From: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:43 AM
Subject: Fwd: Today's email to the Innocence Project
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Hi Mr. Riordan,
The proxy stalker is interested in the Innocence Project and Phil Spector. Let's look at the testimony in my trial re. Phil Spector. What does any of this have to do with a fraudulent domestic violence order? Mick Brown is the individual who advised me that he reviewed Phil Spector's Grand Jury Testimony/Transcript and confirmed that Leonard Cohen's statements/testimony were presented to the Grand Jury. The Grand Jury's Legal Adviser told me to contact you but wasn't able to determine what "witness" presented that information to the Grand Jury.
When the Innocence Project followed up with another email, and advised me of their California information, I think they were clear that I was talking about "Phil Spector." What's the issue? The Innocence Project assists people who are innocent, have been convicted, and whose cases involve DNA issues.
Please keep in mind that Investigator Frayeh, DA's office, felt that Gianelli found a "sympathetic ear" with Spector prosecutor Alan Jackson re. me. That might explain the insanity with respect to Steve Cooley and Alan Jackson throughout my trial. Captain Horvath LIED to the Court in his letter - the DA's office came to my house re. Phil Spector in 2005. I filed a Complaint with their Major Fraud Unit re. Phil Spector in 2006. I still have no information re. a potential quid pro quo involving Cohen. My FOIA requests, and other inquiries, failed to turn up any information but prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter publicly stated that Cooley's office contacted the City Attorney about me and mentioned that I "fought" with the DA over my Major Fraud Unit Complaint. That is Brady information that the City Attorney failed to turn over to my lawyers.
Please keep in mind that Investigator Frayeh (whom both Paulette and I have spoken with re. the ongoing criminal harassment involving Gianelli, etc.) advised me that he hand delivered the attached letter to former DA Steve Cooley, Alan Jackson, and Truc Do. I think it raises some very serious legal issues.
All the best,
Kelley
Leonard Cohen - Direct: Prosecutor: What about -- did she ever mention Phil Spector or Phillip in any of those? Cohen: Yes, she accused me of -- she accused me of testifying before a secret Grand Jury which resulted in the conviction of Phil Spector Prosecutor: Do you know Mr. Spector? Cohen: I knew him. He produced a record of songs that we wrote together. It was in 1977. (RT 57 ) Cohen: She often mentioned Phil Spector, repeating over and over that I had testified before a Grand Jury and I was involved in the conviction of Phil Spector. (RT 61 ) Streeter: Did she ever mention the District Attorney’s office? Cohen: Yes, she has about 30 emails, I believe, maybe less, maybe more, where she encourages the reader to execute -- she has many emails where she encourages whoever is reading it to execute Steve Cooley. Streeter: Does she make any comment about a gentleman -- about Alan Jackson? Cohen: And her earlier emails she wanted Alan Jackson taken down. Streeter: Do you recall if in any of her emails she compared you to Mr. Cooley or Mr. Jackson? ... Has she ever compared you with being like Mr. Cooley and Mr. Jackson? Cohen: I think I was included among those villains. (RT 94/95) Streeter: After perusing that first page of that document, is there any mention of Steve Cooley. Cohen: Yes, there is a mention of Steve Cooley. Streeter: Is there a mention of Alan Jackson? Cohen: Yes, Alan Jackson is mentioned. Streeter: Is there a mention of you? Cohen: Yes, I’m mentioned in the same sentence. Streeter: Does she make the comparison between you and Mr. Cooley and Mr. Jackson? Cohen: She says we live our lives selfishly pursuing fame at the expense of others. (RT 96/97)
An example of an email Cohen alleged to have received and interpreted is an email that he was not copied in on and there is no evidence indicating who provided the City Attorney with Petitioner’s April 18, 2011 email to Dennis Riordan, Phil Spector’s appellate attorney, about Leonard Cohen and his highly embellished Phil Spector gun sts ories. This testimony is another example of Leonard Cohen’s dishonesty. The prosecutor asked Cohen to review the email and confirm that he was a recipient. Leonard Cohen testified that he received this email but this was false testimony as he he was not a recipient. The trial court took the position that this email bolstered the prosecution argument that Petitioner intended to annoy Leonard Cohen. Speaking honestly in an email to Dennis Riordan is not an intent to annoy Leonard Cohen. The email, for obvious reasons, would be materially important to the District Attorney of Los Angeles and Spector prosecutor Alan Jackson who did indeed use Leonard Cohen’s statements against Phil Spector.
