Johnny Lee Cutliff’s Family Quietly Mourns Their Loss While Accolades and Questions Continue to Pour In for John M. O’Quinn
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Quietly yesterday and last night family and friends gathered at the home on the northeast side of Houston Texas of Johnny Cutliff to pay their condolences to his wife of twenty-five years, Rosemary Anderson. Johnny Lee Cutliff was described as a modest man by family members who said Cutliff loved John O’Quinn and loved working for O’Quinn.
Relatives describe Johnny Cutliff not just John O’Quinn’s personal driver and attendant but also O’Quinn’s “right hand man” and had been devoted to O’Quinn since 1983 from the first day he worked for O’Quinn. That was before the big wins and the tragic personal and controversial life of O’Quinn unfolded before giant corporations, fellow lawyers with O’Quinn or those on the other side in opposing O’Quinn. It was 1986 when O’Quinn began his own quest of wins to become the most reverend and also the most reviled lawyer from Houston Texas. Mr. Cutliff was one of the few who was in John O’Quinn’s trusted inner circle.
Quite different from the accolades pouring in from around the country for the man described “bigger than Texas”, Mr. Cutliff’s widow sat at her kitchen table and watched the scenes over and over again on her television play out while wondering why. “I really don’t understand how it happened,” she said, staring at the pictures of the wrecked vehicle on TV. Rosemary went on to say, that he, Cutliff, hardly took a day off in the 26 years he had worked for John O’Quinn saying; “He didn’t want to take no vacation or nothing, he really loved his job.”
Rosemary said of her husband that since she first laid eyes on Johnny Cutliff at a Sunday gathering at a friend’s house a quarter-century ago, she loved “just being around him.” Cutliff attended Lakewood Church every Sunday, relatives said. He was “a terrific dad” to his only son, who died in 1993, and a role model for his grandson, his daughter-in-law, Rayna Polk, said yesterday “It’s just shocking for things to happen the way they did today.” Mr. Cutliff was 56 years old.
Our heartfelt condolences go out to all who loved Mr. Cutliff, from his family to friends to those who attended church with him weekly, the pain will remain long after the funeral for Mr. Cutliff as this modest man’s family lay him to rest.
Very different from the around the clock coverage of the wreck that claimed Mr. Cutliff and John O’Quinn’s life yesterday morning on Allen Parkway during rush hour traffic. The police have recovered the black box from O’Quinn’s SUV and confirmed that O’Quinn and not Cutliff was driving when O’Quinn lost control of the vehicle and it became airborne landing impaled on a tree that had to be cut down to remove the wreckage. There are whispers from the Houston police department that O’Quinn was driving way too fast for Allen Parkway, which has claimed more then it share of Houstonians’ lives and left many to recover from other wrecks on this winding treacherous road. Perhaps one of the lasting tributes to O’Quinn will be that one of Houston’s most famous died on that road, and therefore it will finally be fixed as those who lived near the road said they had been begging to have something done to fix the road before something like yesterday happened. One of the witnesses to the wreck described the road as a “waiting time bomb”, perhaps now that it has gone off, the road will be fixed and no one else will be injured or killed traveling Allen Parkway.
John O’Quinn was having Accolades pour in from those who loved him, those who feared him and those still in litigation on adversarial roles. For yesterday, October 29, 2009 those in litigation pending with the O’Quinn Law Firm were quiet and respectful. L. Lin Wood one of the lawyers who had been in an adversarial and contentious battle with John O’Quinn since the spring of 2007 yesterday sent a note to Patti Lampton, a paralegal at the O’Quinn law firm. In answer to Ms. Lampton’s request for prayers for both men, Mr. Wood was one of the few who responded with, “Patti, I am in Washington, DC. I heard the news this morning and sent Neil an email. My deepest sympathy to you and the other members of John’s firm, and yes, to his family and the family of Mr. Cutliff.” it was signed simply “Lin” Even though we also are in an adversarial role with one of O’Quinn’s last big clients, Virgie Arthur, Anna Nicole Smith’s mother, we also stopped yesterday and sent one of what was probably thousands of emails to Ms. Lampton, Mr. McCabe, Don Clark and Wilma Vicedomine offering our deepest sympathy at their loss and offering any help we might be able to give as blog owners.
In interviews John O’Quinn described him and his law firm as a “Benevolent Tyranny” saying no one doubted who was in charge. O’Quinn had said in interviews he took his percentage of the lawsuits off of the top and paid the lawyers who worked for him an hourly rate with a bonus for incentive to win lawsuits. He described it as letting them taste blood like shark infested water by handling the firm in this manner. Some lawyers who knew him like Richard “Race Horse” Haynes said he, O’Quinn, never seemed to find real happiness in his life. Others in O’Quinn’s tight inner circle disputed that saying that might have been true at one time but not recently with Ms. Darla Lexington who was seen as a stabilizing influence on O’Quinn during the last years of his life. He had two failed marriages and had made it clear even as a young lawyer he did not want to have children of his own. He knew in his quest to be the greatest plaintiff litigator of all times he did not have time to be a father.
