Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Kelley Lynch Email to Leonard Cohen's Lawyers Re. IRS Required Tax & Corporate Information

From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:30 AM
Subject: IRS Required Tax & Corporate Information
To: Michelle Rice <mrice@koryrice.com>, rkory <rkory@rkmgment.com>, "*IRS.Commisioner" <*IRS.Commisioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, MollyHale <MollyHale@ucia.gov>, nsapao <nsapao@nsa.gov>, fsb <fsb@fsb.ru>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, khuvane <khuvane@caa.com>, blourd <blourd@caa.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@firstlook.org>, Harriet Ryan <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Stan Garnett <stan.garnett@gmail.com>, Mike Feuer <mike.feuer@lacity.org>, "mayor.garcetti" <mayor.garcetti@lacity.org>, Opla-pd-los-occ <OPLA-PD-LOS-OCC@ice.dhs.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, Whistleblower <whistleblower@judiciary-rep.senate.gov>, Attacheottawa <AttacheOttawa@ci.irs.gov>, tips@radaronline.com, Paulmikell.A.Fabian@irscounsel.treas.gov



Michelle Rice and Robert Kory,

I believe Kory & Rice have filed enough documents, with various courts, to prove that you routinely communicate with Cohen.  In fact, he testified that each and every "email" was forwarded to the two of you.  Michelle Rice's February 14, 2011 email (lying to me about registering the Colorado order, issued without findings at my request - prior to discovering Cohen's extensive perjury in his declaration) was in response to requests for tax information.  That would include financial statements and corporate accountings for Blue Mist Touring Company, Inc., Traditional Holdings, LLC, and Old Ideas, LLC.  Leonard Cohen and LC Investments, LLC collect royalties for assets belonging to Blue Mist Touring Company, Inc. and there should be an accounting of those amounts as well.

It is irrelevant if LA Superior Court entered a fraudulent judgment (evidence of theft, co-mingling, self-dealing, and money laundering) in favor of Cohen.  The IRS has filing and reporting requirements.  Cohen and his representatives handled all corporate and accounting issues with respect to these entities.  They also handled the tax returns.  LA Superior Court's order does not state anywhere that it is retroactive.  My ownership interest in these entities is not Leonard Cohen's.  Corporate entities are not the personal property of Leonard Cohen.  A fabricated narrative, in a matter where I wasn't served, does not change that fact.  There is no "litigation privilege" with IRS.  These fraudulent documents were transmitted to IRS.  Cohen used them to obtain fraudulent tax refunds that have now been challenged as fraud.

The FTB would like to see the tax documents for the years 2004 and 2005.  That would require Cohen, and the entities he controls, to provide me with IRS required 1099 and K-1s from the corporations as well as financial statements and so on.

A fraudulent "domestic violence order" does not prohibit Cohen from providing me with this information.  A state court order does not subvert IRS reporting and filing requirements.  Neither IRS nor FTB are in receipt of this tax information.  A fraudulent financial ledger, willfully disregarding ownership interests, is not a corporate accounting, K-1, 1099, and so forth.  

This situation has been going on for over 10 years.  The information for these two years was due well before Cohen retaliated against me with his fraudulent, fabricated narrative in an attempt to cover up his own role in what I was told is civil and criminal tax fraud.  

I was not, as Rice wrote, required to use LA Superior Court's "discovery process" to obtain IRS required tax and corporate information.  I am about to submit a declaration to FTB's Fraud Unit and am once again attempting to obtain this information.  It doesn't appear in the City Attorney's "IRS Binder" and I have no idea why the City Attorney was arguing federal tax matters - and lying about them.  Perhaps my lawyer was correct:  City Attorney is attempting to sabotage IRS, discredit you, and the DA doesn't want the Phil Spector verdict overturned.  That may very well be the case but that doesn't mean Cohen is not obligated to provide me with this information.  I would also like to know what "mistake" in my ownership interest in TH was "rectified" by Cohen and his tax/corporate lawyer, Westin, secretly and in hindsight.  That would mean that Cohen and Westin willfully filed fraudulent tax returns for TH including me as a partner for 2001, 2002, and 2003.  It doesn't explain the failure on their part to report $8 million in gross income or the failure to report Cohen's loans in the sum of approximately $6.7 million.  Those loans (expenditures) were to be repaid to TH within three years with interest.  TH did not "forgive" those loans and was not obligated to make any annuity payment to Cohen until the loans were repaid.  Cohen borrowed approximately $2 million in excess of the actual annuity amount to be paid to him but that doesn't explain the fact that he and his representatives extinguished the private annuity obligation from the 2003 federal return.  Unless, of course, Kory was correct when he advised me that the intention all along was to role TH back into LC Investments, LLC.  As for that entity, I am not and was not a partner.  And yet, K-1 partnerships were transmitted to IRS for 2004 and 2005 showing $0 income.  That proves perjury with respect to the fraudulent financial ledger.  And i personally believe it warrants an explanation. 

Kelley Lynch





Monday, November 16, 2015

Kelley Lynch Proposed Order - Leonard Cohen Retaliatory Motion for Sanctions


Kelley Lynch

SUPERIOR COURT FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Leonard Norman Cohen, an individual,                                  Case No. BC338322
Leonard Cohen Investments, LLC, a Delaware                       Related Case No. BC341120
Limited Liability Company                                                     
                                   
                                    Plaintiffs                                              Department 24
                        vs.                                                                    Judge Robert Hess

Kelley Lynch, et al.,                                                                Hearing Date:  October 6, 2015
                                                                                                Complaint Filed:  August 15, 2005
                                    Defendants

PROPOSED ORDER ON
DENIAL OF PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION
FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST
DEFENDANT KELLEY LYNCH
PURSUANT TO CCP 1008(d) & CCP 128.7

Plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions Against Defendant Kelley Lynch Pursuant to CCP 1008(d) and CCP 128.7 came on noticed hearing before the Honorable Judge Robert Hess, Judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, on October 6, 2015.  Upon consideration of the pleadings on file, Defendant’s Motion for Terminating and Other Sanctions, Plaintiffs’ Opposition to Defendant’s Motion for Terminating Sanctions, Plaintiffs’ Motion for Sanctions Pursuant to CCP 1008(d), and CCP 128.7, Plaintiffs’ Request for Judicial Notice, all supporting documents, and argument of counsel, the Court denied the motion without prejudice with respect to Plaintiffs request that the Court terminate Lynch’s fee waiver; prevent her from filing any additional legal pleadings (unless approved by the Supervising Judge); order her to return Leonard Cohen’s alleged attorney/client privileged and confidential documents identified in Exhibits C and D of Plaintiffs’ Motion to Seal Portions of the Record; order her to certify under penalty of perjury that she no longer has in her possession any of Plaintiffs’ attorney/client privileged or confidential documents subjecting her to potential contempt of court sanctions; and prohibit Lynch from disseminating or distributing any such documents to third parties. 
The Court informed the Plaintiffs’ counsel: “I’m going to deny your 128.7 motion.  I don’t think that the remedies here that you propose are well-tailored for this.”  Furthermore, the Court advised Plaintiffs’ counsel that the denial was “without prejudice to your seeking alternative remedies on other theories, but I don’t think it’s 128.7.”
Dated:  11 November 2015                                         IT IS SO ORDERED:

                                                                                    ___________________________________
                                                                                    Honorable Robert Hess
                                                                                    Judge of the Superior Court

                                                          

STATEMENT OF KELLEY LYNCH

            It was my understanding, based on the comments of the Court at the October 6, 2015 hearing, that I had the option of submitting an Order in this case.  However, Stephen Gianelli, an individual I do not know, emailed me the hearing transcript and minute order.  At that time, I realized the Court ordered me to submit a Proposed Order. 

            On October 26, 2015, I wrote Michelle Rice, opposing counsel, and attached a Proposed Order.  I heard nothing back.  Proposed Order A.  Proposed Order A is the aforesaid Order. 
           
            On October 30, 2015, I received a redlined copy of the Proposed Order from Michelle Rice by Fedex Priority Overnight.  The enclosed memorandum advised:  “Ms. Rice asked that I send you the following copy of the Proposed Order with her proposed changes in redline.”  It did not advise me what Michelle Rice had in mind with respect to the sentence she proposed.  The following language was redlined:  “I’m going to deny your 128.7 motion.  I don’t think that the remedies here that you propose are well-tailored for this.”  The Court further said that the denial of Plaintiff’s motion is [without prejudice to your seeking alternative remedies on other theories, but I don’t think it’s 128.7].  I attempted to inquire about this matter given the fact that I don’t understand why the Court’s own words were highlighted.  The words preceding the redlined sentence was crossed out:  “the denial was” followed by the aforementioned highlighted statement of the Court’s.  I heard nothing back.  Proposed Order B is attached hereto.

            On October 30, 2015, I received a messengered envelope from Michelle Rice.  The memorandum advised that a clean version of the Proposed Order sent fedex overnight was being enclosed.  The words “the denial was” were removed.  I asked for clarification but again heard nothing.  This is the unprofessional conduct I have experienced with respect to every single one of Leonard Cohen’s legal representatives.  I find it deplorable.  Proposed Order C is attached hereto.

            I therefore attach my original Proposed Order together with the Proposed Orders B and C.   It is my personal opinion that the Court itself should decide which Order to formally enter. 
                                                                                                               
I declare under the penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing is true and correct.

This Statement is executed on this 11th day of November 2015 in Los Angeles, California.



                                                            _____________________________________________
                                                            Kelley Lynch

                                                         



PROPOSED ORDER A



 Kelley Lynch Proposed Order

Rule of Court
Rule 3.1312

The opposing party or parties must state any reasons for disapproval.

PROPOSED ORDER B

Michelle Rice red-lined copy with no explanation as to what she would like done.


PROPOSED ORDER C 


Michelle Rice additional Proposed Order.  No explanation.  

EMAIL COMMUNICATION
WITH MICHELLE RICE
RE. PROPOSED ORDER


From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 26, 2015 at 3:23 PM
Subject: Fwd: FYI
To: Michelle Rice <mrice@koryrice.com>, rkory <rkory@rkmgment.com>, "*IRS.Commisioner" <*IRS.Commisioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, MollyHale <MollyHale@ucia.gov>, nsapao <nsapao@nsa.gov>, fsb <fsb@fsb.ru>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, khuvane <khuvane@caa.com>, blourd <blourd@caa.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@firstlook.org>, Harriet Ryan <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Stan Garnett <stan.garnett@gmail.com>, Mike Feuer <mike.feuer@lacity.org>, "mayor.garcetti" <mayor.garcetti@lacity.org>, Opla-pd-los-occ <OPLA-PD-LOS-OCC@ice.dhs.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, Whistleblower <whistleblower@judiciary-rep.senate.gov>, Attacheottawa <AttacheOttawa@ci.irs.gov>, tips@radaronline.com, Paulmikell.A.Fabian@irscounsel.treas.gov


Michelle Rice and Robert Kory,

At the end of the October 6, 2015 hearing on Plaintiffs' Motion for Sanctions, Judge Hess advised me as follows:  "If you want to submit a written order on the denial of their 128.7 motion, you're welcome to do that."  I took that to mean that I had the option of filing a proposed order with the Court.  As you have probably determined, based on my fee waivers (in this and other cases before LA Superior Court and the Appellate Division), I have extremely limited financial resources.  I, therefore, decided that the Court's denial of the motion was sufficient.  However, on October 19, 2015, Stephen Gianelli (who has been criminally harassing me, my sons, and others for over six straight years) decided to transmit the hearing transcript and Minute Order to me with certain rather disturbing comments.  I understand that Gianelli is now attempting to argue that the three of you have not engaged in any type of potentially unlawful conduct with respect to me but I believe the evidence proves otherwise.  That will be up to a Court to ultimately decide.  I have repeatedly and continuously asked that this conduct cease and desist.  My sons were relentlessly targeted, and many individuals continue to be, by Stephen Gianelli, Susanne Walsh (Cohen's fans), and others.  At times, Michelle Rice was copied on those harassing and disturbing emails.  I have no idea who these parties are or what their interest in all matters related to Leonard Cohen might be.

