Posted on 03/20/2002 7:52:49 AM PST by Nita Nupress
Ted Maher -- former Special Forces; Neonatal Intensive Care nurse
American Green Beret veteran and accomplished neonatal nurse Ted Maher has now been held 537 days without trial in Monaco's prison on trumped-up and false charges -- charges of causing the deaths of billionaire banker Edmond Safra and Ted's fellow nurse, Vivian Torrente on December 3, 1999. In truth, Ted fought valiantly against two armed, masked intruders to defend Edmond and Vivian and save their lives. During the struggle, Ted suffered severe knife wounds that required one hundred staples to close.
Billionaire banker Edmond Safra was cooperating with the FBI, who was investigating the IMF/Russian loans. Needing a convenient scapegoat for the murder of Safra, Monaco police subjected Ted to three days of grueling torture designed to extort a false confession from him. (see description in "BASIC TIMELINE" in Thread 1 - http://206.112.97.70/forum/a3ad8b097272d.htm ).
Monaco continues to hold Ted incommunicado, preventing him from sending or receiving mail. In fact, they restrict his communication with his family to one telephone call a week. This call is only allowed to last a few minutes and is always monitored closely to prevent any discussion of the case. Ted is forced by his jailers to take a psychotropic medication and is regularly "interrogated" by the Monaco judge -- Patricia Richet. Reports have been received that Judge Richet is a violent person who has displayed unstable behavior in the past. She allegedly has a history of assaulting a fellow judge, putting him in the hospital for a week. She also tears up letters from Ted's children in front of Ted rather than let him read them.
Hundreds of family, friends, work associates, parents of patients, and Army veterans who served with Ted have vouched for him as being a loyal husband, loving father, and an exemplary professional of great skill and compassion. Ted has also been defended by then-chairman of the House International Relations Committee Ben Gilman and Ted's congresswoman Sue Kelly, who have written Prince Rainier III of Monaco on Ted's behalf. Monaco has no evidence of any crime by Ted; they have no witnesses and no credible case against him. Even worse, Monaco has planted false evidence and suppressed vast amounts of exculpatory evidence -- even passing a special Monaco law that enables them to hold Ted four years without trial.
The Geneva prosecutor has said that Safra was killed for his cooperation with the FBI regarding the laundering through Safra's Republic National Bank of $4.8 billion in IMF loans to Russia.
Regardless of the reason "why," it is obvious that Ted Maher is a scapegoat for a murder by others. We are working to obtain his release and to correct the grave injustice being done to an American Green beret veteran and medical professional.
Ted Maher -- a giver of life, not a taker -- needs our help.
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To read the "BASIC TIMELINE" that describes the events surrounding the night of December 3, 1999, click here:
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 498 Days and Counting... (Thread I)
To read the "BASIC TIMELINE
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 537 Days and Counting... (Thread II)
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 544 Days and Counting... (Thread III)
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 544 Days and Counting... (Thread IV)
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 615 Days and Counting... (second Thread IV)
American Green Beret Veteran TED MAHER Held Hostage by Monaco for 629 Days and Counting... (Thread VI)
American Green Beret Vet TED MAHER Held HOSTAGE by Monaco for 629 Days (Thread 6) second thread 6"
American Green Beret Vet TED MAHER Held HOSTAGE by Monaco for 629 Days (Thread 10)
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(You can write in English on the French page and scroll down to read. Please note they have a tendency to delete messages regarding Ted - not "fairytale-correct.")
Michael Griffith has assembled a world-class team of experts.
Ordinarily they command a king's ransom in fees for their expert testimony.
They are so moved by the outrage of the case and so loyal to Michael Griffith they are willing to appear absent fee.
The logistical expense is still considerable, but not insurmountable.
Monaco has an irresistable force headed for it, an asteroid of explosive fact.
Thought to be an immoveable object, Monaco consists of a fragile image, a thin candy shell--
It's messy center will melt in its lap--
And tourists will divert to other, cleaner climes.
Monaco, there is still time.
Amen,........More Grace and Mercy,..........In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
Hear that, maestro?
I'll see your prayer & raise ya two. ;^)
"Monaco, freeing Ted Maher now will substantially improve your bottom line--"
It'd keep your settlement with the Maher family in the lower seven-figure area.
While keeping the crown jewels in Monaco, on top of the *Prince's* noggin.
On behalf of Ted Maher...
-BTTT-
Amen,........More Grace and Mercy,..........In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
Can ya hear that rumble too, Monaco??
Listen carefully, Your Majesty.
It's coming straight for you, bucko.
*Someone's* gonna be gettin' "Crowned" when it gets there, too.
eh?
On behalf of Ted Maher...
