What Would Ray Lewis Do?

This week we had the 2013 version of the White Bronco as Patriot tight end Aaron Hernandez was followed  by a helicopter as he has come under scrutiny for the murder of Odin Lloyd:


            


Aaron is likely to be arrested for obstruction of justice for destroying footage from his home security system, but Aaron I wouldn't trip.  Ray Lewis has given you the roadmap from obstruction of justice/possible homicide to Hero/ESPN employee:

1. Do not talk to authorities, take your obstruction charge on keep it moving.
2. Find God and anytime you are asked about the murder keep it very vague, ambiguous and play the God Card.  For example during an interview prior to the Super Bowl Ray Lewis was asked by Shannon Sharpe regarding the murder: The families of the slain men find it difficult to see you be idolized by millions of fans, believing you know more about the killings than you have shared, what would you say to the families? Lewis replied "God has never made a mistake.  That's just who he is, you see....to the family, if you knew, if you really knew the way God works.  He don't use people who commits anything like that for His glory."  A perfect answer, I suggest you right that on your hand.
3. Have 6 kids with 4 women.  When asked about it see No. 2 above.
4. Catch a lot of passes.
5. Win a super bowl.

Follow these simple steps and in 15 years you will be a hero and likely be working as an analyst for ESPN.

Speaking of analysts for ESPN, why is ESPN going to Attorney Roger Cossacks for legal analysis when you have Ray Lewis on staff?  I dare say Ray Lewis has much more in depth analysis he could give regarding Obstruction of Justice/Homicide than Cossacks.

Didn't I Warn You

So a couple of years ago on this here blog I warned all landlords about Real Housewife Lynne Curtin. Well she did it again, Eviction No. 4:

Jacalyn Robbins v. Frank Curtin and Lynne Curtin; Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2011-00458887.

The Plaintiff hired eviction attorney Steven Silverstein, who Mr. Free Parking has had many cases with (the last court appearance I had with him, he showed up in a polo shirt). The Curtins settled the matter, agreeing to move out, however failed to comply with the settlement and judgment was eventually entered against them.

Wasn't she saying last season that business was booming????

We'll be on the lookout for #5.

So we were all enthralled and saddened when poor Lynne Curtin of Real Housewives of Orange County was evicted from her beautiful Laguna Beach rental and we sympathized with her shock that her husband pulled this one over on her.

What she failed to mention is that this is not her first ride on the eviction train, in fact she has been evicted three times.

Eviction No. 1, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 00CC00902:

Filed January 13, 2000, and judgment entered against Lynne on March 2, 2001. I have to give her props, eviction proceedings in California are summary proceedings the process is supposed to go as follows:

1. After tenant is late on rent you post a 3 day notice to pay or quit the premises

2. If tenant does not pay or vacate you file an unlawful detainer (fancy legalese for eviction) complaint in Court

3. Tenant has 5 days to respond

4. If tenant does not respond then landlord can file a request to enter default judgment, if tenant responds then landlord must file a request to set case for trial

5. Court is obligated under California law to set the case for trial within 20 calendar days

Somehow Lynne was able to draw out the proceedings for well over a year, which means she didn't pay a dime of rent for at least 16 months. Well done. Well done.

The landlord's attorney was Dennis P. Block & Associates which is a well known eviction firm, but this was not their best effort letting this squatter hang around for more than a year.

Eviction No. 2, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 07SL00736; Mercury Manzano v. Lynne Curtin:

Filed 2/9/07, and judgment entered against Lynne on 3/5/07 after a Court Trial. Plaintiff's attorney was another well known eviction lawyer John Bouzane, who did a nice job obtaining judgment in less than a month.

Lynne and her husband Frank seem to have quite the relationship with this Mercury Manzano as another case was filed by, one Mercury Manzano, against them in Riverside County in which a judgment was obtained for failing to repay hundreds of thousands of dollars in loans. Let's just say I feel for Mercury Manzano. Either Lynne and her husband Frank are very convincing or Mercury is not exactly Warren Buffett.