Based upon the Minute Order, it would appear that Judge Hess actually ordered me to submit a Proposed Order to the Court.  Therefore, I attach hereto a copy of my Proposed Order.  I would like to ask you to provide me with your comments, or any proposed changes, at your earliest convenience.

On a separate note, I will be filing two case statements with respect to two matters under appeal.  My federal RICO suit will be filed within the month.  I have informed you that Gianelli has now begun harassing me over this matter and I have provided you with a copy of my Declaration to Tax Court that extensively addresses this unconscionable situation.


Gianelli has decided to quote Michelle Rice's July 25, 2015 email.  For the record, I have never stated that Michelle Rice is a child molester.  That particular issue arose when Freda Guttman questioned Ann Diamond about certain statements her son/daughter heeard Lorca Cohen make publicly while attending Concordia University.  I personally do not understand why this matter would be something to joke about.  Ann Diamond addressed this matter in her Declaration which was submitted to the Court in connection with the fraudulent domestic violence order (Case No. BQ033717).  Her declaration is attached hereto for your convenience.  While I did work as Cohen's personal manager (and never business manager) when these statements were made public, I had nothing whatsoever to do with the statements.  In fact, I asked my brother-in-law, Van Penick, to inform Ms. Diamond that the statements were disturbing to Lorca Cohen.  That resulted in her removing the comments from her public blog.  However, now that I have been repeatedly falsely accused of making these statements, I have no choice but to confront them.  

If you intend to file any documents in the related Case No. BC341120, I would like to remind you that that corporations are not part of the writ of possession; TH and BMT are suspended corporations; I was not served the summons and complaint; and Judge Ken Freeman's court reporter brought the case to my attention.  I stored, as a courtesy to Leonard Cohen, boxes of very old business documents.  In 1996, Leonard Cohen asked me to store them as a courtesy.  He was renovating his garage which was transformed into a recording studio and guest suite.  A great deal of the seized property relates to corporate matters.  Other boxes were my own files from New York or the property of Machat & Machat, Phil Spector, and others.  In October 2004, Leonard Cohen and his daughter removed all his personal and business files from my office.  That includes, but is not limited to, his archival materials.  On October 27, 2004, my lawyers notified Westin that his client, Leonard Cohen, should make arrangements to pick up all of Cohen's property.  Cohen understood I worked from my home office on a daily basis and stored these old documents for him.  The alleged manuscript would have been a photocopy of "Beautiful Losers" from Machat & Machat's files.  It is worth the pen and paper it was written on/with.  Machat & Machat were engaged in negotiations with respect to a potential Broadway play and your client's work.  Therefore, your client abandoned this property and I had no legal obligation to return it.  Your client had an obligation to make arrangements to pick it up.  I also phoned Scott Edelman, who in keeping with Cohen's legal representatives disgraceful conduct, refused to speak with me or call me back.  Most of the items listed in the writ of possession were not in my possession.  Edelman refused to communicate with me about the failure to serve me the summons and complaint in Case No. BC338322 as well.  I have asked you to provide me with a copy of the proof of service in the related case and Steve Lindsey's declaration.  At no time did I advise Lindsey that I planned to sell anything belonging to Cohen.  I advised the IRS Commissioner's Staff that I intended to ship the evidence to IRS in Washington, DC.  As you know, and I have Kory's emails confirming this, I reported that allegations that Cohen committed criminal tax fraud to IRS on April 15, 2005 and at other times.  I had valuable paintings Cohen gave me (and dedicated/signed for me) and never sold them so your argument is really quite absurd.  Steve Lindsey, on the other hand, was willing to coordinate a custody matter, submitting Kory/Cohen's declaration to the Court, and his actions with respect to my younger son speak volumes.  I have informed IRS, FBI, and DOJ that Greenberg's lawyer wrote me that they have evidence in Colorado that the custody matter was coordinated (by Cohen, Kory, Lindsey, and others); the false arrest on May 25, 2011 was coordinated; and there is evidence related to criminal witness and evidence tampering as well.  I have personally discussed this matter with FBI in Denver and forwarded Daniel Scheid's email confirmation to IRS, FBI, DOJ, Treasury, and others.  Please feel free to serve me any document you want in the related case.  I will respond appropriately.  

Please let me have your thoughts or comments on the attached Proposed Order.

Kelley Lynch
                            
NOTE:  Kelley Lynch has never referred to Rice as a “child molester.” 

From: Michelle Rice [mailto:mrice@koryrice.com]
Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2015 11:35 AM
To: Stephen Gianelli
Subject: Re: So where is your oft threatened, but never quite filed "motion to vacate the fraud domestic violence matter"? (See 4/14/2015 email)

And who cannot control their emotions?  Booo hooo Kelley Lynch called me a child molester in emails that no one ever reads....

Boooo fucking hoooooo...... man up and put on your big boy pants and shut the f*&k up.

Do me a favor and keep inciting her to file more motions, you are making me richer than f*&k.  In fact, I think I can pay off my mortgage on my $2 million Hollywood Hills home with jetliner views by the end of this year.

Michelle L. Rice, Esq.
Kory & Rice LLP
9300 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 200
Beverly Hills, CA 90212
Phone: 
(310) 285-1633
Fax: 
(310) 278-7641



---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen R. Gianelli <
stephengianelli@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 11:32 PM
Subject: FYI
To: 
BlindDistribution@gmail.com

In the immortal words of Michelle Rice, words we can all now savor: “you know, I mean, basically … And so it's our, you know, I mean‎ ... basically ... you know ... So, basically ... It's our sort of feeling that this motion here … I think the main point that we're ... trying to make … I mean…”. (Michelle Rice, actual remarks to Judge Hess at the 10/6/2015 law and motion hearing in BC338322; bold italics added.)

