Friday, November 15, 2024

As Giuliani Fights Giving FLA Condo to Plaintiffs New Staten Island Lawyer Cites CPLR


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTHOUSE, Nov 15 – In Ruby Freeman's and Wandrea' Moss' ongoing attempt to collect from Rudy Giuliani, a proceeding was held on September 27 before U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Judge Lewis J. Liman. Inner City Press was there; thread

Caruso: Can I have 3 more days?

Judge: No. Judge: Your client owes money. This should move quickly. Adjourned

And on October 8, a motion to intervene by Andrew Giuliani: "Amongst that property are '3 Yankee World Series Rings.' However, the Mayor gifted those World Series rings to his son." Filing on Patreon here.

On October 22 Judge Liman wrote that Giuliani is "ordered under C.P.L.R. 5225 to transfer all personal property specified in the list below at pp. 16-18" - full list on Patreon here

On November 6, Giuliani's lawyer wrote in that "Plaintiffs contend that the apartment was “substantially empty[]” when they arrived last week. ECF 81 at 1. Full letter on Patreon here

On November 7 Inner City Press live tweeted the proceeding, Thread here.

On November 13 Giuliani's lawyers asked Judge Liman for permission to file undescribed documents under seal, with even the memo of law unavailable. 3 page letter on Patreon here.

Later on November 13, after an order, they docketed that they "respectfully request that the Court grant this motion to withdraw and enter an order relieving Kenneth Caruso Law LLC and Labkowski Law, P.A. as counsel for Defendant" - with the substance redacted, letter on Patreon here

On November 14 the plaintiffs' moved to compel discovery from three:  Dr. Maria Ryan, Mr. Ted Goodman, and Mr. Ryan Medrano, motion on Patreon here

On November 15 Staten Island-based Joe Cammarata filed asking to move the trial for Giuliani to go to the inauguration on January, and citing the CPLR - letter on Patreon here

More on X for Subscribers here, Substack here

One of these cases is Freeman, et al. v. Giuliani, 1:24-mc-353 (Liman)

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Urologist Paduch Guilty on 11 Counts DOJ Sealed Press won Unsealing US Asks 30 Years


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

SDNY COURTROOM, Nov 15 – Urologist Darius Paduch was arrested and arraigned on April 11, 2023. Inner City Press was there.

  U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave held Paduch's arraignment.

   Though Paduch had filled out the affidavit to get a publicly paid lawyer, the CJA on duty David Stern said he was for now only representing him for the presentment, and possibly to put together co-signers for a bail package. He consented to detention.  

  Paduch was in a t-shirt, with left arm tattoos and boots untiednow without laces. Stern said there are many medical issues.

   The bail application, Stern said, may be Monday. Judge Cave notes that she will no longer be presiding in the Mag Court then. But Inner City Press will be there.  

More including analysis on Substack here

  The prosecutors said:  From at least in or about 2015 through at least in or about 2019, PADUCH, while working as a urologist, enticed and induced multiple victims to travel to his medical offices at Medical Institution-1, so PADUCH could, among other things, sexually abuse the victims.  In or about 2019, PADUCH began practicing at a different hospital located in Long Island, New York (“Medical Institution-2”), where he continued to sexually abuse patients."

On April 19 Paduch's counsel submitted a letter to Magistrate Judge Jennifer E. Willis for release on bail, attaching his TIAA retirement ($1,500,000) Citibank home equity ($400,000) and name of his life partner and proposed co-signer, Robert Lischer. "The couple is also parenting a nine year old son they adopted together in 2020."

Another proposed co-signer: Jordan Roosma; "he met Dr. Paduch as a patient at 13 years old." Also, Paduch's cousin Jadwiga Wojcik, employed at Greene, Tweed & Company.

But he was denied.

On May 16, Paduch's counsel filed the motion, stating that Paduch "has a loving husband, Robert Lischer, and a son, William. He currently resides in North Bergen, New Jersey... a very different defendant than Jeffrey Epstein."

On May 24, the bail hearing. Inner City Press was therethread here.

On December 21, Paduch's counsel wrote in that the AUSA Attorney's Office conveyed to him that "JR" wanted his name redacted. Inner City Press had already published it, above: Jordan Roosma.

On December 22 Judge Abrams temporarily redacted the entirety of the paragraph, at least until January 5, while noting Judge Kaplan's granting of Inner City Press' application to unseal SBF's suretors.

This as the US Attorney's Office similarly "takes no position" on the sealing of all of OneCoin convict Sebastian Greenwood's sentencing letter, which has required Inner City Press to waste its time (and money - a $405 filing fee) appealing to the Second Circuit.  There are other cases in the SDNY were after-the-fact sealing is causing free press problems. IUS v. Paduch, on January 2 Inner City Press filed opposition, docketed on January 3 (and now on our DocumentCloud here

On April 29 in Courtroom 218, Paduch's lawyer was questioning a doctor on the witness stand. It was unwieldy, as the patients being asked about were all by pseudonym, but the lists they had were of real names. The lawyer went over to retrieve a binder of exhibits - which he said were all sealed.