Eviction No. 3, Orange County Superior Court Case No. 30-2009-00249269; Marianne J. Moy v. Lynne Curtin:

Filed 3/4/09, and judgment entered against Lynne on 4/22/09 in the amount of $13,480. This was the high profile eviction as televised on Bravo as Lynne's daughters were served with the eviction papers. Lynne put on a great display of shock as if she could not believe she could possibly be evicted, but as we see above it was quite an act.

Plaintiff's attorney was Kimball, Tirey & St. Johns yet another well known eviction firm. Lynne has now been sued by three of the main eviction firms in SoCal, all she needs is two more evictions by David Endres and Randall Naiman and she will officially have been evicted by all high-volume eviction attorneys in SoCal. Now that would be quite an achievement.

One word of advice to future landlords of the Curtins: PREPAY!

Anyone Want To Invest In Real Estate Development?

Real Estate Tycoons Frank & Lynne Curtin are in a bit of hotwater again, this time judgment has been entered against them in Riverside County in the amount of 1.26 million for failure to repay "loans" made to them for real estate development investments.

The case is Mercury Manzano v. Frank Curtin, Lynne Curtin and Christopher Curtin, Riverside Superior Court Case No. RIC474089.

Manzano sued the Curtins for Breach of Contract; Common Counts and Fraud. Some of the allegations from the complaint:

- On May 31, 2005, Manzano lent Christopher Curtin $150,000, the loan was memorialized with a promissory note.

- On October 1 2005, Manzano lent Frank Curtin $500,000, the loan was memorialized with a promissory note.

- On January 1, 2006, Manzano lent Frank Curtin $200,000, the loan was memorialized with a promissory note.

- On September 1, 2006, Manzano lent Frank & Lynne Curtin $517,500, the loan was memorialized by a note and a deed of trust secured by property located at 2861 Chateau Way, Laguna Beach, CA.

- On September 1, 2006, Manzano lent Frank & Lynne Curtin $600,000, the loan was memorialized by a note and a deed of trust secured by property located at 21 Vista De La Luna, Laguna Beach, CA.

The Curtins failed to repay any of the notes and the Plaintiff was forced to foreclose the 2 Laguna Beach properties losing $150,000 on Chateau Way and $175,000 on Vista De La Luna.

So once the dust had settled the Curtins ran away with $1,175,000.

In the fraud claims the Plaintiff alleged that at the time the loans were made the Curtins never had any intention of repaying them and that they have engaged in similar fraudulent conduct in the past.

Another classic quote from the lawsuit "The Curtins held themselves out as experienced contractors and developers of residential properties."

Manzano won his lawsuit and now holds a 1.26 million dollar judgment against the Curtins. Lynne is going to have to sell a lot of cuffs to pay that back but it may not ever come to that as I smell a bankruptcy coming.....stay tuned.

The Death of Death Row

So a few weeks ago I was in Bankruptcy Court (just another day as an Esquire Extraordinaire) and one of the cases called before mine was the Death Row Records case. The Judge called the case and 9 white lawyers promptly proceeded to rise to represent varying interests.

I couldn't help but reminisce about the old days of Death Row.....Suge, Tupac, Dre, Snoop and the crew runnin the west coast, hangin fools like Vanilla Ice from balconies, and now what....reduced to a bunch of white attorneys trying to weasel any crumbs left from the Empire.

This was the day before the election and I was just about to give up hope that Black America would ever get the respect they deserve. Then I thought about the poignant words of Tupac in his epic song Changes "we aint ready to see a black president" followed by the stirring Nas video "Black President" and I know Pac has to be smilin on the Island where he is living.

Pac the masters to all your songs may have been sold to creditors through the U.S. Bankruptcy Court, but at least we got a black president....or at least a Hawaiian president.