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On September 20, 2011, Victor Alfieri filed a lawsuit against me. The lawsuit contained salacious and false allegations about me. He made sure to leak it to the media with the help of his skilled publicist.
I would have been happy if he had dismissed it before I filed my cross complaint on November 10, 2011. I tried to come to an agreement with Victor.
Victor's first offer was - He would dismiss his lawsuit if I agreed to walk away from the project and give up the $150,000 I invested. This meant, I would never see my money, I would not get my Executive Producer credit... and my reputation would remain "tarnished" by the slanderous allegations he made about me.
Why would I accept that offer? I had no choice but to continue with the legal battle. Victor continuously affirmed that he had NOT touched the $17,500, that the money had not been used.
The money were not to be "touched" for any reason while this dispute was pending. I remember telling my attorney, "if he assures that he has not converted this money and used it, then it should not be a problem to return it to me."
The only financial issue at this point was the money (my investment) that he had taken without my authorization. The defamatory statements he made about me were a separate issue... I was willing to let go of that if I got the "disputed" funds back.
My offer to him was - I would not file a cross-complaint against him if:
- Victor would return the $17,500 to me.
- Upon payment, I would participate in the joint public statement saying something along the lines of "there was an accounting dispute. It has now been resolved."
- The joint statement would also confirm that there was a consensual relationship of an intimate personal nature.
- I would not waive/release any claims
He, of course, refused to return any money or admit that he and I had been in an intimate relationship. On November 10, 2011, I filed my original cross-complaint (you can read it at the bottom of this post).
After going through so many different attorneys, by March 2012, we had not reached any settlement. It was clear that we were continuing this legal battle. At least at this point, I had insurance and was able to take my case to trial.
March 30, 2012, Alfieri dismissed his lawsuit against me out of "good faith"? On April 2, 2012, my attorney writes an email to me:
"I called opposing counsel to inquire about the dismissal and was advised that they wanted to show you how serious they are to get the movie sold and or distributed. I was told that they have finished the movie and now want to sell it and want you to be involved with same."
Dismissed.... just like that! This sounded suspicious to me.
Alfieri Gives the Real Reason He Dismissed the Lawsuit
(Watch the video clip below to find out!)
Quote:
Q - At what point did you dismiss your lawsuit against Ms. Trevino?
A - When I find out that Ms. Trevino had an insurance policy so she had a free lawyer. You cannot fight a free lawyer. So I have to, like, dismiss my lawsuit in order to become even with her.
To become even with me???? In other words...to force me to "fund my own litigation" or... to give up.
Click on this link below
to watch an even better video on YouTube.
Click below to see Original Cross-Complaint
