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Mr. Liewbowitz is currently under a contempt order and being fined $500/day until he provides proof that his grandfather died back on April 12th, which was his excuse for missing a court appearance that day [0].

[0] https://reason.com/2019/11/07/the-judge-and-the-suspicious-d...




Wonder what’s going to happen tomorrow ...

“Further, Mr. Liebowitz is hereby ORDERED to appear before this Court in person on November 13, 2019 at 10 a.m., and there and then SHOW CAUSE why he should not be incarcerated until such time as he complies with the above-described orders (and, if applicable, the instant order).”


There's nothing like a little jail time to motivate a person.


http://thesmokinggun.com/buster/cathy-seibel/richard-liebowi...

``In an attempt to counter Seibel’s devastating dissection, Richard Greenberg, one of Liebowitz’s lawyers, said his client was “not playing with a full deck,” adding that he shared the judge’s “mystification” as to Liebowitz’s behavior.''


An update: it looks like his grandfather did pass away in April, but on the 9th, not the 12th as he repeatedly claimed [0].

[0] http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/investigation/judicia...


I'm so sick of the number of sociopaths in this world. What adult on this planet lies about the date of a close relative's death for an absence excuse, then proceeds to double down multiple times when his bluff is called?


Just about every employee ever late to work


Leonard French is a copyright lawyer that covers many cases, he goes through many of the documents in the Richard Liebowitz cases, check out his channel "Lawful Masses": https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChBJtu4BhT8b8t9Qe9R-EZg


I assume that since the lawyer has history in front of this judge, and the judge knows he's a lying dirtbag, this is the judge's chance to get his willful, continuing deceit on record and possibly get him on the road to disbarment.


Good on her (judge). Let this lawyer be on the record as having lied before the court, or be fined until he learns his lesson.




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