Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
Deposition of Scott Rothstein re - Trustee Services
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1 associated with organized crime?<br />
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2 A. Anyone, yes.<br />
3 Q. Who did you tell?<br />
4 MR. NURIK: Jeff, do you want to assert the<br />
5 privilege?<br />
6 MR. KAPLAN: Yes, I object to any<br />
7 conversations with law enforcement.<br />
8 BY MR. SALIM:<br />
9 Q. Do you have any evidence that Mr. Tonacchio<br />
10 was associated with organized crime?<br />
11 A. Only what he told me.<br />
12 Q. And what did he tell you?<br />
13 MR. NURIK: Hold on a second.<br />
14 Jeff, do you want to assert a privilege or<br />
15 not?<br />
16 MR. KAPLAN: No, not to what he told --<br />
17 what Mr. Tonacchio told him.<br />
18 MR. NURIK: Okay.<br />
19 THE WITNESS: On a number <strong>of</strong> diffe<strong>re</strong>nt<br />
20 occasions, when I was discussing with Mr. Tonacchio<br />
21 our development projects in Brooklyn and the<br />
22 potential that we might have zoning issues and other<br />
23 issues, he told me that he had friends within the<br />
24 unions that we<strong>re</strong> associated with organized crime. He<br />
25 didn't say "associated with organized crime," but
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