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The bank urged the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York to reverse a judge's ruling blocking payments on $8.4 billion in bonds issued under Argentine law following its 2002 default.
Citigroup faces regulatory and criminal sanctions by Argentina, which defaulted again in July, if it cannot process the $5 million payment by Sept. 30, said Karen Wagner, Citigroup's lawyer.
"If we obey, we have a gun to our head, and the gun will probably go off," Wagner said. "I ask this court, what good will that do? It won't change what Argentina does."
But some panel members questioned why they should consider Argentina's position when the country was taking steps, including passing legislation, to avoid complying with orders that it pay $1.33 billion plus interest to creditors suing for full payment on defaulted bonds.
"I'm not sure why we're even listening to this," said Circuit Judge Reena Raggi. "Your client is the person or entity holding the gun to Ms. Wagner's client's head."
Argentina defaulted in July after refusing to honor a court order to pay bondholders led by Elliott Management's NML Capital Ltd and Aurelius Capital Management.
The hedge funds had spurned the country's 2005 and 2010 debt restructurings, which resulted in exchanges for about 92 percent of the country's defaulted debt. Investors who accepted Argentina's terms on average were paid less than 30 cents on the dollar.
The country's most recent default came after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Argentina's appeal of a lower court ruling that it must pay the holdouts at the same time it paid holders of the exchange bonds.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa, who has for years overseen the Argentine bond litigation, subsequently blocked Bank of New York Mellon Corp from processing a $539 million interest payment on what the country says is over $28 billion in restructured debt.
The order sent Argentina on a course to default after it failed to reach an agreement with the holdouts.
Amid the litigation, Citigroup sought Griesa's assurances it could process any payments it received from the country on bonds issued under Argentine law.
Griesa initially ruled for Citigroup, which has a branch in Argentina, but on July 28 reversed course, blocking future payments by the country on U.S. dollar-denominated bonds issued under Argentine law.
Wagner said Thursday that Citigroup will "undoubtedly" get another transfer of money from Argentina by Sept. 30. She stressed the risks the bank faced, though she said the bank would follow any order upholding the injunction.
Citigroup has argued payments on the bonds, which are regulated and paid in Argentina, cannot be blocked by a U.S. court.
Failure to pay could result in the loss of its Argentine banking license, its takeover by the country or the imprisonment of bank officials, Citigroup has said.
"Citibank Argentina faces a serious and imminent hazard," Wagner said.
Roy Englert, a lawyer for the hedge funds, countered that Argentina's "evasion plan would be aided and abetted by this court" if the judges reversed Griesa.
One judge, Barrington Parker, voiced skepticism over Citigroup's argument, saying, "I don't know how you can seriously argue the Argentine law bonds aren't covered by the injunction." (Reporting by Nate Raymond and Joseph Ax in New York; Writing by Daniel Bases and Noeleen Walder; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli and Cynthia Osterman)
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A police report has revealed the sickening sexual assaults Mama June's eldest daughter allegedly suffered at the hands of her boyfriend when she was just eight.
The March 2003 report, seen by RadarOnline, reveals how Anna 'Chickadee' Shannon told authorities in Spalding County, Georgia that she had done the 'S word' with Mark McDaniel.
She also told police that her mother's boyfriend touched her inappropriately, made her touch him inappropriately and forced her to perform a sex act on him. When she told him to stop, he would not.
Anna, who appeared on 'Here Comes Honey Boo Boo' with her mother and siblings, has since revealed that when she first told her mother about the abuse, Mama June refused to believe her.
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McDaniel was sentenced to 10 years behind bars after pleading guilty to child molestation. He left prison in March and has reportedly been seeing Mama June again.
The abuse came to light after Anna told her elementary school teacher that her stepfather had assaulted her. She was able to describe the assaults in graphic detail, the report notes.
The molestation was carried out multiple times between April and October 2002, according to the report.
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But photographs show June and McDaniel looking for houses in Griffin last month, while another image shows him touching her daughter, Alana 'Honey Boo Boo' Shannon, who is just nine.
Despite her protests, TLC has announced that they were cancelling the series because of Shannon's relationship with McDaniel.
A friend of Alana's father, Mike 'Sugar Bear' Thompson, told MailOnline that he is gearing up for a custody battle after learning that Mama June has allowed McDaniel to come into contact with her.
On Monday, RadarOnline reported that Child Protective Services in Georgia have opened an investigation into whether any crimes have been committed involving Mama June's three minor children - Alana, Lauryn 'Pumpkin' Shannon, 14 and Jessica 'Chubbs', 17.
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