There was just one new court filing in the matter of USA v Raniere et al in recent days. It was a routine request for an extension of time for parties to file motions regarding what materials they claim to be privileged.
It looks like the judge approved the request.
The letter, written by Kathleen Cassidy, the same lawyer who accompanied Clare Bronfman on her recent two-day excursion to Clifton Park, reads, “We write jointly on behalf of Defendants Bronfman, Raniere and Nancy Salzman, and the Government, in response to the Court’s direction to file a joint letter setting forth a briefing schedule for privilege motions by today (ECF No. 162).
“Each of the affected Defendants have (sic) conferred with the Government’s privilege review attorney regarding the Government’s privilege review. On October 22, the Government requested additional information from Defendants to clarify the nature and scope of the privileges being asserted by each Defendant. Defendants are working to respond to the Government’s request and will respond next week. The parties jointly propose that we continue working to narrow the areas of potential dispute and that we will update the Court as to the status of our discussions by next Friday, November 2, 2018.”
While some might read something into the fact that the request was written by one of Clare Bronfman’s attorneys on behalf of “…Defendants Bronfman, Raniere and Nancy Salzman…” as well as on behalf of the government, I believe this is merely procedural, not substantive cooperation.
While I’m not 100 percent sure why the request didn’t include the other three defendants – i.e., Allison Mack, Lauren Salzman, and Kathy Russell – my guess is that the primary issues of privilege relate much more to Raniere, Bronfman and Nancy Salzman since the former two were the ones pursuing litigation against any and all and that the documents that relate to potential privilege came from computers mainly seized from Nancy Salzman’s home.
Lauren, Allison, and hapless Kathy had little to do with the litigation and did not have a battery of lawyers where privilege issues might come into play.
Although it’s interesting, it likely means absolutely nothing.
Here is the pdf of the letter by Bronfman attorney Kathleen Cassidy:
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Frank, I hope your right. I’m sure I’m being paranoid and don’t know a lot about the law but seeing the three names on one legal document is disconcerting.
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I don’t know, Scott, there is a giant horde of “anonymous”. Then again, it might all be the same person.
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This from a guy unable to figure out Amway ripped him off. Now calling others cockroaches, your intelligents shines. Comedy show.
That’s exactly the point. I did figure out Amway ripped me off. Now I’m one of very few people speaking out about Amway and other MLM scams ripping off 10s of millions of new people every year, while you post utterly stupid comments. How stupid does that make YOU look?
Love it! Wouldn’t set any knives or glass on the dinner table. If so, I’m in.
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Sounds like you’re another idiot who doesn’t care about millions of people being scammed every year by MLMs.
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Sounds like V-Week
It probably does mean nothing, but thank you, Frank, for keeping us up to date with the goings on of this trial. Sadly, this article doesn’t mention much about Allison and says nothing about Kristen Kreuk. Hence, only the sound of crickets in the comment section.
Not every day can be Fourth of July.
Dude, what the hell did Allison do to you?
I have been rejected by women I had strong feelings for several times in my life and I don’t wish ill on any of them…
Not germane to the above topic…
but I wanted to share this info about how “worthless” showbiz contributes jobs to the Canadian economy.
There are currently 34 TV/Film productions in Vancouver and BC, with 7 more upcoming.
Plus 21 in Toronto and Ontario, with 6 more upcoming.
http://www.whatsfilming.ca/inproduction/
http://www.whatsfilming.ca/inproduction-toronto-ontario/