ALL OF THE POSTS RELATING TO THE MARK HATTEN ALLEGATIONS ARE BEING MOVED TO THIS NEW ARTICLE:
~ What are the laws for filing a false police report with intent to HARM the person they are accusing?
~ What are the laws for wrongly accusing someone who is the Plaintiff in a case against your sibling for leverage?
~ What are the laws for MAKING SURE this false report got in the MSM (Main Stream Media) right before any court dates in CA where the Defendant is also a Plaintiff against the malicious accuser’s sister?
Per Swims of TMZ some interesting questions and thoughts on Mark Hatten:
The Public needs to know quickly:
• Is nut case MH at it again, yes or no? If not -
• What is the extent of the involvement of JB’s Office?
• What is the extent of the LA Prosecutors’ involvement?
• What is the extent of VA and her people’s involvement?
An ongoing discussion based on the article on TMZ.com with the police report filed by Mark Hatten in S. C. and the statement given by Howard K. Stern’s lawyer Chris Smith to Radar online.com last night.
“I wish to put to rest the latest accusations by Mark Hatten,” attorney J. Christopher Smith told RadarOnline.com. “They are absolutely false. Mr. Stern has not in any way made any recent attempts to contact or threaten Mr. Hatten.”
“Mr. Stern does not even have a MySpace account,” Stern’s lawyer insisted. “The hope is that MySpace and the authorities at the Greeleyville Police Department will quickly conduct the appropriate investigation. At which point, they will most certainly conclude that there is absolutely no basis in fact to this ridiculous story.”
FILINGS IN TEXAS STATE SUIT OF VIRGIE ARTHUR VS. HOWARD K. STERN, LARRY BIRKHEAD, TMZ.COM, HARVEY LEVINE, ART HARRIS ET. AL.
May 21, 2010 Art Harris Response to Virgie Arthur Motion for Rehearing. NOTE FROM ROSE: OK I was wrong here, I thought that Harris would let this be ruled solely on the Court Abusing its Discretion violating Rule 171 on appointing a Special Master. This shows how we can all still learn. I did not know that an exhibit to a Motion was in fact a Motion. The Response for Request for Production to Arthur was things that attorneys send out to just the other parties. I did not know because a Protective Order was requested in a Response that once it was filed with a Motion to Compel that part then of itself becomes a Motion for Protective Order once filed as an exhibit to the Motion to Compel. I continue to learn from all of these filings. Looks like the First Court of Appeals got it right the first time around.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit A filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit B filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit C filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit D filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit E filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
May 21, 2010 Stern Exhibit F filed with the Motion to Clarify or Set Aside the Rule 11 Agreement with Virgie Arthur.
Stern’s Notice of New Hearing Date set by the Court’s Calendar for Hearings to August 6, 2010 at 2:30 P. M.
May 21, 2010 Art Harris Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
May 21, 2010 Harris Exhibit A filed with Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
May 21, 2010 Harris Exhibit B filed with Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
May 21, 2010 Virgie Arthur’s Response to Art Harris Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
Arthur’s Exhibit A filed with Arthur’s Response to Art Harris Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
Arthur’s Exhibit B filed with Arthur’s Response to Art Harris Sur-Reply to Rose Turner’s Response, to Art Harris Response, Objection and Motion to Strike Turner’s Motion for Leave to Designate Responsible Third Parties.
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Is it Déjà vu of Anna Nicole Smith who is rumored to have loved clowns and to dress up as a clown, we all remember the now infamous “Clown Video”? This Halloween it appears that Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter, Dannielynn, is following once again in her mother’s foot steps. Tell us what you think of Anna Nicole beside her daughter Dannielynn and right before Halloween?
Here are the rest of the headlines as we head into tomorrow’s first day of hearings.