Docketed on May 6, Judge Abrams ruled: "ORDER as to Darius A Paduch: Before the Court is the Governments motion in limine regarding Dr. Deryn Strange's testimony. The Government's motion is granted in part and denied in part. In addition to the undisputed areas of testimony, the Court will permit testimony as to the following: Dr. Strange's opinions under the heading "Expectancy and [M]otivation," which includes, in part, her opinion that information acquired over time can change how people interpret earlier events; Dr. Strange's opinions under the heading "Memory Distortion and False Memories," which includes, in part, her opinion that the information that people learn from others can influence how they later recall an event; Dr. Strange's opinions under the heading "Possible Sources of Suggestive Influence," which includes, in part, her opinion that the influence of other sourcessuch as media, retelling of a story, therapy, and dreamscan lead to the formation of false memories; and Dr. Strange's opinions under the heading "Psychopathology," which includes, in part, her opinion that a history of trauma can increase the likelihood of memory distortion. The Court will not permit testimony as to the following: Dr. Strange's opinion that memory is subject to forgetting; Dr. Strange's opinions under the heading "Low IQ," which includes, in part, her opinion that individuals with borderline IQ scores are more prone to suggestibility and acquiescence unless Defendant identifies evidence for the Court that any of the former patients have a low or borderline IQ score, or studies that support the proposition that patients with Klinefelter Syndrome are more prone to suggestibility or acquiescence; and Dr. Stranges opinions in the concluding section of her report that bear specifically on the former patients' memories. The parties should be prepared to discuss the draft jury charge after testimony on Monday, May 6, 2024."

They did, and closing arguments were May 7.

On May 8 the jury found Paduch guilty on all 11 counts.

On August 2 Paduch's motion under Rule 33 was denied as Judge Abrams found his convictions were not unconstitutional because they rely on a less serious underlying provision: NY Penal Law Section 130.55.

On August 23, Paduch through counsel asked to further delay his sentencing, to mid-November.

It was set for November 20. On November 12, Paduch's lawyer wrote in noting that Probation recommends 30 years, but asking for 10 years.

On November 15 the US Attorney's Office wrote in asking for "at least 30 years' imprisonment."

Inner City Press will still be staying on the case(s).

  The case is US v. Paduch, 23-cr-181 (Abrams)

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UN Somalia Corrupt Contracts with Insider IDed to Inner City Press by Whistleblowers


by Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book Substack

UN GATE, Nov 15 – How corrupt is today's UN under Antonio Guterres? Today's example is his mission in Somalia, about which his spokespeople Stephane Dujarric and Melissa Fleming refuse all Press questions. Inner City Press has asked them, and others, about a sex abuse case against the UN there. Now this, from a UN whistleblower sent to Inner City Press:

  Dear Mr. Lee:      We are seeing so many posts on ICP and in the media these days, citing UN corruption,  coverup, HR irregularities, and generally bad management.  It is increasingly recognized that the problem is becoming endemic not only in the UN Secretariat, but also in the UN System as a whole.   

    The UN’s main mission in Somalia is no different, and perhaps a bit worse off than most.  For the past few years this mission has been following a path of procurement irregularities and waste which has cost the member states millions and millions of dollars in unneeded expenditures.  There are many examples of this, and here’s one.          The UN procurement rules require that when a contract period ends, and the service is still needed, the contract is replaced in a timely manner by a new contract which has been won through a fair and competitive procurement exercise. 

This is one of many “Hard and Fast”  rules of UN procurement, and is designed to ensure fair and transparent business competition, a fair price,  while combating unscrupulous contractors and/or UN staff.  While exceptional contract extensions can be approved by the most senior managers (the ones holding what the UN calls a delegation), these exceptional extensions are normally for a period of three, maybe four months.  So why has a main engineering high-value contract been extended a full 2-1/2 years past it’s last possible extension date. Contract number PD/C0056/17. 

Doesn’t make sense, right?     But it does make sense!  The contract provides the vendor – a company with in-country ownership in close Government connections - a monthly standing payout of $750,000 regardless of what little work is done.  So that’s over 20M in tax payers’ dollars that should not have been disbursed in the last 30 months, and yes; this amount of money goes a very long way in this environment.  It’s difficult to believe the HQ’s talk of a UN’s liquidity crisis when things like this are happening.  The UN's stance does not make sense.            A closer examination" - to follow


We'll have more on all thisNo answer from UN Spox Dujarric on this, or nomination of Elise Stefanik. Keep the info coming.

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