I did not see it but have found some video clips of L. Lin Wood and Piers Morgan going head to head in what appears to be at times a heated exchange.
Did any of you actually catch the whole show? I saw replays on CNN of them talking about how heated Piers Morgan called attorney L Lin Wood naive and surely Morgan did not think what he was saying? With part of it clipped out and then Wood’s southern gentleman voice coming back with “I’m sorry you find me naive” and then slapping Morgan down. Wood was on Morgan’s show to defend his client GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain.
My question is did Morgan do this for ratings as taking on Wood with no holds bar and no fear of a lawsuit, or was it a Brit that had no idea what is going on in our legal system?
I wish I had seen the whole hour, I don’t know if Lin Wood was the guest for the full hour or not, do any of you? If so give us your play by play of who won this “debate”.
I also wonder if Wood has found a new set of clientele, remember Jeff Greene suing some media in Florida for endorsing his opponent and then trashing Greene? It is certain I believe, as some in the news is saying that if we had 24/7 infotainment/news back in the 30′s, 40′s, 50′s and 60′s we would not have had great presidents like Franklin D Roosevelt or John F. Kennedy. So what is the balance on the public or voters right to know, and what is private and/or personal lives? I understand why Newt Gingrich was outed in the late 90′s; because while he was leading the charge for President William Clinton’s impeachment over consensual sex that Clinton did not feel he needed to bare all to the voters, especially when President Clinton was on the way out to retirement. While we were learning that Gingrich had abandoned a wife who was dying with cancer for a mistress he had for years. So it was good-bye to Gingrich the Speaker of the House at the same time.
I can’t find this on the CNN site but you can view it at You Tube here:
The thought of throwing rocks if you live in a class house comes to mind on that.
Wood also addressed the 24/7 infotainment/news craving for all things personal and private and what that appears to be doing to candidates in this day and time.
I think I see Lin Wood carving out that a politician does not have to openly share what is a very private life UNLESS it all checks out before you air it. Should the infotainment/news be allowed to fill the airwaves for 24/7 with rag magazines type gossip?
I am leaning towards Wood going for it. How is that Democratic US Senate Candidate Jeff Greene lawsuit going? The backlash on this is would it give the U. S. Supreme Court Justices a pass on conflict of interest? Or will it affect how the Court might rule on something like this coming before them?
Here is one more video I found, might be a copy because I did not have the chance to watch it before this post.
So tell us your thoughts, remember that anyone who can afford it can bring a lawsuit, but are these “news tidbits” out of line because they could be based on gossip and not facts? I did find the full interview transcript on the CNN site.
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There are more papers due out today, November 30, 2009 in South Carolina from G. Ben Thompson on the Motion for Contempt and for Sanctions based of his previous attorney, Susan M. Brown’s acts allegedly on his behalf.
Gathier Thompson III, Melodie Thompson, Gaither’s wife, and Gina Thompson Shelley all have Responses to the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith adding them as parties in place of the “Doe” names.
As I read over the papers filed by Susan M. Brown last week I found myself amazed as I always seem to be when it comes to the antics and ever changing lawyers from the South Carolina group of players.
In papers filed last week in the South Carolina Federal Court, Ms. Brown says she was on board with the Horizon’s dispute in the Bahamas from day one in 2006. However it appears if that is true that her clients were not straight up about the happenings in the Bahamas. If Brown’s allegations about her clients prove true in court then they appear to have made sure she missed some memos and certainly some major media news articles. If I remember correctly G. Ben Thompson has dropped all claims to Horizons and is now suing the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith (Dannielynn Birkhead), Howard K. Stern, and the lawyers Tracy Ferguson and Michael Scott. The time line for Ms. Brown being kept in the loop and the liaison between her clients and the attorneys in the Bahamas appear not to include Thompson’s attorney in January 2007, Knowles, at the news conference in the picture with this article and there is certainly nothing from Pro Pinder the current attorney in Brown’s filings. Both were attorneys in the Bahamas for Shelley and Thompson after Ferguson and Scott left the employment of the South Carolina family.
This is either dumber than a suitcase full of rocks on the South Carolina crew for not telling their lawyer everything which equals to tying your legal representatives hands and allowing them to be blindsided by the likes of L. Lin Wood. So did Thompson and Shelley throw their attorney under the bus, and did they wiave the attorney-client privilege in what appears to a free for all for Shelley and Thompson AGAIN!!