Not even Clarence Darrow himself was so eloquent on his feet…

No wonder Leonard Cohen is paying Michelle Rice a “rate that [she] can command … [that] would make [Bergman and Gianelli] sick with more envy than [they] already seem to have”. (Rice email dated July 24, 2015 11:17 PM.) No wonder “[Lynch’s] motions … are making [Rice] richer than fuck [and she] can pay off [Rice’s] mortgage on [her] $2 million Hollywood Hills home with jetliner views by the end of this year.” (Rice email dated July 25, 2015 11:35 AM.) And little wonder that “[Gianelli is] pathologically jealous of [Rice]”. (Rice email dated July 24, 2015 11:17 PM.) Michelle Rice is just amazing in court!

No doubt Gianelli will soon be “receiv[ing] letters rogatory issued through the Greek embassy”. (Rice email dated July 24, 2015 11:59 PM.)

We tremble with fear and anticipation!


ATTACHED:  Minute Order and Transcript re. October 6, 2015 hearing.

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Kelley Lynch's Email to Leonard Cohen's Lawyers Re. the Criminal Stalker's Attempt to Infiltrate Legal Matters & Argue Cohen's Legal Theories Re. RICO

From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2013@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 2:52 PM
Subject: Fwd:
To: Michelle Rice <mrice@koryrice.com>, Robert Kory <rkory@koryrice.com>, "*irs. commissioner" <*IRS.Commissioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, ": Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, MollyHale <MollyHale@ucia.gov>, nsapao <nsapao@nsa.gov>, fsb <fsb@fsb.ru>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, khuvane <khuvane@caa.com>, blourd <blourd@caa.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@firstlook.org>, Stan Garnett <stan.garnett@gmail.com>, mike.feuer@lacity.org, "mayor.garcetti" <mayor.garcetti@lacity.org>, Opla-pd-los-occ <OPLA-PD-LOS-OCC@ice.dhs.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, Whistleblower <whistleblower@judiciary-rep.senate.gov>, Attacheottawa <AttacheOttawa@ci.irs.gov>, tips@radaronline.com


Michelle Rice and Robert Kory,

The Criminal Stalker, Stephen Gianelli, appears to be tripping out right now.  He is harassing me over Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector, Leonard Cohen legal issues, and someone who evidently wrote or advised him of a "blotter acid" print Steve Lindsey kept in his home when my son was visiting  His obsession with me is frightening.  I was placing his emails in a file as LAPD's TMU advised me to maintain them.  I came across this email about my RICO suit.  Gianelli has set forth his perceptions of my RICO arguments and then provided some case he researched in support of his arguments.  The case relates to litigation misconduct in an Idaho case.  I am aware of the litigation privilege.  I am also aware that LA Superior Court condones fraud, perjury, theft, and falsely characterizes motions for fraud upon the court as motions to reconsider when they are not.  I understand you have inserted "intrinsic fraud" arguments, based on the statements and false accusations you submitted to the court, into various matters and feel you are protected when you submit perjured statements and fraudulent misrepresentations to the court.  I've addressed this rather extensively with LA Superior Court.

If you would like to discuss these matters, as Cohen's attorney of record, or with respect to my RICO suit, please hit reply all. I view this email as an attempt to infiltrate my legal matters by an operative who appears to work as an unofficial member of Cohen's legal team.  I will let the federal court know why I feel that way.  

Kelley Lynch

P.S.  The Civil Appeal Unit didn't receive Bergman's withdrawal of counsel information.  Evidently you are supposed to notify them.  I haven't heard from you re. the two "Proposed Orders" you've delivered to me. I'll let Judge Hess know that I have no idea which Proposed Order you want me to submit.  He can then decide what Order to use.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 11:08 AM
Subject: Re:
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2013@gmail.com>


Ms. Lynch,

Statute of limitations issues aside, your stated intention to file a “RICO suit” arising from your contentions that Kory, Rice and Cohen engaged in acts of “perjury,” “fraud,” and “extortion” in respect to the entry of the default judgment in Los Angeles case No. BC338322  in May of 2005, their statements and pleadings made and filed in opposition to your serial motions to set aside the judgment in 2013 and 2015, and in connection with the renewal of the judgment and to add post judgment interest to through the filing of a memorandum of costs in 2015, is precluded by California’s so called “litigation privilege” codified in Civil Code section 47.

As stated by US Magistrate Judge Williams in his memorandum decision dismissing  pro se plaintiffs’ civil RICO claims against parties and their attorneys based on alleged litigation misconduct in Christonson, et al,  v. United States, et al, 415 F. Supp.2d 1186, 1312 -1313 (D. Idaho 2006):

“Plaintiffs' second series of claims are based on events that would not be barred by res judicata, i.e., that a massive RICO conspiracy existed in the federal Utah judicial system and the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals. However, these claims are barred by the judicial proceedings privilege. In California and Utah, an "absolute privilege attaches to any publication that has any reasonable relation to the action and is permitted by law if made to achieve the objects of litigation, even thought the publication is made outside the courtroom and no function of the court or its officers is invoked. Rader v. Thrasher, 22 Cal.App.3d 883, 887 (Cal.Ct.App. 1972); accord Price v. Armour, 949 P.2d 1251, 1256 (Utah 1997); Beezley v. Hansen, 286 P.2d 1057, 1058 (1955); see also Krouse v. Bower, 20 P.3d 895, 898-99 (Utah 2001). The absolute privilege applies to judges, jurors, attorneys, parties, witnesses and any others involved in the litigation. Kachig v. Boothe, 22 Cal.App.3d 626, 641 (Cal.Ct.App. 1971); see also Price, 949 P.2d at 1256. This privilege is not limited to defamation claims; rather, it extends "to all claims arising from the same statements." Bennett v. Jones, Waldo, Holbrook McDonough, 2003 UT 9, ¶ 67, 70 P.3d 17 (Utah 2003) (citations omitted.). Furthermore, the Ninth Circuit has noted that RICO was not intended to circumvent judicial immunity even when the allegations involve general allegations of conspiracy. Franklin v. Terr, 201 F.2d 1098, 1102 (9th Cir. 2000).
“Plaintiffs have alleged the various Defendants have committed abuse of process and made fraudulent statements to courts in California and Utah in arguing that Plaintiffs' claims were barred by the statute of limitations. However, any legal arguments made by Defendants or their representatives are absolutely protected by the judicial proceedings privilege. Accordingly, the Court will dismiss all of Plaintiffs' claims based upon allegations against the above-named Defendants that they filed fraudulent pleadings and made fraudulent representations as part of a larger RICO conspiracy during the course of any judicial proceedings.” (Id, italics added.)
Simply stated, your alleged civil RICO claims arising out of the 2006 default judgment in BC338322 and related post judgment litigation activity are barred by privilege.
California’s litigation privilege is absolute, and applies even in the face of alleged “fraud” and “perjury” to completely immunize Kory, Rice and Cohen from any and all civil liability arising from their testimony and pleadings filed in BC338322.