Now the questions start. Why was John O’Quinn at the Hobby airport in Houston to catch a Southwest airline flight to San Antonia for a mediation meeting at 7 AM to leave and die before 8:15 AM? It was eerie said one lawyer as the Southwest Airline counter began to page John O’Quinn at 9:30 AM to please report to the gate for boarding his flight. The airline did not know that O’Quinn had been killed in a horrendous accident over an hour earlier.
One person close to O’Quinn told us on condition of anonymity that many had been worried about his health lately and problems he was having with his diabetes, time will tell if that played a part of the crash that took his life early Thursday morning. This person said many of the almost 25 lawyers and over 100 support people employed by the O’Quinn Law Firm had worried about what would happen to them and their jobs if something happened to O’Quinn. Not only was he the heart and soul of his firm but also the driving force of brilliance of the firm. O’Quinn was known by his public persona of “Big Bad John”.
Neil McCabe appeared at the scene of the accident to see where his boss had been killed for himself. Mr. McCabe could not hold back the tears choking his throat as he said simply to the press, “That those who worked for O’Quinn were devastated”. McCabe added; “John was not only the head of our firm, he took care of all of us”. McCabe then looked over his shoulder at the wreck scene as if he could not take it all in and with tears no longer hidden said simply, “he will be missed, he will be missed”.
What will happen to this man’s firm that he built with hard work and a zealous need to win and be the best? Ken and I talked quietly about that last night and Ken said, “Rose, whether you loved or hated the man, he was a perfectionist and when the Estate is opened after his funeral next week we will find he left specific instructions for his O’Quinn Law Firm family”. John Maurice O’Quinn never left anything to chance.
Now back to today, yesterday as the death of John O’Quinn was blazing across wire services like the AP, Ms. Lampton on behalf of Mr. McCabe filed papers with the First Court of Appeals that had been prepared the day before.
October 29, 2009 Virgie Arthur Postsubmission Letter Brief with Exhibits to the First Court of Appeals, answering some of the points and questions brought up during the Oral Arguments on Oct. 27, 2009.
http://www.rosespeaks.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&op=getit&lid=2616.
The O’Quinn Law Firm has place in effect today the succession plan which also assures both the financial and legal continuity of the firm. That plan will be administered by Christian A. Steed and two other attorneys that had been life long friends of John O’Quinn. The O’Quinn firm has announced on the firm’s website that the funeral for John Maurice O’Quinn will be on November 4, 2009 at 11 AM at the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
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I feel everyone with wealth and power always have accolades after death.As with Anna Nicole I feel a higher power,decides when enough is enough.How many people can one Law firm destroy.I am not from Texas so I do not have the same feeling a lot have about OQ.I only know what I saw and read of this man,and I for one did not like him.In the first place I HATE LIARS,and just to impress the public OQ gets on TV and states he was raised by his grandmother,I read his was raised by his father,I also dispise deceit.It is up to the man upstairs to balance the good he did with the harm he has done,
Bev catholics aren’t supposed hate anyone are they? http://thedivinemercy.org/message/acts/
Yikes! Becareful people someone disabled all my securty and was notified that someone was downloading.
Rose ~~ nice article with that said, well Ms. Lampton was business as usual yesterday now today back to business as usual for everyone else. In reference to the last paragraph of this article that is one of those nagging questions, I have and hoping we will be able to see how this unfolds. One of my biggest questions I guess is did Mr. O’Quinn make any sort of preparation for his Law Firm meaning what does the future hold for his employees and also how are judgments against him to be handle in the case of his premature death. So many questions!
susieq2 [2] well I guess it’s a good thing I’m not Catholic [no disrespect to those who are] cause I have hated people in my life time. Oh must add, those people who I have had hate for are ones I knew on a personal basis not any from the World Wide Web they are faceless so no need to hate those who I do not know or who do not know me.
#4 JMA
Here is what I just found on that “The O’Quinn Law Firm has place in effect today the succession plan which also assures both the financial and legal continuity of the firm. That plan will be administered by Christian A. Steed and two other attorneys that had been life long friends of John O’Quinn. The O’Quinn firm has announced on the firm’s website that the funeral for John Maurice O’Quinn will be on November 4, 2009 at 11 AM at the Second Baptist Church in Houston, Texas.
http://www.oqlaw.com/
Right below the funeral information is an ad if you need a personal injury attorney contact the O’Quinn law firm… Yep back to business today… no matter how rich, how powerful the world continues on without missing a beat once any of us dies from the poor to the richest
Boy, did I get lost in the timeline. He was suppose to be at a meeting at 7am? Was killed in a car accident after 8am? And the airline was paging him at 9:30am? This was all in the same time zone? And I though he had his own jet?