What some predict will be a possible 10 day hearing and could well be a walk through dud hearing, the state is not going to show their cards and someone once told me a D. A. could get a Grand Jury to Indict on a Ham and Cheese sandwich the bar is so low. This is a Preliminary hearing and I doubt the bar of proof to hold over to trial is much higher only public as opposed to a Grand Jury. That said, it does give AG. Feel good Jerry Brown another go at the free advertising of a very public hearing, and right before the kick off of his 2010 guberernatorial bid. The only better camera opportunity for Feel Good AG Jerry Brown is if cameras were going to be in the court room and him sitting with the assistant D. A. Add that with a possible indictment of one of Michael Jackson’s doctos by the grand jury in Los Angeles this week and Jerry Brown must be in euphoria.
Per a comment from the AP: “Attorney Adam Braun, who represents Eroshevich, said the evidence disclosed at the hearing may be surprising, but the outcome of the proceeding before Superior Court Judge Robert Perry is predictable. Preliminary hearings represent the lowest possible hurdle for a prosecutor to clear and are virtually impossible for a prosecutor to lose,” he said. “If the prosecutors in this case somehow can’t make it past the preliminary hearing, they should be laid off.” Braun said he was unlikely to call any witnesses of his own. “Given the general futility of the exercise, Dr. Eroshevich will listen intently to the prosecutors’ allegations and reserve her defense for maximum surprise at trial,” he said.
Howard K. Stern’s ride them in cowboy attorney also gave a statement to the AP in the same article of: “Steve Sadow, the Atlanta attorney representing Stern, said he had not yet decided whether to call defense witnesses but would try to make his case through aggressive cross-examination. He expects some colorful witnesses, including the investigators.”
No cameras and lots of first and maybe second day interviews is what I expect at lunch breaks from the colorful Sadow. Expect Adam Braun to keep his head down and make notes while talking to his client and I expect the same from Dr. Sandeep Kapoor’s attorney, Ellyn Garafalo, of keeping her cards close to her chest as well, however I hope Sadow gives us some colorful commentary of this hearing on behalf of his client, Howard K. Stern. I wonder if Virgie Arthur with her attorney Neil McCabe and top investigator Don Clark will also be present, if so except a couple of news nuggets from them.
Then we have Larry Birkhead’s friend, Harvey Levin and the TMZ staff giving Birkhead more face time with the story entitled: “Birkhead Star Witness In Howard K. Case”. So is Birkhead going to sink Howard K Stern or save him? No matter how it goes it is going to give Birkhead a lot of face time in front of cameras again.
Then if this is not strange enough for everyone here is the cake topper; Reuters News reporting that: “Mark ‘Hollywood’ Hatten Now Under Protective Custody From Jax Desmond Worldwide”. That would be the company Mark Speer works for or worked for. The article goes to say; “NEW YORK, Oct. 12 “The Jax Desmond Worldwide Corporation today announced that Mark “Hollywood” Hatten is now under their protective custody. Hatten is a former boyfriend of Anna Nicole Smith who recently spoke with national media concerning allegations he claimed transpired between Anna Nicole and him while they were dating. “Hollywood” claims Smith begged him to help her in a “Murder For Hire” plot to kill her stepson E. Pierce Marshal.”
Jax Desmond Worldwide states that it “is a diversified private military company that provides protective security solutions to government and civilian clients… The Company offers a broad range of innovative services to customers, helping them to safeguard their biggest assets – their people.” Now how much is an interview with Mark Hatten worth after the old recycle FBI plot from 1999 or 2000 suddenly appeared last week? Wonder if Mark Spear’s still works for them?
Hatten’s interviews seem to be about the story the AP ran with last week where someone asked them to do a Freedom of Information Act Request from the FBI and ran what was obvious old and debunked news.
Is this going to be enough to bring the three ring circus back to town but this time in the Hollyweird Criminal Justice courts or is it going to fizzle as most of the public wait for what might be the indictment of Michael Jackson’s former doctor, Dr. Conrad Murray.?
