Leonard Cohen was on tour in Europe when he decided to fly into Boulder for a preliminary hearing re. the TRO. He then returned to Europe for his tour. He testified that he was performing in Denver and had to take precautions. Another carefully crafted insane comment. I have not gone near this man for over 7 years. I refused to meet with him and my lawyers. He is a narcissist and Streeter appeared to be a sycophant. What led to this fraudulent order? Ann Diamond’s draft article for Rolling stone. Leonard Cohen didn’t perform in Denver for approximately 9-10 months following this hearing and I do not believe I resided in Boulder at that time. In fact, as of the date of the hearing I attended, I didn’t reside in Boulder any longer. Rice fraudulently filed this civil harassment order as a domestic violence order. Streeter concealed this from the court and the reply brief does not address it. The City Attorney’s office continues to lie about me. I agree - they have decided to cover for Leonard Cohen. I was not served or notified this order and due process is a relevant legal concept - regardless of what DCA Schmitter has to say on the subject. This was and remains entrapment. The only relevant question is this - why didn’t Cohen hand over the IRS required form 1099 for 2004; rescind the illegal K-1s from the company he solely owns; and provide me with the other information I requested. I have also advised this man repeatedly to cease and desist and, while representing myself, attempted to address many serious legal issues.
RESTRAINING ORDER - BOULDER 2008
PD: So why did you get a permanent restraining order in Colorado?
Cohen: … I was giving a concert in Colorado. I was going to be there for several days and thought it was prudent to defend ourselves against any intrusion. RT 319
Steven Machat Transcript - attached to email in response to Rice’s fraudulent February 14, 2011 email to me. Streeter concealed this from the court/jurors and it does indeed corroborate issues for me. Streeter repeatedly raised this email and my responses during the trial.
http://es.scribd.com/doc/57415308/Kelley-Lynch-s-Conversation-With-Steven-Machat-Leonard-Cohen-and-Phil-Spector
Michelle Rice Direct:
Streeter: Okay. What is that?
Rice: This is the Form DV-600, register out-of-state restraining order, in the State of California.
Streeter: And is that the copy of the registration of the restraining order from Colorado?
Rice; Yes. RT 328
Streeter: Before you registered that restraining order -- I think that was in May of 2011 -- at some point in February of 2011, did you send a letter on behalf of Mr. Cohen via email to Ms. Lynch?
Rice: Yes. RT 328
Michelle Rice Cross:
Public Defender: Could you read that portion out loud, please.
Rice: … Mr. Cohen’s protective order is registered in the State of California and will be fully recognized and enforced by California law enforcement. I want to take this opportunity to remind you that the Colorado order … can only be cancelled or modified by the court from which it was issued. RT 352
PD: So you told Ms. Lynch that you had filed it when in fact you hadn’t at that point? RT 352 And you didn’t actually file it until approximately three months later in Superior Court?
Rice: That is correct. RT 352
Kelley Lynch Direct:
Public Defender: Did you ever see any declarations that were written regarding that 2008 order?
Lynch: The restraining order?
PD: In 2008, yes.
Lynch: After I asked the judge to make that permanent, I went back to the court because I had been shocked to hear from Judge Enichen that Leonard Cohen actually flew into Boulder for this. Because I didn’t even know he was on tour … Yes. So I went back and read his declaration, yes. RT 473
Public Defender: You said that you had requested that the order be permanent. What did you mean by permanent?
Lynch: … Then, that becomes permanent for a couple or a few years. That was my understanding.
PD: Okay. Did you believe that the order in Colorado had expired?
Lynch: Yes, I did. RT 476
Kelley Lynch Cross:
Streeter: But you didn’t appeal?
Lynch: I actually filed a Motion to Vacate with Judge Enichen after I went back and I realized that Leonard Cohen’s perjury and fraud was excessive.
Streeter: Do you have a document for that, Ms. Lynch?
Lynch: I believe my attorneys requested that. Mr. Cohen’s lawyers were served with that document. RT 512
Streeter: Do you recall asking Ms. -- the judge, may I attack this later -- this later as fraud and perjury? Do you remember asking that?
Lynch: Yeah. Then ultimately she said she is not a lawyer and she can’t give me advice. RT 519
Streeter: Do you recall saying to the court, may I sue later if it’s fraud and perjury? … Do you recall the court saying, No, I’m not giving you legal advice … RT 520
Defense Closing:
[Michelle Rice] She had an explanation. Guilty with an explanation … She made a lie, a material misrepresentation in an email to my client. But she had an explanation. If she didn’t want to concede it, she shouldn‘t have said that. Now, Ms. Rice also copied other people in that email. All the people that -- the government is saying that my client copied on all those emails too. Ms. Rice replied to all of them. They were all included in this email which she wrote to my client. Why? Ms. Rice had no explanation for that. RT 587
A permanent order was issued by a California court. But that permanent order in California, ladies and gentlemen, it expires in three years even though it’s called permanent. Now, when Ms. Lynch was in a Colorado proceeding, which seems similar, they issued a permanent order. Now, in California what we call permanent orders sometimes have an expiration date. And in this case, an expiration date was given in the California order. But in Colorado there is no expiration date on the order. So it is reasonable to believe that someone might think that there was an expiration date on an order that was called permanent in Colorado because there was an expiration date on a permanent order in California. RT 592
Now, I also want to talk about knowledge because there is no proof of service of this California order. RT 593 Ms. Lynch’s signature is not on the sheet. RT 593 There is no attached proof of service … In California, we have a thing called proof of service … But there is no such proof of service on the California 2011 order. None at all. RT 594
[Michelle Rice] She believed she could never send documents to Ms. Lynch because that would violate the restraining order. YOu may have missed that she said that. I didn’t believe I could send any tax documents to Ms. Lynch because of the terms of the restraining order … Now, if Ms. Rice, who’s a trained attorney, advocate for Leonard Cohen, doesn’t even understand the terms of the restraining order, how can Ms. Lynch? RT 593