Very truly yours,

Stephen R. Gianelli
Attorney-at-law (ret.)
Crete, Greece

Stephen Gianelli's Inconceivably Deranged Obsession with Kelley Lynch & Ongoing Legal Defense of Leonard Cohen

From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2013@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:30 AM
Subject: Re:
To: alan hootnick <ahootnick@yahoo.com>, Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>, "*irs. commissioner" <*IRS.Commissioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, ": Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, MollyHale <MollyHale@ucia.gov>, nsapao <nsapao@nsa.gov>, fsb <fsb@fsb.ru>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, khuvane <khuvane@caa.com>, blourd <blourd@caa.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@firstlook.org>, Harriet Ryan <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Stan Garnett <stan.garnett@gmail.com>, mike.feuer@lacity.org, "mayor.garcetti" <mayor.garcetti@lacity.org>, Opla-pd-los-occ <OPLA-PD-LOS-OCC@ice.dhs.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, Whistleblower <whistleblower@judiciary-rep.senate.gov>, Attacheottawa <AttacheOttawa@ci.irs.gov>, tips@radaronline.com


Stephen Gianelli,

Lying about me as usual?  Cease and desist.  I've just received another harassing email from you.  I'll assume you're Nestor as well.  You seem to be a psychopath.  Try to read these words:  Cease and desist.

Kelley Lynch

Ann Diamond on Stephen Gianelli

When Stephen Gianelli’s emails land in my inbox, mostly out of the blue and unsolicited, they are so overflowing with repetitive accusations, misinformation, threats, self-aggrandizing boasts, undiluted rage, and general nastiness that it's next to impossible to read to the end of one of them. My impulse is always to ignore them and tell him to stop sending them. That he seems to have unlimited energy  and endless time to go over all these details with someone he does not know in an attempt to win me over, while at the same time he constantly accuses me of having an ancient axe to grind with Cohen (i.e. I'm a hopeless case, as far as he's concerned, so he's barking furiously up the wrong tree), would under normal circumstances be a sign of mental imbalance.

He always throws in plenty of insults, false statements and fanciful deductions. His tone is that of a pitbull straining at the leash and gives me flashbacks of a courtroom where I’m being cross-examined by a vicious criminal lawyer whose whole strategy is to exhaust and terrorize the witness. Gianelli’s game is to complicate and obfuscate, mixing legal arguments with irrelevant nonsense. He seems to assume his opponent is stupid and weak and can be overwhelmed by a word-salad. I think some of this could be caused by his overuse of "copy and paste" --  he's in a hurry and not really writing "to me" or trying to make a persuasive argument. He doesnt reread his emails to see what kind of message they actually convey: that the writer is standing on some soapbox in his mind, shouting at the world, like certain mental patients you see walking the streets who seem to be mad at the air, the cars, the sidewalk.

He's obviously not interested in holding a discussion, getting to the truth, or looking beyond the various documents he "downloaded at his own expense"  -- and as anyone with common sense knows, legal documents don't prove what really happened in 2004-5.  They convey some of the evidence, all of it coming from one side.

Gianelli's explanation as to why he's been out to get Kelley Lynch since 2008, does not make sense either. He claims she slandered him and called him names on the internet, and in revenge he has totally immersed himself in her legal case. To the point of contacting her relatives and friends, spreading false stories about her, making up quotes, “writing her in jail”, posting photos of her residence and roommates on his blog – for the past seven years. Nobody in their right mind, let alone a 'successful trial lawyer' -- who has no material interest in this case, and is not a paid shill -- behaves like this. It's not just extremely unprofessional, it would land him on 'stress leave' or in serious trouble with his colleagues and peers if he were still practicing. Hiding behind the handle Blogonaut would not conceal his identity for long, especially not on the porous internet. His badly written and often illogical, emotional rants would embarrass and bring him close to  professional suicide.

But apparently since he's retired, and apparently well-off, and lives in a comfortable tax haven on Crete, he doesn't seem to care and just indulges his childish fantasies and catty remarks with his tiny circle of  cronies. It’s fairly obvious he uses alternate accounts and different IDs, e.g. “Mongochili,” to make it appear others read his blog and share his ‘obcession’ with Lynch. His sheer extremism indicates he is either a “rogue criminal lawyer” gone slightly postal, or a paid agent of Leonard Cohen and/or his legal team.  I think the latter.

I think his over-the-top campaign will have the opposite effect than the one intended: it can only make people suspicious of the case against Kelley Lynch. Otherwise, why not let justice take its course? Why subject her to endless attacks over the internet if she has already been declared guilty? This kind of harassment resembles 'gang stalking' -- except that Gianelli seems to be both the leader and most of the membership of his own gang.

Gianelli is like no other email correspondent I have ever had. A single-paragraph response from my end always leads to a flood from his. Each exchange is like a trip down a rabbithole of  irrational rage. Here and there he mixes in details and facts which might be worth discussing, if they weren’t drowned by high-volume invective. Of course this could be a tactic:  if he really was ever a successful trial lawyer, it may have been by being an insufferable bully. Or maybe most of his cases involved low-life criminals or people with little or no education.