I do have a question though (ok maybe more than one) how does a black box tell who was driving the vehicle? By the looks of the pictures, someone was going a lot faster that 50-60 miles an hour.
I am still stunned.
#6 DG I think they determined who was driving by the placement of the bodies in the tangled wreck. Yes he was seen at the airport at 7 AM yesterday CDT, died at about 8:15 AM CDT in the SUV wreck, and Southwest Airlines was paging him for a flight at 9:30 AM ALL IN THE SAME TIME ZONE
Wonder if he was speeding to get something he forgot at the office???
SUSIEQ2——–I am catholic,and God know’s I AM NOT PERFECT,I am human,and when I see so many people(I will call them the have nots) being pushed around and step on by powerful, men be it in politics or whatever,that is my feeling.I do not apologize to anyone for the way I feel,nor do I care to be a hypocrite.GOD knows what I am feeling.And to be real HONEST,I think God had quite enough of innocent people being hurt because OQ had the power and money to do so.and I DO NOT THINK THIS IS FINISHED YET.
Rose [5] thanks for the info guess that answers my questions.
DiamondGirl [6] I was wondering about the black box to. Exactly what do they expect to find on it, is it supposed to be like the black boxes on airplanes, does it record conversation, etc? I for one have never heard of a black box in an automobile. Well could be I never heard of it due to I could not afford the kind of vehicles that the rich and famous can afford.
OK Everyone I just received confirmation that the judge in L. A. has of course found probably cause to bind HKS and both doctors to trial… Remember just like a grand jury a preliminary hearing bar of proof is so low you can almost bind over for trial a ham and cheese sandwhich
JMA [10] The black boxes in vehicles (all have them if they were built after the 80’s or early 90’s) record the speed you were going, when and/or if you applied the brakes, how the vehicle was handling, etc. It’s what they (the insurance and PD) look at to determine what happened during crashes and such.
OK just showed hubby the video where we all said it looked like a face on the door, ha he did not think I was crazy he said it looked like there was.
Rose [11] we all kinda expected this to go to trial which IMO it’s a good thing.
Ken [12] oh OK it’s just when they said black box the first thing that came to mind was the ones on airplanes didn’t know our vehicles had them.
JMA [14] Yup, they do. Another way the insurance companies (and Big Brother) can keep an eye on us……
Ken [15] no wonder I always feel like someone is watching me you know as if eyes are burning a hole through me, he-he sorry had to poke fun at the Big Brother watching us
Ok gotta go start dinner tonight is shrimp linguine night, yummy.
Judge orders trial in Anna Nicole Smith drug case
By LINDA DEUTSCH (AP) – 31 minutes ago
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i17A4FXTLhJX10-sCbhhnhdqY9HwD9BLLD900
LOS ANGELES — A judge ordered Anna Nicole Smith’s boyfriend and two doctors to stand trial on charges of illegally funneling prescription drugs to the former Playboy model.
The ruling Friday followed a three-week preliminary hearing to determine if there was enough evidence to try lawyer Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. The charges included providing drugs to an addict.
All three pleaded not guilty.
“I think you’ve proven (Smith is) an addict,” Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry told prosecutors before making his ruling and setting arraignments for Dec. 11.
Defense attorneys contended their clients did not know Smith was an addict and were trying to help her.
“Criminalizing a doctor’s efforts to help a difficult patient is problematic,” Kapoor’s attorney, Ellyn Garofalo, told the judge in court. “A doctor’s even poor judgment is not criminal. Good faith is involved.”
The hearing delved deeply into Smith’s troubled life and the role the defendants allegedly had in feeding her drug addiction before she died of an accidental overdose in 2007.
Larry Birkhead, the father of Smith’s young daughter, said he never saw anyone take as many medications as Smith.
Prosecutors also tried to show the doctors blurred the line between being physicians and friends to the celebrity model.
Kapoor once rode with Smith in a gay pride parade and worried in a diary excerpt read in court that she might ruin him because he had kissed her.
Attorney Adam Braun, who represents Eroshevich, said his client was Smith’s friend first and then her psychiatrist.
“The weight of testimony is that my client cared deeply for Anna Nicole Smith,” Braun told the judge in court. “She was well intentioned.”
Stern’s attorney, Steve Sadow, said the drug charges should not apply to his client.
“Mr. Stern is just a layperson,” Sadow said. “He is not a doctor, and he is being charged with doctor-related activities.”
