Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services
Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services
Deposition Transcript of Scott Rothstein (Albert ... - Trustee Services
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1 Q. Sort <strong>of</strong> using the vernacular here, would it<br />
2 be a fair statement then with respect to your comment<br />
3 that Mr. Peter was told that RRA was going to become<br />
4 counsel to Silversea, that Mr. Coniglio made him an<br />
5 <strong>of</strong>fer he couldn't refuse?<br />
6 A. I think that's a polite way to say it. I<br />
7 think that they had a mutually beneficial business<br />
8 relationship and it was probably in <strong>Albert</strong>'s best<br />
9 interest to appease Mr. Coniglio, as most people who<br />
10 did business with him did.<br />
11 Q. Do you have any knowledge <strong>of</strong> any <strong>of</strong> the<br />
12 facts <strong>of</strong> what the mutually beneficial relationship<br />
13 was between Coniglio and Mr. Peter?<br />
14 A. The only thing that I was ever told was<br />
15 that <strong>Albert</strong> had previously been having some problems<br />
16 in town and Mr. Coniglio resolved the problems for<br />
17 him.<br />
18 More than that I do not know.<br />
19 Q. And I assume you don't know what the nature<br />
20 <strong>of</strong> the problems were?<br />
21 A. I do not, sir.<br />
22 Q. So at that point in time, was that when<br />
23 you first met <strong>Albert</strong> Peter was after Coniglio told<br />
24 you that you'd be getting Silversea's business?<br />
25 A. Yeah. It was soon thereafter that I met<br />
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