From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:10 PM
Subject: Leonard Cohen's MOTIVE
To: "*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>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, woodwardb <woodwardb@washpost.com>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@guardiannews.com>, lrohter <lrohter@nytimes.com>
Date: Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 10:10 PM
Subject: Leonard Cohen's MOTIVE
To: "*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>, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>, woodwardb <woodwardb@washpost.com>, "glenn.greenwald" <glenn.greenwald@guardiannews.com>, lrohter <lrohter@nytimes.com>
To the IRS Commissioner's Staff,
This shocks the conscience. What missing money? I have never seen such insanity in my entire life. Leonard Cohen was never tempted to cut his losses and walk away from anything. He walked away from his tax fraud and loans. He tried to walk away from his creative tax planning and tax evasion. Leonard Cohen was NOT on the brink of bankruptcy. That is preposterous. What did someone just say to me (SHOCKED) - Leonard Cohen's social security numberS, abandoned green card, etc. should have been raised at my trial and the money the City Attorney has squandered of the taxpayers is astounding.
Crippling tax bill. HOW did this main receive a refund of nearly $700,000 when he did NOT pay taxes on the Sony deal, etc? This man made $50 million gross on his tours, bankrupted me, forced me into homelessness, targeted my children and elderly parents, took the witness stand and lied about Phil Spector, and - as someone just noted - was able to spoon feed Simmons. But what about the DA and City Attorney? Did he spoon feed those lunatics who cannot stop lying. Their corruption is inconceivable. And so is their arrogance.
All the best,
Kelley
Cohen prospered as an entertainer, only to find out in 2004 that his longtime manager, Kelley Lynch, had swindled him out of millions of dollars and brought him to the brink of bankruptcy.
As Simmons observes, Cohen was tempted to cut his losses and walk away from the disaster that had befallen him. His lawyers balked, informing him that a lot of the missing money in retirement accounts and charitable trust finds left him liable for crippling tax bills.
Eventually, Cohen recovered some of the stolen funds, but the fiasco prompted him to return to the stage. “Of all the options available to him for making a living, the only one that appeared even remotely feasible was going back on the road,” writes Simmons.
