Showing posts with label lawsuit Xyience. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lawsuit Xyience. Show all posts
Thursday, March 31, 2011
The Wonderful Pom Return Bomb
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The "Blue Pom" Pre-emptive Strike
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The Lennon Tapes

I just wanted to talk to Lennon, hear it straight from him. I actually told him if I didn't talk to him in person, I'd be talking to him in front of a judge, or something to that effect. Turns out that came true, and that's when we first spoke face to face. Those tapes will come later. For now, listen to Lennon sell the troops a few loose lines about who I am and what I do. The meeting starts about 9 minutes into the recording.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Dispatch From The Desert: Xyience Scandal Widens, Prospect of Questions Scrambles Security
There are more than a few people out here on the fringe of the desert who take advantage of that risk taking gene all of us have but so few cultivate and sharpen to a razor point.
I was called a "purported" investigative reporter by a lawyer at my last formal hearing in the case. I decided to show him recently how professional I can really be. I'm digging up more and more dirt as I move along, and it's getting better with each day.
"We love locals" is the motto of the Station Casinos chain just coming through bankruptcy smashingly. The Fertitta family along with the Sartini family own this entity with a company called Colony Capital providing a chunk of huge capital as well.
The fact of the matter is that Xyience is a hole in the desert, and all the old junk of the Fertittas and the UFC is buried down there. I consider this company to have a red-headed step child syndrome, and the culture is to beat that child every time someone isn't looking. The bosses do it, the employees do it, and the owners do it. It happens all the time, so who cares? The shareholders were wiped clean, the creditors are begging for pennies on the dollar, and there's settlement after settlement on the official side of the bankruptcy. The lawyer fees are still likely pretty minimal compared to what they would normally face with more fierce resistance. It's all private as well, so they don't worry about the government butting in.
They TAKE AND THEY TAKE AND THEY TAKE
Now, they're giving away a car a day as part of a Station Casinos promo. I was at a Station casino not long after I arrived in Las Vegas. I was there looking to speak with the President of Xyience, as I heard he was staying there. There was no sign of him, and he wasn't listed under his real name. I did see something interesting while I was there, though. An older gentleman got in a serious argument about charges with the hotel front desk clerk. I was there no longer than 10 minutes when all that happened. I told him to mention the attorney general, and that's when the next front desk lady called me up.
I started to pick apart Xyience and find their flaws from day one, right off the airplane. First there was a cruise around their offices and warehouse facility. Then I arrived in person. Dispatches from within told me what I was doing was working wonders. The staff was meeting about me daily, sometimes having the lawyer down there to discuss it all. The "distraction" I posed was now real, as I was in their backyard suddenly. The judge's stern order in my case that I would have to appear in person for future hearings troubled me. I decided to stay in town and start doing some digging. I wanted to find out what was buried in that Xyience hole in the desert.
When an infected wound starts to get all filled with puss and blood, as disgusting as the act may be you sometimes have to just squeeze the mess out of it. You've got to get the gunk to explode out on the floor, on the wall, all over the damn place. That's what it takes. Fraud is messy, too. You have to squeeze the main players so they will force out the root of the problem. Once you get that nugget of truth and start to run with it, they will start to figure out they are in trouble. Pressing the action and seeking out answers will either result in silence, denial, or lies to cover the tracks. I got silence out of one of the main players I went after.
IS HE IN "THE CLEAR" OR NOT?
Steroids is a serious issue in fighting. MMA is seemingly sinking to the depths of the WWE with certain leagues allowing steroids to become a major contributing factor to some fighters putting on a good show in the cage. Chael Sonnen's slap on the wrist suspension for testing more than 4 times over the legal limit for testosterone is just the latest in a long line of questionable treatment for athletes who fail their drug tests.
Baseball had Barry Bonds, and he was villified, but MMA athletes don't face the same standard in the eyes of many fans. Sonnen, and others like him, are just expected to serve out their suspensions and come back. Boo birds aside, their returns are nearly certain. Why such a different view for juicers in other sports who are left with albatrosses around their necks for life?
