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/politics\/2025\/11\/07\/regina-hill-refuses-to-concede-as-orlandos-city-council-race-results-are-certified\/\">November\u2019s election<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">[MORE: Regina Hill challenges Shan Rose in court over District 5 election results]<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Email Address<\/p>\n<p>Sign Up<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Former Orlando commissioner Regina Hill is set to be in court Friday for a status&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":120528,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1335,139,141,140,6643],"class_list":["post-120527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-regina-hill"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/120528"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}