Guilty Plea Rocks Hollywood Camera Biz

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• And we dismiss these criminal actions as if we are swatting a “fly on the wall”?…Where are the lawsuits?…the players?…please,dig further…more here than you’re reporting.

  Comment by stephanie Peterson — Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 5:17pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I as well would love to hear more information about this. It disgusts me how a German company could hire someone that would do this.

  This is the kind of story that I would expect to break on CNN, its amazing how powerful Deadline has become when these blockbuster stories break here first.

  Comment by Jack Carson — Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 6:57pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Well, if you do some more research you would find out that he was hired BEFORE charges were brought against him….and what has the “GERMAN COMPANY” remark to do with that?

    Comment by alvitdk — Monday September 26, 2011 @ 5:31am PDT  Reply to this post

• It’s pretty funny how gullible people are in today’s world. You read one article after the action has just takin place and you automatically believe what is real. I never post on these sites because I feel it to be quite stupid as you’re arguing over the Internet, but I do have to say Michael lives on my street and he is not this type of man, nor would he ever commit such crimes.
  People blow everything out of proportion and to see it happen in front of me is quite jaw dropping.

  Comment by Taylor — Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 11:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Every time some serial rapist and killer is arrested there is always the clueless neighbor who appears on the news, saying directly to camera, “I’m very surprised. He was always such a nice boy, polite and friendly and ever so helpful.” Now guess which role you’re playing here?

    Comment by Ripsnorter — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 7:25am PDT  Reply to this post

• Taylor, which part of “admitted” do you not understand?

  Comment by colin hunt — Thursday September 22, 2011 @ 11:59pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • Perhaps the part where people often times plea as an alternative to waging a long and expensive battle to clear their name from a potentially meritless lawsuit. The extremely low amount of restitution certainly points to that. This sort of thing happens all the time…and there is obviously much more to this story that is not known.

    Comment by David Yates — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 9:23am PDT  Reply to this post

    • This isn’t a civil suit brought on by a competitor trying to harrass you, these are criminal charges brought on by the US Department of Justice. There is a world of difference. People tend to not plea guilty to *criminal* charges and agree serve jail time if they’re meritless, especially when they’re well-paid business execs with money, and under the US Constitution you have the right to a free defense attorney in criminal cases.

      You don’t plead guilty and agree to serve two months in jail because because you don’t want to fight “meritless” criminal charges. You plead guilty because you know that you would most likely be found guilty anyways if it goes to trial, and this spares you from a much harsher punishment while sparing the DoJ prosecutor the need and expense to take it to trial.

      Comment by Mike H — Sunday September 25, 2011 @ 5:34pm PDT  Reply to this post

  • its possible that he admitted to doing something but the media is making it seem worse than it really is. It happens all the time, its called making a mountain out of a mole hill.

    Comment by maybe — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 12:40pm PDT  Reply to this post

• 5 K? Two months? Wow. For a VP in Hollywood. Amazing. Guess if a working grunt would’ve done the same he or she would’ve had their coffee privileges removed.

  Comment by MARK GEORGEFF — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 12:10am PDT  Reply to this post

• Taylor, I hope you lock your doors tonight. Doesn’t it always seem it is the guy that lives down the street that would never do anything wrong? People can be screwed up and hide it well.

  This isn’t just accusation or a preliminary injunction, the guy admitted guilt in court in front of the Judge and is awaiting his sentencing. It does not get any clearer than that.

  Comment by Charlie Polick — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 12:57am PDT  Reply to this post

• The way the article is written, it would imply ARRI sanctioned or knew of the alleged hacking, which seems highly unlikely. Please clarify.

  Comment by Rinaldo — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 1:15am PDT  Reply to this post

• There is always so much more than meets the eye. Read between the lines. Consider what is to be gained by the people so eager to publicize this. And most importantly — look at the man and what you know of him before you take on the hysterics. Lotta sad little men running around in the world. Did you notice who’s taking the high road here?