Leonard Cohen: Direct: Prosecutor: I’m going to show you an email. (RT 160) Does that refresh your recollection as to whether or not you received an email on April 18, 2011 at approximately 8.11 AM in the morning? Cohen: Yes, this is the email I received ... It says, Cohen told me Phillip never held a gun on him, and that would support what he told the LAPD. RT 161
Leonard Cohen Cross: Public Defender: One of these emails that she [Streeter] mentioned was sent on April 18, 2011 at around 8:.11 am ... Do you remember testifying about that email? Cohen: Yes, I believe I did. Public Defender: Okay. And when you testified about that email, you said you remember receiving that email? Cohen: I think I did. Public Defender: Can you point out where exactly on the list of recipients that your email address shows up? Cohen: Perhaps I missed this one. Public Defender: Okay. But you did testify, though, that you remember receiving the email, correct? Do you remember testifying to that? Cohen: I believe I did ... Public Defender: And your email is not on that, correct? Cohen: That’s correct. (RT 265/266)
Sidebar: Public Defender: Your Honor, I know I’ve made objections, but a lot of these I don’t think go to the relevance of he knows about Steve Cooley and Alan Jackson that don’t reference Mr. Cohen. Court: I don’t want to get into detail here, but they go to an element in 653m. In fact, several of them. (RT 209)
Leonard Cohen Cross: Public Defender: Do you think Steve Cooley was reading all of these emails? Cohen: I wouldn’t be surprised if he was. Public Defender: Okay. But you don’t know? Cohen; No, Sir. Public Defender: I believe that people close to him were. Public Defender: Do you believe that the IRS was reading every single one of those emails? Streeter: Objection; relevance. Court: Sustained. (RT 305)
Leonard Cohen advised Petitioner, for approximately 20 years, that Phil Spector never held a gun on him and his stories to the news media were merely good rock and roll stories. He advised Petitioner, after meeting with LASD detectives, that he confirmed that his stories about Phil Spector were good rock and roll stories and advised them that Phil Spector never held a gun on him. At the time, Petitioner believed Leonard Cohen’s statements to her. Therefore, Petitioner was absolutely shocked when her public defender, Nikhil Ramnaney, handed her an email that Leonard Cohen sent prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter on April 5, 2012 (during the trial) regarding Phil Spector and an alternate version of his highly embellished good rock and roll stories about Phil Spector. The prosecutor concealed that email from the jurors and it most probably would have impeached Leonard Cohen’s testimony that Phil Spector held a gun to his head. In other words, the prosecutor either engaged in concealment or elicited perjured testimony misleading the jurors. She also failed to inform the jurors that Leonard Cohen had engaged in yet another probable incident with respect to perjured testimony that has grossly infected and tainted this trial. The pertinent excerpts of the emails between prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter and Leonard Cohen read as follows.
Thu, April 5, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Hi Mr. Cohen,
I hate to keep peppering you with questions but ... I need to know the following:
7. Do you know Phil Spector? Is so, how? Did you testify in front of the grand jury?
Phil Spector produced a record of songs we wrote together in 1977. I have not seen or spoken to him since. I did not testify before a grand jury.
Take care.
Sandra Jo Streeter
Deputy City Attorney
Family Violence Unit
Los Angeles City Attorney
This email raises a number of questions. For example, it seems to indicate that prosecutor Streeter has sent prior communications to Leonard Cohen when she writes: “I hate to keep peppering you with questions.” Those potential communications were not provided to the defense during the trial. The above email is Leonard Cohen’s reply to the prosecutor’s email with questions about his trial testimony. In this email, the prosecutor asks Leonard Cohen about Phil Spector’s Grand Jury.
