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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The Court of Star Chamber was a court of law which evolved from meetings of the king's royal council. Although its roots go back to the medieval period, the court only became powerful as a separate entity during the reign of Henry VII. In 1487 the court became a judicial body separate from the king's council, with a mandate to hear petitions of redress.
In a sense the court was a supervisory body; its members oversaw the operations of lower courts. As well, its members could hear cases by direct appeal. Members of the court were either privy councillors (i.e. members of the king's advisory body) or judges drawn from the courts of common law.
The mandate of the court expanded under the Tudors to include instances of public disorder. Judges would receive petitions involving property rights, public corruption, trade and government administration, and disputes arising from land enclosures. Although the court was initially a court of appeal, Henry VIII and his councillors Wolsey and Cranmer encouraged plaintiffs to bring their cases directly to the Star Chamber, bypassing the lower courts entirely.
Although the court could order torture, prison, and fines, it did not have the power to impose the death sentence. Under the Tudors Star Chamber sessions were public.
The power of the court of Star Chamber grew considerably under the Stuarts, and by the time of Charles I it had become a byword for misuse and abuse of power by the king and his circle. James I and his son Charles used the court to examine cases of sedition, which, in practice, meant that the court could be used to suppress opposition to royal policies. It became used to try nobles too powerful to be brought to trial in the lower courts. Court sessions were held in secret, with no right of appeal, and punishment was swift and severe to any enemy of the crown.
Charles I used the Court of Star Chamber as a sort of Parliamentary substitute during the years 1628-40, when he refused to call Parliament.
Finally, in 1641 the Long Parliament abolished the hated Star Chamber, though its name survives still to designate arbitrary, secretive proceedings in opposition to personal rights and liberty.
Monaco's corte d'kangaroo assumes guilt and eschews the vigorous adversarial debate we enjoy;
It offers not the due process familiar to us, but is the exercise of authoritarian whim;
It was only after Ted's family made clear to Ted's Congresswoman Sue Kelly, and to the House International Relations Committee, and to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that Ted would be denied his right to choose his defense attorney under Monaco code that these U.S. officials wrote Secretary Powell and the ruling was reversed.
Nonetheless, the extorted false confession is excluded from the proceedings along with any investigation of the dozens of exculpatory facts suppressed, or of the many manufactured incriminating articles of evidence.
We have catalogued these in this thread and its ten predecessors.
Monaco persists in awakening Ted every 20 to 40 minutes each night of the trial to destroy his rest and concentration.
In the United States our national symbol of justice is the Statue of Liberty lifting her torch of freedom;
In Monaco it is the stooge d'etat prison garde shining his torch in the eyes of the defendant every half hour through the night.
The court is farce. Powdered wigs and robes cannot disguise the intimidation devoid of higher purpose.
The army of expensive attorneys serving the richest woman in Monaco bullied the defendant's wife today;
Having kidnapped her and stolen her passport (described in the two letters of protest to the consulate by Griffith) the powerful and wealthy now debase themselves further;
These are the pack that extorted the false confession, suppressed evidence, threatened children;
Have they at last no decency? None is apparent.
Yet despite all the outrages of this police state. . . .
The press has admired Ted's strength and clarity and it is said Ted's wife did well against the battery of bullies.
Monaco can't handle the truth, as Jack Nicholson put it.
three Days of Reports: Court Prayer Session Held, Safra's Wife and Brother Testify,(Ted Maher)
The head of Monaco Securite said in his fire report deposition that the burglar alarm was disconnected July 1, 1999;
No doubt by Lily as Edmond was extremely concerned--some say paranoid--about his security.
Lily sent the security team away from the penthouse to the chateau La Leopolda;
Israeli journalist Boaz Bismuth told DatelineNBC's Sara James that on November 21, 2000 during the episode titled "Who Killed the Billionaire?"
[Although Dateline removed the transcript from its site, it is archived at TedMaher.com]
It was Lily's paid agent Sonia who pencilled in Ted Maher and Vivian Torrent that night at the last minute.
Lily paid Sonia $100,000 "confidentiality fee" to stay dummied up.
Lily changed Edmond's will to her benefit.
Lily changed their citizenship to Monagasque--effective the day of Edmond's death.
Edmond died the day the sale of his bank was approved, netting Lily three billion.
Lily paid Vivian's husband $2,000,000 to avoid an insurance investigation.
