John Branca and Johnnie Roberts, Love at First Lie

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December 9, 2010 – John Branca and Johnnie L. Roberts, A New Anti-Michael Partnership

Julien’s Auctions Strikes Again, This time with Branca’s Blessing in Public

Then Good Morning (yeah right!) Moscow (I mean America . . . Does that still exist or do we get arrested for saying that now?), was showing off some lovely holiday gift ideas for the rich and morbid and right on top of the display was Michael’s paintings (the one mimicked on that gross album cover of him in red royal garb with a crown on his head), his jackets, his gloves and other items before I turned away, turned off the t.v. and fought the urge to throw the remote. (I won, I think . . . get back to you on that.)


I was told by a source that the fiasco behind Julian’s Auctions while Michael was getting his Neverland Ranch refinanced was actually Branca interference and had nothing to do with Tohme. Tohme had Julian’s remove and catalog Michael’s belongings, which is what Michael wanted. Julians came up with this story of Tohme threatening Julian’s with “there will be bloodshed” . . . a story that went out through the press. However, being told that Branca had a hand in issuing an order to Julian’s to auction Michael’s things when he wasn’t even Michael’s attorney (false power of attorney?) and maybe the promise of steering other celebrity business Julian’s way? I believe that is completely possible. He’s lied about everything else, which brings me to another issue: The best P.R. Money can buy?

The Wrap

How do these “journalists” who previously worked for mainstream news organizations end up downgrading to third/world type tabloids papers and still have a “respectable” career?


This happened to Roger Friedman previously of Fox News and it happened to Johnnie L. Roberts previously of “Newsweek”.


Roger Friedman –


Michael’s best buddy at Fox News, Roger Friedman, was fired. And it couldn’t (wouldn’t ) have happened to a nicer person. I mean that in the most literal sense. Maybe the writer of Justice4some can get him a job since he likes quoting him so often?


“As Fox called in the FBI to find out who had leaked the film onto the Internet, Friedman posted a column last Thursday marveling at how easy it was to find a copy of the purloined Hugh Jackman comic book film online.” Source


And this one:


“Frog-faced liberal entertainment reporter Roger Friedman has been fired "let go" from The Hollywood Reporter, where he was hired after he was fired from Fox News last year. Roger Friedman is known for unethical reporting that first became known in 2004 when he made up a very negative story about Mel Gibson's Passion of the Christ.” Source


His numerous articles smearing Michael have finally come to a halt. Thankfully others now are finally coming out and explaining the “debt-ridden” Michael people like Friedman tried to fraudulently put out to the public, like this article, ( Source ) which intelligently explains that Michael was not broke as the press would have us believe.


No, he was known long before that, in the smears he would put in print about Michael Jackson and his family. And you know his “inaccuracies” had to be pretty bad for the Hollywood Reporter to fire him. His Biography is here.


Did you know Roger Friedman is also a producer? No wonder Sony used him. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308672/fullcredits#cast drop down to the bottom and look at list of producers. Harvey Weinstein is also a producer.


I guess it is safe to say the Roger Friedman is indeed a music industry hack who was positioned to sabotage Michael in the press. Roger also does film editing. Many of these people also have ties to the Jewish business community and I don’t mean the “legitimate” one.


Roger has family in the entertainment industry?


“Prior to forming RLF Entertainment, Mr. Friedman was the President of AMC Theaters Entertainment International and the AMC Motion Picture Group in Los Angeles. He was also the President of Columbia Pictures Distribution at Burbank Studio in Hollywood California and Executive Vice President of Distribution and Marketing at United Artists in New York City. Mr. Friedman has 20 years of experience and is an active voting member on the executive branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (Academy Awards-Oscars). He recently joined the Board of Advisors of Smart Video Technologies, Inc. (Cell Phone Live Entertainment). In addition, Mr. Friedman is a key partner of the "Media Entertainment Group", a business dealing with various elements and products of the entertainment industry.” Source http://www.glgroup.com/Council-Member/Robert-Friedman-74392.html


Johnnie L. Roberts -


Roberts has been sent to me by quite a few people over this past week. I read every one of his write ups. You know who he sounds like? Justice4Some blogger. It’s the very same propaganda using the very same fake documents. He claims information in documents and shows you pages from those documents that cut off the information he is quoting. Johnnie Roberts used to work for NewsWeek and the Wall Street Journal. Why is he writing for something as low on the totem pole as “The Wrap”?