The judge said at one point in the hearing that he was convinced all three defendants cared deeply for Smith and tried to help her.
The defense lawyers also objected to charges involving the use of pseudonyms on Smith’s prescriptions. They said the practice was common and noted that Smith had even been checked into a hospital under an assumed name.
The hearing included testimony from a bodyguard who provided a searing description of Smith’s final days and his futile effort to revive her when she stopped breathing.
There also was testimony about the effects of methadone and a heavy duty painkiller called Dilaudid also known as “hospital heroin.” An expert witness said there was no legitimate medical reason for Kapoor and Eroshevich to give Smith the amount of sedatives and painkillers they did.
A pharmacist said he refused to fill an order for drugs written by Eroshevich and submitted by Kapoor because he said taking them would be “pharmaceutical suicide.”
Possibly the most powerful witness against Stern was never seen at the hearing. A nanny who worked for Smith in the Bahamas was interviewed by an investigator who read her comments from the witness stand.
The nanny claimed Stern kept Smith in his thrall by persuading her to take excessive amounts of drugs that sent her into a stupor. The nanny, Nadine Alexie, said Smith sometimes slept for three days at a time after she was given drugs by Stern.
Although the judge reminded lawyers repeatedly that this was just a preliminary hearing, it had the feel of a mini-trial. But defense lawyers, who challenged testimony on cross-examination, presented no witnesses of their own, holding back their evidence for trial.
Anna Nicole Smith’s doctors, boyfriend ordered to stand trial in drug case
[Updated]
October 30, 2009 | 1:26 pm
Howard K. Stern and Anna Nicole SmithA judge today ordered two of Anna Nicole Smith physicians and her onetime boyfriend to stand trial on charges of conspiring to illegally furnish the 39-year-old with prescription medications.
Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry said the legal standard for the defendant to face trial was “very minimal.”
“I do find the people have met the task of convincing this court there is strong suspicion that the defendants committed the act.… I do find the proof is sufficient to bind them over for trial,” Perry said in a downtown Los Angeles courtroom.
Arraignment has been set for Dec. 11 and will be overseen by another judge. [Updated at 2:30 p.m.: A previous version of this post said trial was set for Dec. 11.]
During court proceedings that began Oct. 13, it was revealed that Smith spent the last days of her life drifting in and out of consciousness under the pale blue comforter of a king-sized hotel bed, too weak to walk, sit up or drink from anything other than a baby bottle.
The supermodel died in 2007 from an overdose of a sedative and other drugs at a hospital in Hollywood, Fla., near the Seminole Hard Rock Casino, where she had been staying. A medical examiner ruled her death an accident.
But a multi-agency task force spent two years investigating how she obtained opiates, sedatives and other drugs — 44 different medications — before her death.
Prosecutors ultimately charged two Los Angeles doctors who wrote her prescriptions, Khristine Eroshevich and Sandeep Kapoor, and her longtime companion and attorney, Howard K. Stern, with offenses that include prescribing controlled substances to an addict and obtaining prescriptions under a false name. All three have pleaded not guilty.
During testimony earlier this month, Special Agent Danny Santiago of the California Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement summarized an investigation that stretched from pharmacies in the San Fernando Valley to the casino hotel lobby in Florida. When Smith arrived at the reception desk Feb. 5, 2007, accompanied by Stern and Eroshevich, a psychiatrist, there were already signs that Smith was ill, Santiago testified.
The hotel employee who greeted the group recalled Smith, a repeat customer, leaning on Stern to walk and seeming “out of it.”
“He just stated she wasn’t her normal vivacious self,” Santiago testified that the employee told him.
Many of the dozen pill bottles found in the hotel suite where Smith died were prescribed by Eroshevich and were filled the month before at a Studio City pharmacy in the names of aliases, Santiago said. Eroshevich was Smith’s next-door neighbor when the model lived in Studio City and had traveled to be with Smith in the Bahamas after the death of her son, Daniel, the detective testified.
– Harriet Ryan
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/anna-nicole-smith.html
Prayers for Mr. Cutliff’s family also. Such a tragedy.
I wish there was a seperate thread so as not to sully the deaths of two individuals. But I guess it is what it is.
Easy to take the ‘eye for an eye’ scenerio and lump them together. Mr. O’Quinn’s death and Anna’s. Both controversial figures. And for the life of me, I just can’t go there. So I won’t. At this juncture anyway.
The news is the CA case is going to trial. After reading the latest filing and the mention of the funeral (Anna’s), it’s hard to differentiate between each case any more. The lines are so blurred. In essence, they all are the same. So maybe now answers will come. One or more jury’s will dictate someones fate. No more hiding, no more lies. I hope everything comes out in the open.
