Who will write the book? the movie?

As this case seems still mired in “process”, I wonder about the final outcome of Geraldine’s petitions and the well being of the minor children. What a story. If I had not lived through it I would never believe it. The ultimate script writer using his own life and those around him who loved him to create such a complex drama. I do not regret the time and effort I spent to expose the lies. I do wish that the victims would have listened to me when it could have saved them literally millions. Still this site is up and available for public scrutiny. Those who spent hundreds of thousands to shut me up now have spent tens of thousands to command me to speak and lost millions for not listening. Oy Vey!

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/hi-supreme-court/1572762.html

Married to a “Con Man”: Annulment Case Law

A multi-dimensioned and 360 degree approach to examining the life and actions of GPD is challenging given the complex web of facts, “realities” and fantasies that still form an unsettling puzzle 5 years after his death. The convenient and easy thing to do is to smack a label on a 2 dimensional snapshot in time and call it a day. Certainly there is room for that and there are truths in that. But this person did not exist in a vacuum and there are lessons to be learned in the actions of those that participated and enabled much of his life story as well lessons to be learned from the stories and mistakes of those whose lives he trampled.

To be fair though, clearly from one perspective, he was a “Con Man” and Geri got royally conned. Does that angle provide sufficient legal basis for her to wash her hands of culpability? I have heard that Maria Shriver fought tooth and nail against womanizing allegations lodged against Arnold. Now that the truth will out, is she partially to “blame” too? These are fussy issues that make the legal world go round and I will not chime in from the side lines in a general way but in the context of the spectrum of human psychopathology, the “con” is clearly a manipulation of others to benefit the perpetrator. I think it is clear that GPD was skilled at this type of manipulation. There is case law precedent of annulments granted to women finding themselves the victim of con men. The troubling thing to me in this instance is the question of the pot calling the kettle black.

In the world of career options, I have a deep respect for those that create with their hands or design with their intellect. Manual labor, engineers, teachers, doctors, scientists architects all effect some change that has a demonstrable outcome. What is the product of multilevel marketing? is it just the multiplication of sales to support a manufacturing base and thus enhance the production and distribution of goods? If the items are authentically beneficial, then one can see the level of that benefit to mankind but if the items are “hype” and a type of sales “con”, I find the whole “down line” empirical scheme of MLM ethically questionable. GPD did too. He mocked Geri’s “pyramid scheme queen” role and position selling products “made of sawdust”. I don’t doubt that many of the products are good and useful based on the listed ingredients, so clearly his slander was hyperbole. Still, it seems to me that slick ads of glamourous couples by fine cars and homes with a “work from home” live the “American Dream”, “I Did, So Can You”, get rich quick messages aimed to lure folks of modest means into investing their life savings to buy massive amounts of product to become “distributors” and then recruit underlings is by definition an unsustainable business model and a type of a con. When attorneys manipulate legal codes in order to achieve self serving ends and white out portions of the facts of the case as well as rabidly invade the privacy of victims and violate the rights and well being of others, I find the practice of that type of “law” repugnant and a bit of a dressed up con. From the perspective then of the fuller facts of the matter regarding both the plaintiff and her legal team, my reflexively charitable point of view is greatly dampened. Still I do feel she should not have been cheated and there is some justice in the return of some assets.

So how to consider the case of the former Geri Cvitanovich-Dubie in seeking annulment of her marriage? Again, the convenient snap shot would be that she was an innocent duped woman and invoke case law of annulments even post mortem from the con-man.

http://njdivorceblog.typepad.com/new_jersey_divorce_law_me/annulment/

This type of approach would seem viable except that Geri professed herself to be “calling the shots” and went to great lengths to silence the whistle blowers during GPD’s life including the receipt of a hundred page deposition from Bill Lyons in ~ 2003 laying out nearly the entire story to that point. Will the jury buy into the argument that GPD was a full throttle psychopath and she was no match for his potent brand of mind control? I think there is a spectrum of “psychopathic” behaviour inherent in the MLM world from the git go so I find this argument hollow, self serving and morally slippery. In the law of the jungle of multilevel marketing, I suppose the art of the “con” could be an advantage. GPD was good at that; he called it “creating reality” and was industrious in his efforts to support that world and to play the role of her brilliantly gifted and talented movie making spiritually enlightened husband. That myth was projected vigorously and those that dared challenge it were banished, ridiculed and demonized as mentaly imbalanced, jealous and/or insane.

Now that the new day has come, the victims that bravely spoke up and battled the fires of that Hellish mirage while it raged, should be thanked for their courage and fortitude. That would be one step towards authentic justice and enlightenment.

Basis of the Plaintiff’s Case? “GPD was a Psychopath!!!”?

