Sisters Denied $750,000 Attachment Motion vs. Ed Buck (Schiffty's BFF)

KFI AM 640 ^ | 5/27/23 | City News Service

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SANTA MONICA (CNS) - A judge has denied for now a request by three sisters who sued former Democratic donor Ed Buck after their brother died in Buck's West Hollywood apartment in 2019 to attach $750,000 of his assets before Buck uses up all his resources on attorneys' fees while appealing his criminal conviction.

Santa Monica Superior Court Judge H. Jay Ford III said during Friday's hearing that he was denying the motion by Joyce Jackson, Joann Campbell and Retha Singleton "without prejudice," meaning the motion can be brought again later. The women were the sisters of the late 55-year-old Timothy Dean.

After a nine-day trial in July 2021, a federal jury found Buck guilty of two counts of distribution of methamphetamine resulting in death, four counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of maintaining a drug- involved premises, and two counts of enticement to travel in interstate commerce for prostitution stemming from the deaths of Dean and another man, 26-year-old Gemmel Moore, who was found dead in Buck's apartment in July 2017.

The 68-year-old Buck was sentenced in April 2022 to 30 years in prison and Ford lifted a temporary stay on the civil case the next month.

According to the plaintiffs' attorneys' court papers, as Buck continues to exhaust his resources to fund his protracted criminal case appeal, the likelihood that he will have little to nothing remaining from which to pay an award of civil damages to plaintiffs "increases exponentially."

With trial scheduled Aug. 7, one can reasonably infer that Buck will "surreptitiously conceal his property so as to lend the appearance of insolvency, thereby rendering himself judgment-proof, which would secure for himself the availability of resources with which to continue funding his protracted appeal," the plaintiffs' attorneys further maintain in their court papers.

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Edward Bernard Peter Buck (né Buckmelter; born August 24, 1954) is an American convicted felon and businessman. A former model and actor, he made a significant amount of money running and selling the data service company Gopher Courier. He became involved in politics after the election of Evan Mecham as Governor of Arizona in 1986; Buck, an Arizona resident, led the effort to recall him from office, accusing him of racism and corruption. The experience led Buck to change his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat, and he has since donated heavily to Democratic politicians. In 2007, he ran an unsuccessful campaign for the city council of West Hollywood, California.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Buck

[Paladin2]

Why isn’t Pencil Neck locked up too?

[heartwood]

Lawyers get first bite at the apple.

Funny how that works.