My guess from reading these filings is that Brown was not in the loop of the Horizons litigation and the property being distributed, and she is fighting for her legal career and thus like any lawyer who has been betrayed will come out fighting now that it appears that Thompson and Shelley has waived the attorney – client privilege which in my opinion was a dumb move on their part..
Here are the filings on November 24, last week and as soon as the filings come out today they will be added to this article.
SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL COURT FILINGS NOVEMBER 24, 2009.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Memorandum of law filed in S. C. as a Response and Brown’s Opposition of Estate’s Motion for Sanction and Contempt.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Exhibit 1 which is the deed filed to put house in Thompson’s name after the law firm withdrew the previous deed signed by Anna Nicole Smith, this is the deed that caused the problems for everyone that is now being sued by each other in the Bahamas.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Exhibit 2 October 31, 2006 letter from Tracy Ferguson to Anna Nicole Smith to vacate Horizon’s or be prepared for eviction proceedings.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Exhibit 3 Default Judgment against Wayne Munroe and Anna Nicole Smith dated November 28, 2006 in regards to Horizon’s in the Bahamas.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Exhibit 4 Default Injunction that barred Ben Thompson or any representative of his to interfere with Anna Nicole Smith living at Horizons dated November 20, 2006 in the Bahamas.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Exhibit 5 her affidavit dated November 18, 2009 to file with her memorandum of law responding to Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate filing for contempt and sanctions against her and her law firm.
November 24, 2009 Brown’s Exhibit 6 which is a copy of the Joint Defense and Confidentiality Agreement with Virgie Arthur filed with Brown’s Response to Anna Nicole Smith’s Estate for Motion for Contempt and sanctions. Brown refers to this in her Memorandum of Law and in her affidavit.
November 24, 2009 Brown’s Exhibit 8 which is an Affidavit from Neil McCabe on behalf of his client dated November 8, 2009 stating that no person representing his client Virgie Arthur or associated with the law firm made any copies of the hard drives or kept anything from the hard drives and the law firm has respected and kept the common defense and confidentiality in tact at all time.
I did not put up Exhibit 7 since it is a black and white picture of the hard drives that BDK, Virgie Arthur’s expert in the state suit and we already have a color copy of the same 2 hard drives up in this section and I will link it tomorrow when I do an article on all of this.
November 24, 2009 Brown’s Exhibit 9 which is an affidavit from Teresa Lazzaroni dated Nov. 13, 2009 explaining to the Court how her client Susan M. Brown had kept working copies only of the things contained on 3 flash drives turned over to the Estate attorneys for Anna Nicole Smith and how Brown had paid for her hard drive to be destroyed as requested by Lin Wood during her deposition.
November 24, 2009 Brown’s Exhibit 10 a copy of the letter from Susan M. Brown to Neil McCabe dated September 25, terminating the Joint Defense and Confidentiality Agreement with Virgie Arthur ONLY on G. Ben Thompson not with Ford Shelley.
November 24, 2009 Court Order for the South Carolina federal Court allowing Susan M. Brown to withdraw as attorney of record for G. Ben Thompson effective the same date.
November 24, 2009 Court Order for the South Carolina federal Court issued by agreements of the parties to give G. Ben Thompson time to file a Response to the Motion for Contempt and for Sanctions until November 30 pending against him and for Melodie Thompson, Gaither Thompson III, and Gina Thompson Shelley until November 30 to file their Response to being added as parties.
November 24, 2009 Susan M. Brown’s Response and Objection to Ms. Brown and her law firm being added to the lawsuit in South Carolina and against the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith filing an Amended Complaint adding her and her firm.
November 24, 2009 Exhibit 1 which is a letter from Nicole Jennings Wade dated November 29, 2007 verifying that Susan M. Brown did have the hard drives and the only hold up in returning the copies to the Estate was a concern of removal of some of Ford Shelley’s personal files which Ms. Wade assured Ms. Brown the IT department could easily do that once the hard drives were brought to their offices.
November 24, 2009 Exhibit 2 which is a letter from Nicole Jennings Wade dated September 18, 2008 stating that some of the documents produced by Ford Shelley in response to the Stern – Cosby litigation be returned to their office that Shelley not contact Howard K. Stern again and that they are still waiting for the hard drives to be return so they could meet production requirements for the Estate in the New York pending lawsuit.