October 29, 2009
http://www.oqlaw.com/
The O’Quinn Law Firm has suffered a profound shock from the tragic deaths of attorney John M. O’Quinn and Johnny Cutliff. We are mourning and will continue to do so for some time. However, the firm remains committed to doing what Mr. O’Quinn taught us so well, putting our clients’ interests before our own. The firm remains strong. It is fully solvent and has the financial security which insures the firm’s ability to service its cases, both present and in the future. Mr. O’Quinn provided for this eventuality by establishing a succession plan which also assures both the financial and legal continuity of the firm. That plan is now in place.
Fourteen years ago, Mr. O’Quinn appointed attorney Christian A. Steed as Managing Attorney for the firm. Mr. Steed will continue in that position as the firm moves forward to service its clients and cases. The attorneys and staff who have handled this firm’s cases will continue to do so as they have in the past, consistent with the proud traditions of this firm. Our heads are bowed in grief. But we know John O’Quinn would not want us to waiver in our commitment to our clients. We will not do so.
Sincerely yours,
The O’Quinn Law Firm
OK, I am going to try this again.
This is from the article:
The police have recovered the black box from O’Quinn’s SUV and confirmed that O’Quinn and not Cutliff was driving when O’Quinn lost control of the vehicle and it became airborne landing impaled on a tree that had to be cut down to remove the wreckage.
How does that black box determine who was driving? Don’t get me wrong, I think OQuinn was driving since it had been reported at first that the LE wasn’t sure who the other dead passenger was.
DG [21] They probably determined who was driving by where the bodies were in relation to the wreckage. The black box will tell them how fast the vehicle was going, when (and if) the brakes were applied, and how they were applied, of any trouble the vehicle was having (mechanical, computer, etc) and other such data.
#19 Bewildered we just thought we would be nice yesterday… and through today after learning who Mr. Cutliff was….
Expect us back to normal with asking hard question in articles by tomorrow ….
My personal prediction is that a lot of employees at the O’Quinn firm will be brushing up resumes this weekend.. Without O’Quinn I predict the firm will dissolve in less than 2 years…
I am wondering if it was speeding or TIA (small strokes).Being a diabetic,that could have been happening.
I forgot to say that Roxanne has called a few times today and says thanks for the outpouring of love and support for her right now. She is spending a lot of time with her friend’s family helping them with arrangements. The viewing and funeral both will be held on Monday… She is still in shock then cries, then is angry and then is just there like we all know Roxanne will do for anyone she cares about… Keep her in your thoughts and prayers…
Beverly, I think they will look into all avenues of what may have caused this accident. He no longer has to fight the daily demons that he fought for a decade, may he finally find peace.
Rose [23] I agree with your prediction I had actually thought that very same thing yesterday just did not calculate as to how long it would take the firm to crumble.
#25 please tell Rox she is in our thoughts and prayers and that the emotions [from sorrow to anger] she is going through are normal especially due to the circumstances.
Rose…I know that is standard operating procedure…to dig and ask questions. And in that regard, I have no qualms with it. The thing that really bugs me is the attitude of ‘lets get back to the latest gossip and whose throat can we rip out next’. And that’s what really touched me because I didn’t see that attitude HERE. As DGirl just replyed…”may he finally find peace”.
As to the Firm, I’m sure he has measures in place. That was his field. I’m older, so is my hubby. My children are grown. I have grandkids. And we have never had a will. I guess it’s something to look into. Because for a split second, life can change quickly, forever to change the life of those who loved you.
Oh…and for any kind of self control I may possess at times, is thrown to the wind, as I try to quit smoking or at least slow down. So excuse me when I turn MORE into a bitch.
I think it was all a power play, or a game, to John O’Quinn, may his soul rest in peace. Other peoples lives should not be toyed with. Period. It is unfortunate that John O’Quinn did not live to see justice served, imo. Just think of the high-fives that would have been going on today in the O’Q Law Firm. Malice aforethought, imo. Intentional tort. Civil Conspiracy. And death changes it all, or does it?
trina death does not change who the person was… we are just trying to show some respect to those who are still alive and grieving… Mr. Cutliff sounds like a wonderful man and I keep thinking what is his family going through while all of the attention is pouring out to O’Quinn….
Bewildered we have never been about “lets get back to the latest gossip and whose throat can we rip out next” There has been times when we were given a ’scoop’ so we could be the first and we declined and waited… it is about learning and growing from what each of you share with us for me… not beating some “rag site” at “we are first with the gossip”.
I see the autopsies of both men show multiple blunt force injuries was the cause of death… and they are investigating whether O’Quinn was using his cell phone and speeding both at the time of the wreck.
trina yes every one moves on. except the woman who lost her husband.I left a post on the last article about some post supposedly by swims and I just do not believe he talks like that poster did and WV is not much of a detective if she can’t even figure out someone is using others names to stir things up. I have never known swims to talk that way, never,WV better be looking to find out who is using others names to post ugly things about some who has just died in a tragic accident.
