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 Q. And that when it came to the settlements<br />
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2 that you discussed, they we<strong>re</strong> confidential p<strong>re</strong>-funded<br />
3 settlements, cor<strong>re</strong>ct?<br />
4 MR. GAY: Objection to form.<br />
5 THE WITNESS: Cor<strong>re</strong>ct.<br />
6 BY MR. PHILLIPS:<br />
7 Q. We<strong>re</strong> they confidential because no suit had<br />
8 been filed and you didn't want people to have access<br />
9 to the public <strong>re</strong>cords to be able to look up to see if<br />
10 the<strong>re</strong> we<strong>re</strong> any lawsuits? Was that why you came up<br />
11 with the confidential natu<strong>re</strong> <strong>of</strong> the settlements?<br />
12 A. Came up with the confidentiality because,<br />
13 number one, we didn't want people poking around. And<br />
14 number two, it was the maintenances <strong>of</strong> the<br />
15 confidentiality that led the c<strong>re</strong>dence to the<br />
16 exorbitant inte<strong>re</strong>st rates and the amount <strong>of</strong> money<br />
17 Plaintiff's we<strong>re</strong> giving up, allegedly.<br />
18 Q. When you said you went to Runway 84 every<br />
19 Thursday night for years and years, was that the night<br />
20 that people knew that organized crime figu<strong>re</strong>s or<br />
21 people <strong>re</strong>lated to organized crime went to Runway 84?<br />
22 A. Yes.<br />
23 Q. Did you enjoy the <strong>re</strong>putation that you had <strong>of</strong><br />
24 hanging out with these organized crime figu<strong>re</strong>s for all<br />
25 those years on Thursday nights?
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