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LIVE reporting from Gloria Allred's Court Action in Canton MA
David S. Bernstein of The Phoenix Live blogging from court ^ | 10-24-2012 | David S. Bernstein

Posted on 10/24/2012 6:32:42 AM PDT by icwhatudo

Gloria Allred & client arrive in Canton MA

Client is Maureen Stemberg Sullivan, ex-wife of Staples founder Tom Stemberg.

Allred & Boston Globe are moving to remove gag order on Stemberg Sullivan, and release Mitt Romney testimony.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Massachusetts
KEYWORDS: allred; chicagomobvsprivacy; its4thechildren; obamasop; octobersurprise; romney
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To: silverleaf
Her ex left this woman 20 years ago with 5 million and now she can’t afford her 5K a month apartment

incredibly she spent 4 of the 5 fighting in court about the 5. the real story here is the attorneys raping her

101 posted on 10/24/2012 7:39:36 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: Obadiah

Funny thing is Geraldo and Gloria Allred go way back. They were even buddies back in the 80s.


102 posted on 10/24/2012 7:39:59 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: icwhatudo

I just checked the Massachusetts Bar website, and checked for Gloria Allred. Well guess what, she just like Elizabeth Warren, is NOT registered in Massachusetts to practice law.


103 posted on 10/24/2012 7:42:27 AM PDT by Eric Roelfsema
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To: Lazamataz
Simple. He goes on national TV in advertisements, vigorously denies any allegation, presents counter evidence about the testimony, and promises a devastating lawsuit, whatever the outcome of the election .... “... Because is it time for some people to learn that they cannot lie about others and face no consequences.”

Easier to say we are going to do a full investigation to get all the facts and find out what happened /s

104 posted on 10/24/2012 7:43:10 AM PDT by paul51 (11 September 2001 - Never forget)
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To: icwhatudo

Judge should have continued hearing for 2 weeks so as not to cooperate with this stunt.


105 posted on 10/24/2012 7:43:21 AM PDT by morphing libertarian
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To: damper99
Does this woman own any other color jacket?

Nope, because she is ALL RED!

106 posted on 10/24/2012 7:43:55 AM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Eva
No, I think that the angle is going to be that Romney testified to a very low value of Staples and cheated the woman out of a big divorce settlement. I bet she is going to claim that Romney was a friend of her husband’s or that Romney somehow benefited personally.

Here is the problem with that: The amount of shares awarded in the divorce benefited from a low valuation. The lower the value, the more shares awarded in order to reach the $1m amount the judge targeted. Had Romney stated that, at the time, the shares were worth $10.00, then she would have only been awarded 100,000 shares instead of the 500,000 she got. Their premise and reality are diametrically opposed. If anything, Romney's testimony helped her.

Now, either Allred and the greedy ex are far too ignorant to realize this or their motivation is not money and strictly an attempt to smear Mitt. Both are blatantly apparent.

107 posted on 10/24/2012 7:44:19 AM PDT by RobertClark (Inside every "older" person is a younger person wondering what the hell happened?)
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To: Eva

Maybe. But you know this is a case that happened decades ago and people’s eyes glaze over at hearing financial details.

Its the most boring stuff in the world. If there’s nothing prurient in it, it won’t last more than one day.

Romney wants to get it released so people can see his involvement in the case was purely from a business angle. Nothing unusual there.

Gloria Allred was looking for some controversy but she won’t find it here.


108 posted on 10/24/2012 7:44:22 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved FrieGrnd Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: NewJerseyGOP
This is ultimately NOT going to be about the documents. It’s going to be about the gag order. It’s going to be about allowing this woman to run to Oprah to tell “the rest of her story”, and about the Romney campaign having to deal with whatever lies she presents as new information. She will be able to say anything she wants, and there are plenty of stupid people who will believe her.

the Romney and Stemberg attorneys need to ask Allred in open court: "what exactly is the 'emergency'? Why can't this wait 60-90 days, as usual?" When Allred responds that the American people need to know this info, they can attack her as abusing the court system for political gain, and subtly threaten the judge not to sully her new career (she is only on the bench 6 months) with this.

