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.....the Scandals Newsletter strikes again..... Stewart is bringing "journalism" to new lows with this crap.
Ridiculous.
Issa asked if relatives thought he had 'stabbed Uncle Abe in the back'
When did you stop beating your wife? Issa hits back
Sunday, September 27, 2009
CONTINUING his deposition in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, John Issa said he did not know if immediate family members thought he had "stabbed" his uncle, Abe Issa, in the back, when he created Village Resorts, owners of SuperClubs.
"Did you have a meeting with Abe Issa, Franklin Rantz and yourself and your brother Richard Issa, where he (Abe) told you he objected to the creation of Village." asked attorney Reginald Clyne of Clyne and Associates.
Issa responded: "No, he approved me going ahead with it. Otherwise, I couldn't have gone ahead with it and stayed with House of Issa."
"Did some members of his family - and I am talking about Abe Issa's immediate family - feel that you stabbed your uncle in the back?" Clyne pressed Issa, who replied:
" I don't know. None of them were involved in the business at the time. In fact, I used to tell my cousins, I said, 'I'm here working for your inheritance while you are doing your own thing outside'."
Issa, the chairman of SuperClubs, is pursuing a lawsuit he filed in the US, in which he is maintaining that his reputation was damaged in defamatory e-mails traced to computers originating in Florida. His follow-up deposition to one given in January was taken on September 9, 2009, and a copy of the transcript of the proceedings was just obtained by the Sunday Observer.
Clyne, who represents the defendants, asked Issa whether Rantz was in the meeting when there was a discussion about Village Resorts being formed with his uncle.
Issa: "I don't know if we discussed the name of the company in Uncle Abe's presence. That would have been 30-odd years ago."
Clyne: "And that hotel was subsequently renamed Hedonism?"
Issa: "Yes."
Clyne: "Okay. And at that time, you were leasing it from the government, correct?"
Issa: "Yes."
Clyne: "At some point, did you change the lease to a management contract?"
Issa: No. Well, at some point we changed the
lease to a 50 per cent ownership interest."
Clyne: "And did, eventually, you end up with 100 per cent ownership?"
Issa: "Yes. Our partner got into financial difficulty. He was a financial partner, and we ended up having to find the funds to buy out the financial partner who was supposed to provide funds."
Clyne: "Did Middle East Ventures provide the funds that you needed, the financing?"
Issa: "No. Middle East Ventures was a shareholder in the company at the time. I don't recall whether some may have been borrowed, some may have been retained earnings. It's a long time ago."
Later in the deposition, Clyne asked Issa to list his former business shareholders, joint-venture partners and leaseholders, that he had had litigation against.
Issa: "When the owner of Boscobel got into financial difficulties, we had."
Clyne: "If you could."
Issa: "I'm just. please. Please. I'm trying to recall. I can't give you a list. If you want me to think through all the cases, I have to describe it to myself to remember."
Clyne: "What I'm trying to get is."
Issa: "There was no litigation with Boscobel."
Clyne: "How about."
Issa: "We had arbitration with the owners of San Souci, which we managed, and we succeeded in the arbitration and got an award. They have been. appealing and what not and doing things. So, it's not final, but we have won along the way. I can't think of any others but."
Clyne: "How about the Parnells?"
Issa: "I have had no litigation with the Parnells."
Clyne: "You took over their property after they went into bankruptcy, didn't you?"
Issa: "No. No."
Clyne: "Anybody else that you have had litigation with that you have been in a business relationship."
Issa: "Do you accept that we didn't take over the."
Issa's lawyer, Joe DeMaria intervened: "Mr Issa, you don't ask questions. He does.
Clyne: "Anybody else that you have had litigation with or arbitrations with, Mr Issa?"
Issa: "To do with what?"
Clyne: "Your business operations."
Issa: "I can't remember all the accident lawsuits."
Clyne: "I'm not asking about accidents."
Issa's lawyer again intervenes: "Mr Issa, listen to his question. Listen to his question. Take your time. Mr Issa, listen to me first and then listen to his question. His question is specific. He asked about lawsuits with your business partners. He didn't ask about slip-and-fall lawsuits at your hotel, okay? Take your time. We are not in a hurry."
Issa: "I can't recall any others."
Clyne: "Is it over 20?"
Issa: "Huh."
Clyne: "Is it over
20 lawsuits?"
Issa: "No. I've told you two and I told you I can't recall any others.
Clyne: How about litigation with Von Strowly?"
Issa: "I've had no litigation with Strowly. I don't know Von Strowly. I have had no dealings with Von Strowly.
Clyne: "Did he ask the court to freeze your assets?"
Issa: "You know that is libelist."
Clyne: "What is libelist?"
Issa: "What you are saying in the question. I mean, you are.I mean that's. get your facts first before you make slanderous remarks."
Clyne: "You can't step away."
Issa: "I need some water."
DeMaria: "Mr Issa, relax. I will make a point here, Reggie. We, as lawyers, have to ask questions with a good-faith basis. I don't believe you have a good-faith basis for that question. Just because you have a document. you may want to read it more carefully. it has nothing to do with John Issa."
Clyne: "I'm just asking."
DeMaria: "No, you don't have."
Issa: "When did you stop beating your wife?"
DeMaria: "You don't have a right to ask questions that have no basis."
Issa: "No, you don't."
DeMaria: "Don't fight with him. That's my job. Your job is to answer questions."