Rose I wonder if we will ever know why O’Quinn left the airport instead of waiting for his plane.
Bewildered wasn’t saying this sight was i think she was speaking of other sites,who just can’t stop for even one day.
I have often wondered why when someone dies people only remember or at least only tell of the good.There were two sides to MR O’Quinn and they were not all good.Only one article gave the unvarnished truth about him and the many problems he had.Rose is right what about the other man wasn’t he just as important as Mr O’Quinn?IMO Yes and he should not be shoved aside by those praising mr O’Quinn and after listing to some from his firm it seems like that is what is happening.
You are right hmm…not here. I understand emotions can get the better of someone and they react inkind. I get just as frustrated as the next when things just don’t add up. And no Rose..no dig on your site. You and Ken do a fine job and I know that a thin line is being walked all the time. No worries..
And yes hmm…doesn’t sound like Swim at all. For a short time, both sides held their breath and showed compassion. I think that made some uncomfortable.
Did anyone see the comment from Gina Shelley..pouring pills into Anna’s mouth?
Bring on the trial.
OMG! What is HL thinking?
Anna Nicole Mistakes Pregnancy for Gas
Posted Oct 30th 2009 9:25PM by TMZ Staff
Beth the clown video, remember that one shot where she is teasing with HKS and saying she is not pregnant it is just gas… OLD, OLD info. from the burial proceedings recycle for sensationalism… kind of sick IMO.
Yes hmm and Bewildered I know you both were talking about other sites and not this one and I feel so fortunate that those who post here are like that and yes we ALL get angry. I have made a lot of mistakes since the site opened in 2007 and most of the worse ones were anger when I should have walked away and cooled down…
I saw a right on quote from one of O’Quinn’s past law partners it said something like “full of faults and thought he could make no mistakes”… O’Quinn’s arrogance and I’ll show you hurt a lot of people and his intent on taking what he viewed as enemies down no matter how many millions he had to throw at the situation… That kind of anger must eat someone up no wonder many of his friends said although rich he never found true happiness… That is the sad part for me… money is shallow, it can buy you luxury in your days of fighting internal demons but it never brings anyone peace or happiness. Like DG said I hope he has found that now.
hmm I agree I think some are using well known monikers at TMZ because the showing of respect and not firing shots and even Lin Wood showing such class made a LOT of people on the internet feel very uncomfortable… a lot of unhappy people who think showing that kind of anger online will quieten their own internal demons… sadly it will not for them any more than great wealth did for O’Quinn.
Beth, I just saw that and I am not even going to read that BS, I posed a question to Harvey yesterday why he is not posting on the site that O’Quinn died and I looked in TMZ’s search box and anything that relates to O’Q is gone, I am not sure if it is because of the blogger case in TX but it seems that Harvey had alot of info a few days ago and is major backing-off and TMZ is running with the tabloid propaganda that has no insight as they all do that are in the business of tabloid sensationalism, What pisses me off more then anything is that Harvey knows the truth. IMO F Harvey.
Very good post Rose..
I just wonder if Ford sent the whole tape to Harvey and not the edited version. I have a feeling that Harvey has seen alot. Didn’t he say that he had seen the bathtub pics? Wonder what other pics were sent?
Another thought…if the DA is willing to charge all doc’s with prescribing to all celebrities using alias’s, then the paps will have an easy time of getting some new scoops. They won’t have to run into people’s cars anymore…just park by the pharmacies. It will be a ’stimulus package’ unto itself.
Frankly, I thought Riley looked like she was having fun with Anna. For someone who’s been accused of being “drugged up”, Anna sure “sobered up” quickly while she was removing her makeup. Let the games continue … can’t wait to see the full 50 minute tape. Not sure we will though.
The SC trial begins long before CA. I believe a few of those “living” this saga may be in for a surprise. A Court of Law in SC will have ruled on evidence admissibility and legitimacy by then. We’ll all begin to see what evidence may or may not be allowed in CA after that, come Dec 11.
I am not feeling moderation right now but some crazy B is threatening Swims, It seems that that crazy B does not like freedom of speech and in desperation makes threats, I find it funny and I think that Swims does too, Swims you are awesome and your opinion the very much appreciated, Thank You!