The penthouse security tapes were taken by police and not released;
Entry from the adjacent Hotel Hermitage would have avoided the street security cameras.
The wastebasket in the confession is unrelated to other ignition points in the upper level of the penthouse proper described in the fire report to which Ted did not confess.
The major conflagration occurred an hour after Ted was rushed to the hospital for a hundred staples and numerous transfusions.
The "locked" doors were not locked according to locksmiths.
The police "lost" just the emergency call tape for the day of the deaths, but kept all other tapes including the day before and after.
The police emerged after holding Ted for three days in four-point restraint, catheterized, sleep-deprived, having threatened his wife and children, with their prepared false confession in French which Ted does not read write or speak.
The police now awaken Ted every twenty to forty minutes each night of the trial, shining a light in his face to prevent his rest and to produce a "state of confusion"--
In this way Monaco police produce the dark circles around Ted's eyes; this would be considered cruel and unusual punishment in this country.
Monaco law prohibits interrogation by magistrate without attorney present; Monaco violated this with Ted and two other defendants this year;
Monaco released the other two defendants but not Ted;
Monaco intercepted Ted's correspondence to his attorney Michael Griffith, a violation of Monaco law.
Monaco tried to prevent Michael Griffith from representing Ted at trial as it did at the appeals hearing;
Intercession by Ted's congresswoman Sue Kelly, the House International Relations Committee, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Secretary of State Colin Powell reversed this specific wrong;
But the "trial" was merely an extension of the three-year "investigation";
Judge Patricia Richet screamed, "I know you will be found guilty!" at Ted while she tore up letters from his children.
Ted's Monaco-paid pre-tend de-fenders made it clear from the outset that he would adhere to the original extorted false confession or be sentenced to life in prison.
At this hour it is three years too late for the truth.
For three years Georges Blot and Donald Manasse have told Ted to stick to the false confession or spend the rest of his life in prison.
A friend who handled a case in Monaco the year before its police snatched Ted described how Monaco works.
His client was extradited from South America on a verbal complaint and held without charge indefinitely.
After payment of the bribe demanded the client was released without trial, conviction, sentence, judgment, comment.
"Monaco can do what it likes; it's a police state."
Please,.........MERCY!
Amen,........More Grace and MERCY,.......In Jesus' Precious Name, Amen!!!
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Report: Mark of Corcoran
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Glitzer and Glamour, naechtens spray them in Monte Carlo particularly marvelously...And native Banker with preference for some time already lets Russian ways ring out to the celebration and in the honour of its new advantages customers.
The euphorically strewn roses apply likewise for them, the Russians, who come, with send to suit-cases full cash - mostly the yield of bent business, extortionate activities or the drug trade.
Arnaud Montebourg, Soz. of delegate, France
"the tax evasion and the money laundering are today of Monaco most important financial basis of existence."
A serious accusation, which is based not least upon the new Geldbosse from Russia. They mix under send society to that superrealms. The banking secrecy and a domicile in Monaco make it so well inviolable...
Pierre Camy, attorney Monaco
"certain Russians came into my office and said: I would like a domicile in Monaco. Like much I must pay the prince for it?... Really it believes that they can have everything for money - and sometimes stimmt's... "
Whole two square kilometers largely the dwarf state owes to the Riviera its status to an agreement with the protecting power France. But the Disneyland for realms experienced already serious crises: When for instance France under general de Gaulle let the principality encircle 1962 militarily, around the tax evasion of French citizens to fight...
Nevertheless above all the romance lives on in public consciousness - the marriage of the prince Grimaldi with the Hollywood star Grace Kelly, Monaco as place of the chosen ones...
Over the business into gloomy landing on water of the principality Roger Louis Bianchini already researches for forty years. That brought in not only Insiderwissen, but also so some murder threat for the legendary Aufdecker and journalist.
He speaks of a new dimension of the money laundering: first of all the Mafia bosse in Monaco not only their business here wants to make, but also live, and secondly the money extent accepted ungekannte extents:
Roger Louis Bianchini, journalist
"in the banks of Monaco regularly more than seventy billion euro store - it is very difficult to find out, like of it black money or purely washed money is much."
Approximately 70 billion euro in the banks of a state with altogether thirty thousand residents inhabitants. Strict Diskretion is thereby more than aristokrati sche label.
Roger Louis Bianchini, journalist
"is considered to everyone, which in Monaco deposits money, as the first rule: case is discrete ' not up! That is also the condition for the Mafia people, settles Diskretion here!"
