Prosecutor Conceals Cohen's Theft From Kelley Lynch And Details Of DA's Decision Not To Prosecute Cohen
Streeter: Directing your attention to the last one. The subject line of that one is about Phil Spector, correct? Lynch: Yes, it is. Streeter: It has nothing to do with your taxes, correct? Lynch: No, it doesn’t. It has to do with the fact that I think Leonard Cohen has lied about Phil Spector holding a gun on him. So, as I said, I’m copying everybody so we are all on the same page. Streeter: So it wasn’t just the taxes -- Lynch: No, it wasn’t just the taxes. It’s a very serious matter where I’m not represented by a lawyer. (RT 501-502) Streeter: So it’s not just the taxes that you were contacting Mr. Cohen -- Lynch: It’s primarily the taxes. Where there’s matters with -- I think a Phil Spector murder trial is a deadly serious matter, as does the DA, I believe, and so anything that I am discussing, Phil Spector, and anything where I feel Leonard Cohen lied about that, I’ve copied other people like Dennis Riordan, as I’ve said earlier. I’ve copied Leonard Cohen in so that everybody is on the same page and I cannot be accused later of saying one thing to one person and another thing to another person. That’s correct. (RT 502) You said it was about business, right? Lynch: I said it was about Stranger Music, and that Mr. Kory and I discussed that there were tax issues on that. Streeter: Okay. On that one, that’s business - business issues and tax related issues, you sent the email to Mr. Cooley, the District Attorney for the County of Los Angeles. Lynch: Yeah. I had sent -- I had filed a complaint with the Major Fraud Unit of the District Attorney’s office about all of this. Streeter: But let’s be clear, Ms. Lynch, Mr. Cooley can give you no information about your tax documents that you’re talking. Lynch: I don’t know what Mr. Cooley can give me. I know what it says on the web site about fraud ... I have no idea what Mr. Cooley can do. Streeter: Mr. Cooley, as far as you know, had no dealings with Stranger Music, right? Lynch: Mr. Cooley’s website says that they handle fraud over $300,000 and goes into great detail about how they treat victims. And they have a fraud complaint that you can file, which I did, with the Major Fraud Unit, and apparently they will then investigate. Streeter: Okay. On that website, does it mention that it has anything to do with Stranger Music, Ms. Lynch? Lynch: No. It had to do with a person being defrauded. Why would it mention Stranger Music? Streeter: On that website, does it have anything that would indicate to you that it would help you get information about tax documents you say you need from Mr. Cohen? Lynch: Well, that’s not why I was sending this to Steve Cooley. Streeter: So let’s be clear then. There is nothing -- Lynch: I’ve been clear with you, right? There are fraudulent matters where I think everybody needs to be involved. I was told to document everything with all parties copied in. (RT 503-504)
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