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Horizons event line 2007 (partial)

Jan 19th, ‘07 - hearing continued [note: was this the date ANS went to the Hard Rock and/or purchased boat?]

Feb 9th, ‘07 - Supreme Court Justice Jeanne Thompson grants a second injunction to Ms. Smith’s estate lawyers. “The second injunction was secured to reinforce the first one, [unserved exparte order of Nov 20th, ‘06] which was secured in order to preserve the status quo pending completion of the litigation in the dispute of ownership of Horizons.

Lawyers for Ms. Smith’s estate felt it necessary to get the second injunction because Mr. Thompson’s associates – specifically his son-in-law Ford Shelley among others – broke the first injunction by entering the premises after she died to “secure” items from within the residence.”

Feb 12th, ‘07 - [Monroe] said he was aware that on Friday...Godfrey “Pro” Pinder, was acting on behalf of his client when he came onto the Horizons property... and “breached” a prior court injunction that prevented him or his client from entering the premises.

“They breached that [Nov 20th, ‘06] injunction on Friday when they came onto Horizons [and] the judge gave a new injunction on Friday and they were expelled under that, the situation was returned to that for which the judge ordered and the judge adjourned further hearing in the matter to the 26th of February,” Mr Munroe explained. “At which time, I have no doubt, they will have to explain why they breached the [unserved ex-parte] order on the 20th of November.”

Feb 23rd, ‘07 - Shelley says that Howard has acknowledged there was no illegal break-in into the Bahamas house [Shelley speaking after ‘secret’ meetings with LB/HKS/FS]

Feb 26th, ‘07 - Pro Pinder states after court that HKS can stay until March 14, the next court date on the eviction - that [GBen] won’t be a party to putting a baby out. Amid rumors Horizons to be made into an AnnaLand by HKS, GBen places $10Mil pricetag on mansion, some speculate, to prevent HK camp from trying to buy mansion to make it a shrine.

Mar 14th, ‘07 - hearing on ownership adjourned until April

Mar 21st, ‘07 - GBen asks Pro Pinder to immediately file a summons of eviction. GBen wants Stern evicted sooner than later. Pinder says GBen said that Larry and Virgie can live at Horizons with Dannielynn
from Greta: Pinder delivered the summons to the Horizon, left it rolled up and placed in the gate. Rang the intercom bell;G Gibson responds, tells Pinder that HKS requested the summons be delivered to HKS’s attorney, not house. Pinder replied that they “do not deliver summons to attorney’s offices.”

Harvey Levin: “Coral Harbour home was purchased with money that ANS got from interviews.” Levin doesn’t know whose name Coral Harbour is in. [note: possibility it also is under The Cracker Corp, with Monroe as partner?]

May 07, ‘07 - order issued by Supreme Court Justice Anita Allen: Thompson ordered to “provide ‘security’” for costs in the amount of $100,000, the said sum to be paid in cash into court within 21 days.[apparently ordered because GBen is not a ‘resident’ of the Bahamas]

May 27th, ‘07 - “I’ll put up the cash tomorrow,” Ford Shelley said the day before the deadline, May 28. “I’m not walking away from it.”

May 28th, ‘07 - Deadline to put up $100K ‘security for costs” - extension granted

Jun 19th, ‘07 - the July 17, edition of “The Bahama Journal states; “The Supreme Court also ordered on June 19 that “the applicant be and is hereby at liberty to effect service of the Notice of Motion consequent hereon upon G. Ben Thompson outside of the jurisdiction of this court.” [for civil contempt related to violation of (unserved) exparte order of Nov 20th 06)] Hearing date set for August.

July 03rd, ‘07 - [HKS] Lawyers may play DrugSmuggling trump card...sources close to the case tell [Art Harris] one extension was granted, but a second request to avoid putting up the cash was denied. “If they don’t post the bond, their action will be dismissed,” attorney Wayne Munroe explained to [Harris]...Thompson sued Munroe for “slandering the title.” But Munroe was removed as a defendant and now aims to go after Thompson for $60,000 it cost him to defend an action dismissed as “frivolous.”

“Naming Monroe as a defendant in the original Horizons’ suit was an attempt, locals tell me, to neutralize the respected adversary who heads the 800 lawyer Bahamas Bar Association,” says Art. “Cedric Parker now represents Smith’s estate for Horizons”...

“Why couldn’t Thompson offer Anna Nicole a mortgage? As foreigners, Thompson and Shelley need pre-approval from Bahamian regulators to deal in investment property,” says Munroe. “You can buy property like a home without permission if it’s less than five acres,” he says, “but if you’re talking about a foreigner offering a mortgage on Bahamian real estate, you need Central Bank approval, and they never requested it. If you don’t get approval before you do it, the transaction is void,” [Monroe claims] “So even if what you say is true, and everyone admits it’s true, because you don’t have approval up front, the deal is invalid.”
http://www.artharris.com/2007/07/03/

July 12th, ‘07 - Shelley: “If they’re mad, I can understand them being mad at us, and I’ve asked the Lord to forgive me for it, and prayed to ask Anna to forgive me for it, but we we were following our attorneys’ advice. They transferred the deed to Anna without getting her to sign a document showing she owed us the money for the house. If she says it was a gift, where’s a letter indicating that? There’s not. We don’t have either. I’m not mad, just upset she died and we didn’t have it resolved.”