109 posted on 10/24/2012 7:44:37 AM PDT by montag813
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To: hotsteppa
There is quite a few posters on these threads related to this story that have sign-up dates of 2000.

First, it is not uncommon for concern troll types to be long time freepers who post when elections come around. Second, there used to be a website that provided "used" member log in information. Not sure that works anymore.

110 posted on 10/24/2012 7:45:07 AM PDT by Raycpa
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To: Clump

Gloria is there for her friends Axelrod, Obama and Castro ~ no other reason.


111 posted on 10/24/2012 7:45:35 AM PDT by muawiyah
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To: maggief

Yup. Looks like nothing more will happen on this until tomorrow. Not looking very promising for Allred though, both Sternberg and Staples lawyers sound like they will object to unsealing of testimony.

TMZ is reporting that “Romney lied!” because he understated the value of Staples.


112 posted on 10/24/2012 7:50:57 AM PDT by Ironfocus (O Must Go)
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To: montag813

Evidently, Romney’s lawyers say that he wants the documents released because there is nothing in them. The case isn’t about him.


113 posted on 10/24/2012 7:51:20 AM PDT by Eva (Obama and Hillary lied, Americans diedI)
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To: muawiyah

This is all about getting Obamas Libya pooch screw off the front page... Nothing more. Tempest in a teapot.


114 posted on 10/24/2012 7:51:32 AM PDT by rintense
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To: RobertClark

Allred’s goal may be to simply dominate a news cycle or two and keep Obama out of the headlines for the Benghazi fiasco. That’s the real story of the day, the emails prove that Obama knew on 9/11 that it was a terrorist attack by an Al Qaeda related group and he just turned out the lights and went to bed.


115 posted on 10/24/2012 7:56:28 AM PDT by Eva (Obama and Hillary lied, Americans diedI)
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To: Ironfocus

I don’t believe the TMZ report in its entirety, it doesn’t sound like the wording Romney would use.

My guess is that the woman does what a lot of incompetent people do: repeat stories so often enough, they are distorted from the original version and they start believing the distorted version.


116 posted on 10/24/2012 7:56:48 AM PDT by Cruising For Freedom (Don't be the proof that MSM PsyOps works.)
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To: massgopguy

I’m taking it on myself to make sure my friends/coworkers DO hear about the Bengazi emails. When the press fails in its duty to help maintain our freedom through the dissemination of truth, that duty falls to us. That’s why I like FR so much. Sure we have our differences, but we are helping keep freedom alive, just by being passionate for truth.


117 posted on 10/24/2012 7:57:31 AM PDT by Springfield Reformer (Winston Churchill: No Peace Till Victory!)
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To: Ironfocus

Why didn’t she sue Romney then. She blew $4 million on legal fees.


118 posted on 10/24/2012 7:58:38 AM PDT by maggief
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To: SpaceBar
This circus is precisely why most non-lawyers treat the entire legal profession with the same respect reserved for child molesters.

You are exactly right - and I am a lawyer! The problem is that most judges don't have any balls. The judge here ought to throw the bitch out the back door and send her a bill for wasting public resources and the court's time.

119 posted on 10/24/2012 7:59:22 AM PDT by KevinB (We'll stop treating Obama like a dog when he stops treating us like a fire hydrant - Fred Grandy)
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To: montag813

the Romney and Stemberg attorneys need to ask Allred in open court: “what exactly is the ‘emergency’? Why can’t this wait 60-90 days, as usual?” When Allred responds that the American people need to know this info, they can attack her as abusing the court system for political gain, and subtly threaten the judge not to sully her new career (she is only on the bench 6 months) with this.


OK, but then if that is the case, the American people need to know everything they can about BOTH candidates. Then it becomes time to open up everything about Romney’s opponent too, and I mean EVERYTHING.


120 posted on 10/24/2012 7:59:22 AM PDT by NewJerseyGOP
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