- 8 - judgment in the Circuit Court for the Fourth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida seeking $2,067,926.87 in damages.5 During the period of the alleged embezzlement, Ms. Clark continued to use her credit card for personal purchases and accumulated an unpaid balance of $10,000. Ms. Clark did not provide an explanation of how that credit card debt was consistent with her admission to the embezzlement of several thousand dollars per week from BBTS. Ms. Clark maintained, until she met with respondent’s counsel on March 14, 2006, that she did not embezzle any money from BBTS or petitioner. In February 2006, petitioner threatened Ms. Clark, who had recently applied for a real estate license, that, if at the trial of the instant case she did not admit to embezzling from BBTS, he would take out an ad in the newspaper calling her a liar and thief.6 Ms. Clark did not admit to the alleged embezzlement on her application for a real estate license. Ms. Clark, before testifying at trial, received legal advice from petitioner’s attorney regarding the statutes of 5We note that this roughly coincides with the timing of petitioner’s threat to Ms. Clark, see infra, and may have been an attempt to influence her testimony in the instant case. Ms. Clark had not made a payment under the agreement since May 18, 2004, yet petitioner waited almost 2 years to file for a judgment. Additionally, Ms. Ellis received a threatening phone call 2 weeks before trial, although the identity of the caller is not in evidence. 6Petitioner intended to intimidate Ms. Clark with the threat of losing her license or future business.Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Next
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