  Comment by Old Salt — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 9:49am PDT  Reply to this post

• Taylor won’t reply. You see he “never posts on these sites”

  Comment by Tink — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 10:16am PDT  Reply to this post

• sounds like a funny college type prank. Why involve the courts?

  Comment by Benny F. — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 11:15am PDT  Reply to this post

• I agree, this makes it seem as though Arri had some participation or knowledge of what he was doing. While I don’t know if they did or didn’t, it’s pretty shoddy reporting if they had no knowledge or involvement.

  Very sad to see a nice guy like Michael guilty of such things. It is true – you never know.

  Comment by Mr. Quip — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 4:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Actually no I’m still not the man on the camera, people make deals all the time in court, who knows why he had to make his deal. David Yates said it very well, the people that might know a bit about the court systems have obviously said it well. The people that don’t are the ones saying “I can’t believe a German company hired someone like that,” or anything similar to that…you’re comparing a rapist to a “Hacker”…really? You guys should study a little more and stop reading these articles which are more like tabloids (over exaggerated, non-important bits of information.)

  Comment by Taylor — Friday September 23, 2011 @ 8:42pm PDT  Reply to this post

• I’ve no idea if this is connected in any way, but the suit mentions RED CINEMA, who’s office has been broken into and computers with development files stolen once, and had a valuable early EPIC prototype camera stolen from a customer on vacation in Europe.
  If there is any connection between the hacking and these events, this thing is criminal theft of thousands worth of equipment and valuable cutting-edge product development data. If this guy is falling on the sword for to save his employers reputation or as part of a plea agreement, there could be a bigger mess here.

  Comment by Carter Cammack — Sunday September 25, 2011 @ 12:53pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Anyone who knows Michael Bravin knows he is one of the most valuable and congruent and trustworthy people in the entire business. I would trust him with my life. It is unfortunate that he and some other really decent people have been caught-up in a minor scenario that puts them at odds with each other in a World where such talent and capacity is so difficult to come by. It is my sincere wish that all who are involved in this process will attain a mutually beneficial end.

  Comment by mark anton read — Monday September 26, 2011 @ 9:36am PDT  Reply to this post

  • Trust him with your life sure, but would you trust him with your e-mail password? Clearly he would all up in your account, readin’ your love letters.

    Comment by Louis CK — Monday September 26, 2011 @ 1:49pm PDT  Reply to this post

• Well, at least Mike H makes sense.

  Comment by G. Chisell — Monday September 26, 2011 @ 11:55am PDT  Reply to this post

• mark anton read. Can you tell me what a ‘congruent’ person is?

  Comment by Art Rogers — Monday September 26, 2011 @ 11:59am PDT  Reply to this post

• I dunno – sounds to me like something “typical” turned “atypical” and then went litigious. I also have met and worked with Mr Bravin and I do not believe he has the skill to actually “hack” anything. It would seem they have applied that term to his reading emails that he had the authentication for when he left bandpro. THAT is bad form on the part of the IT team responsible for managing account access… YOU should change passwords when a valuable person leaves. If that person had access to any other users accounts – they all should be changed. Many times when users leave companies they are not restricted from continuing to access resources. I would guess he plead on a technicality of something like yes I read the email.

  Comment by Debs — Tuesday September 27, 2011 @ 1:19pm PDT  Reply to this post

• PRECISE TIMELINE REVELATION

  JAMES H. JANNARD…ACTS OF DESPERATION…
  ————————————————

  LEADUP TO NOV 7, 2007 LUXOTTICA / OAKLEY 2.1 BILLION USD$ MERGER

  TIMELINE REVEALED
  “what really happened”

  JANNARD’S MENTION IN DEFENDANT’S EXHIBIT # 5 NO COINCIDENCE WHATSOEVER

  The Court is respectfully requested to reference Plaintiff’s Exhibit #15.. (Page 12 of 13) Plaintiff’s Request for Admissions #91…..and Defendant’s Answer to this request…as seen in Plaintiff’s Exhibit # 16..(page 11 of 11). The repeated mention of OAKLEY is no coincidence whatsoever….furthermore…the specific mention of OAKLEY owner (JIM) (meaning JIM JANNARD), in same document…which the court is respectfully requested to note that this ‘incriminating’ mail was sent to Defendant’s Email inbox within 48 hours of Assault incident…pre merger consummation…. on Sept 21,2007 in Milano, Italia….. so as to once again REFUTE PLAINTIFFS CLAIMS
  Refutal / Plaintiffs claims of Libel 1

