No one is that naive. When Jamie was asked to create a duplicate of the
same poster more than once -- a duplicate which would be virtually
indistinguishable from the real poster -- there was no possibility he
did not understand what he was being asked to do or fail to realize what
Haggard would do with them. No doubt Jamie had what he considered good
reasons for going along with scam. I'm sure Kerry has his own reasons,
as well. Doesn't change the fact that Bruce is right: No one should ever
send Jamie Mendez another poster now that there is no longer any doubt
about what he did.
There is no excuse for what he did and he can never be trusted with
posters again.
-- JR
Franc wrote:
Bruce --- I'm not taking sides in this one but your logic is flawed. A
forgery is defined as "the process of making, adapting, or imitating
objects with the intent to deceive." If Jaime Mendez's claim is
actually true in that he didn't know that is was the intent of Kerry
Haggard to sell these works as originals, then Jaime had no intent to
deceive. Hence Jaime is not guilty of forging movie posters
irrespective of the fact that it is his work that was ultimately used
in Haggard's forgery.
Franc
-----Original Message-----
*From:* MoPo List [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf
Of *Bruce Hershenson
*Sent:* Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:27 AM
*To:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] BIG News in Universal Horror Fraud Case
I guess those who said that we have to give this restorer the
"benefit of the doubt" will now accept that he is *GUILTY* of
forging movie posters (whether or not he was "aware" of what
purpose they would be used for), since he admits to it himself.
Given this news, are there still people here who think they should
send their posters to this person for restoration? How can you
know that *YOU* won't receive a reproduction in return? And what
of the many, many posters he restored for many dealers and auction
houses over the past three years? Don't they all need to be
checked over closely.
I applaud this person for "doing the right thing", but I certainly
would advise him to find a new line of work.
Bruce
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 3:29 AM, Sean Linkenback
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Sue is probably waiting until their regular newsletter to make
an announcement, but there is BIG, HUGE, GIGANTIC news in the
ongoing civil lawsuits (which will definitely affect the
upcoming criminal suit) in the Haggard fake case.
Jaime Mendez has entered a sworn affidavit in the Gresham v.
Haggard case for the plaintiff and is testifying that he DID
indeed make the fake posters on behalf of Kerry Haggard, but
did not realize the true motives behind Haggard's request.
There is also a partial list provided by Mendez of the posters
he worked on.
You can read more about it at the LAMP website:
http://www.learnaboutmovieposters.com/newsite/INDEX/ARTICLES/Frauds-Update.htm
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