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Re: Motion to Strike Plaintiff's Reply And Examination Under Oath of Mark "Marty" Rat
Wow. That was quick. I didn't expect that until Monday.
Wow. That was quick. I didn't expect that until Monday.
If the court 'does' throw out Marty deposition based on the fact it was not taken by Dandar's attorney, could not Dandar's attorney immediately take Marty's deposition and start over?
That's not why they are requesting it, according to the motion. And anyway, pro se means that Dandar is representing himself, so there is no other person to take the deposition.
Seems like they want the thing tossed because, among other things, it is scandalous and extortionate. Fact finding on that point guarantees an epic cult footbullet. Buy popcorn. We will need it.
As for the whole thing about the parties stipulating to a limited scope for the hearing and the deposition being in violation of that, yada yada. I haven't followed what Dandar was planning to use it for. Maybe they have a point on that one, maybe they don't. Personally, I hope that the hearing gets bogged down in the scandalous and extortionate bit, because that will guarantee the greatest lulz for the greatest number of dynamics.
From what I understand about Dandar's case, some of Marty's deposition is relevant. Dandar's suing the CoS for using state courts to ruin him financially and professionally. A good chunk of what Marty had to say in his deposition supports that claim and shows that it was being done intentionally and by numerous covert and illegal means.
Marty's testimony alone wouldn't be enough on its own, I don't think, but it may be enough to make the CoS fold. I don't think they'd risk another Debbie Cook fiasco. I'm afraid the courtroom will be closed on this one though. Monday's will be, which totally sucks.
That's not why they are requesting it, according to the motion. And anyway, pro se means that Dandar is representing himself, so there is no other person to take the deposition.
Seems like they want the thing tossed because, among other things, it is scandalous and extortionate. Fact finding on that point guarantees an epic cult footbullet. Buy popcorn. We will need it.
As for the whole thing about the parties stipulating to a limited scope for the hearing and the deposition being in violation of that, yada yada. I haven't followed what Dandar was planning to use it for. Maybe they have a point on that one, maybe they don't. Personally, I hope that the hearing gets bogged down in the scandalous and extortionate bit, because that will guarantee the greatest lulz for the greatest number of dynamics.
If good means cash AND a win for those who seek to expose scientology's abuses.
I'm trying to think of some scientology litgation that has....
I'm not counting cash for silence, cause that is merely a cost of doing business for any criminal conspiracy to defraud the public.
There are many possible good outcomes. Ken Dandar could get out from under his troubles. Information could spill out into the public record. Bad dealings from the past could become publicly known.
Scientology's motion to strike mostly follows the line I expected. They say Marty's deposition is mostly hearsay and irrelevant. I don't know if their argument will win. Others on this thread have presented good reasons why it's relevant.
They also go into legal technicalities that a reply brief can't introduce new material (or something like that). They also say his reply is too many pages (!). I have no legal background, so no idea if these technicalities are meaningful.
They also (hilariously) accuse Dandar of trying to extort them. Dandar's email (attached to the motion to strike) says only that he plans to file his reply and the deposition from Marty and restates his offer to settle before doing so. His settlement offer is to void the CSA and dismiss the federal and state cases with prejudice, each party paying their own court costs.
The laughter within this old f*cking body is so f*cking hard, this old f*cking heart can barely take it.
Am I allowed to say that?
And Fuck it. If not.
Love wins.
Afterall.
Lol.
They also (hilariously) accuse Dandar of trying to extort them. Dandar's email (attached to the motion to strike) says only that he plans to file his reply and the deposition from Marty and restates his offer to settle before doing so. His settlement offer is to void the CSA and dismiss the federal and state cases with prejudice, each party paying their own court costs.
The Drudge Report is currently linking to this story!
This is a site which is presently averaging close to 500 visits per SECOND, or, over 40 million every 24 hours, and typically once a story makes it on there it stays up for 2-3 days.
Drudge has recently been linking to Scn related stories on a fairly regular basis. And he also accepts "news tips" as well, if you go to his page and look in the far right column, scroll down until you see "Send News Tips to Drudge". You just type what you want in the box and hit "submit". Just passing this along in case any of you out there ever have some breaking news that you would like to share.
No guarantee he'll go with it but if he does it's like winning the lottery with 40 million hits a day.