He claims to have accurately predicted the outcome of every Lynch hearing -- but then so could I. As we all know, cases are won on technicalities. That's one of the reasons, including the 10-year series of precedents, that I am not surprised the judge dismissed Kelley's motion.

If Gianelli were truly a respectable lawyer, he would restrict his comments to these legal matters, and not engage in bizarre slander and speculation. He would have no need to bring up my "past" - or a wacked version of it that sounds like it came from someone on Cohen's disinfo team. He draws from a psychological profile that is easily recognizable because I have heard it from other Cohen groupies. As someone who saw a bit too much when I knew Cohen, I’m no stranger to slander, I've written out my story on a public blog etc. where anyone can read what I have to say. Much of what I have written on Cohen was initially to defend myself against gossip and rumours that were circulated (and believed) by some of his friends. My side is completely different, much more detailed and accurate. It's also quite revealing of the life of a clever pop idol in our celebrity-worshiping culture. There's no point in my arguing with people who base their opinions on ridiculous myths, like the 'restraining order' that never was. Cohen's deceptive tactics have not really evolved in the past twenty years, since he used them on me.

I really don't care if Gianelli thinks I am a star-struck 'scorned woman' who never got over her passing encounter with greatness. This Mafia-style lawyer's fixed opinions, based on trashy clichés say much more about him than they do about me or my writing, or why I became interested in what really happened to Kelley Lynch.

And of course, no one would ever suspect Leonard Cohen of encouraging Gianelli. But in my experience, Gianelli is exactly the kind of human megaphone Cohen places in charge of his 'secret business.' Like other clowns from Cohen's private entourage that I have met over the years, he may not even realize he's being used because he is ridiculous and therefore disposable. It's a fascinating system that owes much to the criminal underworld that Leonard Cohen skirts with all the skill of someone born into it. I'm sure Gianelli feels at home, and knows his place, in that world where he acts the part of a useful idiot whose job is to create a circus atmosphere and put the audience into a deeper state of trance.

I am by now firmly convinced Lynch is a patsy/victim of a weird consortium of Cohen associates, clueless supporters, and Cohen himself. If I hadn't lived next door to Leonard Cohen, and witnessed similar dynamics twenty years ago, I might believe differently. But the essence of what happened to Kelley also happened to me, two decades ago, on a lesser scale with lower stakes. It was relatively easy for me to walk away from it back then – my reputation was damaged but my life was not utterly destroyed by my association with Leonard Cohen, as Kelley's was.

I empathize with her situation, and see it as just one more story of the corruption that is sinking the whole world. I know Leonard Cohen would agree with that. He would only disagree with the idea that we all have an obligation to oppose injustice, rather than 'let it go by' and even profit from it. 


Ann D.



On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:29 AM, Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2013@gmail.com> wrote:

Alan Hootnick,

I've advised Stephen Gianelli relentlessly to cease and desist.  I don't know 'Nestor Hobson."  Gianelli has used this name previously.  I think he attempted to use this moniker to falsely accuse my friends Tyler and Ross of sending the "Bloody Stump" email.  I think Gianelli personally wrote it.  He creates monikers and inserts extraneous information into his psychotic emails.  Ann Diamond has nailed Gianelli.  He's clearly a rogue.  I have nothing to say about any of this bullshit.

Kelley


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: alan hootnick <ahootnick@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:34 AM
Subject: Fwd:
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2013@gmail.com>




--- On Tue, 11/10/15, Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
> Subject: Fwd:
> To: "alan hootnick" <ahootnick@yahoo.com>
> Date: Tuesday, November 10, 2015, 2:45 AM
> FYI
> ----------
> Forwarded message ----------
> From: Nestor
> Hobson <nh15027@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 9:39 PM
> Subject: Re:
> To: "stephengianelli@gmail.com"
> <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
>
>
> "Recently" is a relative term. I heard those
> stories from Kelley over time - not all on the same day. My
> "association" with Kelley goes back decades, well
> before Berkeley or Ft. Lauderdale. Don't think too hard.
> I will cut you off if you don't cut the crap.
>
>
>
>
>

Ann Diamond's Piece on Ambulance Chaser, Stephen Gianelli - A Chronic Liar with Motive

Ann Diamond on Stephen Gianelli

When Stephen Gianelli’s emails land in my inbox, mostly out of the blue and unsolicited, they are so overflowing with repetitive accusations, misinformation, threats, self-aggrandizing boasts, undiluted rage, and general nastiness that it's next to impossible to read to the end of one of them. My impulse is always to ignore them and tell him to stop sending them. That he seems to have unlimited energy  and endless time to go over all these details with someone he does not know in an attempt to win me over, while at the same time he constantly accuses me of having an ancient axe to grind with Cohen (i.e. I'm a hopeless case, as far as he's concerned, so he's barking furiously up the wrong tree), would under normal circumstances be a sign of mental imbalance.

He always throws in plenty of insults, false statements and fanciful deductions. His tone is that of a pitbull straining at the leash and gives me flashbacks of a courtroom where I’m being cross-examined by a vicious criminal lawyer whose whole strategy is to exhaust and terrorize the witness. Gianelli’s game is to complicate and obfuscate, mixing legal arguments with irrelevant nonsense. He seems to assume his opponent is stupid and weak and can be overwhelmed by a word-salad. I think some of this could be caused by his overuse of "copy and paste" --  he's in a hurry and not really writing "to me" or trying to make a persuasive argument. He doesnt reread his emails to see what kind of message they actually convey: that the writer is standing on some soapbox in his mind, shouting at the world, like certain mental patients you see walking the streets who seem to be mad at the air, the cars, the sidewalk.

He's obviously not interested in holding a discussion, getting to the truth, or looking beyond the various documents he "downloaded at his own expense"  -- and as anyone with common sense knows, legal documents don't prove what really happened in 2004-5.  They convey some of the evidence, all of it coming from one side.