November 24, 2009 Brown Exhibit 4 Copy of Subpoena to Virgie Arthur’s expert BDK dated February 13, 2009 in this case about the hard drives that BDK examined under the Common Defense and Confidentiality between G. Ben Thompson, Ford Shelley and Virgie Arthur.
I did not put up Exhibit 3 since it is a black and white picture of the hard drives that BDK, Virgie Arthur’s expert in the state suit and we already have a color copy of the same 2 hard drives up in this section and I will link it tomorrow when I do an article on all of this.
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Court started at 8:30 AM this morning, October 15, 2009 on day three of the preliminary hearing in Los Angeles California. First up is the cross examination by defense attorney Steve Sadow of yesterday’s star prosecution witness, Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt. That has been listed by many court observer as taking up the full morning for the most part.
After lunch the question is will Larry Birkhead, appear, he will be pro Howard K. Stern but might be hostile to Dr. Kapoor and Dr. Eroshevich. Adam Braun, attorney for Eroshevich, said he might attempt to have Birkhead’s testimony postponed because he had just received an audio tape from the state of Birkhead’s interview with them and has not had time to fully examine it.
The state is keeping their cards close as to what witnesses will be appearing on which days. There are hints around the courthouse that Superior Court Judge Robert J. Perry may shut down the preliminary hearing early next week. He is showing some impatience often heard saying, “This is not murder trial” and “Whose fault is it that somebody takes too many pills?”
I keep going back to why a public preliminary hearing which is a basic walk through preview of what might come up at trial, in lieu of a Grand Jury which the outcome would have been a finding of enough evidence to go to trial. They both, I am told, end up at the same place so why this, and not the close door hearing?
Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt, one of Anna Nicole Smith’s body guards, I am told by one court observer, came across as very believable and would be hard to shake from his testimony yesterday. Let’s see how this plays out with Steve Sadow, Howard K. Stern’s lead attorney who took charge first thing this morning.
We don’t know if Don Clark is still in California as a “material hostile witness” for Howard K. Stern, but Neil McCabe is now back in Houston to our understanding. However, we have not been able to confirm that. Neil McCabe we can now confirm was not in court yesterday and has not been seen in court today. We have now been able to confirm for you that both Don Clark and Neil McCabe are back in Houston today.
LOS ANGELES — The AP is reporting that; “A judge has barred testimony about an alleged sexual relationship between Anna Nicole Smith and a female doctor accused of providing her with excessive medication.” Prosecutors attempted to question Smith’s former bodyguard Thursday about an alleged relationship between the late model and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Perry shut down the line of questioning, saying he didn’t think it was relevant.
UPDATE ONE AND BOMBSHELL ONE FOR TODAY: Maurice, “Big Mo” Brighthaupt is still testifying for the prosecution and has stated it was Larry Birkhead that furnished Anna Nicole Smith with Ecstasy and champagne to wash it down, at the Music awards in 2004. Mo further testified that every time he took the champagne away from Anna Nicole, Birkhead replaced it with a new glass full. It will be later today before Steve Sadow, Stern’s lawyer can try to chip away at that. What will this do to the “boy next door” image of Dannielynn’s father? The court is out on it’s morning break right now and it appears that at least one more Assistant D. A. is coming into court with notes if not to remain for testimony following the break.
UPDATE TWO: Good chance that Larry Birkhead will not testify today. As Maurice “Big Mo” Brighthaupt continues his slamming of all of the defendants except Dr. Kapoor, it appears the defense is not going to get a chance to question him today. This day has been consumed for the most part by Assistant D. A. Renee Rose ongoing examination of “Big Mo”. If Steve Sadow begins today he will not finish today, which pushes Birkhead back to testifying tomorrow, if he appears at all. Why is the sensationalized site of TMZ.com not carrying anything about “Big Mo” testifying today against Birkhead and the drugs swigged down with champagne or for that matter his apparent willingness to testify against Dr. Eroshevich about her alleged possible affair with Anna Nicole Smith? However, at other times it seems that “Big Mo” wants to then take up for Dr. Eroshevich at times in his testimony saying she was concerned for Smith also and even gave Smith placebos.
UPDATE THREE: Larry Birkhead is in the courthouse, briefly walked into the court room and then just left again, not sure why. Stay tune we don’t know if Mo’s cross examination is finished and if so what Sadow was able or willing to do without showing his full hand before the trial which is now predicted to being going to start in February or March 2010, still trying to verify that.