““With a three-decade career spanning award-winning work at Newsweek and the Wall Street Journal, Roberts is one of the most respected editorial voices in the media and entertainment space. A frequent commentator on PBS-TV’s “Charlie Rose,” CNN, MSNBC, and CNBC, as well as “Entertainment Tonight” and “Access Hollywood,” Roberts has added new media to his deep expertise in the business of television, film and music.” – Source http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/renowned-journalist-johnnie-roberts-joins-thewrap-19136


Well that answers everything, doesn’t it? Looks like a steady slide down a greased pole into the pig pen. Looking at this list, that is a lot of demotions. But if you are being subsidized, I guess all that matters is the money, right? Judging by Michael’s story money trumps integrity every time with these bozos.


There was some scuttlebutt on Twitter and Facebook about the series “The Wrap” was doing on the relationship between Michael Jackson and his fired lawyer Branca. Here are some quotes from his articles:


Who’s Controlling Michael Jackson’s Financial Empire?
“Indeed, in June 2009, within a week of Jackson's death, Branca returned to the fold after a three-year break up. Six days after Jackson's drug-fueled death -- and having spoken to him only once in three years -- Branca, along with longtime Jackson family friend John McClain, emerged as co-executor of the tragic icon's extraordinary estate.” Source http://music.msn.com/michael-jackson-the-wrap-pt1/story/feature/?GT1=28102


A three year break up? That would be the same 2006 date that Justice4some tried to claim was the real date Branca “left” Michael’s employ. No, Michael never rehired Branca. They are still playing this game. Michael had Branca removed from the Sony/ATV board in 2006 as a condition of a refinancing deal in which Sony did not want to be cut from should Michael want or need to sell any portion of his ATV catalog. They have tried repeatedly to spin this into proof that Branca was still working for Michael.


This was the first tip off that this guy, this “journalist” was up to no good with these articles.


The Secret Report that Got Branca Fired
“Interfor’s investigation, "found a tight business relationship between Branca and Tommy Mottola,” then-CEO of Sony Music, where Jackson was an artist, according to an excerpt from the firm’s final report. The excerpt added: “Interfor has begun investigating the flow of funds from Jackson through Mottola and Branca into offshore accounts in the Carribean [sic].”


The portion of the Interfor Report is here. Source http://www.scribd.com/doc/44182289/Smear The article on Branca here. Source http://www.thewrap.com/media/article/secret-report-got-branca-fired-22850


The article goes on to state:


“The investigation, which apparently began in late 2002, provided no credible evidence to corroborate those and other assertions. And the probe may have been little more than part of an elaborate smear campaign intended to influence the beleaguered Jackson to fire Branca.”


Really? That is not what the whole two pages provided said. We can see by the statement above where this is going. Where are the rest of the pages of the report to verify this claim?


On this link http://www.scribd.com/doc/43788480/You-Re-Fired , The letter in which Michael fires Branca in 2003, I have posted on this blog before. Paraphrasing, the author kindly leaves out the section where Michael request’s “any and all files, documents to be returned. Who would try to entice Michael to fire Branca? The lawfirm this author speculates instigated the report said the lawfirm that replaced Branca was the one ordering the report. This is false.


““It’s unclear who ordered the investigation. But the report, dated April 15, 2003, was prepared for an attorney with Hale Lane Peek Dennison & Howard, the firm that Jackson hired to succeed Branca.”


In termination letter, Michael clearly states who Branca is to turn over all files to and that is Attorney LeGrande. It is also in court transcripts who it was that ordered the investigation by Interfor and that was Michael’s attorney at the time, LeGrande. LeGrande was the one interviewed about it by Tom Mesereau on May 13, 2005. Is this supposed journalist now dismissing court documents? In this quote below from the “Secret Report that Got Branca Fired” reads:


“(There are some indications that the report in some way figured in Jackson’s child molestation trial in 2005, and it has been grist for internet conspiracy theorists apparently for years. More recently, Joe Jackson filed the Interfor excerpts in his son’s probate case in an unsuccessful effort to oust Branca as co-executor.) “


Some indications? This whole two pages he posts online (linked to Scrbd.com) is the very same copy that I have, retrieved online as well. Secret? Maybe it was back in 2005, but it isn’t now! Not only that but the final report he has online is dated April 15, 2003 (tax day?). Branca was terminated on February 3, of 2003, so Branca was fired before the report was finalized. That was the same day the Bashir Documentary debuted.

If you read through the court transcripts of this particular day, it looks more like they are trying to accuse Michael of defrauding creditors than anything to do with why he was actually sitting in this court room. The Fire Mountain issue was brought up on court probably to detract from the results of the Interfor report.


