Hearings continue in Houston in the Conspiracy to Defame case brought by Plaintiff Virgie Arthur against Defendants Howard K. Stern, Bonnie Stern, Larry Birkhead, Art Harris, Harvey Levin, TMZ, Nelda “Rose” Turner, Lyndal Harrington, and Teresa Stephens. Attorney for the Plaintiff, Neil McCabe, and his colleagues are currently embroiled in a contentious battle to have defendants turn over their computers and electronic media for forensic analysis, a process through which data and documents, such as emails, can be retrieved and judged for their relevancy and discoverable value.
The Hearing on Thursday starts at 8:00AM and is expected to last three hours. Defendants Bonnie Stern and Lyndal Harrington or their respective representatives are each expected to face the judge to present an argument as to the reason the defendant should not be held in contempt for not turning in hard drives to Special Master Craig Ball when the Court first issued the order. At the conclusion of the previous hearing in Houston’s 280th District Court, McCabe handed two documents to Judge Lindsay for her signature. These were the motions to compel Misses Stern and Harrington to appear on Thursday, May 21.
Lyndal Harrington had first claimed her PC was destroyed when Hurricane Ike flooded her residence, but later discovered it was still operational. Shortly thereafter, she claimed her PC was stolen during a break-in. Mr. McCabe intends to prove the falsity of Miss Harrington’s claim by presenting in court a statement authored by the responding policeman which purports that the break-in appeared to the officer as having been staged to look like a burglary.
Bonnie Stern filed bankruptcy in California just prior to the deadline by which she was supposed to turn in her computer. Because of the way the laws are written, the bankruptcy filing brought Virgie’s entire Texas State case to a halt. In legal terms, Miss Stern’s bankruptcy filing placed a “stay” on Virgie’s case. Because of the stay, Mr. McCabe’s legal pursuit to compel the defendants to abide by Court’s ruling with respect to producing their hard drives immediately drew to a halt. However, McCabe went to California and filed a motion to Lift the Stay that Miss Stern caused. His motion was heard and he won. Stern appealed the Lifting of the Stay and the court struck her down without benefit of an argument from Mr. McCabe.
Bonnie Stern will still have to answer the Court when Judge Lindsay asks her why she shouldn’t be held in contempt for disobeying the court’s previous order demanding she turn in her PC. McCabe may argue the surreptitious nature of the bankruptcy action by claiming it was nothing more than a delay tactic.
Most notably, Thursday’s appearance of Bonnie Stern and Lyndal Harrington appears to be the “one last chance” that Judge Lyndsay mentioned in last Friday’s hearing. What lay ahead for Miss Stern and Miss Harrington will most assuredly depend on how convincing their arguments are to Judge Lindsay’s ears. The hearing should be very interesting.
Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Harrington_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf
Arthur_vs_Stern_etal_Bonnie_Stern_Order_to_Show_Cause_Contempt.pdf
*Update*
According tp the latest documents filed by Ms. Stern, she will not apppear at the hearing. Also, the police officer in Lyndal Harrington’s part of the lawsuit will attend and testify at the May 21st hearing about the burglary Harrington alleges happened.
Defendant_Bonnie_Stern_Answer_to_Show_Cause.pdf
Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_with_exhibit_1.pdf
Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_Exhibit_4.pdf
Bonnie_Stern_Declaration_Exhibit_5.pdf
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Thanks so much for the nice article AC. And your help is much appreciated.
QV hope all is well and also I hope the Judge makes both ladies give their pc the next day. There must be something on these hard drives that is not to be seen by Mr. McCabe. It is finally coming to a head.
Oh I see Ms Stern has started with the omission thing already. On exhibit #4 page three, she left off the title of the article. Im sure its this part she did not want exposed.
“Step-Brother Not Incest…”
I’m laughing out loud….this woman has hundreds of clients and she is full accounting, yet she only made $1250…in California? GMAFB.
Exhibit #3. Page 5
Bonnie says:
I have never instructed anyone to post any information of any kind on a blog or anywhere else, public or private.
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HOW ABOUT THIS???