Comment #443 is a hoot.
http://www.tmz.com/2009/10/16/larry-birkhead-anna-nicole-smith-howard-k-stern-drugs-sandeep-kapoor-khristine-eroshevich/30#comments
Most of us from what I have read thought this is going to trial, The nannys, Moe, the fruit of the poisonous tree regarding stolen material?, Wow I feel bad that Howard has to go this but let the truth be known once and for all, California again is wasting money that they don’t have. Did you all know that starting next week everyone in California is going to get a 10% more state tax taken out of their pay checks, (every paycheck) to help balance their budget they consider it a loan to the tune of 7 Billion with no end and next years income tax returns everyone just might get a I.O.U. and JB has not announced his run for governor but everyone is predicting he will win because of name recognition alone, This state has gone to hell in a hand-bag and we have to pay for BS like this??. I never thought I would say this, But, I HATE CALIFORNIA!, I Love my Grand-kids my family my friends, I am tied here because of my Grand-kids. OMG, I hope the Judge that hears this case is not a Judge Ito or TL the only Judge that I have respect for in any of the cases is Judge Chin, Ok enough from me.
it is sad that HS have to stand trial specially when the judge said it is a very small that it happened and HS 11chrges all lies and it hard to know that OQ was the reason for all the lies but he is in God’s hand and cant defend him self .JB is happy even that no one paying any attention only us and few I do not hear anything in the radio or tv
are not the nanny the one that lies and took money how they good
Anyone else catch that clip in the bedroom with Riley stating…’off video, in real life’…right after Anna had ran the carriage into the wall? Then Howard asked if the baby was alive and both he and Riley laughed…
Off video..in real life…was Riley playacting along with them? She didn’t seem scared at all if you look at those clips. Is saying Anna had another pill that ‘brought her back’ to cover something?
Good morning Everyone—-My quess is Howard’s Attorney already knew they would be going to trial.so he brought no witnessess to court,It bothers me to see all this lynch mop mentality again.Also,it is hard to swollow,watching all these Hollywood (stars) who are admired so much by TMZ The young reporters,that work for Harvey Levin,party down,drunk,being praised.We have a big problem in the US,when a person is put down,make sure you kick him the rest of the way down,then if your wrong forget it,I have noticed Harvey Levin puts down anyone over the age of 25,his reporters make fun of the older stars,I think the trial is the best move,then they can use Don Clark aand WV depos along with FS and GBT.
30. High Fives because the judge ordered a trial? I would hope that many KNEW that a trial would be ordered.
I am stunned that I have read some posts (other places) that think this was such a big win in CA. This was no surprise at all.
To Rosemary Anderson
With deepest sympathy, during the loss of your husband.
I can only imagine the shock and devastation that you alone must be experiencing. I am so sorry. I hope you will feel the strength and love from the many people who care about you and your family.
Your husband’s life
has left imprints
on the earth,
and in your heart and soul
that will last forever.
May your memories
bring you comfort and peace.
With Deepest Sympathy
Amen Suzie.
Dedicated to Johnny Cutliff and John O’Quinn
Vince Gill – Go Rest High On That Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRyKg5xMaXA
Bewildered [29] offering you a helpful tip for cutting down on smoking, OK do you smoke while on/at your computer? If so stop at as though your computer is your child/grandchild cigarette smoke is not good for either one. I do not smoke in my computer room and I am here to tell you it has helped me cut down a lot. Hope this helps in you quest to cut down on smoking.
susieq2 [50] OMG I have a hard time listening to that song ever since they played it at my favorite Aunts funeral years ago. It’s a beautiful song ;-)
Remembering Houston Attorney John O’Quinn- 14 -great pics
http://www.chron.com/news/photogallery/John_.html
hmm [32] yesterday I posted a TMZ link to what I thought was a post written by Swims but as the day went on many were saying it was not him/her but to me whoever is is/was seemed to have Swims writing style so I’m unsure. I haven’t read over there since early yesterday so I’ll assume the post/posts you are referring to were not very nice post and if so there is no way the Swims we have all have read would ever write a demeaning post it’s not their style. Oh and yes, I agree WV is not very good at her wannbe PI job if she cannot figure out any sort of demeaning post with Swims moniker at the bottom is not the real Swims.
Crap correction for my post to Bewildered should read…
If so stop and act as though your computer is your child/grandchild cigarette smoke is not good for either one.
I know I already said awhile back this is my favorite holiday, I guess it’s the whole fantasy/pretend thing anyway it’s also when I make my first pot of chili. I started this when my kids were younger and every Halloween they ask, are you making the chili. So chili is on cookies are baked next will be making the corn muffins [like to do last so they are hot] and then the wait is on for all those little trick-or-treaters.