UPDATE LAST FOR TODAY: “Big Mo” will be back on the witness stand tomorrow morning for redirect examination by L. A. assistant D. A. Renee Rose; that is expected to last for 1 to 1 & 12/ hours. That will be followed by Larry Birkhead beginning at about 10 AM tomorrow on day four of the Howard K. Stern, Dr. Kapoop and Dr. Dr. Eroshevich.
Keep up with Rose Speaks throughout the day tomorrow as we bring you the up to minute happening in California in the Howard K. Stern, Dr. Sandeep Kapoor and Dr. Khristine Eroshevich preliminary hearing, we have several court watchers rotating in and out of the court room giving us the feel of the court, I am sure each one will have that person’s personal take of this.
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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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List of new documents in all cases concerning ANS and new discussion thread.
October 7, 2009 CBS Unredacted Documents in the Howard K. Stern vs. Rita Cosby and Hachette Books in contracts with Howard K. Stern and the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith.
October 6, 2009 Virgie Arthur – Rose Turner Submission to the Court for the Agreed expanded hard drive search criteria that were accidentally omitted from the original Agreed Motion.
October 7, 2009 Art Harris Unopposed Motion to the First Court of Appeals asking for an extra week to Reply to Party of Real Interest Virgie Arthur’s Response to Harris’ Writ of Mandamus, the oral argument was moved by the First Court of Appeals earlier today by their on rescheduling from October 13 to October 27, 2009 at 1:30 PM with both sides still have 15 minutes each.
LATEST FILINGS FROM NEW YORK ARE THE UNREDACTED DOCUMENTS BY RITA COSBY, SOME TO YOU “MAY APPEAR” TO BE MISSING THEY ARE NOT, THE ACCIDENTALLY FILED EXCEPTS OF LARRY BIRKHEAD, POL’ ATTEU, PATRIK SIMPSON AND HOWARD K. STERN HAVE ALREADY BEEN LOADED FOR YOU AS WELL AS WHAT “APPEARS” IN THIS TO BE MISSING EXHIBITS, THERE ARE A LOT MORE TO GO THROUGH TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE ALL OF THEM NOW. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR HACHETTE’S UNREDACTED FILINGS TO BE FILED WITH THE FEDERAL SOUTHERN DISCTRICT COURT OF NEW YORK.
October 8, 2009 Rita Cosby’s UNREDACTED Memorandum of Law originally filed redacted with her Motion for Summary Judgment on December 15, 2008.
October 8, 2009 Rita Cosby’s UNREDACTED Rule 56.1 Statement of Facts of this lawsuit as she sees them, originally filed redacted with her Motion for Summary Judgment on December 15, 2008.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit J emails between Tracy Ferguson and Howard K. Stern about conflict of interest and accusing Stern of asking her to commit perjury.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit O statement by Ford Shelley to the Royal Bahamian police following Daniel Smith’s death dated December 19, 2006 AFTER the dispute for Horizons was in the press.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit P partial statement by Howard K. Stern to the Royal Bahamian police following Daniel Smith’s death dated September 10, 2006.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit U which contains 15 pages of the CBS contracts made by Howard K. Stern for the different interviews and coverage including the personal contract on February 10, 2007 for himself and the contract for the funeral rights to go into a trust account for Dannielynn.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit V which contains the Splash contracts made by Howard K. Stern for Estate of Anna Nicole Smith for the funeral rights to go into a trust account for Dannielynn.
October 8, 2009 Elizabeth McNamara’s Unredacted Rita Cosby Exhibit W which includes the Contract with Getty images including the email between Howard K. Stern and a representative of Getty about doing an interview if the Commitment Ceremony pictures would sell for more.
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In a stunning potential horrendous defeat Georgia Attorney Susan M. Brown has been Ordered to turn over documents and sit for a deposition in the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith vs. G. Ben Thompson, Ford Shelley and others.
It appears at first read of the papers that Brown must give up all information involving any third person conversations she had with anyone else about giving the Estate property to the media and having it copied by other parties involved with other lawsuits as well as Danny Santiago of the California DOJ, although she, [Brown], sent multiple letters to the Estate stating she had the hard drives and would turn them over.
The court’s Order also would appear to open the door of federal criminal fraud against Susan M. Brown Esq. in some of the actions she allegedly took as not being protected under the client-attorney privilege.
The Estate of Anna Nicole Smith lost its attorney fees in pursuing Brown. The Court also tightened up subpoena with subject matter by the Estate in four (4) of the requested production of documents, but definitely Ordering Susan M. Brown Esq, an Atlanta Georgia Attorney to sit for a deposition. However, it opens the door for a wide variety of questions concerning how that Estate property ended up in other people hands and/or copied by others with Brown’s knowledge.