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:02:12 -0500
From: “cajunrose”
Subject: Fw: vons lil article
To: “Queen Of VonDonia”
CC: “Bonnie Stern”
Von,
Be very careful here… you failed to mention that you and Jane tried to sell your story to People Mag. (and yes I have the email from you about selling the story, Duane was nice about furnishing that) and it has been forwarded to the proper people to address that, nor did you say that the Stern family is the one that requested you take down the info. that is not factual and it was very harmful to Howard’s cause as they also requested that Jane take down her info. as to not cause harm to Howard’s cause… I see neither of you have ANY respect for the Stern family, only how many hits a day your blogs get whether what is said is true or not…..
I suggest you also read the new laws as of 2006 about the new federal penalties, they are up on the new blog site as well…You will see why I always use mine real name on blogs now.
And yes I have a ton of very defaming emails about what you are spreading to ppl and on your blog they just keep tumbling in my email box about ALL you want is hits on your site, fame and you do not care about Howard…. Von, you took a wrong somewhere and lost site of what your blog was “suppose to do”…
It is your right to be the next TMZ or ET, but not at my expense of at Havana’s expense and especially NOT at the Stern family expense.
And while you are doing some article reading, read what Bonnie has to say on the blog and especially about ppl like you and Jane who are trying to turn this into some way to sell your story…
Rose
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OR THIS That was published on Nelda’s site three days after I kicked Nelda off of mine.
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A special thank you from the Stern family
Posted in Uncategorized | | April 24th, 2007
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:53 AM
To Havana, all of her volunteer helpers, and Rose and her husband,
I want to tell you how much I appreciate all of the help and valuable information you have provided for my brother, Howard. Contrary to what you may hear my parents are the people paying for all of Howard’s legal bills so the information you are providing is invaluable. I would like you to be assured that your information will never be divulged by me or my family in any way. It has been such a pleasure having all of your help since this tragedy started. My whole family has been greatly affected by the witch hunt my brother is going through. Unfortunately, with the O’Quinn machine, it’s taken a huge toll on everyone involved, including all of you. I am so sorry that so much greed has turned into all of this. All of you have been so amazing! I’m proud that Howard has people like you to support him. Thank you always for all that you do. It does make a difference!
Thanks,
Bonnie Stern
well isnt that a stroll down memory lane .. amazing how one group of ppl mislead and corrupted those that only wanted to KNOW wtf happened to Anna … to see that Daniel’s passing was given the respect HE deserved… to see that Precious be granted the security of FAMILY .. oh what a tangled web those theives have created amongst themselves .. Oh Ro’ho, Bonnie and master stern the truth does have a certain sting to it doesnt it …
JUST MY OPINION !!
Writ of Mandamus docs.
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/Order_Sterns_Writ_of_Mandamus_re_production_of_documents.pdf
http://annanicoleandhowardkstern.com/Order_Sterns_Writ_of_Mandamus_response_due_June03.pdf
HEY JMASS And MARYSTD,
Many of you and your comrades received this same letter from Jane Devin. I will take responsibility for what I have done but I will NOT take it for what I have NOT done. Devin sent this form letter to many of you as well, as you can see by all the email addys she sent it to. The email you saw in the filings was me passing it on to Duane period. This email from JD was the first I ever heard of People Magazine. MarySTD,its addressed to you too so if you say I am responsible, you are too. Oooooh Burn!!! Lying hag!
So take your rumor mongering selves and shove it!
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M
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Virgie – Getting the Word Out
Monday, April 16, 2007 3:59 PM
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I apologize for the form letter, but I did not want to post this on QV’s or my site. Please forgive me, but I consider this fairly urgent.
I have been hard at work trying to get somebody in the mainstream media to take a look at what you guys have all compiled. I’ve gotten the deaf and dumb treatment from almost every boradcast entity, and a couple of small bites from print media. People Magazine seems to be the best bet, but they aren’t sure of the public interest. So we need to let them know that interest exists, and that there’s PROOF behind the allegations we are making about Virgie and kin.
I am asking that you write a brief letter to editor@people.com — in your own words. Send them a link to one of the pieces of info, or to QV’s or my site, or even simply let them know you are concerned about Dannielynn being around this Texas family. Whatever you want to say — say it! But please don’t let this opportunity pass us by…..we need America, as well as the Bahamas, to be informed.