The system of the noblen silentness seemed to function at least outward completely well, until the death of this man provided for international attention. Edmond Safra was a billions-worth Banker of Lebanese descent with domicile in Monaco.
In December 1999 a fire broke out in its dwelling. Convinced the fact that it concerns a notice included itself Safra in the bathroom and suffocated.
Roger Louis Bianchini, journalist
"one must know that Safras served bank for it, to wash millions dollar purely which the International Monetary Fund had transferred at Russia and of the there Mafia was partly branched off"
As consequence of the spectacular incident on solid pressure of France of sixteen dubious Russian citizens proven...
To the Côte d'Azur wealthy Russians already came to times of the Zaren. But nowadays this money elite has other umgangsformen.
Pierre Camy, lawyer
"it sounds unbelievable, but nevertheless genuinly three respectablly working Russians came there to me and explained to me, a friend from them was in the prison, and they asked: How much for the judge?
We are in France! I answered, there can one a judge not simply buy! Ah, you are not a correct lawyer, say ' to us the lawyer, who meant, as much requires the judge, her white."
Pierre Camy accepted the case nevertheless. It defended one the most notorious Bosse of the Muscovites Mafia, Alexej Petrov, mentioned "the fox". Irregularities with its passport had made its arrest possible. Nevertheless it moved freely.
A further example of the attempt of the Russenmafia to up-polish their reputation are they: star of the famous football crew of Monaco.
If they after-hunt for the round leather to the Glorie of the principality, then they do in the name of a mysterioesen sponsor. FEDCOM stands on its Shirts, and which know few, what is meant with it.
They recruit not for cars, H andys or electronics, but... for the manufacturer of a fertilizer, which is exported exclusively into countries of the third world.
On sixty million dollar per year the company this advertisement spends, a Russian company mind you, with seat in Monaco.
Roger Louis Bianchini, journalist
"it gives a report Muscovite of a court, who means that of Mafia funds consist seventy per cent of all foreign investments of Russian enterprises, seventy per cent!
Thus also Fedcom can belong to, the problem always is to also prove."
An interview date with the owner of Fedcom, Alexej Fedoricsev, to receive and in the company headquarters of the so successful multis surprises the deserted one is heavy. Completely coincidentally the financial director presents itself and explains the expensive sponsor activity in such a way:
Eric Bernengo, financial director - Fedcom
"it was the desire of our head of the company to participate on the economic life of Monaco when it arrived here. Instead of making simply a donation or a such, it preferred the Sponsoring."
The principality sport too sponsern, secured without a doubt the sympathy of the national gentlemen for the Russians. Because nothing inspires the 43-jaehrigen prince more than the sport - political questions however bring him in embarrassment.
Prince Albert Grimaldi
"which always one accused us, these accusations was inadmissibly... aeaehh... as can one that correctly say?... aeaehh... they were simply untrue and wrong."
In contrast to its seriously ill father Rainier is a prince Albert admits for its helplessness with interviews and public appearances. To impress it can sporty mondaenen however with causes. Whether will hand, in order to lead of the Mafia umgarnte billion-company Monaco?
Prince Albert Grimaldi
"knowledge it, if one does not only accuse us the fact that in our country money laundering and other frauds happen but that we nearly still favour it, then is perfectly incomprehensible for me."
Far away of of Monaco millions, in the deep France, Arnaud Montebourg was again selected recently successfully in the parliament. There the socialist led so far the strict commission against money laundering and got Monaco in trouble.
Arnaud Montebourg, Frz. of delegates
"prince Rainier is already a little old and possibly the overview lost. We have proven that certain members of its family are complicated into illegal and doubtful business and that of Monaco did law everything, around to hush up."
The Casino of Monte Carlo - temples and epitome of the luxurioesen life of the High Society - however at the same time also neuralgic center of the money laundering, reads the accusation. At this table the minimum employment two thousand amounts to dollar, and no Croupier places questions, if cash in jetons is changed...
Arnaud Montebourg, frz. delegates
" we published police reports, which describe exactly the methods, with which the Italian Mafia in the Casino of Monaco money wash purely. It never gave a Dementi the operator company of the Casinos. And prince Rainier is joint owner of the Casinos."
Under the socialist government the protection patron France exerted strong pressure on Monaco and demanded a reinforcement of the controlling fiscal authority. Finally Monaco with France already formed a financial union before introduction of the euro.