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Recently I was called by a close friend asking what I thought about Rita Cosby’s witness list. “What?” I say, “a list?” ‘Well yes he says, and it is quite a long one with the entire cast of characters form the Anna Nicole Smith Saga. I am wondering to myself, why would Rita Cosby want me at the trial as her witness? After all I remained silent on her book, ‘”Once upon a time,” even though as entertaining as it was, in reference to me it was all BULLSHIT (and knowing that much for a fact, it makes one wonder about everything else between those covers….
…Now, it would have been nice if Rita had called and spoken to me in reference to “the loon’s” word that she took in lieu of mine, go figure. However, now I am on “the list.” Funny how time can change things, some people on that list I am a little friendly with now, though when the book came out I am not sure. A few people who I was friendly with then I am no longer, and would sooner swig swamp water than to ever have to deal with them again. Time does do this and none of this is so terribly out of the ordinary, you have to understand that initial feelings working as a P.I. …That is called a “reality check,” and the reality was very simply that, reality as to what was happening and what side you want to find yourself on when the lights go out. …
…As to Rita’s book, hmmm too bad, she rushed to print and was sloppy. She was at the airport at times when she should have been at the dock. And as I have learned the hard way, a writer that rushes sometimes misses things. Rita’s book could have been the real deal if she had been patient and paid attention, realized what was weak and what was strong as to her sources. But that is all behind us now and Rita is done, no one wants to deal with her and now she is going to have a party, excuse me I mean a “trial.” Either way I promise you I will have a ball, for as time has gone by I am getting all the facts and will develop my own thoughts based on facts, and a couple of people will not be too happy with those facts.
Folks, remember for those who underestimate me, they do so at their own peril. …
Looking forward to the party,
John
PS: I will expect appropriate travel arrangements if I am called to New York or I won’t go……doesn’t get any simpler than that. Also, at the trial, I would expect a deli plate with all the appropriate sides from Nate and Als (breakfast faire for the morning or lunch for the afternoon). Thanks again for the potential invitation.
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Continuance of thread here due to other one getting heavy on comments. Not a new story.
ALL DEPOSITION TRANSCRIPTS, AFFIDAVITS, DECLARATION AND EXHIBITS FILED UNDER SEAL WILL BE UNSEALED IN FIVE DAYS UNLESS ONE OF THE PARTIES SHOWS COMPELLING EVIDENCE WHY THEY SHOULD NOT BE UNSEALED AS NOW THEY ARE PART OF THE JUDICIAL RECORD AND AS SUCH THE PUBLIC HAS THE RIGHT OF ACCESS TO THESE DOCUMENTS.
We will have a complete list of Deposition Transcripts, Affidavits, Declarations and Exhibits filed under seal of Howard K. Stern, Rita Cosby and Hachette Books that was used in the filings that Judge Denny Chin used in making his decision on the Motions for Summary Judgment and the Responses and Replies to those Motions.
As the Honorable Denny Chin pointed out those are part of the judicial record and there is a strong presumptive that the public has the right to access to those now.
Will Elizabeth McNamara try to block the release of the REST of the papers?
NEWEST FILINGS IN THE TEXAS APPEALS COURT IN HOUSTON TEXAS
August 14, 2009 Virgie Arthur’s filing of Plaintiff’s Response to Teresa Stephens’ Emergency Motion to Stay the previous Motion and Order presented to the Court by Plaintiff and signed by the court.
August 14, 2009 Virgie Arthur’s filing of Plaintiff’s Response to Teresa Stephens’ Emergency Motion to Stay the previous Capias Order presented to the Court by Plaintiff and signed by the court.
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TMZ.com reports and has obtained a copy of a defamation lawsuit Howard K. Stern filed in L.A. County Superior Court today [September 2] right before the one year expiration to do so, wonder if Jackie Hatten thought she was home free?
Who’s crying now is my question. Has Howard K. Stern now located Hatten, who the agreed extension in the New York case stated Stern’s lawyers were having problems finding?
Howard K. Stern vs. Rita Cosby and Hachette Books lawsuit in New York will be going to a pretrial conference on September 26 and Wilma Vicedomine is trying to help them all she can via the Florida Suit and her alleged typing of thousands of posts on the internet via TMZ.com, other internet sites and chat channels.