Brown must comply with the request including contracts, bills etc. within twenty (20) days from today which is September 19, 2009.
Is the South Carolina Federal Suit the beginning of the end of all of these cases?
How damaging is it for Susan M. Brown Esq of Georgia and her clients with the federal court saying she with her client, Ford Shelley made have committed federal criminal fraud?
In South Carolina the Court has Ordered a new scheduling Order to be submitted by the Estate, via the Executor Howard K. Stern, and Ford Shelley extending deadlines currently due to accommodate what the Georgia Court Order entails. It also appears to once again open the door for additional depositions from many of the same people we see entwined in these multiple over lapping lawsuits in multiple federal and state jurisdictions and allegations by Howard K. Stern and/or the Estate of Anna Nicole Smith.
LATEST PAPERS IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA FEDERAL DISTRICT COURT INCLUDING SETTING A NEW SCHEDULING ORDER. CASE
August 31, 2009 Order from the Northern District Federal Court of Georgia, granting in part the Motion to Compel deposition and discovery from attorney Susan Brown, but limiting the deposition and discovery to scope as ordered.
August 31, 2009 the Court Order from the federal Court in South Carolina setting new schedule of due dates and trial date to accommodate the Court Order that came out today involving the Georgia attorney for Ford Shelley, Susan M. Brown Esq.
LATEST PAPERS IN THE TEXAS STATE DISTRICT COURT CASE
August 28, 2009 Court Order Denying Art Harris’ Motion to Reconsider and setting deadline of when production is required and to not destroy or alter anything of the media not ordered to be turned over so that if it is needed at a later date and the Court Orders for it to go to the Special Master it will be intact.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit A copy of dismissing State Bar Complaint on Neil McCabe filed with Plaintiff Virgie Arthur’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit F copy emails between Nancy Hamilton of Jackson Walker and Neil McCabe of the O’Quinn law firm in reference to the Friday, August 28, 2009, filed with Plaintiff Virgie Arthur’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit G Plaintiff, Virgie Arthur’s, Response to Art Harris and Bonnie Stern special appearance filed on November 21, 2008 as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit K email from Teresa Stephens to the Court dated June 25, 2009 filed as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit L email from Lyndal Harrington to all parties on February 3, 2009 advising of the robbery at her home on December 18, 2008 filed as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit M copy of the Court Order from May 22, 2009 where Lyndal Harrington to be arrested and kept over the Memorial Day weekend holiday, filed as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit 0 copy of the colored picture of the three feet of emails between Defendant Art Harris and Rose Turner previously turned over filed as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
August 28, 2009 Exhibit P copy of emails between Defendant Art Harris and Rose Turner dated December 10, 2008 previously turned over filed as an exhibit in reference to the Plaintiff’s Response to Art Harris Motion to Reconsider the Appointment of Craig Ball with a Request for Protective Order and Stay in the forensic exam of his electronic media.
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During G. Ben Thompson’s deposition on June 5, 2009, he said he did remember giving Susan M. Brown his attorney permission to enter into a “Common Interest and Confidentiality Agreement” with Virgie Arthur via her counsel, Neil McCabe verbally on March 3, 2007 and signed on May 15, 2008. However, coming back from a break during the deposition G. Ben Thompson changed his recollection following a conference with his attorneys stating; “…I was wrong on that. I discussed some stuff about that, but I don’t — I was wrong about that. I’m sorry..” There was no “Common Interest and Confidentiality Agreement” that Ben Thompson told Susan M. Brown to enter into with Virgie Arthur’s lawyers. After lunch, per the deposition transcript of Ben Thompson from sometime after 12 noon to a little after 1 PM. when Ben Thompson and his lawyers came back attorney, Susan M. Brown made the following statement on the record. “I make a motion that we adjourn today’s depositions until a date in the future due to a potential conflict that has arisen to allow me time to determine whether or not I need to withdraw from the case and allow the parties to obtain alternative counsel.”