Just don't get caught seems to be the mentality that works in MMA. Even if you do get caught, it's a formality in this day and age. The fight happening in Nevada is also reportedly an incentive to juice since the stringent testing standards in other states have been increasing while Nevada has recently been behind on initiating more involved testing. Still, the Fertittas have not yet been linked to any formal investigation regarding providing or selling steroids. The story unfolding now does link the Fertittas to looking the other way when it comes to such behavior, though.
Balco and Bonds were able to sneak under the radar with so-called "designer" steroids. It's tough to tell if that's what is at play in my own investigation. The subject of the inquiry is a Xyience employee we shall call JV, and it fits because he may not be a varsity player at this point. There's no information he's working with the knowledge of the Fertitta family or with the sanctioning of the Xyience top brass, but there is a ton of information pointing to him being involved in steroid sales.
Still, I know the Fertittas and Xyience brass know at this point that they have a person suspected of steroid sales in their employ. This individual has been reportedly banned from going to Wanderlei Silva's gym here in Vegas. While training there, JV was reportedly speaking to a strength and conditioning coach who was "fired" a couple months ago. I am seeking to speak with that individual before publishing his name, but I know who he is and where he trains now. The investigation will continue so I can figure out whether or not this is any bigger than a couple small town Vegas guys peddling roids at a low level. I'll work in the days ahead to establish what type of steroids are involved, who ese might be involved in the purchase of these steroids, and how resistant they may be to testing.
BONUS AUDIO:
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THE LAWYER AND THE GENERAL MANAGER
The Walrus and The Carpenter Are in Panic Mode.

It's funny how one guy can generate so much buzz. While in Las Vegas I thought it to be pretty important to go after the attorney on the case and the general manager for the Fertitta entity that ran Xyience into the ground to promote the bankruptcy. Gregory Eugene Garman seemed on the very verge of shitting his pants when I emailed the lawyer his home address in a gated community out here. He alerted his local law enforcement and his security in the community thinking I was going to show up at his doorstep. I did the same thing to General Manager of Fertitta Enterprises and Zyen, LLC "Dollar" Bill Bullard. The actual emails confirming this are as follows:
Bill Bullard
to me

show details Feb 15 (5 days ago)
Mr Bergeron,
Be advised as a result of your continued threatening and harassing phone calls to my family I have given your picture and name to security at my residence as well as local authorities. Any attempt to approach my residence or make contact with my family will be met with your arrest.
Sent from my iPhone
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Greg Garman (above) to me:
show details Feb 15 (5 days ago)
Mr. Bergeron, security at my residence and the police department have already been alerted to the threat you pose. Be advised you will be arrested should you attempt to obtain access to my neighborhood.
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 15, 2011, at 3:54 PM, "Rich Bergeron"
> OK, so you're saying now I have to find out where you live to talk to you? Can't be that hard. I found out where Bill Bullard lives.
>
> I'm not intimidated.
>
> Why is it that all you guys are afraid to answer questions? I think it's classic that ONE GUY can cause this kind of panic when I've made no threats. I'm just talking about questions. Obviously you all have something to hide.
>
> Rich
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Questions put real fear in people trying to hide the truth. As much as people will hide the truth, they hate being asked about it constantly. They're always afraid one mistake will topple the whole operation. One way or another, they think they can make sure all the oysters will be eaten by cabbages and kings:
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Xyience President John Lennon Running Scared From Rich Bergeron's Questions
Still, John Lennon won't talk to me. He'd rather talk about me behind my back it seems. He began his 90-day celebratory call with the Xyience staff by talking about me being a "distraction" to the company. Well, the frivolous $25 million lawsuit filed against me to start this process has been nothing but distracting. I am also told Mr. Lennon tried to sell a complete lie to the entire Xyience staff attending the meeting yesterday. He said to all these employees that I am on the losing end of my case in bankruptcy court. This only proves how ignorant he really is about the whole Xyience debacle I'm wrapped up in right now.
I just settled a small portion of the case, something called a Rule 9011 claim, with the liquidation trustee for the Xyience Estate. There's no gag order on that settlement, and Mr. Lennon should know this. His lawyers obviously aren't being up front with the guy about who I am and what I've done in the case. I have a $175,000 request for summary judgment still on the table in the BK courts, and that's on top of the settlement I've already made with the trustee.