Another email between Prosecutor Sandra Jo Streeter and Leonard Cohen is highly relevant and absolutely material - as it completely undermines Cohen’s testimony with respect to Phil Spector holding a gun to his head - reads as follows:
Thu, April 5, 2012 at 9:31 PM
“Dear Ms. Streeter,
This is a short note I prepared for a biographer last year. I know you’ve been burdened with an enormous heap of material, but this rounds off the answer to question you asked about Phil Spector.
Sincerely,
L
PHIL SPECTOR
Shortly after the death of Lana Clarkson, I was visited in my home by two detectives from the Homicide Bureau of the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, Detective Paul Fournier, and Detective Richard Tomlin.
Kelley Lynch thought it would be a good idea to have a lawyer present, so she arranged for Attorney Steven M. Cron to be there for the interview. Mr. Cron asked Kelley Lynch to excuse herself, and she left the room.
Apparently the detectives had come across some old interviews I did in 1978 or 1979 in which I spoke of the difficulties of recording Death of a Lady’s Man with Phil Spector: the brandishing of guns, armed bodyguards, drunkenness, and Phil’s famous megalomania. Even though Phil put his arm around my shoulder and pressed an automatic into my neck, except for the real possibility of an accident, I never at any moment that that Phil meant to do me harm. I never felt seriously threatened. I conveyed this to the detectives. I said the incident was repeated in the press over the years, with exaggerations, but it was basically just a good rock ‘n roll story.
Then they asked me when I had last seen Phil Spector. I said it’s been over 20 years. They were very surprised. They said they were under the impression we were close friends. I said no. Hearing this they thanked me for my time, finished their coffees, and left. It was clear that I was not to be considered a valuable witness.
I was never approached again by anyone concerned with the case. Needless to say, I did not testify before a Grand Jury.” Clearly, this version of events with respect to Leonard Cohen’s highly embellished gun story about Phil Spector differs from the version he testified to during this trial.
As to the allegations that Leonard Cohen testified before a Grand Jury in the Phil Spector matter, Mick Brown/UK Telegraph is the individual who - in 2005 - advised me that he had reviewed the Grand Jury Testimony and confirmed that it contained testimony by Leonard Cohen. Testimony is used with respect to statements in the UK and Mick Brown, during and since Petitioner’s trial, has clarified this matter with Kelley Lynch.
On 10 April 2012 09:41, Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk> wrote:
Dear Nikhil Ramnaney,
Thank you for your letter. I'm afraid there has been a misunderstanding here. At the time I was writing my book about Phil Spector I was sent copies of material that, as I understood it, had been submitted to the Grand Jury in the Phil Spector case. Included in this material were (short) statements from Leonard Cohen. I might well have mentioned to Ms Lynch that these statements were included in materials presented to the Grand Jury. However, I do not recall having stated that Mr Cohen himself had testified to the Grand Jury. Indeed, I
would have had no way or knowing whether he had or not.
My feeling is that these statements had not been given by Mr Cohen personally at the time, but were actually taken from one or more interviews that he had given in the past concerning his recording sessions with Mr. Spector.
I hope this answers your question. If it's helpful, I shall try and find the original material that was sent to me. If I can be of any more help to you please don't hesitate to contact me.
Best wishes,
Mick Brown
Date: Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 1:03 AM
Subject: Re: The Rise And Fall Of Phil Spector
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Hi Kelley,
Thank you for that, and I'm glad you're finding my interviews helpful.
I've told you everything I know about the Leonard Cohen gun story and how it appeared in Grand Jury testimony. I have no knowledge, thoughts or theories beyond that.
Hope all's well with you.
Best,
Mick
[Phil Spector] Recording Leonard Cohen, he approached the singer clutching a bottle of Jewish ritual wine in one hand and a pistol in the other, which he shoved into Cohen's neck, whispering 'Leonard, I love you.' Cohen with admirable aplomb, simply moved the barrel away, saying 'I hope you do, Phil'.
From: Mick Brown <mick.brown@telegraph.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:18:50 +0000
Subject: Re: Kelley Lynch Trial - Leonard Cohen, Phil Spector
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Kelley,
I have looked for the documents I was sent in connection with the Grand
Jury and been unable to find them. They were sent to me by my friend the
journalist and author Carlton Smith, who unfortunately has since passed
away. However, I'm sure you would be able to access them from the same
source as Carlton did. My understanding is they were/are on the public
record.