That is where we are today with the Estate for Anna Nicole Smith has filed in the Federal Court for the Northern District of Georgia, with a Motion to Compel Susan M. Brown to give a deposition in anticipation that she might be added to the South Carolina suit in place of one of the “Jane Does”. The Estate’s counsel led by L. Lin Wood has asked for an oral hearing on the matter and Susan Brown was to reply to that request by July 31, as of August 6, 2009 she has neither withdrawn from the South Carolina case nor filed an answer or objection to an oral hearing in the Northern District Court of Georgia. There was a Status hearing by telephone as scheduled in South Carolina on August 6; at that hearing the Court granted the Request to Extend deadlines and asked that the counsel for Ford Shelley and Howard K. Stern work together and present a new Order setting the new deadlines. On Friday, August 7, the Georgia Federal Court for the northern district referred the Motion for Submission for an or Oral Argument, by Howard K. Stern, the MOTION to Quash Subpoena by Susan M. Brown, and the MOTION to Compel compliance w/Subpoena filed by Stern, all three were submitted to Magistrate Judge Russell G. Vineyard to set a hearing date. I think we will have some answers as to whether Ford Shelley and Ben Thompson are going to throw Susan Brown under the bus, or better stated to the wolves of questions of conflict of interests, ethical behavior etc., once that hearing occurs.
So wanting the truth or the other side to be fair I called WV who read the excerpts of the deposition and had a totally different take, saying the meeting was on October 12, 2007, not in the summer of 2008 or late 2007. WV stated those present were Tom Pirtle, Don Clark, Susan Brown, Ford Shelley, Ben Thompson and WV and they met in Myrtle Beach at a South Carolina law office. WV stated per her notes the meeting lasted approximately 6 to 7 hours.
I personally remember Ford Shelley introducing the infamous “Clown Video” during the burial proceeding and he appeared as a witness for Arthur. So the new memories of June 4 and 5, 2009 seem a tad off and the agreement signed previously appears to reflect the time frame this all occurred in. So could Ford Shelley and Ben Thompson really NOT remember, or are they throwing their lawyer to the wolves of opposing counsel and potential ethics questions? Remember Susan M. Brown has NEVER denied executing the “Common Interest and Confidentiality Agreement” with the counsel for Virgie Arthur.
There will be a new article up in just a bit about the Art Harris/CBS Response filed yesterday with questions about a conflict of interest and some open ended questions for ya’ll to ponder. With that will my special comments on Melinda Burleson, the allegations of what she testified about on May 21, 2009 in a hearing to send Lyndal Harrington to jail and if she did testify to that how easily she can be proven a liar. I will have in that article an open letter to the lawyers in the multiple cases, since one never knows whose doorstep Burleson might end up on next and what they should demand her to turnover since she has jumped at giving Texas jurisdiction over her person. Ahhhh yea now that will be the fun for this weekend and God knows we all need a tad of reality check for Burleson and the consequences of lying in court. “My Precious, said Gollum” comes to mind when I think of all of those nights and days I listened to Burleson flip through her valuable papers.
In other filings yesterday in the State Texas District Court we have:
August 7, 2009 Revised Order for Teresa Stephens to be arrested and her body attached to the Writ, it does allow her to pay bond in Tarrant County to not be taken back to Harris County if she agrees in the Bond to show up on Aug. 21, 2009 at 9 AM with her computer.
August 7, 2009 Teresa Stephens Second Motion to Extend the Time for her filings in the Texas District State Court based on the Notice of Appeal she filed on July 15, 2009.
August 7, 2009 Art Harris Response to Virgie Arthur’s Motion for Leave to Join CBS and asking for an Oral Hearing if not an out right denial of the Motion. Harris’ lawyers allege that Arthur and Turner have entered into collusion on the Court AGAIN!!! All of the documents referred to in this Response can be found in our download section either under the state suit or the federal case of Virgie Arthur vs. Howard K. Stern et. al.
New filings in the State of Texas first Appellate Court in Houston Texas we have the following filings by Teresa Stephens.
August 7, 2009 Teresa Stephens’ Affidavit filed with the First Court of Appeal, Houston Texas for Emergency Relief from Capias Order by the 280th Harris County District Court.
August 7, 2009 Teresa Stephens’ Motion to the Appellate Court asking for Temporary Emergency Relief for the Motion to Compel issued by the 280th District Court in Harris County.
August 7, 2009 Teresa Stephens Motion to Appellate Court for an Emergency Temporary Relief from Contempt of Court in the 280th District Court of Harris County Texas.
August 7, 2009 Teresa Stephens Table of Contents Filed with her Emergency Request on Contempt and compelling her to turn over her computer filed from the 280th District Court in Harris County Texas, with the Writ of Mandamus filed with the Appellate Court.
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