In the newest suit reported by TMZ.com, Stern is suing Mark Speer(s), Debra Opri’s boy, and Jackie Hatten or known legally as Jacqueline Elizabeth Hatten per the California filings. Wonder if Opri can be brought into this is Speer(s) decides he contacted Rita Cosby for Cosby’s old friend Opri? Kind of like we are finding out was Wilma Vicedomine’s role if those allegations turn out to be true.
The newest lawsuit alleges Mark Speer(s) lies include claims that Howard K. Stern was stealing money from Anna Nicole Smith; wheeling and dealing with Larry Birkhead over Dannielynn; and the famous claim that his [Stern] parents was helping via off shore bank accounts. Now who would have believed that with even a tad of research on the Stern family which you can bet Don Clark and Wilma Vicedomine was exhausted in digging up and looking under any and all rocks would have debunked that allegation promptly and way before they made it into any book.
You can pick up the freshly filed papers via the TMZ.com article and YES, Rose Speaks.com will be adding this lawsuit with all of the rest we are covering. On a side note TMZ.com reports that Jackie’s brother Mark Hatten was arrested for DUI today, way to go Mark!!
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Reading the joint letter to the Court dated July 15 we have some interesting tidbits we are being allowed to see here in a very hush, hush case.
The letter was written by Douglas Maynard, lead attorney for Hachette Books, but was by agreement of the Plaintiff and both Defendants.
What does this letter turned Court Order tell us? First, we learned that Larry Birkhead has until August 6 to produce documents requested and an up to date privilege log if any documents they [Rita Cosby and Hachette] want. Further after receiving the documents the defendants can demand a deposition of Mr. Birkhead following getting the documents, up to date privilege log and after they go over that to see what if anything they want to challenge and then looks like it will be at least some time in August before any deposition can be arranged. Mr. Maynard goes on to say that Mr. Birkhead and his attorney began to comply with the request early sending the first set of documents requested on July 14. They still want a “vast majority” of documents from Mr. Birkhead, I would bet that is going to take hundreds of hours to go through, weed out what the defendants are not entitled to and updating the privilege log. Could we see another Motion to Compel before that is over?
The defendants go on to let us know that Wilma Vicedomine is a source “for certain alleged statements challenged” by Howard K. Stern. YOU THINK?? Like the whole sex tape, money laundering and what else might Wilma know. I found this to be a tad surprising in that the letters state the Motion to Quash Wilma Vice’s subpoena is in Florida, it appears for the Florida case and the New York case. One would think Judge Chin would have heard the Motion to Quash [really it is a Motion for Protective Order], in the New York Federal Court before Judge Chin and not bundled with the Florida suit. That hearing is now schedule for August 13, more delays into what does Wilma know about any sex tape and other sordid details that made Cosby’s book a best seller for a few weeks.
Then surprise, surprise Jackie Hatten has gone MIA, now with the allegations that Howard K. Stern is in bed so to say with Harvey Levin and TMZ, you would think they might help Mr. Stern find Jackie, didn’t she choose TMZ.com to release her statement about the book after it was published? The statement that was no statement and did not confirm any of the sordid allegations that Mr. Stern is now suing based on those bed time pillow statements. My question if Rita Cosby does not or will not tell Howard K. Stern where Jackie can be located will that prevent Cosby from calling Jackie at trial?
Then Cosby and Hachette seem to be saying they are dancing with Bruce Ross and other Estate lawyers to get access to the Estate documents to prove after the fact that Cosby made no whoppers up. AAAAAAAAHHHHHHH again, wouldn’t it had been better if she had done that before the book was written in haste instead of now demanding the Estate help her slap around the Executor and Guardian of Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate. Cosby and Hachette’s lawyers are saying expect them back in California Federal Court fighting with the Estate lawyer for another go round. If Cosby had more than one source in her vetting her book that 120% no 200% with people very close to Stern and Birkhead you would think she would not now be needing to club them over the head so to say to save her azz.
