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Cross-examination of Chacon and McManus April 7 |
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Written by Administrator
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Friday, 08 April 2005 |
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Cross of Ralph Chacon begins on p 5202 (A)
Cross of Adrian McManus begins on p 5355 (B)
(sidenote: McManus cross-examination continued into April 8 2005)
Excepts:
[b]Ralph Chacon[/b]
5202
14 Q. You sued Mr. Jackson and you wanted $16
15 million, right?
16 A. Well, I don't know about the 16 million.
17 Q. You wanted millions, true?
18 A. No, sir.
19 Q. Really?
20 A. Well, I don't know, sir. Whatever our
21 attorney was -- he's the one who was speaking for
22 us.
23 Q. Okay. We'll get into that.
24 You sued Mr. Jackson claiming you were
25 wrongfully terminated, right?
26 A. That's correct, sir.
27 Q. He sued you claiming you had stolen property
28 from him, true?
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1 A. That's correct, sir.
2 Q. The jury found you were not wrongfully
3 terminated by Mr. Jackson, correct?
4 A. But we were, sir.
5 Q. Answer my question, please. Did the Santa
6 Maria jury find you were not wrongfully terminated
7 by Mr. Jackson?
8 A. Yes, sir.
9 Q. And they also found you had stolen property
10 from Mr. Jackson, correct?
11 A. But I didn't, sir.
12 Q. Did the Santa Maria jury find you had stolen
13 property from Mr. Jackson?
14 A. Yes, sir.
15 Q. A judgment was entered against you, Mr.
16 Chacon, for $25,000, the value of what you had
17 stolen, correct?
18 A. For candy bars, sir?
19 Q. A judgment was entered against you for
20 $25,000, the value of what the Court found you had
21 stolen, correct?
22 A. Well, if a candy bar is worth that much,
23 yes, sir.
24 Q. That's not all you owe Mr. Jackson
25 currently, is it?
26 A. No, sir. I don't owe him.
27 Q. In fact, Judge Zel Canter of this court,
28 entered a judgment against you and your
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1 co-defendants for $1,473,117.61, correct?
2 A. Yes, sir.
3 Q. He ordered you pay all of Mr. Jackson's
4 legal fees and costs, correct?
5 A. Yes, sir.
6 Q. Have you ever paid any of that judgment, Mr.
7 Chacon?
8 A. No, sir. I filed bankruptcy.
9 Q. Now, the jury found you not only stole from
10 Mr. Jackson, but you acted maliciously, correct?
11 A. No, sir.
12 Q. Did a judge find you had acted with malice?
13 A. No, sir.
14 Q. Is there a judgment against you for acting
15 with fraud against Mr. Jackson?
16 A. That I know of, no, sir.
17 Q. Would it refresh your recollection to look
18 at the judgment?
[b]Adrian McManus[/b]
5355
27 Q. The prosecutor for the government mentioned
28 a case you were involved in where you were sued by
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1 Rosalie Hill, correct?
2 A. Correct.
3 Q. You were sued by Rosalie Hill as the
4 guardian ad litem for two children, correct?
5 A. Correct.
6 Q. The children were Shane McManus and Megan
7 McManus, correct?
8 A. Correct.
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5356
19 Q. That was Judge Richard A. St. John, Judge of
20 the Santa Barbara Superior Court, true?
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5356
28 Q. And after you told Judge St. John your
5357
1 position under oath, he found that you and your
2 husband willfully and maliciously defrauded these
3 children out of the money in the estate, true?
4 A. I believe so.
5 Q. Judge St. John found that that money was to
6 be held in trust for the benefit of those two
7 children, right?
8 A. Yes.
9 Q. He found that you and your husband
10 dissipated those funds, right?
11 A. I believe so.
12 Q. He found that you and your husband violated
13 that trust, right?
14 A. I believe so.
15 Q. He entered a judgment against you and your
16 husband for $30,000 -- excuse me, 30,584.89,
17 correct?
18 A. I believe so, but I believe it was -- I
19 thought it was like separate, like -- I thought it
20 was maybe 17 for me and 17 for my husband. Maybe --
21 I don't know. Maybe that's right, what you have
22 there.
:nav Cross-examination of Chacon and McManus April 7
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