  James H. Jannard was so afraid of a 2.1 Billion USD $ merger failing…that his hired thugs acted irrationally…the fruits of their labors if one can call them that…are wholly evident in DEFENDANT’S Exhibit # 5 and other intimidatory emails all of which were sent to Sean McWilliams in a very short time frame pre merger consummation…when James H. Jannard was so desperate…he chose to violate my person instead of addressing corporate governance violations professionally.
  The court is respectfully requested to refer to Defendants exhibits 6 – 11 documenting police reports filed by Defendant in Milano Italia…further refuting Plaintiffs claim that no corroboration exists so as to wholly support Defendants claims as to actual affronts to his person. The U.S. STATE DEPT. MILANO / HONG KONG have ample records of Defendants attempt to wholeheartedly document PREDATORIAL onslaught which Defendants’ person was subjected to…not coincidentally I’ll add…wholly orchestrated by OAKLEY in a very short time frame pre merger consummation during which time OAKLEY boss (JIM)…same person referenced in DEFENDANT’S exhibit # 5……panicked……when worried his 2.1 BILLION $ was in jeopardy……resulting in a messy trail… much of which can be seen in Exhibits Defendant hereby offers to the court for reference. Plaintiffs claims that Defendant’s evidence is not trustworthy is merely an attempt to sweep under the carpet a messy trail left by private investigators/thugs personally sponsored by JIM JANNARD.

  “ OAKLEY has seemingly stopped at nothing to try and slander me during this case so far and part of that has been their use of private investigators not just to intimidate me, but far beyond that to harass me and my family daily… I refuse to let the bad guys win through intimidation tactics”

  McWilliams

  JANNARD’S CAT’S PAWS / PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS SMOKING GUN
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  LATE JUNE / EARLY JULY 2007 FBI MILANO DOCUMENTATION

  SEPT. 6 EMAIL FROM PRIVATE INVESTIGATORS…ASKED FOR MILAN HOTEL CONTACT INFORMATION

  SEPT. 9 DEFENDANT ARRIVES IN HK FROM HIS CHINA RESIDENCE

  SEPT. 10 RECONFIRMATION OF MILAN HOTEL DETAILS REACKNOWLEDGED

  SEPT. 10 SEAN MCWILLIAMS DEPARTS HONG KONG EN ROUTE TO ITALIA

  SEPT. 11 TO SEPT 22 SEAN MCWILLIAMS..LONGSTANDING ‘CURATOR’ TO LUXOTTICAS’ MUSEO DELL’ OCCHIALE…ATTEMPTS WHOLEHEARTEDLY TO ADDRESS SOME FUNNY GOING ONS REGARDING OAKLEY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FRAUD

  SEPT. 21 SEAN MCWILLIAMS ENTERS INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS OF LUXOTTICA SPA…via Cantu #2…MILANO….WITH OAKLEY CONSULTING CONTRACT IN HAND…ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK TO LUXOTTICA COUNSEL

  SEAN MCWILLIAMS IS ASSAULTED..PUSHED / SHOVED…. BY SLIMY MAFIOSO LOOKING LUXOTTICA HENCHMAN AT ENTRANCE..AND TOLD HE IS NOT WELCOME

  DOCUMENTS REGARDING OAKLEY COUNTRY OF ORIGIN FRAUD ARE FINALLY ACCEPTED AFTER REPEATED PLEAS

  SEAN MCWILLIAMS HEADS DIRECTLY TO QUESTURA OF MILANO TO FILE A POLICE REPORT DOCUMENTING ASSAULT

  Comment by greg nelson — Friday September 30, 2011 @ 4:32am PDT  Reply to this post