-BTTT-
Here is the original Guardian account before the three-day beat:
Monte Carlo banker killed by intruders on eve of $10bn deal
Jon Henley in Paris
Saturday December 4, 1999
The Guardian
An investigation has been launched into the death of a leading international banker who was killed yesterday just weeks after agreeing a multibillion dollar deal to sell his empire.
Edmond Safra, 68, one of the world's wealthiest men, died in a fire apparently lit by two knife-wielding, masked men who broke into his Monte Carlo penthouse before dawn yesterday. He was the founder and a major shareholder of Republic New York Corporation, the third largest bank in the New York area. He was in the final stages of selling his stake in the bank and the Luxembourg-based Safra Republic bank to the London-based financial services group HSBC, in a deal worth nearly $10bn (£6.26bn).
Police in the Mediterranean principality said he died from suffocation after barricading himself into his bathroom to escape the attackers.
Monaco's government-run press service said the two masked intruders broke into the six-storey belle epoque building near the town's casino, shortly after 5.30 a.m.
They made their way unchallenged to Lebanese-born Safra's apartment on the fifth and sixth floors and forced the main door. This set off alarms in the building, which also houses the Monaco branch of Republic New York Corporation, the French bank Paribas and other international financial institutions, giving Safra time to hide.
"It seems the killers were unable, or didn't have time, to reach their victims," a police spokesman said. "It's possible, though we don't yet know for sure, that they started the fire just outside the apartment door on the sixth floor. It spread to the roof very quickly. I don't think the occupants had much of a chance to escape."
It took firefighters three hours to extinguish the blaze, which gutted the top two floors of the building.
Safra, who suffered from Parkinson's disease, died in the bathroom with his stepdaughter's nanny, who was not identified. His Brazilian wife, Lily Monteverdi, and her granddaughter barricaded themselves in another room and survived unscathed.
The family bodyguard suffered a minor knife wound to the stomach during a struggle.
The attack rocked the small principality, whose 30,000 inhabitants are rarely troubled by crime. Monaco, which has a 450-strong police force and where some 70 video surveillance cameras are installed around the town, averages one murder a decade.
HSBC said it was "appalled" at Safra's death, but that it would not halt the deal. Rumours swept financial markets yesterday suggesting Arab or Jewish extremists were behind the attack or even the Russian mafia.
Police are now investigating whether the attack was linked with Mr Safra's business activities. He incurred heavy losses in Russia last year, and had also received death threats in recent years, according to some banking sources. The simplest theory was that it was a bungled burglary attempt.
Safra, the son of a wealthy Jewish family from Beirut, was a noted philanthropist who helped build synagogues and schools across the world.
Amen,........More Grace and Mercy,..........In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
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Monaco,....PLEASE,.........Let TED MAHER come home safely and in good health to HIS FAMILY and COUNTRY.......
Amen,........More Grace and Mercy,..........In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
We already knew they were going to pull that kind of stunt.
Monaco *telegraphed* their intention from the very onset of Ted's nightmare.
"Serdet is admitting in this article that they have no evidence proving Ted is guilty so they have to make a farce of the trial."
Knew that, too.
Serdet really needs to tell us something we don't know.
I mean, really.
After 1020 torturous days *some* things just become self evident.
Now: we need to let Serdet know something.
Serdet's to be among the *first* to recieve a copy of the book about to be written.
The book which will contain the facts omitted from the blaguer-passer en justice he intends on conducting?
Serdet's copy will, of course, be *gratis* & unsigned.
On behalf of Ted Maher...
-BTTT-
How can he lie?
Because he's a politician.
That's why; and, how.
There're some things that're the same, regardless of what nation one's in.
Playing *politics* with another man's life has got to be a *classic*.
"Ted only admitted to a fire in a wastebasket to get the smoke alarm to go off."
In a "real" court??
A "real" defense attorney would HAMMER that point until a jury screamed, "UNCLE!", too.
Would only lend further credibility that Ted's "confession" was due to the fact they beat the living crap outa him, threatened his wife, & worse yet?
Threatened the well being of his BABIES!
Ted did what any self respecting father would do under the same circumstances.
Which may very well explain why more Americans cannot *connect* to the Ted Maher case.
It comes down to one's ability to empathize by using their own self respect, as a *template*??
Hard to do when one has none; or, very little of that stuff -- "self respect" -- y'know?
"It is all going to be in a book and it is going to name names. Monaco can lie all it wants - the book will tell the truth and then the world will know."
That's right.
So we really don't need the goofball *Serdet*, a'tall.
No.
Serdet -- oddly enough & in the final analysis -- will wind-up needing Ted.
Serdet's political career, through his archille's heel of incompetence & corruption, is the target, here.
On behalf of Ted Maher...
-BTTT-
Write on jahw...BTTT!
MONACO: LIBRE TED TOUT DE SUITE!
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