Gianelli's explanation as to why he's been out to get Kelley Lynch since 2008, does not make sense either. He claims she slandered him and called him names on the internet, and in revenge he has totally immersed himself in her legal case. To the point of contacting her relatives and friends, spreading false stories about her, making up quotes, “writing her in jail”, posting photos of her residence and roommates on his blog – for the past seven years. Nobody in their right mind, let alone a 'successful trial lawyer' -- who has no material interest in this case, and is not a paid shill -- behaves like this. It's not just extremely unprofessional, it would land him on 'stress leave' or in serious trouble with his colleagues and peers if he were still practicing. Hiding behind the handle Blogonaut would not conceal his identity for long, especially not on the porous internet. His badly written and often illogical, emotional rants would embarrass and bring him close to  professional suicide.

But apparently since he's retired, and apparently well-off, and lives in a comfortable tax haven on Crete, he doesn't seem to care and just indulges his childish fantasies and catty remarks with his tiny circle of  cronies. It’s fairly obvious he uses alternate accounts and different IDs, e.g. “Mongochili,” to make it appear others read his blog and share his ‘obcession’ with Lynch. His sheer extremism indicates he is either a “rogue criminal lawyer” gone slightly postal, or a paid agent of Leonard Cohen and/or his legal team.  I think the latter.

I think his over-the-top campaign will have the opposite effect than the one intended: it can only make people suspicious of the case against Kelley Lynch. Otherwise, why not let justice take its course? Why subject her to endless attacks over the internet if she has already been declared guilty? This kind of harassment resembles 'gang stalking' -- except that Gianelli seems to be both the leader and most of the membership of his own gang.

Gianelli is like no other email correspondent I have ever had. A single-paragraph response from my end always leads to a flood from his. Each exchange is like a trip down a rabbithole of  irrational rage. Here and there he mixes in details and facts which might be worth discussing, if they weren’t drowned by high-volume invective. Of course this could be a tactic:  if he really was ever a successful trial lawyer, it may have been by being an insufferable bully. Or maybe most of his cases involved low-life criminals or people with little or no education.

He claims to have accurately predicted the outcome of every Lynch hearing -- but then so could I. As we all know, cases are won on technicalities. That's one of the reasons, including the 10-year series of precedents, that I am not surprised the judge dismissed Kelley's motion.

If Gianelli were truly a respectable lawyer, he would restrict his comments to these legal matters, and not engage in bizarre slander and speculation. He would have no need to bring up my "past" - or a wacked version of it that sounds like it came from someone on Cohen's disinfo team. He draws from a psychological profile that is easily recognizable because I have heard it from other Cohen groupies. As someone who saw a bit too much when I knew Cohen, I’m no stranger to slander, I've written out my story on a public blog etc. where anyone can read what I have to say. Much of what I have written on Cohen was initially to defend myself against gossip and rumours that were circulated (and believed) by some of his friends. My side is completely different, much more detailed and accurate. It's also quite revealing of the life of a clever pop idol in our celebrity-worshiping culture. There's no point in my arguing with people who base their opinions on ridiculous myths, like the 'restraining order' that never was. Cohen's deceptive tactics have not really evolved in the past twenty years, since he used them on me.

I really don't care if Gianelli thinks I am a star-struck 'scorned woman' who never got over her passing encounter with greatness. This Mafia-style lawyer's fixed opinions, based on trashy clichés say much more about him than they do about me or my writing, or why I became interested in what really happened to Kelley Lynch.

And of course, no one would ever suspect Leonard Cohen of encouraging Gianelli. But in my experience, Gianelli is exactly the kind of human megaphone Cohen places in charge of his 'secret business.' Like other clowns from Cohen's private entourage that I have met over the years, he may not even realize he's being used because he is ridiculous and therefore disposable. It's a fascinating system that owes much to the criminal underworld that Leonard Cohen skirts with all the skill of someone born into it. I'm sure Gianelli feels at home, and knows his place, in that world where he acts the part of a useful idiot whose job is to create a circus atmosphere and put the audience into a deeper state of trance.

I am by now firmly convinced Lynch is a patsy/victim of a weird consortium of Cohen associates, clueless supporters, and Cohen himself. If I hadn't lived next door to Leonard Cohen, and witnessed similar dynamics twenty years ago, I might believe differently. But the essence of what happened to Kelley also happened to me, two decades ago, on a lesser scale with lower stakes. It was relatively easy for me to walk away from it back then – my reputation was damaged but my life was not utterly destroyed by my association with Leonard Cohen, as Kelley's was.

I empathize with her situation, and see it as just one more story of the corruption that is sinking the whole world. I know Leonard Cohen would agree with that. He would only disagree with the idea that we all have an obligation to oppose injustice, rather than 'let it go by' and even profit from it. 


Ann D.

Kelley Lynch's Email to Alan Hootnick Re. Phil Spector & Leonard Cohen's Embezzlement of Corporate Assets

From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 8:45 AM
Subject: Fwd: Your email dated Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:07 AM
To: alan hootnick <ahootnick@yahoo.com>, "*IRS.Commisioner" <*IRS.Commisioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "Division, Criminal" <Criminal.Division@usdoj.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, MollyHale <MollyHale@ucia.gov>, nsapao <nsapao@nsa.gov>, fsb <fsb@fsb.ru>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, khuvane <khuvane@caa.com>, blourd <blourd@caa.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@firstlook.org>, Harriet Ryan <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Stan Garnett <stan.garnett@gmail.com>, Mike Feuer <mike.feuer@lacity.org>, "mayor.garcetti" <mayor.garcetti@lacity.org>, Opla-pd-los-occ <OPLA-PD-LOS-OCC@ice.dhs.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, Whistleblower <whistleblower@judiciary-rep.senate.gov>, Attacheottawa <AttacheOttawa@ci.irs.gov>, tips@radaronline.com


