6. [Part 5: The Lee Story]This is a lot to quote, and it runs through [Part 6: Admission], [Part 8: The Visit], [Part 14: Lee Revisted], [Part 17: Phone Calls], [Part 18: The Visit (Redux)] and perhaps some other parts that I am forgetting at the moment...in other words, QUITE a lot of time on that beach was spent talking about Lee Bergeron, in fact...so I'll just paraphrase the whole spread-out "Lee Story" here, in two paragraphs of my own creation:
Harlow, while in the living room with Kocis prior to the murder, kept getting interrupted by phone calls from Lee Bergeron (and Lee's female attorney, and Bryan's attorney Sean Macias). Harlow is thus allowed to sip wine and evesdrop as Bryan juggles the calls on his Blackberry...and overhears that Lee and Bryan, while technically adversaries in the Cobra lawsuit, have been in reality conspiring in a "backdoor deal" against Sean and Grant this entire time.Their plan being, after a settlement to the lawsuit is manipulated, to oust Grant from the company, alienate Sean affections towards him, "send him packing back to Texas," and then put Sean up in a "condo" easing him back into a life of concubinage to Bryan (and Lee as well perhaps).
Yep. Quite a tale there. Which is why, up until today, I have been rather skeptical of it. On one hand, given what we know of Lee Bergeron and his past shady business dealings, and the fact Bryan very suspiciously opted not include him personally in the Cobra lawsuit (Lee was the only really deep-pocket member of LSG...very unlawyerly behavior indeed!), and the fact that, in the end, Lee did indeed screw Sean and Grant over, first chance he got...leads me to think this astonishing story MAY actually be true.
On the other hand, the affidavit made no mention of any calls to Kocis, from Lee or anyone else, after 7:50pm. But even more problematic in believing the Lee Story is that person telling it is Harlow Cuadra. That's a HUGE problem. Because, we all know what it means when Harlow moves his lips...So, until this morning, I was completely on the fence as to the Lee Story. I mean, it's great story if true, and if it had been told by anyone except Harlow and Joe I'd probably be inclined to believe it. What I needed was a sign, one way or the other...another bit of factual data, that might either confirm or deny the Lee Story.
And then, this morning...it hit me! I was re-reading for these musings, and got to Part 5 here...lets roll the tape!
Ah, stop the tape! Notice RIGHT THERE Sean verifies the bit about about the condo! He was told it was gonna be an apartment, but Harlow sticks to his guns, says they were actually talking about a condo...but in essence, their stories match up perfectly on this key detail.HARLOW CUADRA: I'm gonna, this is the little voice coming out of his Blackberry that day, I'm gonna send him back to fuckin Texas. Ah, laughing and carrying on like it was all so perfect. Ah, Sean, he was gonna put him up in a Condo that he was thinking about buying in San Diego and ah, get him away from you and ah...
GRANT ROY: On the phone?
SEAN LOCKHART: Grant, remember when he offered me that apartment?
"Yea, there ya go, how the fuck did I know that?" Indeed, Harlow, indeed. And there you have it, folks...incredible though it may be, the Lee Story is true.
This has some fairly significant implications. For the murder case, it is one of many details Harlow knows about on the beach that day (in addition to the Rolex, the TV, the Masarati, etc...) that unquestionably place Harlow Cuadra at the murder scene. Not at a smoke-filled house with a dead Bryan, but in a very much not-on-fire house, listening to a very live Bryan Kocis chattering away on his Blackberry.For the whole Brent Corrigan saga in general, the Lee Story completely rewrites what historians will say about the Cobra settlement.
And as far as any future efforts to enforce that settlement go...forget about it. No court in the land will ever enforce a settlement that was brought about via the espionage of a Benedict Arnold in one of the camps. The LSG-Cobra settlement is DOA; Brent, Grant and their new company are for all intents and purposes free of it. And their now unclouded future is looking much rosier on account of that fact.
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The pictures are new to me. The third one could be any old drafty mansion or castle. (Over-sized, single pain, non-insulated glass.) The second one is Coit Tower in San Francisco. The first one I am struggling with. I've seen that pool with that view before. I think it is some overpriced resort but I cannot place the location. I want to say an African game preserve. Any help?
They are from his MySpace page, which I successfully tracked down.
It was tricky...he has only 39 "friends." However, one of them was Lucky Buck's MySpace page, and on hunch...found him thru there.
The hyperlink is in the main post, first mention of "Lee Bergeron."
I've become a fairly accomplished MySpace sleuth since completing the Chris Henriquez series, if I may so immodestly say.
You are indeed a master sleuth. Although one should not draw too many conclusions from a persons MySpace friends, it is comforting to see I have no misguided friends on Burgers or Bergeron.
That reminds me of a discussion I had with Brent a long time ago. I was confused because Grant had the MySpace site for TILABB in his friends. Brent explained to me what happens is this. Someone (snake like) sets up a harmless looking site and does a friend request. It gets approved. Later they change the profile. Take the mask off so to speak and reveal themselves. Since people don't usually look at anything but their Top Friends, the victim does not know he has a spy. It's a Trojan horse approach.
I guess I got off subject again. Sorry.
Great job Jim. Thanks for your continued effort.
"The first one I am struggling with. I've seen that pool with that view before. I think it is some overpriced resort but I cannot place the location. I want to say an African game preserve. Any help?"
Not sure, but the date stamp is somewhat interesting...April 21, 2007, only 6 days after the arrest of Harlow and Joe...an event that must have interested him a little.
Same with the last pic.
Also, the BBTs dated April 28 indicate Lee is in Hawaii on that date...so perhaps there? Who knows.
D and I used to examine the EXIF Meta-data of Brent's pictures on a routine basis. In time we learned the guys had not been too keen on setting the internal clocks on their cameras. We were seeing obvious sunlight pictures being taken a 3 AM, That is not possible in San Diego.
About that time Brent started deleting the EXIF files from his blog pictures. :)
I would not expect Lee to be any more careful about his camera clock.
I seriously doubt that is Hawaii. The plants and weather do not seem right for the middle of the Pacific.
Jim, Albert, Dewayne, PC, Byrnawel:
A fraud was perpetrated on a Federal court proceeding. Federal judges don't like having their authority and courtrooms used to disadvantage a party to a proceeding brought before them. In short, perverting justice churns up waters no one wants raining down on their head, especially the parties pulling the fraud on the court. Judges can be remarkably territorial.
Jim is quite right when he writes in his main posting that the Settlement is vacated, set aside for misrepresenting intent and inducing the parties to reach an agreement in the Settlement Conference that was never intended to be kept. For all practical purposes the settlement is vacated, made null and void by the actions and misrepresentations of the party plaintiff, Bryan Kocis.
Rob, I explained that to "SAM" a couple of weeks ago. He was not the first. The farce of that settlement has been a known fact for nearly a year.
Maybe, "...judges don't like having their authority and courtrooms used to disadvantage a party to a proceeding brought before them."
I think judges are totally responsible for their own authority. If their judgement is wrong, who is to blame? I say the judge.
If a judge cannot tell an honest man from a liar, the judge himself has failed to judge correctly.
Harlow still does not have an attorney he can depend on.
Innocent or guilty, justice in his case has already been violated.
Jim, take note of both the demographics of the 39 friends on Lee's MySpace page and the text of the comments. Surely they can't all be waiters at his burger joint. What do you think is going on there?
LOL...yeah!
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