All of the lawyers requested to have discovery left open until September 30, however in a gentle appearing reprimand Judge Chin is saying, “I would like to see all of you and be ready for trial at 10:30 AM on September 26. Judge Chin even emphasized the letter turned Order by writing FINAL in all caps. I see some long nights and weekend coming up for the lawyers. What do you all think?
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Rita Cosby has filed her “Disclosure 26 witness list” but NOT in the New York Federal Court where she has been able to get the court to agree to a gag order on almost anything Hachette Books and she feels is going to expose her to embarrassment or public ridicule. The court did issue a new “Consent Amended HIGHLY Confidential Order” as the lawsuit goes forward and while asking some witnesses to, now after the fact of the book, give Rita Cosby and Hachette Books very sensitive and personal information as the objection filed in California by Larry Birkhead’s lawyer, Michael Trope shows. The Order also allows Howard K. Stern to play by the same rules. Again, I would add it would have been nice if Cosby had tried to vet her sources before the book instead of after the book, in what now appears allegedly as an attempt of saving her Azz so to say.
We had to dig to come up with the papers in California but come up with them we did, as well as a subpoena served on CNN in Atlanta Georgia by Howard K. Stern. Yes, we have to prowl through the national databases occasionally but as with these papers we found filed in California it is well worth it.
Now what does the witness list tell us about Rita Cosby’s defense? First, we noticed she has many of the same witnesses as Howard K. Stern. However, Cosby now tells us that Bruce Littlefield of New York, alleged friend of Cosby’s good pal; James Edstrom was her “ghost writer”. James Edstrom, whom by the way is NOT on the witness list, I wonder why when he brags about being Cosby’s official photographer for years. Perhaps he will be added to the gang of Cosby’s defenders, as the trial gets closer, isn’t that what good friends are for? Perhaps James Edstrom was never a long time good friend and like so many others in this tragic tale, just hung onto the coat tails of Cosby for a bit to get his own publicity. Any of you know how long Edstrom has been Cosby’s “good buddy”? I continue to say this book read so bad that you have to wonder who wrote it and how quickly, you would think an “award winning journalist” would have taken some writing classes to get her degree. Who is Bruce Littlefield anyway, did he do some garage sale shopping books?
Back to the witness list and who are on it and who is NOT on it which can be, I predict very telling about this blond ambitious “who dunnit” novel passed as fact to readers, in my opinion. We now know that many of the allegations of sure fire, yeppers we know it, stand behind it 120% no 200% is not quite there, it now appears.
Looking at the witness list we see that “grouping of people” we have suspected will tie this up with a Los Angeles, Houston, Florida and into New York of people with similar interests and agendas, in my opinion. After you read it be sure and give us your opinion on this “grouping of people” and if you think they were “reliable” sources for Cosby’s ambitious book. You can do that here on the blog or on the new forums, named “Stern Vs Rita Cosby, Hachette Books, et al”.
Let’s start with the Texas connection: We have some that both Rita Cosby and Howard K Stern listed including, Virgie Arthur, Don Clark a private investigator for the O’Quinn law firm and the biggest surprise, per Cosby list, once again Wilma Vicedomine listed as a PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR. She is listed on Stern’s list as just a “witness”, not as a private investigator as she ranks on Cosby’s list. So all of you out there that said, she is not important and never passed herself off as a private investigator when we interviewed Pol’ Atteu and Patrik Simpson, they seem to be vindicated here. Why might you ask, simply because Cosby and Hachette both have listed Wilma as just that, a private investigator? I did not know Wilma had a Texas PI license, they are hard to come by. However, per Cosby and Hachette’ list we now know that in fact she claims to be just that, a private investigator; however as the O’Quinn law firm continued to state in December 2007 only for the cases of Virgie Arthur. Can one now get a P.I. license in Texas by the mere fact of knowing a “real” P. I.? Of course, she could be a “P. I.” in training “studying under” Don Clark. I bet some of you can check into the requirements in Texas to claim that special title and get back with us on when Vice accomplished this feat. However, it does appear Wilma is in fact a Private Investigator if Cosby is to be believed.