Aug 10th, ‘07 - First hearing in GBen/Stern civil contempt case aka trespassing/burglary ‘break-in’ - GBen says he will not attend because of threats on his person. Pinder files a statement with the court defining the threats. [from Quincy Parker:] “Mr. Pinder asked the court to adjourn so that he could secure counsel to represent him in this action, and also for Mr. Thompson to find another lawyer to represent him. Howard K. Stern, the executor of Ms. Smith’s estate, was present in the courtroom along with Kahlil D. Parker, who represented Ms. Smith’s estate and Mr. Pinder, who represented his absent client...Mr. Pinder...dismissed the attempt to have him and his client jailed as “a smokescreen – an attempt to win the case without going to court.””
http://www.jonesbahamas.com/?c=45&a=13697

Aug 16th, ‘07 - Thompson has filed a separate lawsuit for “damages” against the law firm that represented him in the Horizon’s deal, Callander’s and Company, and named Smith’s estate executor Howard K. Stern...
www.theinsideronline.com/news/2007/08/11866/

Aug 17th, ‘07 - GBen Thompson...has withdrawn his original lawsuit over the house. Almost simultaneously, Thompson filed damages against five different parties including Howard K. Stern — as executor of Smith’s estate — and the Callender’s & Co. law firm, which handled the sale of the house. Thompson has alleged that both Stern and Callender’s & Co., along with Horizons’ first owner, Ronald H. Kelly, the Americas International Bank Corporation Limited (AIBC) and the AIBC liquidator, George Clifford Culmer, were involved in the controversial sale of the Eastern Road mansion...Thompson alleges that he suffered damages, slander in his title, loss, expense and costs...
Speaking in the House of Assembly, [Shane]Gibson alleged outright that Callender’s & Co. was to blame for the mix-up. Now, Thompson is alleging the same thing...In the suit, Thompson is asking for an unknown amount of damages, a return of all sums paid by Thompson to the defendants, interest, loss, expenses, costs and “further and other relief”. The writ was filed on August 16 and the defendants have 14 days after receiving notice to make an appearance in an action at the suit.
http://www.thenassauguardian.com/na...21982212852.php

Aug 28th, 07 - Citing a family funeral, for the second time GBen fails to appear for civil contempt suit. Pinder [told Art Harris] “he’d reassured Thompson and Shelley there was nothing to fear in returning because police contacts told him no warrants had been issued...”
Thompson is ordered to find another lawyer because of an attorney-client conflict where his attorney Pinder and himself each are accused of the same violations, and to return Sept. 19th for the next hearing.

Sep 19th, ‘07 - GBen still noshow at scheduled civil contempt hearing. Date reset to unknown date in the future.

Oct 11th, ‘07 - Howard K Stern is considering writing his own book about his role in Anna Nicole Smith’s life and death...”(If I did) It would be after these lawsuits, and after everything comes out, it’s possible. But right now I don’t have any plans.” http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/stern%20considers%20anna%20nicole%

Oct 12th, ‘07 - The Insider: “Twelve agents served the search warrants on Dr KE’s house. Dr Eroshevich and Howard K. Stern were inside.”

Oct 20th, ‘07 - Geraldo - Ford Shelley - says he called the police about the methadone (in the fridge)[the day they went to the Horizons after Anna’s death] but they ‘never came’ also says he had a key to the home...
Geraldo: What about the allegation from HKS that you stole this tape?
Shelley: “I was sitting in an interview that morning... I was there four hours securing the home, told them they could get back in, no police showed up, they didnt’ stop us they didn’t stop the plane from taking off, if his friends were outside, why didn’t they stop me? why did they allow it?”
Geraldo: You’re the legal owner?
Shelley: In my father-in-law’s name,...letter from Callenders that we own it
Geraldo: Did you stage the methadone?
Shelley: The night ET played a video(?), Mark Steines knew I was going there, because I was on his set - we didn’t set that up...we left our numbers there
Geraldo: do you swear to God?
Shelley: yes sir
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-8yms577i-s

Oct 18th, ‘07 - Court documents first obtained by CelebTV.com show that Anna Nicole Smith’s former companion and lawyer, Howard K. Stern, has filed a claim against the former Playboy Playmate’s estate.
http://www.celebtv.com/Headlines.aspx?NewsGuid=f56ecf50-bed3-40d3-a30a-fce3be68d195

[no other action on Horizons thru the end of the year known]