Prince Albert Grimaldi
"a criticism read by right: How can an authority with only four persons control a finanzplatz such as Monaco efficiently? Thus we supplemented. We turned two further forces off for it."
Six testers instead of so far four. The directors of the banks settled in Monaco and their customers can sleep further calmed down. In Monaco seven hundred policemen are awake - also over unpleasant reporter teams... and they ensure naturally for it that those can celebrate unimpaired, the all reason in addition have...
Now Monaco has Ted in the Yuri I. Nosenko Hotel, with complimentary awakening service every twenty to forty minutes, with the, how do you say, bright light shine in the eyes, which produces the so-dramatic dark circles around the eyes.
There was no "confusion" amongst the police agencies which handcuffed security chief Samuel Cohen and refused him permission to enter and remove Edmond Safra in safety.
The police commander gave the order that no one was to enter until his command--not even the Prince.
We have only Sonia's contradictory accounts to log Edmond and Vivian's status.
We know Vivian was strangled and that Edmond's blood was spattered on her bra, panties and barette, though she was "found" clothed.
Monaco, where the laundry is open 24/7, and Russians come to play Buy A Judge.
-BTTT-
Monaco used methods of interrogation forbidden by the Israeli Supreme Court to its General Security Service:
Nine Supreme Court justices unanimously ruled September 6, 1999, that the interrogation methods of the General Security Service which involve the use of physical force are not legal. The GSS does not have the authority, for example, to shake a suspect, to hold him in painful positions for a lengthy period, or to deprive him of sleep.
Monaco held Ted in four-point restraint, catheterized, sleep-deprived for three days to force him to sign their false confession;
The U.S. Consul visiting Ted December 8, 1999 noted facial bruising;
The official documents note bruising of the occipital region--Ted was hit on the back of the head;
Bruising of the toes--always a favorite: the hammer;
Before this "special treatment" Ted was clear in his account of two armed intruders;
And Monaco had detained and questioned two Middle Eastern men in the parking garage beneath the penthouse;
Lily's friends brought Heidi to Monaco; once in Lily's car supposedly headed for the hospital to see Ted, the car went to the police station;
Monaco used three strangers in black jumpsuits to grab Heidi and her brother off the sidewalk in front of the police station--
With Heidi's U.S. passport Monaco could now threaten Ted with her strip-searching, torture and indefinite detainment;
And Monaco displayed secretly-taken photos of the couple's children in their rural New York home neighborhood;
And played secretly-recorded tapes of the children's voices;
Voila, Monaco extorts Ted's signature on their typed prepared false confession in French which Ted does not read, write or speak.
When Ted attempts to speak of the details of the night in question in his ONE phone call a week to Heidi and his family, the line goes dead;
Ted's mail is blocked: even his children's cards are torn up before him by judge d'instruction Patricia Richet;
As she screams, "I know you will be found guilty!"
His Monaco-paid pre-tend de-fenders the pickled Georges Blot and the saccharine and glutinous Donald Manasse force him to adhere to the false confession;
Through the corte d'kangaroo this bizarre Kafka folly continues: the sleep deprivation: awakened every 20 to 40 minutes;
The pair of pretender defenders forcing him to adhere to the false confession--their alternative of course is life imprisonment;
Throughout there remains a Guinness Book of World Records for anomalies:
Vivian Torrent strangled herself, spattered her own bra, panties and barette with Edmond's blood,
And Vivian and Edmond arranged to get non-Ted male DNA under their fingernails.
The police "lost" their emergency call tapes for just the night in question;
The police also discarded Ted's original clothing and provided into evidence brand-new sports wear which was never allowed on staff--
--and of course had no blood or cuts--a modern miracle.
Through three years of threats and isolation Monaco has prevented examination of evidence, and enforced obedience to an extorted false confession.
Its "trial" is pure Gulag farce.
Obviously Monaco Chief Inspector Olivier Jude learned Richard Jewell 101 at his FBI National Academy course completed March, 1999;
Monaco did not dare to allow Ted to communicate for three years; and almost succeeded in keeping Michael Griffith from appearing;
As it was, Monaco restricted the testimony of Dr. Michael Baden, and has prevented any examination of evidence:
But truth is Monaco's enemy and saving Edmond was the last thing it wanted--hence it handcuffed Edmond's security chief Samuel Cohen--
And released him only after Edmond was dead.
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