Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services

1 helped effect that financial transaction. Correct?
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2 A. That's correct.
3 Q. Did you ever discuss with him the fact that
4 it was RRA money that was then being converted to
5 your use in terms of either an equity interest or
6 owner of a note?
7 A. He never questioned it because that's the
8 way we paid for everything.
9 Q. When you say "that's the way we paid for
10 everything," can you expound on that, please?
11 A. Yeah. Boden I told you was not only
12 general counsel to the firm, he was my consiglieri.
13 He handled virtually from the time he joined us every
14 -- the financial end of every business that I became
15 involved in, whether it be with Shimone Levy, Casa
16 Casuarina, V. Georgio, RRA Goal Line ---
17 Q. That's the sports management entity?
18 A. Yes.
19 Q. Kip Hunger Marketing, Africat Yachts, Bova
20 restaurant group, all of those.
21 Boden was the main architect of the
22 financial side and the corporate structure side of
23 every single one of those deals, and he knew that all
24 of that money was coming one way or the other from
25 RRA accounts.