Even earlier than their July twenty fourth contempt listening to, the Cardiffs continued to serve up recent scrumptious popcorn.
On the eve of their contempt listening to, Defendants Jason and Eunjung Cardiff filed almost 1000 pages of unsolicited, unexplained displays, with out depart of courtroom.
What’s extra, they didn’t adjust to sealing procedures beneath the Native Guidelines for private identifiers, revealing unredacted social safety numbers, birthdates, dwelling addresses, telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and the names of their very own minor kids on the general public docket.
The Courtroom sua sponte seals the doc and admonishes Defendants counsel that the failure to adjust to all Native and Federal Guidelines could consequence within the imposition of financial or different sanctions upon counsel.
What a tone to set earlier than a listening to which may very effectively ship you to jail.
The Cardiff’s contempt listening to went as you may anticipate. The courtroom rejected all of their arguments and located
the FTC has proven by clear and convincing proof that the Cardiffs have didn’t adjust to the Courtroom’s TRO and PI.
The Courtroom due to this fact finds the Cardiffs in contempt of the Courtroom’s Orders.
Underneath regular circumstances the Cardiffs can be despatched straight to jail.
Thankfully for them we aren’t dwelling in regular circumstances.
The Courtroom finds incarceration a essential methodology by which to coerce compliance with Courtroom’s TRO, PI, October 29 Purge Contempt Order, and March 31 Purge Contempt Order.
The Courtroom doesn’t discover, nevertheless, that the simultaneous incarceration of each Jason and Eunjung is critical at this difficult time, within the midst of the pandemic.
The courtroom compromised by solely ordered Jason Cardiff incarcerated – after which provided that he fails to stick to set situations by August thirty first, 2020.
These situations are
- producing an in depth account of all of the Cardiff’s belongings;
- turning over mentioned belongings to the Receiver; and
- paying the Receivership over $200,000 in due mortgage funds and persevering with to make mortgage funds till the property is bought.
Will he or gained’t he? Keep tuned!
Replace eighth September 2020 – Regardless of the Cardiffs submitting a discover claiming to have purged their contempt, in a September 4th submitting the FTC notes;
The “Discover” they filed with the Courtroom … does nothing besides double down on the story this Courtroom has rejected as a lie on a number of events.
The FTC has requested the courtroom order Jason Cardiff incarcerated.
The Cardiffs solely reveal belongings as they’re discovered by the FTC or the Receiver.
The deception and fraud upon this Courtroom have grow to be so repetitious that they’re now routine.
Their conduct is not going to change wanting the imposition of coercive incarceration.
A call on incarceration stays pending.
Replace twelfth September 2020 – Jason Cardiff has been present in contempt. He has nevertheless dodged jail, so long as VPL is ready to manufacture masks at a revenue.