to keep this carried over from the closed thread:
Oct 11th, ‘07 - Bain interview with Rita
Bain: She wanted to set up this meeting with the nannies so she could actually say and look good that she met them.
she told me to get a hotel to have the meeting and the nannies...She said she wanted to appear on my show.
I contacted the attorney, their attorney, and I told her what Rita wanted but the attorney was ‘very annoyed’ and the nannies (also)...that [Rita] would come looking for them after she was $60Million in trouble.
Bian called attorney and told her of the proposal [for $1,000 for hotel expenses, other expenses related to affidavit] and she said, no, the nannies are not interested.
But play along with her, negotiate with her to make it believable, record every conversation you have with her, and we’re going to deal with her appropriately we’re going to take it to the authorities and take it to the media and expose this nonsense..to protect the nannies...if a woman would write a whole book, best-selling book, and not check the facts, not attempt to speak to the person she’s quoting, she’s not the type of person you can trust. [Bain states the nannies’ lawyer wanted it recorded].
Bain: After she did my show on Saturday, the meeting that was supposed to be with the nannies, I said, Rita I set up the meeting, in the hotel conference room like you asked but of course, the hotel conference room there will be expenses..we have to pay for the hotel and whatever
Bain says Rita said, why should I pay for that when I came to offer them $1,000 to share so that they can come to the US to testify against HKS on her behalf so that they can give her an affidavit and a number of other things that she required of this $1,000.
[apparently this is when the grabbing of items out of Tom’s pockets happened, scuffle, altercation]
almost all of the conversations I had with her was recorded. both (video and audio)
she didn’t know until after we had an altercation and I told her I had the tapes
She was supposed to leave on Saturday [after the altercation] but she stayed and kept calling me, offering ME a $15,000 [magazine] deal [to facilitate setting up the meeting]. On Monday, we set up the ‘sting’ operation - I called the media out and she got caught ‘red-handed’
for those who didn’t catch Geraldo’s show and cant wait for the official transcript, here’s the Bain part, as well as I could speed-type it - I’ll follow up with the Perper stuff next post:)
Bain, Clarke, Geragos, Jeanine (?), Paul Peressi, Ryan Smith, “Craig” in newsroom
Geraldo plays tape of Rita talking to Bain - [”Rita’s tape”]
Bain is heard saying “Nadine saw the tape” - “they want to talk to you” - “come down” - doesn’t want to talk on the phone
Bain retort: says that ‘Rita never checked with the nannies they never said that’’ “she calls herself an investigative journalist” and didn’t even talk to the nannies
Geraldo tells Bain not to [play games]
Don Clark speaks up and says that he, also, spoke to Nadine and Nadine also told him that the tape existed
Bain retort: says well, Rita didn’t do ‘due diligence’
Geraldo asks Clark [several times/ways], do you swear? did Nadine really say that?
Clark - yes
(Bain sweating lolololol)
Jeanine points out to Bain that she just heard the tape where he clearly claimed that Nadine said to him that she saw the tapes
[discussion changes to HKS/drugs/KE/Kapoor, et al]
Geraldo - Lincoln may be part of this investigation
Bain - I’m not in hiding, I’ve been there, making myself available, unlike Rita Cosby, before we made the sting with Crosby I presented my tapes. I am here in front of you, where’s Rita?
Geraldo: [rita invited couldn’t make it]
Bain - I don’t buy that. My lawyer told me I could come on
Geraldo: When we come back there’s a Question I have for you - we heard you say on the tape the nannies told you that they saw ANS watching a sex tape - that’s what you told Rita on the phone - is that tape legitimate, is it doctored? [ be right back ]
[cut to break]
Bain: Listen to me because if I just give an answer people will say whatever they want - Rita has, a very long time before Rita - I came forward with my tapes before the sting operation took place before I went and got Rita and took her back to the place. There are more tapes implicating Rita Cosby.
Geraldo asks again if it’s him on rita’s tape.
Bain: I think [Rita’s] tape is doctored. Will I Swear? I don’t swear because of my religion - I affirm that I did not say “yes” to That Woman ! she told me that Don Clark was her source for that book! Don Clark is here saying he’s not the source so That Woman is proven to be a consummate liar! She said her friend “Tom” was a publisher - when I checked I found out it was his fiance
Don Clark - I wanna get done with this tape - I’m nobody’s source, I’m trying to do my job
Geraldo - [to Clark] did you hear the nannies talk about the tape, yes or no?
Don Clark - yes!! now can we go back to the drugs??
Craig - Bain, have you asked other journalists for money??
Bain - the only conversations is in terms of meetings - if you wanna come to the Bahamas and meet there is “expenses”, the hotel is expensive, there are expenses for the nannies, everytime they have to meet with them there are expenses...
Geraldo - did you try to shake down Rita?
Bain: No I didn’t try to shake down Rita - she is talking -I am doing very little talking
Geraldo: You’re saying your tapes are true and saying ALL of hers are doctored?
Bain: Rita will do anything to clear her name and she didn’t check her sources
[break]
IMO, the nannies and their handlers are POed that Rita (or anyone)didn’t pay them a bunch of money and then Rita comes out with a book and they didn’t get anything. Also last night, I watched Greta, She failed to push Bain on what he said on Rita’s recorded tape where he does say Nadine saw it -she was the only one I think. Bain told Greta when she asked that “you should listen to what I said. I only said yes, yes yes. I didn’t say anything else” He said it was doctored. He flat out did say Nadine saw it. The only one who brought it up was Pirro but didn’t pursue it further after he said it was onyl “yes” Either she wasnt’ sure of what she heard by then or she was told up front not to antagonize Bain because she then started praising that ... whatever he is. I was not a happy camper after watching them all praise him for being truthful etc.