I too was there. The assistant that Englander sent on his behalf was totally unprepared for what was to transpire. Once she realized that there were 11 to 14 points to address, she immediately tried a continuance based on the fact that she had only 4 hours to prepare. Boo fucking Hoo, the judge would not allow it and bit into the facts like a redneck on a hotdog at a Buccaneer's football game. She reminded me of a full of shit oldcomer that had locked her newcomer alone in the bedroom so she could watch t.v. only to discover that the newcomer found a way to split out the bedroom window. It was priceless. The main bone of contention with the judge was that the Semblers had claimed "pain and suffering and emotional duress," yet refused to present any viable evidence to support the claim. Hell, Sembler even owned an Eckerd Drug store chain, lock, stock, and barrel that would surely have records of any and all medication prescribed for the hag of a wife and his "suffering."
The judge did not buy any of this. I don't know about the rest of those in attendance, but I did notice that he seemed to know quite a bit more about the circumstances surrounding this whole Pump Gate issue. At least 3 times he used court room jargon to elude to the fact that Sembler had provided Ray Bradbury with a more deeper and complex motive for his actions concerning the add placed on E-Bay.
I watched with glee as K-pickle snapped frame after frame of the clueless bitch of an attorney that had appeared so smug just an hour and a half previously. She freaked to no end and when she went to get the Bailiff, I was briefly scared for the pickleman, but it was just a desperate attempt on her part to try and maintain a little smidgen of dignity. I did not take part in the Newton festivities, because in all fairness, Newton came onto the scene long after I had left Straight and I really had no lawful reason to harass him. At the same time, I know he is a true dick in the mouth in every sense of the word, but without Dave Crock, Helen Petermann, Jim Hartz, Laura Morgan, and the evil minions of my era, I just cant place a target for my anger on him. Miller Newton is a pathetic old man who could'nt get it up with the help of Fred Flintstones Brontosaurus Crane.
In closing, the facts were presented in the best possible form, there is no getting around it, and the Semblers were revealed for what the are............a couple of Worms. So now we all are waiting..........for the worms to come out from their hiding. God Bless Roger Waters
