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Judge dismisses Condit suit against Dunne

 
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James Anderson



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 5:05 pm    Post subject: Judge dismisses Condit suit against Dunne Reply with quote

It looks like another one of Condits attemps to silence those who suspect his involvement in Chandra's murder has failed:

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dismissed a slander lawsuit filed by former California congressman Gary Condit against author Dominick Dunne.

Condit claimed that Dunne falsely accused him on the "Larry King Live" show of involvement in the 2001 murder of government intern Chandra Levy.

U.S. District Judge Peter Leisure of New York ruled Tuesday that Dunne's 2005 comments did not rise to the level of slander.

Levy's murder remains unsolved. Condit's ties to her, including reports he told investigators they were sexually involved, cost him his House seat in 2002.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good news, thank you James. Dominick Dunne doesn't deserve to get hit a second time for money for Mr Condit.

Recall the first story that had everyone spellbound?

http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9
40DEED81239F93BA15752C0A9659C8B63

http://tinyurl.com/6q6bqn

excerpt:

Journalism Or Gossip?; A Horse-Whisperer's Tale Trails Dominick Dunne

by FELICITY BARRINGER
Published: January 28, 2003

Dominick Dunne began telling his tale of Gary Condit, Chandra Levy, the horse whisperer and the Middle Eastern procurer sometime in the fall of 2001. It was tantalizingly baroque; Mr. Dunne, the Vanity Fair columnist, mesmerized a group of New England newspaper editors with it over lunch at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut in November 2001.

end excerpt

I still wonder if there was some truth to that story. Obviously not that Chandra was buried at sea, but some of the other portions seem to have a ring of truth, given the time frame and the people in Chandra's life at that time.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:19 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't know, skipper, but I'm glad that Dunne and others were not stopped from talking about it!

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:34 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, James, this is good news for a couple of reasons. Thanks for the update.

On the one hand, Condit has been successful at intimidating anyone from speaking of his possible involvement in Chandra's disappearance, the lack of an alibi, his eight versions of what happened given to the police and reporters, seven of which are by definition lies, and the eighth the biggest whopper of them all, a last minute phone call with Chandra worried about whether she had her train ticket to go home, yet didn't mention it to her parents when they worriedly called him a week later asking if he knew where Chandra was, didn't mention it to police in four questionings of what he knew about Chandra's whereabouts, and didn't mention it until four months later to Connie Chung in a nationwide interview.

He should have stuck with one of his seven prior versions, because that one was laughable.

On the other, each attempt at a intimidating lawsuit has led to those following closely to see that he will take it as far as discovery, but he won't answer any questions under oath. Now judges are not entertaining him that far. He is clearly trolling for settlements, and everyone he shook down, oh excuse me, sued to defend his integrity, stood up to him and said let's go to discovery and see if the statements had merit as believed by the defendants.

They called his bluff, and he folded like a cheap suit.

The other good result here is that he has therefore been unsuccessful at retiring on a hefty settlement from a deep pocket media person. That means he'll start getting creative at generating some cash. Can you say "If I Did It"?

I would love for Condit to clear himself with a full and clear explanation of the events leading up to Chanda's disappearance. Put it in a book, an introspective examination of that period would generate a healthy signing fee. But Condit should be prepared for rejection of an elaboration of any of the previous eight versions. No one bought them then, no one is going to pay him a million dollars for a rehashed changed story now.

I would set as a bar of truthfulness that Condit clearly and fully address each of the questions I raise in Murder on a Horse Trail. They are sprinkled liberally throughout the book. An in depth addressing of all the issues involving him in Chandra's final days that passed the smell test would not only be an interesing read and worthy of a handsome advance, but would go a long way in exonerating him in Chandra's murder and restoring his public image.

In other words, there's only one reason why he wouldn't write such a book.

rd

click to read the online true crime mystery novel Murder on a Horse Trail: The Disappearance of Chandra Levy

www.justiceforchandra.com home page

Background threads:

Condit sues Dunne for Slander - Newsday 12/16/02

Things that Paul LaCalsi needs to check for Dunne Defense

In Defense of Dominick Dunne: For His Legal Counsel

condit v. dunne just settled!!!

