DEFENDANT INVESTORSHUB.COM, INC.’S STATUS REPORT RE JUNE 22, 2012 DEBTOR EXAMINATION OF KENNETH EADE; DECLARATION OF CHRIS GOOD AND EXHIBITS 1-3
Date: July 2, 2012
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Courtroom: 750
CASE NO. CV11-01315 JAK (CWx)
DEFENDANT INVESTORSHUB.COM, INC.’S STATUS REPORT RE JUNE 21, 2012 DEBTOR EXAMINATION OF KENNETH EADE
I. INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to the Court’s March 26, 2012 Court Order, the Judgment Debtor examination of Kenneth Eade (“Eade”) was conducted on June 21, 2012. Document requests were timely served on Eade in advance of his examination. (Declaration of Christopher B. Good “Good Decl.” ¶2, Ex. 1. All exhibits referenced are exhibits to the Good Decl.) Eade produced an incomplete set of documents on the morning of June 21 at approximately 8:30 a.m. via electronic file transfer. The examination was not completed that day due to the fact that Eade failed to provide complete banking records, evidence of share transfers to his wife and documentation regarding his assets within the United States, including a 2002 Maserati he possesses. The parties have agreed to continue the examination after Eade provides further documentation regarding his assets in July 2012. (Id. ¶3). The Court ordered the parties to submit a status report regarding the various assets of Eade subsequent to the examination and by June 27, 2012. Defendant iHub hereby provides the Court with this report.
II. EADE TRANSFERRED 10.5 MILLION SHARES OF IFLM TO HIS WIFE AND A CLIENT IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS
As was identified in Defendant’s Response to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief, Eade was listed as the owner of 7,713,500 shares in Independent Film Development Corporation (“IFLM). At the time of the response, the shares were valued at in excess of $3,850,000.00. This amount was apparently inaccurate as it turns out that Eade was in possession of a greater number of shares. At the debtor examination, Eade claimed the stock had no value and he was unable to sell any of it. Despite the supposedly valueless nature of the stock, Eade indicated that he had transferred, in the past few months, in excess of 10,000,000 shares to his wife for “personal reasons”, the stock certificates being held in an unknown location in Russia. Eade also identified a transfer to a “client” of approximately 500,000 shares as a “thank you.” This transfer also occurred in the past few months. Eade now is in possession of about 600,000 shares of IFLM. (Good Decl. ¶4, Exhibit 2, pgs. 70-77, 127-133)
Thus, Eade transferred in excess of 94% of his ownership in the stock of IFLM after this Court ordered him in September 2011 to pay iHub $49,000 in attorneys’ fees in connection with his baseless SLAPP suit. The sale of even a small portion of that transferred stock would have easily provided funds sufficient to pay iHub the money owed it. While trading volume in IFLM stock is modest, there is some activity. Eade has identified that he has enough “free trading” stock in his possession to satisfy the judgment if the stock were sold. Defendants have requested further documentation regarding the gifting of the stock and efforts to sell the stock.
III. EADE CLAIMS THE FRENCH PROPERTY WILL RESULT IN HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TO HIM, PERSONALLY, UPON SALE
Kenneth Eade has identified “a half interest in an apartment in Beausoleil, France” that his ex-wife refuses to vacate and sell. (Dkt. No. 70 at 2, 7-8.) Eade claims the property has yet to be sold and the French Courts have yet to force through a sale. Eade provided a document which he claims identifies the outstanding balance owed to the bank for the property, €74,766.66. (Good Decl.¶4,5 and Exhibit 2, pp. 82-87 and Exhibit 3). While Eade cannot state with specificity what the property could be sold for, he estimates it should sell for in excess of €400,000 to € 900,000.
At a minimum, this would provide Eade with at least $200,000.00 and maybe in excess of $500,000.00 within the next 6 months. Defendants will follow up with questions regarding the sale of the property at the continued examination.
IV. EADE IS CURRENTLY STORING A 2002 MASERATI AT HIS MOTHER’S HOUSE IN SIMI VALLEY
Eade indicated his 2002 Maserati is stored at his mother’s house in Simi Valley. According to Eade, the Maserati was discharged in bankruptcy and is rightfully the property of Citibank, but has yet to be foreclosed on. In spite of his claims of poverty and inability to pay, Eade will be driving his 2002 Maserati to the Court hearing on July 2, 2012. (Good Decl.¶4, Exhibit 2, pp. 105, 117, 211-213, 230)
V. EADE WILL CEASE SPOUSAL SUPPORT PAYMENTS IN 2-3 MONTHS AND HAS STOPPED PAYING THE IRS IN AN EFFORT TO MAKE A LUMP SUM PAYMENT
Eade has confirmed in the examination that he will cease Spousal Support payments in September of 2012. By his own admission, this should free up $3,000 per month to pay iHub. Further, Eade has indicated that he is in the process of a work-out with the IRS whereby he is hopeful to be able to pay a lump sum to clear the outstanding balance. This would free up an additional $2,000+ per month in payments. (Good Decl.¶4 and Exhibit 2, pp. 112, 207-213)
VI. DEFENDANTS ARE STILL AWAITING DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING THE BANK RECORDS FOR EADE’S PERSONAL ACCOUNT
Defendant’s Response to Plaintiff’s Supplemental Brief identified many other potential assets which would provide the funds necessary for immediate payment to iHub. This includes the whereabouts of the proceeds from the sale of the Gold Standard Mining Corp. Eade has yet to provide these documents which will further identify available assets from which Eade could pay iHub.
VII. CONCLUSION
It is Eade’s burden to prove an inability to pay the $49,000 Court Order, see, e.g., F.T.C. v. Affordable Media, 179 F.3d 1228, 1240-1241 (9th Cir. 1999). While paying lip service to claims of poverty, the actions of Eade, as supported by the documents and testimony provided, do not support such claims. Eade drives a Maserati, owns a property one block from the French-Monaco border, and has transferred in excess of 10.5 million shares he personally owned in the past few months. These are not the actions of an individual who cannot pay monetary sanctions. Taking into consideration the substantial payment he is due on the property in France, there is no reason Eade cannot satisfy the judgment. Eade clearly is able to pay the $49,000 this Court ordered him to pay. He just refuses to do so.
Dated: June 27, 2011
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