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 Q. Take a look at 156, please. Page 74 2 Do you have that? 3 A. Okay. 4 Q. This is what appears --- 5 A. I do. 6 Q. This is what appears to be a legitimate 7 bill on Silversea versus Damian O'Connor. 8 However, if you take a look at page 157, 9 you'll see a time entry May 15 for your time of four 10 hours and 15 minutes, and that comes out to a rate of 11 44,286? 12 Was that an intentional defalcation or was 13 that a typo that got missed? 14 A. I don't know. 15 Q. You would agree that your hourly rate times 16 four hours did not amount to $44,000, though. 17 Correct? 18 A. Yes. It looks like a mistake. 19 Q. If you take a look at page 159, this looks 20 somewhat like the form of a partially legitimate bill 21 on the Wendy Clayton matter. 22 Do you have that in front of you? 23 A. 159? 24 Q. Yes. 25 A. Yes.
1 Q. Is it a fair statement that any of Page 75 2 your -- meaning RRA's -- legal fee statements that do 3 not show the time allotted per task and the extension 4 of the fee on an hourly rate would be a fabricated 5 bill as reflected by the final gross total, which on 6 this exhibit at page 161 is 68,000? 7 A. A bill that is set up like this bill 8 without indicating the timekeeper or the time entry 9 with a total would be one of the following: Either a 10 completely fake bill or a partially fake bill. 11 Q. Is the Clayton file one that was worked on 12 also by Mr. Lippman? 13 A. I don't recall. You'd have to look at the 14 file itself. 15 Q. I noted that there's some entries in late 16 June with lawyers from New Jersey, Howard Jaslow and 17 Stan Goldberg, whom I know were friendly to 18 Mr. Lippman. 19 Do you know -- were they involved in this 20 case or were their names made up for purposes of this 21 invoice? 22 A. No. My recollection is -- now that you're 23 saying that -- my recollection is that we did get 24 Lippman involved in this and we really did need to 25 retain lawyers out in Jersey.
- Page 23 and 24: 1 Q. Let's just focus in on the iss
- Page 25 and 26: 1 I was providing him legal advice
- Page 27 and 28: 1 mutually addressed Mr. Peter and
- Page 29 and 30: 1 dollar amount attributable to tha
- Page 31 and 32: 1 A. Yes, sir. Page 31 2 Q. And the
- Page 33 and 34: 1 A. -- so that he could see it. Pa
- Page 35 and 36: 1 A. In the beginning it was me, Al
- Page 37 and 38: 1 Albert Peter. Page 37 2 This is t
- Page 39 and 40: 1 Silversea? Page 39 2 A. Yes, and
- Page 41 and 42: 1 Q. Then if you take a look at pag
- Page 43 and 44: 1 with him in the amount of time th
- Page 45 and 46: 1 this bill? Page 45 2 A. To the be
- Page 47 and 48: 1 tell you that regardless of how m
- Page 49 and 50: 1 and then get him the money in one
- Page 51 and 52: 1 A. Because I discussed it with hi
- Page 53 and 54: 1 MR. LICHTMAN: Uh-oh. A frozen scr
- Page 55 and 56: 1 Q. When you say keeping Mr. Lefeb
- 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: 1 A. No. It would have been anythin
- 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 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
1 Q. Take a look at 156, please.<br />
Page 74<br />
2 Do you have that?<br />
3 A. Okay.<br />
4 Q. This is what appears ---<br />
5 A. I do.<br />
6 Q. This is what appears to be a legitimate<br />
7 bill on Silversea versus Damian O'Connor.<br />
8 However, if you take a look at page 157,<br />
9 you'll see a time entry May 15 for your time <strong>of</strong> four<br />
10 hours and 15 minutes, and that comes out to a rate <strong>of</strong><br />
11 44,286?<br />
12 Was that an intentional defalcation or was<br />
13 that a typo that got missed?<br />
14 A. I don't know.<br />
15 Q. You would agree that your hourly rate times<br />
16 four hours did not amount to $44,000, though.<br />
17 Correct?<br />
18 A. Yes. It looks like a mistake.<br />
19 Q. If you take a look at page 159, this looks<br />
20 somewhat like the form <strong>of</strong> a partially legitimate bill<br />
21 on the Wendy Clayton matter.<br />
22 Do you have that in front <strong>of</strong> you?<br />
23 A. 159?<br />
24 Q. Yes.<br />
25 A. Yes.
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