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. They were not able to show us anything. Page 148 2 Q. Did you confront Albert about this? 3 A. Yes. 4 Q. What did you say to him? 5 A. I tried to handle it delicately. 6 Q. Why delicately? 7 You're not necessarily someone that always 8 handled things so delicately. You were pretty direct 9 usually. 10 A. I was direct, but I wasn't going to 11 accuse him of stealing at that point in time because 12 -- listen, Albert and me and Boden and the people 13 that were involved -- we again all fell within the 14 doctrine of mutually assured destruction, because I 15 couldn't do anything to Albert because I had already 16 engaged in a major embezzlement scheme with him from 17 Silversea. 18 So it's not like I could have reported him 19 to the authorities, so there was no reason to go any 20 further than I had to. 21 Q. So when you say that you addressed it with 22 him delicately, what did you say? 23 A. I sent him e-mails and talked to him in 24 person about the fact that he was making me look like 25 an idiot with the people that I was getting the money
1 from. I think I referenced the hedge funds in a Page 149 2 bunch of the e-mails, that I couldn't account for 3 moneys with my bankers. 4 I tried to apply pressure to him in that 5 fashion, and, Mr. Lichtman, I remembered something 6 about the erasure of the e-mails that you may need to 7 know. 8 Q. Yeah. 9 A. There were at different points in time 10 four people that went over either all together at 11 certain points in time or in groups or separately 12 that assisted in the erasure of the data from the 13 Silversea's computer. 14 It was Bill Corte, Curtis Renie, Rey Leon, 15 and another one of my attorneys who had significant 16 computer experience, Michael Pancier. 17 And the reason I remember that Michael went 18 over is because there was a point in time when I 19 needed something specifically erased that Albert had 20 called me about with regard to e-mails back and forth 21 between him and Diane DelValle that he wanted off the 22 computer, and I had no one else to send there, and I 23 remember asking Michael if he could go over and help 24 them, but I also want to make clear that even though 25 Curtis Renie and Bill Corte were involved in other
- 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
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- Page 107 and 108: 1 affidavits? Page 107 2 A. I'd hav
- Page 109 and 110: 1 A. I don't recall that we specifi
- 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: 1 Q. How long of a period of time d
- 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
- Page 159 and 160: 1 thousand percent? Page 159 2 A. A
- Page 161 and 162: 1 I believe that Manfredi was going
- Page 163 and 164: 1 Q. What? Page 163 2 A. When Alber
- Page 165 and 166: 1 Q. It references it, yes. Page 16
- Page 167 and 168: 1 matter of fact, I may have had Al
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1 from. I think I referenced the hedge funds in a<br />
Page 149<br />
2 bunch <strong>of</strong> the e-mails, that I couldn't account for<br />
3 moneys with my bankers.<br />
4 I tried to apply pressure to him in that<br />
5 fashion, and, Mr. Lichtman, I remembered something<br />
6 about the erasure <strong>of</strong> the e-mails that you may need to<br />
7 know.<br />
8 Q. Yeah.<br />
9 A. There were at different points in time<br />
10 four people that went over either all together at<br />
11 certain points in time or in groups or separately<br />
12 that assisted in the erasure <strong>of</strong> the data from the<br />
13 Silversea's computer.<br />
14 It was Bill Corte, Curtis Renie, Rey Leon,<br />
15 and another one <strong>of</strong> my attorneys who had significant<br />
16 computer experience, Michael Pancier.<br />
17 And the reason I remember that Michael went<br />
18 over is because there was a point in time when I<br />
19 needed something specifically erased that <strong>Albert</strong> had<br />
20 called me about with regard to e-mails back and forth<br />
21 between him and Diane DelValle that he wanted <strong>of</strong>f the<br />
22 computer, and I had no one else to send there, and I<br />
23 remember asking Michael if he could go over and help<br />
24 them, but I also want to make clear that even though<br />
25 Curtis Renie and Bill Corte were involved in other
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