Mark Bunker and others are putting forth the claim that Minton WAS NOT blackmailed.

Bunker has said:

> There's a difference between blackmail
> and considerable pressure. Schaeffer
> herself has ruled there was no
> blackmail.

That is not what Schaeffer ruled:

(Separated into paragraphs for clarification) Schaeffer said:

quote:

"The Plaintiff suggests that the Church extorted and blackmailed Mr. Minton and Stacy Brooks to say they had lied when they hadn't, or to say Dandar caused them to lie.

"It isn't necessary for this court to resolve this issue, since there has been no Motion filed against the Church to dismiss or strike its answer or counterclaim, or any disqualification motion to dismiss its attorneys. I hope there will be none.

"However, to assist the state attorney, who will receive a copy of this Order, the main witness the state may have to rely on to prove extortion/blackmail is Jesse Prince. His extreme bias against the Church has been discussed by this court on numerous occasions. I find his credibility, based on his previous testimony, and the testimony before me at the Omnibus Hearing, to be suspect.

"Based on being an admitted perjurer, and the testimony presented before me at the Omnibus Hearing, the credibility of Ms. Brooks is flawed. Mr.

Minton has very little credibility based on his testimony before me, especially if he needs to lie for his own good, or his money.

"Ms. Monique Yingling, the only other witness who testified before me, and who might know the truth about any blackmail and extortion is a noted member of both the California and D.C. Bar. I found her testimony to be quite credible, and do not believe for a moment she would jeopardize her license to practice law by lying, committing extortion, blackmail, or allowing anyone in her presence to do so.

"Neither, Mr. Rosen, nor Mr. Rinder testified before me, so I have no basis to judge their credibility. However, if Mr. Rinder has done what has been attributed to him, including offering money for perjured affidavits, his credibility is certainly suspect.

"Perhaps after I have had the opportunity to work with Mr. Rosen, who has recently become the Church's chief trial counsel, I will have an opportunity to personally assess his credibility. I will note, however, that when I inquired, pursuant to his Motion to be admitted pro hac vice in the wrongful death case, I heard nothing from other judges who had worked with him on cases before them which would suggest that he would be involved in such scurrilous activity.

"This is all I intend to say in this Order about extortion or blackmail."(unquote)

Schaeffer did not rule there was no blackmail. She is not addressing the issue because no motion has been filed. She ruled that Minton's testimony, was not relevant to the trying of wrongful death suit.

But she is referring the matter to the proper authorities and if a motion is filed, it will have to be addressed. I hope she hasn't forgotten that Rosen lied in Baird's Court when he (Rosen) said she (Schaeffer) said something she didn't say about the value of the wrongful death suit.

I hope Schaeffer hasn't also overlooked the fact, that Attorney Yingling, who took lots of notes at the first meeting and took notes in court, did not (or claims she did not) take one single note at the following 10-12 meetings with Minton and Brooks without their attorney.

I find it hard to believe that a "reputaable" attorney would meet with opponents without their attorney being present. I hope Judge Schaeller doesn't forget that the Estate had a hell of a time to get COS lawyers to turn over Yingling's notes and probably only did so because Stephen JONAS, Minton's attorney, was present and knew she (Yingling) took notes.

>There was, however, a
> global campaign to destroy Bob for all
> the good deeds he did for people.
> Meeting with Rinder was to handle that
> assault.

There was aslo a MAJOR campaign to destroy the wrongful death suit and the COS used Minton's footbullets in an effort to accomplish that goal.

So who thinks Minton was blackmailed into helping the COS, among several things, make the wrongful death suit "go away"?

Tigger

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