Condit sues Dominick Dunne again
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/100/story/43448.html

Interestingly, his suit without merit against the Sonoran News despite the papers small size has led to the paper being in the process of filing a lien against his California property for a $43,680 judgement against Condit for filing a frivolous suit. That would be Acorn Lane in Ceres.

As far as I know, Chad and/or Cadee would be living there now.

I don't know, we could spend quite some time listing all the other legal and financial problems he has put himself in, Michael Doyle does a good job as usual reporting on it, but he could turn it around with a tell all book.

With a tell all that people would buy.

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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I too am glad that Dunne did not get hit again for cash either like Skipper
stated but they were allowed to talk about it. He did not deserve it.

Thanks for the updates all.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 11:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Posted on Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Ex-Rep. Condit loses a Chandra Levy defamation case
By Michael Doyle | McClatchy News

[snip]

Since leaving Congress in January 2003, Condit and his wife Carolyn relocated to Arizona. The Condit family ran two Baskin-Robbins ice cream stores, but have since been sued by the company over alleged management failures. A one-day civil trial concluded in October, and a ruling is pending.

[snip]


Major corporations don't generally sue their franchise operators when they fail to run a successful store, they just revoke or refuse to renew their franchise license. I have a sneaking suspicion that 'management failures' is pc-speak for corporate crime, like embezzlement or conversion of company funds or such. Apparently, scary Gary just can't do anything legally ... I sure would love to get my hands on the case number for that suit, and I am hereby indulging in high hopes that this judge will nail his evil butt to the court room wall, too. As I have been saying from the beginning, and as Condit clearly cannot grasp, this is a classic case of 'ooooh, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive.'

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 2:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi nanci,

I found a bit of info on the Baskin-Robbins v Condit case - it had to do with intellectual property and trademark infringement, according to this Webpage: http://dockets.justia.com/docket/court-azdce/case_no-2:2006cv00854/case_id-303167/
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 7:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It's the equivalent of embezzlement that you have to sue over. nanci said companies normally revoke the franchise license when the franchise business is a failure, $14,000 franchise fees and counting at time of lawsuit.

But that didn't stop Condit. He was operating as a franchise without paying the franchise fees, so revoking the B-R franchise doesn't do any good. At that point you have to sue for someone stealing the B-R name and operations trademarks, because they've already stole the franchise fees.

The companies will do just about anything to work these things out with their franchise owners. He wouldn't be the first to get behind on franchise fees. But as I recall, there was some question of locating him to communicate with him even during the lawsuit.

At least they tried. The DC Police were intimidated by his invocation of Congressional constitutional separation of powers from I guess any attempt by any agency outside of Congress to investigate a murder.

What a racket.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 9:53 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that link, Jane, and nice job on the evaluation of this case, rd ... you explained that in almost exactly the terms Michael used when I asked him what this could be about. The one point he added that could conceivably explain why B-R took a hard stand on misuse of the trademark is that all franchise contracts have a 'moral terpitude' clause which allows the license to be revoked if association with the franchisee has a negative impact on the corporate reputation. That's not the kind of thing that would generally go as far as a lawsuit on its own merits because it would be way too hard to prove up, but it could certainly provide the incentive to make a major issue of a license infringement with a dollar value that B-R could easily write off and save a lot more than that in legal costs. Isn't it interesting, though, how that family apparently didn't bat an eye at using what wasn't theirs to use in order to benefit themselves?

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

right, nanci, just like the campaign finance funds that the State of California was chasing Chad around for. Funny, they were having a hard time locating him as well.

It's that kind of attitude that had Condit portraying Chandra to the police as an obsessed suicidal young woman to explain her disappearance. An attitude that they are above the law, and beyond the reach of the law in explaining his involvement in her disappearance.

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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 4:57 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had heard that he was using the BR name but using other ice cream instead.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:10 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

That would make sense, too, Blondie - B-R wouldn't be supplying him if he wasn't paying the franchaise fee, so maybe he bought no-name chocolate and vanilla to put in the tubs (who knows how he found the others of the 31 flavours!?)
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