Then we have a surprise witness on Cosby’s and Hachette’s list, John O’Quinn, was he a source or did he only loan Cosby Wilma and Clark as sources? Is Cosby going to hang these Texas people out to dry so to say if it comes down to “outing” them as prime sources for her book? Did John O’Quinn ever meet Anna Nicole Smith or Daniel Smith? What could he have been a source for in Cosby’s book, other than then what he now claims? If you believe Rita’s past now cancelled show, just like Greta’s On the Record, you have to know that is not real news, and no one believes what is on those shows, called “infotainment. Wonder if he told Cosby that no one watching her now cancelled show on MSNBC would ever accept that as anything but “infotainment”. O’Quinn has gone on to continue to say that Greta and Cosby should never be believed, that has to make both women feel warm, snuggly and loved, NOT. If you doubt that about John O’Quinn’s opinion of Cosby just read the latest filings in the federal court in Florida. None of Anna Nicole Smith’s other family members or friends are listed on Cosby’s list, although some are listed on Howard K. Stern’s list filed publicly with the New York court back in November 2007. Which by the way is when Cosby filed this list, she just chose not to make it public, must have been one of those “confidential documents”.
Then let’s swing out to California, and we have Mark Speer (only now we “think” his name is Spears, or Speers, or Spear), he was “the security person”, working for Debra Opri, the long time good friend of Rita Cosby. Then as we peruse the list we see, some more interesting people on Cosby’s list, some that did and some that didn’t make it on Stern’s list. Cosby and Stern both agree that Mark and Jackie Hatten as well as Jack Harding are all important to this case. I wonder what Jackie Hatten said in her deposition and watching her in court during the trial should be great entertainment. We have all now had a good look at jailhouse Mark Hatten; did Cosby ever look into who this guy really was before interviewing him via phone in prison for her book? You would think that “award winning journalism” might have caused her to stop for a second or two to determine his “believability scale”.
Now getting back to the ever changing tales of Jack Harding the P. I. who did talk to Daniel Smith but only briefly met him for coffee at Starbucks with Ray Martino; Jack Haring whom as the weeks following Anna Nicole’s death “story” grew and evolved kind of like Pinocchio’s nose. Jack Harding, remember him, the P. I., whom we were able to debunk on this site, using his multitude of ever changing interviews. Jack went from saying there was “one brief” meeting to having “several meetings”, from being told Daniel Smith had a previous prescription problem to saying that Don Clark had contacted him and offered to pay his expenses to the Bahamas for the Inquest. Which brings up the question, why didn’t someone as important as Jack Harding not make it on the Bahamas officials “main” people who needed to testify list, but did make it on Don Clark’s list? Jack Harding ended up, it appears, being a major source of information for Cosby’s book, did she not pick up that this guy’s story kept changing? She based almost a whole chapter on what Jack Harding had to say, including having to save John Nazarian from being treed, ah I mean fenced by Harding’s dogs.
Both Cosby and Stern continue to agree in California that Ray Martino is important; Larry Birkhead whose lawyer is trying to reign in the broad reaching subpoena with Cosby and Hachette’s lawyers to see if the new “Consent Amended Order” is enough for Cosby to be able to go through all things concerning Larry Birkhead. If I had the money to make a bet, I bet that “fishing expedition” into Birkhead’s life will be severely limited by the federal court in California if Birkhead and Cosby’s lawyers cannot reach an agreement. I might add here that Cosby and Hachette are “beefing” up their list of Pro Hac Vice lawyers to appear if a court hearing is needed in California.