The Rule 9011 Motion itself is going to be up for an amendment hearing on February 20th in Las Vegas. New names and facts will be presented to the court if I am allowed the chance to improve that request. That sanctions motion asks for $150 million from all the inter-connected players in the scam to bankrupt and bleed out Xyience.
If I am on the losing end of this case as Mr. Lennon says I am, how come I never had to write a single check to Xyience? How come their demand for $25 million went down to $84,000 before the bankruptcy even ensued? How come they never paid the guy who sued me for them in the first place?
The reality is simply too much for these folks to accept, so they create their own fantasy world and try to live in it. I am now even hearing that they are contemplating filing a new lawsuit against me because I've sent email blasts to Xyience employees exposing the truth. So sue me, I say. I'd like to see how they plan to try to make any charges stick. I'd like to see how they handle things when they crash and burn yet again trying to hold me accountable for doing an altruistic deed. What I don't want to see is the company and their employees suffer needlessly because the brass doesn't know how to do damage control or talk straight with an investigative reporter like me.
All I asked Mr. Lennon to do was pick up the phone and give me a call. I gave him the option to avoid any complications if he was just willing to make one phone call. I even gave him the on or off the record option. I just wanted to get some honest answers to some important questions. Instead of realizing he had nothing to hide and should have no fear of talking to me, it seems like he and the rest of Xyience's upper management went into pure panic mode.
Sue me if you will, Xyience. Sue me once, sue me twice. Sue me up, sue me down. Sue me around the world in 80 days and six ways to Sunday. Just remember what all this started with and who really escalated things to this point of no return. A man who is afraid to make a simple phone call to me in order to answer a few questions is now the leader of a company with a history of corruption. He's gone ahead and made assessments about me and issued false statements of fact behind my back about my character instead of being a man about things and talking to me one on one. At some point people have to start asking what is there to hide? Why the secrecy and fear?
Either way, I have front row seats for this whole show. The leaks I already benefit from at the company give me an advantage I never had before. I also have a tremendous library of evidence I may or may not have to publish here to set the record straight. This is all in addition to another revelation involving the actual product Xyience is selling, where it actually came from, and what's actually in it. As always, stay tuned!
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Saturday, January 29, 2011
Xtreme, Xplosive, Xtensive New Developments
By: Rich Bergeron
The X-pense report is going to be huge on this one. Lawyers will be crawling all over the Matrix. The situation at Xyience is becoming more concerning lately. The Usual Suspects are spawning new usual suspects. The con is cloning itself. I have more ins than ever.
I'm doing some digging and coming up with nuggets of gold. I'm freaking out upper management with my bold approach to fact finding, but the truth is an incredible thing. The more they crack down, the larger the cloak of secrecy over future communications becomes. The best information comes by way of secret transmission.
Lawyers come and lawyers go. Maybe a case of theirs lives on if they're lucky. Storytellers and writers always live forever, though, as soon as their work goes to print. The muck is thick, and it must be raked from time to time. I try to rake with as much tact as possible, intermingled with as much independence as the law allows me to exercise. If history repeats itself, I'll have to rake a lot more. It's what I do. Stay Tuned!
The X-pense report is going to be huge on this one. Lawyers will be crawling all over the Matrix. The situation at Xyience is becoming more concerning lately. The Usual Suspects are spawning new usual suspects. The con is cloning itself. I have more ins than ever.
I'm doing some digging and coming up with nuggets of gold. I'm freaking out upper management with my bold approach to fact finding, but the truth is an incredible thing. The more they crack down, the larger the cloak of secrecy over future communications becomes. The best information comes by way of secret transmission.
Lawyers come and lawyers go. Maybe a case of theirs lives on if they're lucky. Storytellers and writers always live forever, though, as soon as their work goes to print. The muck is thick, and it must be raked from time to time. I try to rake with as much tact as possible, intermingled with as much independence as the law allows me to exercise. If history repeats itself, I'll have to rake a lot more. It's what I do. Stay Tuned!
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