THANK YOU!
Jane
http://janedevin.wordpress.com
You know I think that Castor Oil might just be the best lax on the planet…might cure colon cancer or at least polyps.
Sosueme…
Jane is a wonderful writer, and full of knowing the vocabulary.
…and she actually said…
“Please forgive me”
Somehow I find that so believable, and real, and down to earth.
Dear QV,
I find that that ‘noise’ irritates the heck out of me when I’m trying to be so serious.
Maybe you could change it to a ‘giggle’ or something that sounds more human, instead of a drop of water landing on something soft.
Freida, I love that nic
~Sosueme~ Can I use it?
I agree. I am looking for something wind chime like that only lasts for a second.
It’s not original.
Something ‘wind chime’….
“That Only Lasts For a Moment”
Just thought that was pretty.
If you ‘look up’ “wind chime” on WORD…
YOU GET MOVED!!!
Never learned very good punctuation, although I actually was a Proofreader once-upon a time.
See?
LOL
So who is ‘Cat’ really?’
Here’s another great ‘word’ to look up…
Catamaran
So guess, it’s a sailing vessel no less.
Was just thinkin’ ’bout ‘Cat In The Hat.’
I’m not a moron, just a simple celled being of complex origins.
So do you really believe that Howard is an evil person?
Do you believe that Virgie was a bad mom?
Do you think that Daniel might have had easy access to getting easy drugs?
Or for that matter, what ’bout his mother?
Sure is easy for me to believe that they were so beautiful.
And who was trying their best to ‘pull-in’ those reigns?
Wonder ’bout the body guard and those ‘nanny’s’…but when it gets right down to it…
If you want something bad enough you will finda’ way…
Break a leg…sure does remind me of horse getting loose and learning how to get ‘easy oats.’
i saw a pic of Bon bon, on the Rose blog. SAhe looks like she has had a make over. Possibly for ??? She still looks haggie to me.Never liked or trusted OL BON
There was no trying to sell anything to PEEPol. The letter was hoping for a way to get Dannielynn’s story out there, because there was not much main stream media hanging around.Jane SPENT her own money on many others trying to help them, GET THE COVERAGE that would help them. But I DO SEE ON ROSE’S BLOG, AN AD to contribute to her.
This is all I was told about today’s hearing:
Judge announced on the record that she does not believe the break-in story. Tomorrow hearing resumes at 3:30 with briefing, at which time the judge will decide what to do.
Thanks,QV…..smart judge
No ‘Break-in story’…
That’s rather funny.
So far, so good though…on those that would like to involve, or undermine a good educator, I think.
Who on God’s Green Earth would want to be involved with a ‘business’ called “Hot Smooching Lips” (sp?)…other than ‘those’ involved in ‘that sort of enterprise?’
A modeling agency?
With only 1 client…guess that was just trying to get ‘it off’ the ground.
Good Gosh!!!
Ms. Molly.
Now yu no, the rest of the story…
Just a promotion.
Reminds me of a song.
Sure hope these little girls learn more than how to sing and dance…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygW-mAQCZpQ
This is cute!!!
QV what is that letter about from jane?
Never mind. I thought the date was 2009 a good night sleep and I see differently.
I’m waiting for some ‘Wind Chime’ noise instead of ‘a drip.’
Didn’t much like seeing someone ‘tried’ in ‘the media’ (lower case)…
Yet, could it be an extension of that ‘long arm’ called “The Law?” (upper and lower case)
So, much for happy endings.
Guess that’s “drama”…
I’m still believing that HKS is ‘playing’ with “THE SYSTEM”…
though…
I don’t have a strong heart, I have a mighty strong stomach.
i clickerd on the lyndal pdf,m and it says” not found.” Did it get lost, or did someone swipe it?? just askin
I guess if HKS is an ena-BLURRR…that would make Anna/aka Vickie an ena-BLEEEE!!!!
This is for Ms Devin…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PwG69620WA
Gee, QV please don’t get rid of that link to the animal rescue site.
Can’t blame you for loosing WalMart.