Note, that of hundreds of millions of websites on the internet, Drudge is ranked #54 in Washington DC in terms of traffic. Hopefully some politicians and U.S. Attorney Generals are paying attention.
http://www.drudgereport.com/
Federal suit: Scientologist spent $30 mil to cover up death of Lisa McPherson
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/arti...uit-Scientologist-spent-30-mil-to-cover-death
Right. That was my point EXACTLY. Glad you got it.It tells me that I shouldn't allow [strike]you[/strike] anyone to derail this thread any further by responding to [strike]you[/strike] them beyond this post.
Already has. Heather Hoff was trying hard to get Lisa McPherson to the doctor long before she died and Marty Rathbun destroyed that evidence.
Is Heather still in? Anyone know?
Rathbun hasn't exactly spilled the beans. However, he has placed a few beans on the table. He certainly took his time doing so. Yet, better late then never.
I notice that Tikk had this comment:
"Marty's testimony is somewhat scattered and difficult to pin down, since he's mostly on the fringe of the allegations, not often a direct witness to it. He'd be more helpful to Dandar if he discusses particular ways in which he himself conspired and carried out actions to scuttle Dandar's case."
Still, according to Rathbun, Rinder has, or will be, giving Dandar his testimony, so this is an ongoing situation.
As always, one hopes for the best.
As usual, the comments over at MartyWorld are at enthusiasm on the Tone Scale:
"Marty Rathbun is going to single-handedly take down the cult of Scientology."
Onward with the intra-Scientology war!
We asked attorney Scott Pilutik to read Rathbun’s testimony and give us his thoughts…
To start with, let me disclaim that Ken Dandar is a friend and that I worked for Ken in a relatively minor capacity on the Lisa McPherson case. Not that I’m commenting on this to advocate for him, but for credibility reasons I need to put my bias on the table.
You probably don’t need a legal expert to tell you that these are serious allegations, ranging from the outright criminal to serious ethical violations, by lawyers, judges, and whatever manner of political creature Mary Repper can be said to be.
Some of this we’ve heard before, such as Elliot Abelson ordering the destruction of evidence.
But this is the first time we’ve heard of Joan Wood’s lawyer Jeffrey Goodis accepting what would appear to be outright bribes in exchange for what I’m guessing was his agreement to exert pressure on his client Wood to change her cause of death determination. Too bad Wood isn’t around to answer whether Goodis disclosed to her the thousands of dollars in perks he was receiving.
He alleges Wally Pope, Ed Armstrong, and especially Lee Fugate having countless ex parte communications with judges presiding over cases involving Dandar and Scientology. An ex parte communication is when one party to a lawsuit speaks with the judge out of earshot of the opposing party, about the case. The trickiness here is that Marty doesn’t quite allege that an ex parte communication took place about the case because everyone involved was sophisticated enough to recognize that that just isn’t done.
What Marty’s alleging, rather, is a conspiracy to engage in ex parte communications not actually concerning particular cases but nevertheless purposed on influencing those cases’ outcomes. Actually, he alleges that Fugate deliberately communicated with Beach about the case Beach was about to preside over. The response will be, I’m guessing, that these allegations are smoke, that lawyers and judges talk about lots of things, including other lawyers, and that Marty’s allegations need to be far more specific. Oh, and they’ll obviously go into full-metal Marty character assassination mode as well.
Marty implies that Judge Beach actively sought, on Scientology’s behalf, to get assigned to the McPherson case so that Scientology might have better luck than they were having with Judge Schaeffer (which, allegations aside, is precisely what happened). This may be the most serious allegation here.
Marty’s testimony is somewhat scattered and difficult to pin down since he’s mostly on the fringes of the allegations, not often a direct witness to it. He’d be more helpful to Dandar if he discusses particular ways in which he himself conspired and carried out actions to scuttle Dandar’s cases. But the testimony does ring true, at least to anyone who watched it go down at the time or who cares to look now.
The good news for Dandar is that Marty’s testimony supports his civil rights violation complaint, whereas before this Dandar’s complaint was mostly a recitation of the litigation history from the McPherson to Brennan cases. But for the purposes of a motion to dismiss, surely forthcoming, Marty’s testimony must be taken as true, and to the extent that testimony suggests all manner of impropriety and illegality willfully committed by both lawyers and judges in pursuit shutting down cases brought by Dandar-represented plaintiffs, Dandar could, and should survive that motion to dismiss.
Whether Marty’s testimony stands up is another question, but one we’ll hopefully hear answered. Perhaps too Dandar will serve up Rinder’s testimony next? This could certainly use bolstering.
Federal suit: Scientologist spent $30 mil to cover up death of Lisa McPherson
http://www.wtsp.com/news/local/arti...uit-Scientologist-spent-30-mil-to-cover-death