Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services
Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services
1 A. I'm sorry. Can you repeat the question? Page 108 2 Q. You said that you had lied to Silversea 3 about them being on poor legal footing with respect 4 to Albert's termination from the company. 5 Did I understand you correctly? 6 A. Yes, sir. 7 Q. Did Mr. Peter have an employment agreement? 8 A. I don't recall whether he did or not. 9 Q. Do you recall if he was terminable at will? 10 A. I don't recall off the top of my head. 11 I'd need to see the agreements and the 12 transition agreement. I just don't recall. 13 Q. What is it that you recall lying to 14 Silversea about concerning Mr. Peter? 15 A. The main thing was that he was going to go 16 to the media and blast Manfredi. 17 The other thing was that if they did engage 18 in litigation with him, that the skeletons in 19 Manfredi's closet and in the company's closet would 20 ultimately be exposed, placing them on weak legal 21 footing and also poor PR footing if they proceeded 22 with such litigation. 23 Q. When you used the phrase earlier "poor 24 legal footing," were there legal theories of relief 25 or legal arguments that you misstated to Silversea?
1 A. I don't recall that we specifically got Page 109 2 into very many actual legal discussions. Manfredi's 3 main thing was to avoid the expenditure of what I 4 told him would be hundreds of thousands of dollars in 5 additional legal fees, only to have no one actually 6 really win the litigation, but, on the other hand, if 7 they let him go nice and quietly under at least 8 semi-decent terms, that they would have a friend if 9 there was future litigation that he needed to testify 10 in, and since it was likely that Albert was going to 11 remain in the cruise industry, that he would be able 12 to engage on a professional level with him as opposed 13 to an adversarial level. 14 Q. Did Albert know that you were having these 15 conversations with Silversea where you were telling 16 Manfredi and Amerigo that Albert was going to be 17 vindictive and divulge all of this highly sensitive 18 information about Manfredi? 19 A. Yes. 20 Q. How is it that he knew? 21 A. How did Albert know that? 22 Q. Yeah. 23 A. Albert and I discussed it. We came up with 24 the whole plan. 25 Q. How often did you discuss that with Albert
- Page 57 and 58: 1 that he frequented prostitutes wh
- Page 59 and 60: 1 A. At a specific point in time we
- Page 61 and 62: 1 extent that he knew that they wer
- Page 63 and 64: 1 that the police officer was there
- Page 65 and 66: 1 A. I don't recall the date, but t
- Page 67 and 68: 1 after discussing the issue with A
- Page 69 and 70: 1 was located in RRA's offices. Pag
- Page 71 and 72: 1 A. Yes. Page 71 2 Q. There's a bi
- Page 73 and 74: 1 A. No. It would have been anythin
- Page 75 and 76: 1 Q. Is it a fair statement that an
- Page 77 and 78: 1 attorneys' fees that were being i
- Page 79 and 80: 1 Let me first start with Ms. DelVa
- Page 81 and 82: 1 A. Yes. It's part of the money th
- Page 83 and 84: 1 that Mr. Peter received payroll c
- Page 85 and 86: 1 the authority to say that, but he
- Page 87 and 88: 1 match them and see if they match
- Page 89 and 90: 1 He said, "I can send it to you fr
- Page 91 and 92: 1 directed by Albert. Page 91 2 Q.
- Page 93 and 94: 1 A. You'd have to see if it ties t
- Page 95 and 96: 1 moneys were paid. Page 95 2 Q. Wh
- Page 97 and 98: 1 with Manfredi talking to him abou
- Page 99 and 100: 1 recall what we put in the termina
- Page 101 and 102: 1 Q. And how was it that you were c
- Page 103 and 104: 1 like royalty -- and that anything
- Page 105 and 106: 1 case both from a transmittal of f
- Page 107: 1 affidavits? Page 107 2 A. I'd hav
- Page 111 and 112: 1 A. Yes, sir. Page 111 2 Q. What t
- Page 113 and 114: 1 A. I think at that point in time
- Page 115 and 116: 1 was an agreement ultimately signe
- Page 117 and 118: 1 A. Do you have the dates that we
- Page 119 and 120: 1 executives have had refused expen
- Page 121 and 122: 1 A. Yeah. It would have been right
- Page 123 and 124: 1 is that until the very end, until
- Page 125 and 126: 1 with Albert's name on the top of
- Page 127 and 128: 1 tried to explain to him how we we
- Page 129 and 130: 1 we're spending. Page 129 2 I reme
- Page 131 and 132: 1 be or what it was. Page 131 2 Q.
- Page 133 and 134: 1 A. Sure. I found out from reading
- Page 135 and 136: 1 Q. Did you assist in preparing an
- Page 137 and 138: 1 helped effect that financial tran
- Page 139 and 140: 1 assisting me with. Page 139 2 Q.
- Page 141 and 142: 1 A. I needed to get the items that
- Page 143 and 144: 1 deleted from their computers but
- Page 145 and 146: 1 needed for all of this general ov
- Page 147 and 148: 1 Q. How long of a period of time d
- Page 149 and 150: 1 from. I think I referenced the he
- Page 151 and 152: 1 talking to him about the embarras
- Page 153 and 154: 1 River. Page 153 2 Q. Did they hav
- Page 155 and 156: 1 A. I don't have a recollection on
- Page 157 and 158: 1 There's 12 of these transactions
1 A. I don't recall that we specifically got<br />
Page 109<br />
2 into very many actual legal discussions. Manfredi's<br />
3 main thing was to avoid the expenditure <strong>of</strong> what I<br />
4 told him would be hundreds <strong>of</strong> thousands <strong>of</strong> dollars in<br />
5 additional legal fees, only to have no one actually<br />
6 really win the litigation, but, on the other hand, if<br />
7 they let him go nice and quietly under at least<br />
8 semi-decent terms, that they would have a friend if<br />
9 there was future litigation that he needed to testify<br />
10 in, and since it was likely that <strong>Albert</strong> was going to<br />
11 remain in the cruise industry, that he would be able<br />
12 to engage on a pr<strong>of</strong>essional level with him as opposed<br />
13 to an adversarial level.<br />
14 Q. Did <strong>Albert</strong> know that you were having these<br />
15 conversations with Silversea where you were telling<br />
16 Manfredi and Amerigo that <strong>Albert</strong> was going to be<br />
17 vindictive and divulge all <strong>of</strong> this highly sensitive<br />
18 information about Manfredi?<br />
19 A. Yes.<br />
20 Q. How is it that he knew?<br />
21 A. How did <strong>Albert</strong> know that?<br />
22 Q. Yeah.<br />
23 A. <strong>Albert</strong> and I discussed it. We came up with<br />
24 the whole plan.<br />
25 Q. How <strong>of</strong>ten did you discuss that with <strong>Albert</strong>
Change language