If Jaime was smart enough to make those virtually-indistinguishable
forgeries, he was smart enough to know what was being done with them.
Admission that he made multiple copies of the same poster is "evidence"
enough not only for me, but for any jury if it comes to that. "No
financial interest in the scam"? What, he did the work for Kerry for
free? Please.
-- JR
Franc wrote:
Again, I'm not taking sides but Jaime is filing an affidavit for the
plaintiff. He is not on trial. I'm not trying to attack Bruce but the
progression of logic that he laid out in his original post is simply
not correct. There is no evidence so far that Jaime knew what the scam
was or had any financial interest in it. Hence he did not knowingly
engage in an act of forgery, given the legal definition of forgery.
You are entitled to formulate an opinion about who is guilty but it
still does not validate the flawed logic Bruce used in his post to
indict Jaime. FRANC
-----Original Message-----
*From:* James Richard [mailto:[email protected]]
*Sent:* Friday, December 04, 2009 12:42 AM
*To:* Franc
*Cc:* [email protected]
*Subject:* Re: [MOPO] BIG News in Universal Horror Fraud Case
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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