Stern and Cosby both have Anna Nicole’s ex-assistant, Kim Walther on this list; as well as Ron Rale, Anna’s lawyer and ex-law partner of Howard K. Stern and still friends with Howard K. Stern. On Cosby’s list he is just listed as a friend to Howard K. Stern. Is Ron Rale the attorney close to Stern and Birkhead that Rita said in interviews that she had several conversations with before and during her writing of the book? Everyone in all lawsuits, in all states wants the ET employees, especially Bonnie Tiegel and Mark Steines; it appears they are listed in this lawsuit as well as the Houston Texas federal suit and the Florida federal suit. Am I the only one here seeing overlapping players in all three federal suits?
Both lists have Dr. Kapor and Dr. Khris listed. However, with Cosby bragging about how her book got all of the investigations kicked back into high gear, Florida and the Inquest in particular, I wonder if she can get either doctor to appear. I know we continue to lose our Constitutional Rights, but last I heard if these doctors are still being investigated by anyone then I doubt Cosby is going to get any “good and spicy” testimony from them to back up her and Littlefield’s books claims.
Now we have some interesting developments in all of this: First Pol’ Atteu and Patrik Simpson, they are listed on Stern’s witness list but NOT on Cosby’s witness list. However, we might note that making a full disclosure to us for their deposition that stated they had dinner with Cosby, her lawyer and her lawyer’s assistant in New York in mid-March and then received a subpoena in April by Cosby’s people. Remember that Pol’ and Patrik swears to us in their “full disclosure” that they only talked about raising children, and Pol’ and Patrik were “curious” about Rita so decided to take her and her lawyer up on an offer for dinner. Second, during our interview with Nathan Collins, he said up front that Hachette’s private investigators had interviewed him; he is on Stern’s list as possibly having information about Cosby’s book but not on Cosby’s list.
Then we have two surprises on Cosby’s list, John Nazarian, again why didn’t she talk to him while writing her book she put his email addy in the book so we all could email Mr. Nazarian? By the way, thanks Rita for doing that, after your book came out we emailed him and he ended up writing about the Anthony Pellicano trial for us. However, I have to wonder how many idiots emailed him thanks to you putting his email address in your book. Bottom line is that Cosby really could have contacted him if she had wanted. He would not have talked to you about any clients, like Birkhead and Stern, but I bet he could have talked to you about being treed (ah fenced) by Harding’s dogs and then saved by Harding himself. However, if Cosby had done that homework about vetting her sources that “intimidation chapter” about Mr. Nazarian would have probably had to end up on the editor’s floor.
Drum roll here, we then have Debra Opri listed as a witness. Am I the only one seeing a pattern of lawyers or ex-lawyers as key players end up on Cosby’s list of people who can vouch for her “who dunnit” book? Can Opri discuss an ex-client like Birkhead? I mean she did that June 6, 2007 filing that became almost the entire bases for chapter 12 of Cosby’s book. It is just a “minor fact” that the June 6, 2007 filing by Opri had been stricken by the California Court before the book was published, perhaps she can testify as to why she filed that in the first place. I am willing to bet that little filing has cost Ms. Opri some television appearances, some clients, but she did get a new Hollyweird term named after her, the “I’ve been Opried”.
The South Carolina, Florida and the Bahamas list of people are also overlapping in the lawsuits. However, Cosby gives us two surprises here, it appears we now know the name of the boat handyman she based so much of her book on, Todd Smith. The other person that seems to be very absent from Cosby’s list is the “male employee confidante” from the Bahamas that so much of Cosby’s book about Stern mistreatment of Anna Nicole was based on. Which brings up my next question, is it cool to put a character who is perhaps fictitious into a “non-fiction book” even though it reads like a “who dunnit” novel? Perhaps L. Lin Wood and Howard K. Stern were right in their interviews about saying this guy never existed.
I suggest you pull Stern’s witness list and the Cosby and Hachette witness lists and compare them side by side. For me it was all of the same people gathering in all of the different jurisdictions from sea to sea and to foreign countries. It seems to be a close-knit circle of “friends-enemies”, and a lot of “who dunnit” alleged theorists.
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