Happy Halloween Everyone
Well, Well, Well, Virgie Arthur is going to be on Geraldo tonight to discuss what the death of John O’Quinn means to her personally and I am sure to discuss HKS being bound over for trial in California… so set you timers folks for this Halloween extravaganza with special thanks to Geraldo Rivera
ROSE—-I can hear it already,Geraldo jumping up and down in his chair,and Vergie going on about a poor Mother that was not allowed to see her daughter ,because Howard kept her drugged,The two sleazebags,trying to convict Howard no matter what.Give Vergie a camera,and there she is,ON THE PITY POTI am damm sure she will miss OQ just like she loved Marshall,MONEY MONEY MONEY, there were such a nice SUGAR DADDY.Geraldo will not ask the policewoman of 28 years what she did to help Anna,and if he does,Vergie will say,I TOOK HER TO BETTY FORD,.I think Gerald is trying to get Vergie set up for more interviews,money money money.
Only have a min…. Just not enough time in the day anymore!
My heart is just broke for Miss Roxanne!!!
Rose, regarding; [57] VA being on that Joke of a so called reporter’s show…
* I WILL FIND THE TIME AFTER I HEAR WHAT IS SAID TONIGHT AND WRITE TO FOX NEWS ADMINISTRATION!
** I honestly HOPE that a lot of us will email those people and tell them JUST WHAT WE THINK!
I will post the email here later when I find it.
>> You watch GR show that STOLEN Clown tape!
Still cannot believe Levin put that crap up on TMZ!
How distorted, and OUT OF CONTEXT they are making that!
TAINTING the Jury Pool is what they are doing!!!
ABSURD and RIDICULOUS!
I refuse to even look over there at the sandbox’s comments…
They are probably distorting this too!
If all the Prosecution has is words from a nanny, that has proven to be
‘paid for her testimony’ by FS… well, that is a very weak case… on the
part for enabling! IMO
I just hope they have a fair Judge and jury!
Sammy, Liann, heath and anyone else… hope to meet at CHAT tomorrow evening!
What a lousy few last days, I tell you!
Rose,someone should make lyndal aware of Vergie appearance on Geraldo, again Vergie making her own reputation.this should show the world and Texas,why Vergie has a reputation and it is not the bloggers.I have say hate before I will say it again I HATE EVIL.now THIS CASE IS NOT GOING TO BE ABOUT ANNA.LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IT ABOUT VERGIE.
I’m trying JMA…definately cut down.
It’s a given she was still on Methadone. Safe for the fetus right? The funny part is thinking Riley was scared. Not the way she was running around and laughing. That table was covered in crayon books, a fluffy tiara, paints and markers..it was a party…’can I ride my bike?’. The kid was having a good time. I bet Harvey has the whole tape and has had it all along. Along with any other pictures that were sold. Ford admitted that they sold video’s for Anna’s site. Was he mad that Riley was going to be on one? Maybe. She was going along with the story. Also wasn’t that around the same time, they were trying to sell the idea to ET and AshtonK got it instead? Version of Punked?
Oh Yippe Skippee for Geraldo. I’ll pass.
Liann {42} High five on Judge Chin.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLILrC7Y5L4
I do not think it is the clown video,or any other video,What I think went the wrong way,is Howard saying he did not think Anna was a addict,Howard and Anna knew damm well she was a addict,and if they keep up with that story Howard will find himself in jail,I do not know what the hell is wrong with his lawyer,Howard followed Dr orders,plain and simple,what Dr ORDERED HOWARD FIGURED THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE DOING.and I would want the nannies there at the trial,no nannies,then LIARS.I would have to hear from there mouths not a paper,if they do not show up,you know what they are.ALSO moe and Tas,to explain there care of Anna,or rather NON CARE.Dr E is getting Howard in a hell of a lot of trouble,she is lying and the judge knows it,when you have a person going to rehab,HOW CAN A DOCTOR MAKE SUCH A stupid statement .
New article up
There is a lot of typos there, but rose wanted to get it up for y’all. She’s feeling sick and gonna lay down but will correct it later.
The thing I have a hard time with is why charging HS 11 charge and the the doctor 6 where is everyone the media i though the judge was OK but I think DE and Kappor looks guilty the did so much so much drugs but not HS he did not force her or force the doctor is this is the only way JB can get to be the governor i did not hear any talk about anything only by MO and i do not trust him any way i did not want it to go to trial jut not her all the media change it the way they want but it might be for the best .
Why is it that no one is really talking about Johnny? Seriously from what i have heard ya he wasen’t rich or anything. but he had such a huge heart, this man would give his shirt his all for a person. I see artical after artical about Mr. O Q’ and I feel so much sorrow for him to. But there was someone else who is gone and has a mourning wife out there. I to go to Lakewood Church. I wish I would of gotten to meet him. Infact my mother worked at that law firm. Everytime I would go see her at work on the 24th floor she would walk us around the whole office. I wish I would of meet Johnny. When is his funeral? So far all I have seen is O Q’s. Does anyone know when Johnny’s is?
Leslie A.
Leslie A is that the church with Jewel Austeen I like him so much his book his church in tv i think you are so lucky to go there .