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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Griffith called the Maher family this morning after he saw what was written in the paper. He stated "Travis has the plea bargaining thing wrong again". Michael Griffith also stated "I did not call Ted a bumbler".
Wonder why Travis cannot write what he has been told in an interview. Just wanted you all to know that you cannot believe all that you read in the New York Post. I doubt that this will be corrected in the paper.
Griffith advised the family that Travis was wrong on the "plea bargain" and wrong on the "bumbling"--that Travis just made it up.
Travis is a liar.
Travis is a liar paid by the New York Post.
The New York Post is represented by Howard Rubenstein.
Howard Rubenstein represents Lily Safra.
Lily's second husband Freddy Monteverde committed "suicide" shooting himself twice in the heart leaving her $200 million.
Lily changed Edmond's will just prior to his suspicious violent death netting herself a cool three billion.
Can anything Travis and Rubenstein and Lily do or say to smear our innocent Ted change that fact?
Amen,............More Grace and Mercy,..............In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
Amen,............More Grace and Mercy,..............In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
Naturally, we all would've preferred this trial were being held in the United States; but, it's not.
As such I invite Monaco to give the United States government a reason to become involved.
Like say, a phoney kangaroo court trail of one of her citizens, for example?
A trial held solely for the purpose of pinning a murder on an innocent, just so this Black Widow old hag can skate off with the loot?
Go ahead Monaco; make our day.
...here's where our faith comes into play.
That this old bag (possibly & very likely a murderer...) marshaled her forces with the first of what'll likely turn out to be several in a series of smears & disinformation campaigns?
Frankly, all that rubbish doesn't surprise me one iota.
Money has always had the tendency to protect itself like that; & this was, IMO, true to form & right on time.
-BTTT-
Amen,............More Grace and Mercy,..............In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
Memo to the Monaco judicial standards commission--aha! They don't have any judicial standards in Monaco!
But--(and that's the biggest "but" this side of JLo)--if they did, they'd investigate:
A year and a half ago, Ted's defense team (which includes but is not necessarily limited to) Georges Blot, Donald Manasse and Michael Griffith "requested" (apparently in Monaco, nobody but the Prince and the police and their pawns may "subpoena" anything) 'a couple of files'--
Sacre bleu! These two files were nowhere to be found!
Suddenly--after a year and a half!--they reappear! Like the Virgin of Guadalupe! Like the Shroud of Turin! Like the Rose Law Firm billing records of le senator a Nouveau Yorque!
So! The trial! It proceeds, non? Non.
Now a key figure is leaving the country! So, the court regrets the trial will be delayed.
Monaco's subtext: We have no case against the innocent American Ted Maher today. We had no case against the innocent American Ted Maher yesterday. We will have no case against the innocent American Ted Maher tomorrow. We have only the police state you know as a "principality" and police powers you know as "Napoleanic Law"--which is no law.
America is not dunne with Monaco--we will have our Ted Maher free though the heavens fall.
You're a Texan. You know, the Lone Star State! The Republic! The place where we learn to say "Remember Goliad!" and "Remember the Alamo!!" by the time we're knee-high to an armadillo.
President Bush, this needs your attention. Just one phone call to these Monegasque morons would set things right.
Go ask your Mother. She'll tell you. :-)
Monaco = 0.73 square miles
Texas = 261,914 square miles
Monaco covers about 350 acres and is about the size of New York's Central Park. It's the second-smallest independent state in the world, after Vatican City.
I hear they have a really bad rodent infestation.
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