From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Subject: Slander
To: sylvie@sylviesimmons.com, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, "*irs. commissioner" <*IRS.Commissioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, moseszzz <moseszzz@mztv.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, "Hoffman, Rand" <rand.hoffman@umusic.com>, "harriet.ryan" <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, woodwardb <woodwardb@washpost.com>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@guardiannews.com>, lrohter <lrohter@nytimes.com>
Sylvie Simmons,
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Date: Sun, Mar 10, 2013 at 6:57 PM
Subject: Slander
To: sylvie@sylviesimmons.com, Dennis <Dennis@riordan-horgan.com>, "*irs. commissioner" <*IRS.Commissioner@irs.gov>, Washington Field <washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, ASKDOJ <ASKDOJ@usdoj.gov>, "Kelly.Sopko" <Kelly.Sopko@tigta.treas.gov>, "Doug.Davis" <Doug.Davis@ftb.ca.gov>, rbyucaipa <rbyucaipa@yahoo.com>, Robert MacMillan <robert.macmillan@gmail.com>, moseszzz <moseszzz@mztv.com>, a <anderson.cooper@cnn.com>, wennermedia <wennermedia@gmail.com>, "Hoffman, Rand" <rand.hoffman@umusic.com>, "harriet.ryan" <harriet.ryan@latimes.com>, "hailey.branson" <hailey.branson@latimes.com>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, woodwardb <woodwardb@washpost.com>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@guardiannews.com>, lrohter <lrohter@nytimes.com>
Sylvie Simmons,
I am advising you to cease and desist. Regurgitating Leonard Cohen's lies is not a defense to slander. Leonard Cohen retaliated against me for reporting his probable criminal tax fraud to the Internal Revenue Service. He has stolen millions from me and I have the corporate books, records, stock certificates, notarized documents, etc. to prove it. I saw in your book that you read Ann Diamond's draft article so I am now assuming you are simply a groupie who was attempting to please Leonard Cohen.
I was not served Leonard Cohen's lawsuit or the default judgment and he has concealed a tremendous amount of evidence from LA Superior Court. He now has three versions of his Phil Spector embellished gun stories before LA Superior Court and clearly two are perjured. This man cannot stop lying and if you fell for his bag of tricks, that is your problem. I know all the characters in your book. I have lived through this and archived his body of work that you are so delighted with.
Leonard Cohen has also stolen from Steven and Marty Machat. This man's greed got the best of him. He cannot live in Canada because he has tax and residence problems there as well. I intend to litigate this situation with Cohen particualrly as I found out not too long ago that this man had the audacity to file for a fraudulent refund using me as the basis for that.
I am delighted that Phil Spector refused to entertain your preposterous request for an interview. What Leonard Cohen has done to Phil Spector is unconscionable.
I am advising you to cease and desist and have contacted your publisher as well.
Kelley Lynch
Sylvie Simmons
I'm going to be that annoying author and say, 'It's all in the book', because it is, and it's too long to summarise, other than with a glib oversimplification. First of all, I take issue with it being karmic justice for Leonard's bad behaviour. I have no evidence that he hurt or used people any more than the average human being, and I'd say much less than the average artist/poet/musician/ celebrity. You cannot be an artist without some sort of self-absorption, and the laws of Karma, if they are just laws, would know that. My contention is that the laws of Karma worked in Leonard's favour, and far more efficiently in the courts of law, in getting his money back. As I wrote in the book, somewhat tongue-in-cheek but not entirely, if it were a bible and not a biography, Kelley Lynch (the manager who emptied his accounts) would have the Judas role – yes she betrayed him for money, but at the same time her betrayal led to the resurrection of his career as a performing artist and to this mass, worldwide adoration ever since.
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