I do not recall ever saying to you that Cohen himself had testified. If I
did, it was my mistake. My recollection is that the statement from Leonard
Cohen was the same statement that had already appeared in media
interviews, pertaining to the incident in the studio during the recording
of 'Death Of A Ladies Man'. My recollection is that it was on a single
sheet of paper. I have no idea whether Leonard Cohen personally made this
statement to the DA, or whether - and I suspect this is the case - that
quote had simply been taken from previously published interviews
There was no mention of any statement attributed to Cohen in either of the
two subsequent trials.
Mick
Leonard Cohen’s statements were indeed used in prosecution motions in Phil Spector’s trials. The following are excerpts from the prosecution’s Motion to Admit Evidence of Other Crimes in Case No. BA255233, filed on August 14, 2008 and from the prosecution’s Motion in Limine to admit evidence of other crimes filed on February 17, 2005.
“Defendant Phillip Spector has built a history, spanning some 40 odd years,of using gun-related violence when confronted with a situation when he feels a loss of control, or a threat to his control. On February 17, 2005, the People filed a motion in limine to admit evidence of other acts committed by Spector. Under that separate cover, the facts of the following incidents were set forth in detail and in their entirety. Thus, in an effort towards brevity, only a short recitation of such incidents will be discussed below. Spector has a long history of resorting to gun-related violence to exert his will when he does not get his way. Int begins in 1972 and continues to the present.”
“C. The 1977 Brandishing on Leonard Cohen: 1977, Spector produced musician Leonard Cohen's record album, "Death of a Ladies man." during production of the record, Cohen and Spector, who were friends, were taking a break in the lobby of the music studio. Spector walked up to Cohen, placed on arm around Cohen's shoulders, and pointed a semi-automatic pistol at Cohen's chest with his other hand. Spector told Cohen, "I love you Leonard." Cohen looked at Spector and said, "I hope so, Phil." Spector then walked away from Cohen.”
02/17/2005: Motion in Limine to admit evidence of other crimes:memorandum of points and authorities in support thereof.
These versions of Leonard Cohen’s highly embellished good rock and roll Phil Spector gun stories are crucial to Petitioner’s trial given the focus on the testimony regarding Phil Spector, a gun incident, Cohen’s meeting with LASD detectives, as well as the importance the prosecutor placed on testimony she elicited with respect to District Attorney Steve Cooley and Spector prosecutor Alan Jackson. There are essentially three versions of Leonard Cohen’s gun stories allegedly involving Phil Spector before LA Superior Court - or should be. One version continues to be concealed from the record - and is critical exculpatory evidence.
Petitioner maintains that she was denied her Sixth Amendment right to confront adverse witnesses when her court appointed lawyers failed to subpoena District Attorney Steve Cooley and prosecutor Alan Jackson. This error was substantial and had an injurious effect on the verdict for the reasons set forth above. Petitioner’s court appointee lawyers also failed to confront LAPD Detective Viramontes on the witness stand although he was present and available to testify during Petitioner’s trial. This error was clearly substantial and had an injurious effect on the verdict as Detective Viramontes recently told Petitioner that Leonard Cohen simply did not feel comfortable with Lynch’s requests for tax information and confirmed that his report simply sets forth Leonard Cohen’s version of events which are highly fraudulent.
Sandra Jo Streeter intentionally misled the jurors when she questioned Petitioner and attempted to make it appear that Lynch - and not Cohen - has issues with the IRS and owes back taxes. Streeter has no evidence to support this outrageous assertion and it is blatantly deceitful.
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From: Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:24 AM
Subject: Today's email to the Innocence Project
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Cc: blind <distribution@gmail.com>
From: Stephen Gianelli <stephengianelli@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:24 AM
Subject: Today's email to the Innocence Project
To: Kelley Lynch <kelley.lynch.2010@gmail.com>
Cc: blind <distribution@gmail.com>
Their form email to you states "Unfortunately, we are not equipped at this time to handle requests for assistance submitted via e-mail. All cases for consideration should complete this form."
And yet you pretend they have responded to the substance of your email and proceeded to send them yet another email - mostly about you, not the ostensible subject of your email, Phil Spector!
Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.
