For background take a look at this excellent article from the Times on this lawsuit. Also see here to download all pleadings in this case.
I apologize for having neglected the Lunada Bay Boys case lately, but I’ve just been so overwhelmed with the Skid Row Neighborhood Council matter that I haven’t had time for much else. There have, however, been a number of interesting developments in this matter as well.
First of all, recall that the cell phone of Bay Boys defendant Michael Papayans was in LAPD custody after his notorious arrest for beating up a man in the parking lot of Dodger Stadium. Once the LAPD gets its hands on evidence it seems that they don’t give it up so very easily, and thus, in July, the Honorable Rozella Oliver, magistrate judge in the case, ordered them to hand it over for analysis. Well, they evidently did so, and, on October 9, a bunch of text messages from the phone were filed with the court. You must read these texts! It seems to me that they pretty much prove the plaintiffs’ case. Here are some highlights:
- Yeah get down there I’ll be up as soon as I can my dad should be going out soon
- Yea, only 5 guys out and he’s out, I’m going
- I hate this guy
- Are they in the water
- He’s in the water. Only five guys out. Get down here boys. I’m out there
- Kooks up there
- Get him Charlie, just go shake his hand, tell him we missed him and can’t believe he didn’t make any of these latest headlines, he should be ashamed
- Lol ok I’m on my way !
- Michelle get to the bay and rouste [sic] those kooks
- there are two kooks he’s got a little baldheaded white guy with them he looks like a boogie board or to fuck what a joke!
- The kook is here at the bay right now
- I don’t know how I get put on these threads but its hilarious :)
And the other news is that the hearing on sanctions against defendants Charlie and Frank Ferrara and Sang Lee for discovery shenanigans took place on Thursday as scheduled. What a wild ride!
Continue reading Get To The Bay And Rouste [sic] Those Kooks! Newly Obtained Papayans Text Messages Prove Bay Boy Conspiracy To Deny Cory Spencer Access To The Water — Also, News From Thursday’s Hearing On Sanctions Against Charlie And Frank Ferrara And Sang Lee For, Among Other Things, Destroying Evidence