To be continued
Ridiculous.
Issa asked if relatives thought he had 'stabbed Uncle Abe in the back'
When did you stop beating your wife? Issa hits back
Sunday, September 27, 2009
CONTINUING his deposition in the Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County, Florida, John Issa said he did not know if immediate family members thought he had "stabbed" his uncle, Abe Issa, in the back, when he created Village Resorts, owners of SuperClubs.
"Did you have a meeting with Abe Issa, Franklin Rantz and yourself and your brother Richard Issa, where he (Abe) told you he objected to the creation of Village." asked attorney Reginald Clyne of Clyne and Associates.
Issa responded: "No, he approved me going ahead with it. Otherwise, I couldn't have gone ahead with it and stayed with House of Issa."
"Did some members of his family - and I am talking about Abe Issa's immediate family - feel that you stabbed your uncle in the back?" Clyne pressed Issa, who replied:
" I don't know. None of them were involved in the business at the time. In fact, I used to tell my cousins, I said, 'I'm here working for your inheritance while you are doing your own thing outside'."
Issa, the chairman of SuperClubs, is pursuing a lawsuit he filed in the US, in which he is maintaining that his reputation was damaged in defamatory e-mails traced to computers originating in Florida. His follow-up deposition to one given in January was taken on September 9, 2009, and a copy of the transcript of the proceedings was just obtained by the Sunday Observer.
Clyne, who represents the defendants, asked Issa whether Rantz was in the meeting when there was a discussion about Village Resorts being formed with his uncle.
Issa: "I don't know if we discussed the name of the company in Uncle Abe's presence. That would have been 30-odd years ago."
Clyne: "And that hotel was subsequently renamed Hedonism?"
Issa: "Yes."
Clyne: "Okay. And at that time, you were leasing it from the government, correct?"
Issa: "Yes."
Clyne: "At some point, did you change the lease to a management contract?"
Issa: No. Well, at some point we changed the
lease to a 50 per cent ownership interest."
Clyne: "And did, eventually, you end up with 100 per cent ownership?"
Issa: "Yes. Our partner got into financial difficulty. He was a financial partner, and we ended up having to find the funds to buy out the financial partner who was supposed to provide funds."
Clyne: "Did Middle East Ventures provide the funds that you needed, the financing?"
Issa: "No. Middle East Ventures was a shareholder in the company at the time. I don't recall whether some may have been borrowed, some may have been retained earnings. It's a long time ago."
Later in the deposition, Clyne asked Issa to list his former business shareholders, joint-venture partners and leaseholders, that he had had litigation against.
Issa: "When the owner of Boscobel got into financial difficulties, we had."
Clyne: "If you could."
Issa: "I'm just. please. Please. I'm trying to recall. I can't give you a list. If you want me to think through all the cases, I have to describe it to myself to remember."
Clyne: "What I'm trying to get is."
Issa: "There was no litigation with Boscobel."
Clyne: "How about."
Issa: "We had arbitration with the owners of San Souci, which we managed, and we succeeded in the arbitration and got an award. They have been. appealing and what not and doing things. So, it's not final, but we have won along the way. I can't think of any others but."
Clyne: "How about the Parnells?"
Issa: "I have had no litigation with the Parnells."
Clyne: "You took over their property after they went into bankruptcy, didn't you?"
Issa: "No. No."
Clyne: "Anybody else that you have had litigation with that you have been in a business relationship."
Issa: "Do you accept that we didn't take over the."
Issa's lawyer, Joe DeMaria intervened: "Mr Issa, you don't ask questions. He does.
Clyne: "Anybody else that you have had litigation with or arbitrations with, Mr Issa?"
Issa: "To do with what?"
Clyne: "Your business operations."
Issa: "I can't remember all the accident lawsuits."
Clyne: "I'm not asking about accidents."
Issa's lawyer again intervenes: "Mr Issa, listen to his question. Listen to his question. Take your time. Mr Issa, listen to me first and then listen to his question. His question is specific. He asked about lawsuits with your business partners. He didn't ask about slip-and-fall lawsuits at your hotel, okay? Take your time. We are not in a hurry."
Issa: "I can't recall any others."
Clyne: "Is it over 20?"
Issa: "Huh."
Clyne: "Is it over
20 lawsuits?"
Issa: "No. I've told you two and I told you I can't recall any others.
Clyne: How about litigation with Von Strowly?"
Issa: "I've had no litigation with Strowly. I don't know Von Strowly. I have had no dealings with Von Strowly.
Clyne: "Did he ask the court to freeze your assets?"
Issa: "You know that is libelist."
Clyne: "What is libelist?"
Issa: "What you are saying in the question. I mean, you are.I mean that's. get your facts first before you make slanderous remarks."
Clyne: "You can't step away."
Issa: "I need some water."
DeMaria: "Mr Issa, relax. I will make a point here, Reggie. We, as lawyers, have to ask questions with a good-faith basis. I don't believe you have a good-faith basis for that question. Just because you have a document. you may want to read it more carefully. it has nothing to do with John Issa."
Clyne: "I'm just asking."
DeMaria: "No, you don't have."
Issa: "When did you stop beating your wife?"
DeMaria: "You don't have a right to ask questions that have no basis."
Issa: "No, you don't."
DeMaria: "Don't fight with him. That's my job. Your job is to answer questions."
To be continued
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