OK, I am not “the smartest person in the room” but it seems that a basic gist of “Personal Prosperity”‘s case to the Hawaii Supreme Court (Circuit Court, Family Court, ad naseum), is that the marriage of Geri Cvitanovich Dubie (owner of Personal Prosperity) should be put aside because either 1) George Patrick “Daniel” Dubie (GPD) was still married to a French Canadian or 2) he was a “psychopath” who exercised undo influence upon her and thus she could not be responsible for her actions….

So to consider the “psychopath” argument from a lay perspective, a web Psychopath test is pasted at the end of the post. It strikes me as remarkably self serving that the legal team that mocked and silenced reports of his misdeeds during his life, now purport to competently conduct a psychological post-mortem on GPD. The very tactic, steeped in a revisionist denial of the enabling roles played by the plaintiff’s team, seems to smack of psychopathology. Even more troubling from a larger social perspective, many of the dangerous traits that define “psychopath”s appear to be over represented in the upper echelons of certain professions. The very name and behaviour of Personal Prosperity together with what I have read of the MLM world, as well as the million dollar law firm that appears to have done PP’s bidding (both to squelch reports of GPD’s misdeeds and now to plead for legal relief from the outcomes of GPD’s actions), could arguably indicate many of these traits. Specifically objectionable to me is the cruel and vicious abuse of power to manipulate the legal process and _legally compel_ sexual assault victims to recount details of rape or assault as a part (under oath and videotaped) of allowable “discovery” ostensibly for the benefit of the same plaintiff that had knowledge of these reports 10 years ago yet chose to ignore and silence them. If this is building up to public testimony in a trial, I find that as horrifying and damaging as sexual assault. It is beyond words that victims who have reconstructed their lives and marched on could be required to publicly testify and themselves as well as their families be destroyed in such a capricious fashion to appease the monolithic power driven hunt for money by the wealthy elite. I condemn such behaviour of evidence of obscene pyschopatholgy. So I specifically challenge the plaintiff and her legal team to consider their scores on the following:

2. Do they frequently manipulate others to achieve selfish goals, with no consideration of the effects on those manipulated?
3. Are they cavalier about the truth, and capable of telling lies to your face?
4. Do they have an air of self-importance, regardless of their true standing in society?
5. Have they no apparent sense of remorse, shame or guilt?
6. Is their charm superficial, and capable of being switched on to suit immediate ends?
8. Are their displays of human emotion unconvincing?
10. Are they quick to blame others for their mistakes?
12. Do they have no qualms about sponging off others?
15. Do they have a belligerent, bullying manner?
17. Do they lack any ability to empathise with others?

So, back to GPD. I have worked very hard for 12 years to deconstruct the web of lies that I think ultimately cost him his life and find that man behind the curtain. Simple answers are usually wrong, I do not believe in cartoon pictures to convey the reality of a human being. I have no qualms at condemning misdeeds. After discovering his complex brain tumor scam and seeing through at least some of his other scams, I asked him why he would be so cruel and wondered as to the basis of his willingness to lie, manipulate, intimidate others, and physically hurt others. When I challenged him on this first told me his motto was “Live and let die”. I told him that was not at all in keeping with his claim to be living out the life of the Buddha or seeking enlightenment. He then said that I needed to have faith in his “plan” and that his targets were also dishonest greed-driven manipulators in the MLM pyramid scheme world. I admit that his answer surprised me. But again seeing the cruelty of the million dollar legal team assembled to prove that George Patrick Dubie was a full fledged psychopath, prompts me to challenge them to take this test honestly and see how they stack up.

“Lets consider the core questions:
The following questionnaire is based on research and experiences of socialised psychopaths. For each trait, decide if it applies to the person you suspect may be a socialised psychopath, fully, partially or not at all.

1. Do they have problems sustaining stable relationships, personally and in business?
2. Do they frequently manipulate others to achieve selfish goals, with no consideration of the effects on those manipulated?
3. Are they cavalier about the truth, and capable of telling lies to your face?
4. Do they have an air of self-importance, regardless of their true standing in society?
5. Have they no apparent sense of remorse, shame or guilt?
6. Is their charm superficial, and capable of being switched on to suit immediate ends?
7.Are they easily bored and demand constant stimulation?
8. Are their displays of human emotion unconvincing?
9. Do they enjoy taking risks, and acting on reckless impulse?
10. Are they quick to blame others for their mistakes?
11. As teenagers, did they resent authority, play truant and/or steal?
12. Do they have no qualms about sponging off others?
13. Are they quick to lose their temper?
14. Are they sexually promiscuous?
15. Do they have a belligerent, bullying manner?
16.Are they unrealistic about their long-term aims?
17. Do they lack any ability to empathise with others?
18. Would you regard them as essentially irresponsible?