Alan Hootnick,

Stephen Gianelli has criminally harassed me since May 2009.  At that time, Michelle Blaine, Sprocket, and others were posting on his Blogonaut Law Blog.  I posted and I've captured all of that evidence so Gianelli cannot lie about it.  I also forwarded it to others.  He has now, as I suspected removed that blog, and lies about these issues.  According to Gianelli, he heard from Michelle Rice at that time. I suppose that's why he contacted me (and separately, my son) using the assumed name "Joff Belark."  "Joff Belark" was evidently a journalist.  I bcc'd IRS and others on my responses.  Gianelli, or rather Joff Belark" then proceeded to post an entirely slanderous and highly inflammatory article about me on his law blog arguing Leonard Cohen's legal positions and defending him.  Gianelli has worked in tandem with Michelle Blaine, Susanne Walsh (Cohen's fan), and others.  He posts Spector prosecution theories online as was recently evident on Truth Sentinel.  Investigator William Frayeh, DA's office, felt Gianelli may have found a sympathetic ear with Alan Jackson about me.  Gianelli also writes and lies to government agencies about me.  That would include the City Attorney of Los Angeles.  I have therefore been forced to address his slander, defamation, libel, bald-faced lies, and vicious attacks.  

Gianelli has clearly read an email I posted on my blog where I asked Dennis Riordan which version of Cohen's gun story about Phil Spector he believes.  There are now three versions of Cohen's good rock 'n roll gun story before LA Superior Court.  It's not Gianelli's business but he attempts to insert himself into these matters.  Everyone who recorded with Phillip does not have a gun story.  That would include Hal Blaine who worked with Phil Spector for 37 years and never once saw him in the studio with a gun.  


I didn't mention Phil Spector's indictment or conviction.  I mentioned Cohen's testimony during my trial - about Phil Spector and a gun.

I don't know if Cohen testified before the Grand Jury or not.  I spoke with the Grand Jury's Legal Adviser and she didn't know what witness presented that testimony.  Mick Brown reviewed the Grand Jury transcripts and advised me that Cohen's testimony or statements were presented to the Grand Jury.  I know one version of Cohen's gun story was included in prosecution motions in the Spector case.  I don't think Cohen's gun story would have helped Phil Spector's defense and that statement is obviously blatantly false.  It's fascinating that Phil Spector never pulled a gun on Paulette Brandt.  She dated him throughout the years.  She worked inside his Pasadena house.  And she worked with him until 2002.  

Leonard Cohen did speak to detectives and I intend to obtain a copy of that report.  Cohen wrote the prosecutor about his statements to LA Sheriff's Department and set forth one of the gun stories in that email.  His testimony differed.  And his testimony completely contradicted the alleged gun story he testified about during my trial.  

I believe there may have been a quid pro quo and my trial appeared to be part of that.  I didn't embezzle from Cohen.  The evidence doesn't support Cohen's fabricated narrative.  Leonard Cohen is the individual who has embezzled from the corporate entities.  That would include approximately $6.7 million in loans/expenditures from Traditional Holdings, LLC alone.  Cohen has taken the fascinating legal position that he is the alter ego of these entities who engaged in self-dealing, co-mingling and money laundering.  The District Attorney and City Attorney aligned themselves in targeting me.  The City Attorney proceeded to lie to jurors about federal tax matters.  And, the City Attorney essentially argued that Leonard Cohen's own conduct annoys him.  I was never Cohen's lover and am absolutely in need of IRS required tax and corporate information.  Cohen testified that I have that information but IRS and FTB do not have it so that proves his testimony is perjured.  I don't have it and it wasn't transmitted, as required, to IRS and/or FTB.

Cohen's testimony occurred during the DA's re-election campaign.  Alan Jackson and City Attorney Carmen Trutanich were running.  David Mamet had recently come out publicly and stated that he felt Phil Spector was railroaded.  His film, which received tremendous press, included actors Al Pacino and Helen Mirren.  It helped to have Cohen on the stand testifying that Phil Spector held a gun on him.

In any event, I wrote Truc Do (and then Dennis Riordan) about a book I am writing and asked her for an interview.  Gianelli has attempted to insert himself into this dialogue.  He appears to be moonlighting for Phil Spector's prosecutors and an unofficial member of Leonard Cohen's legal team.

Let me know if you have any questions.  This man, the Criminal Stalker Gianelli, belongs in prison.

Kelley  


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Stephen R. Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 12:52 AM
Subject: Your email dated Date: Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 9:07 AM
To: kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com
Cc: ahootnick@yahoo.com


Ms. Lynch,

Regarding Leonard Cohen’s Phil Spector gun story (everyone who recorded with him has one, apparently) and the different reported versions thereof – who cares?

Notwithstanding your strained (to say the least) attempt to lay Phil Spector’s indictment on murder charges  and subsequent conviction (two jury trials later) at Cohen’s feet, Leonard Cohen had absolutely NOTHING to do with either the indictment or the conviction for second degree murder.

Leonard Cohen did not testify before the grand jury. He did not testify at the trial or the retrial resulting in the conviction. The prosecution theory was that Spector has a habit and history of pulling guns on WOMEN who refuse his advances. Alleged instances wherein Spector pulled a gun on MALES would tend to REBUT the prosecution’s theory of the case, not enhance it. That is exactly why the defense called as a witness a MAN who testified that Spector pulled a gun on him! Cohen’s story would have HELPED the defense, not hurt it. But the bottom line is the jury never heard it.

You would like Cohen’s “gun story” to be the central, pivotal fact but the truth is that anything Leonard Cohen told investigators (and you don’t even know what that was, you were not present) was totally and completely irrelevant to the outcome of the grand jury proceedings or the conviction. (Indeed, there was zero mention of Cohen’s pretrial statement in any of Spector’s appellate briefs.)

I assure you Ms. Lynch had there been a quid pro quo as you put it, the bargain would have included your prosecution for embezzlement – which is what Cohen was seeking at the time.

But I ask you, “quid pro quo for what exactly? An irrelevant gun story that was so tangential it was never testified to at either trial?

Get real.

Stephen R. Gianelli
Crete, Greece