According to the court transcripts of May 13, 2005, down on line 12 through 23, the Avram lawsuit is the subject and LeGrand is being questioned about the lawsuit which was going on during February of 2003, the same month Branca was fired.


On that same court transcript, LeGrand testifies: “Mr. Konitzer, and he expressed to me his belief that Mr. Jackson had significant financial resources to call upon. So the original plan was not about financial ruin. It was developed before any of us knew of the financial circumstances that ultimately were disclosed to me in February of 2003.” – Court Transcripts, May 13, 2005


This is when LeGrand, according to this testimony, learned of the financial mess that was now Michael’s businesses. February of 2003 is when Branca was instructed to turn over all documents, financial statements and all files pertaining to Michael’s businesses to LeGrand.


I found this piece of questioning interesting:


Auchincloss: The intent of the plan was to make money,


LeGrande: yes.


Auchincloss: One of the mechanisms for this plan was to


use the Internet as a platform; is that true?


LeGrande: Yes. There was a portion of the plan devoted to Internet. (hmmmm)


Branca absolutely was investigated and it absolutely did come up in court proceedings and Interfor DID in fact discover an improper relationship between Mottola and Branca. Sony DID IN FACT wire funds to an account in the Carribean in John Branca’s name and Branca’s “firm” WAS INDEED also representing Sony while representing Michael Jackson. All the court documents say was that LeGrande did not commit the funds to continue the investigation. It does not say no improprieties were found.


Copy of court transcript for that portion of the testimony here: http://www.michaeljacksonjustice.com/trial_transcripts_May_13_2005.htm


“The abortive bailout was led by Goldman Sachs and included two others -- Charles Koppelman and Alvin Malnik.

A veteran music executive and investor, Koppelman and a partner had lost out to Jackson in the 1985 auction in which the performer acquired the Beatles catalogue. As Jackson's putative adviser, he recruited Goldman.”

This should throw up alarm signals all over the place! Koppelman and Malnik working together to defraud Michael of his catalog? Could this be why Michael looks so miserable after a certain time frame in the Malnik Pictures? Perhaps he found out what they were trying to do?

If Koppelman was indeed working on any refinancing for Michael over this catalog, and Michael did not know Koppelman was one of the people who bid against him in 1985 for that same catalog, then who’s fault is that?

Branca’s!

Does someone want to tell me how Koppleman, as a previous rival for the catalog and a rival music executive with another company end up being an advisor to Michael? I cover his shenanigans here http://michaelsguardian.blogspot.com/2010/08/say-no-to-sony-blood-money.html , here http://michaelsguardian.blogspot.com/2010/08/help-michael-not-parasites-at-sony.html , and here http://michaelsguardian.blogspot.com/2010/08/sony-what-more-can-we-take.html

This also on page two of this article:

“About Interfor and its owner, Malnik wrote: “I have heard negative and unreliable comments about that company and its director, Juval Aviv.”

An Israeli émigré, Aviv once made a Village Voice headline, “Secret Agent Schmuck.” The Voice reported that Israel had officially discredited Aviv’s public suggestions that he was the lead assassin of state intelligence service Mossad in avenging the Munich massacre.

Last week, Aviv, through an assistant, referred a call for comment to Gibson, the Jackson attorney identified on the report.”

This is pure speculation and rumor taken from tabloid. It is a smear campaign specifically aimed to attack the very company who’s report he is referring to. Also in the copy of the Interfor report that I have (which is also limited) no “Gibson” is mentioned in the pages I have. The pages he graciously gives us to look over linked to his article do not mention Gibson either.

I also did some research on Interfor, inc. and by all I have found, they seem to be a stellar investigations company, partnering just recently with Information Defense Corp. sourc http://defendinfo.websitecontrolroom.com/index.php?s=26&item=6

“Information Defense Corporation (IDC), the premier provider of innovative information security solutions, and Interfor, Inc., a leading international corporate investigations and physical security consulting firm, are pleased to announce that they are partnering to offer their combined services to combat the growing specter of cybercrime and fraud.”

Cybercrime and fraud . . . I wonder if this firm is aware of the crimes being committed on the internet and in the “news” defending Branca from his own past? I wonder if they are aware of this article writing by Johnnie L. Roberts and what he said about their firm? Especially since he couldn’t even get the current director’s name right it is obvious he did not do his research.

Well, if Interfor, Inc. didn’t know they do now. I sent them a copy of his article and where to look for the smear on their company.

We will continue digging into Johnnie, his agenda and Branca another time. I better close and save some space.

God bless . . . remember the protection prayer for Michael and his family.

And no . . . I did not throw the remote.

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