Larry Rudolph, the Maloof Family, and the Tri Star Connection : A Research Thread

[Steel Magnolia]

4 minutes ago, RebellionSparkles said:

Facts we know: both Lou and Larry are terrible at their jobs as biz manager. Everything is sloppy. So Lou getting photographed in 2008 w Jamie could be manager sloppiness.

Another fact we know is that Britney sent an email to Lou in 2007 that implied Lou and Jamie were fracking 🤮. (This was one of the emails Lutfi leaked in April 2019).

another fact we know is that in Jan 2008 Lou wrote an email to Jamie saying she has been trying to help him be conservator since 2005.

I think Lou and Jamie’s grossly naked relationship is how Lou entered Team CON.

the questions I have are (1) when did Lou+Jamie  begin a relationship, (2) was Lou involved in the 2003 audit of Britney’s finances—the year the BS Foundation gets a new accounting firm in Tennessee, (3) did Larry and Lou know each other before Lou met Jamie (Larry/Lou have a potential Buffalo, NY connection)…???

 

Jan. 18, 2005 - James P. Spears changes the name of his company "Develop & Design Build, Inc." to "Spears Management, Inc." James is the President and sole shareholder. The documents are signed in Venice, California.

Source: "Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Spears Management, Inc., State of California, County of Los Angeles," Tangipoahoa Parish Clerk of Court, File No. 684363, January 18, 2005.

[Steel Magnolia]

Just now, Steel Magnolia said:

Jan. 18, 2005 - James P. Spears changes the name of his company "Develop & Design Build, Inc." to "Spears Management, Inc." James is the President and sole shareholder. The documents are signed in Venice, California.

Source: "Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of Spears Management, Inc., State of California, County of Los Angeles," Tangipoahoa Parish Clerk of Court, File No. 684363, January 18, 2005.

Nov. 2004 - James P. Spears buys a smoothie shop named "JJ Chill" in Venice with investor Joseph Nejman.

Source: https://gawker.com/151287/britneys-dads-restaurants-icey-demise

[Steel Magnolia]

1 minute ago, Steel Magnolia said:

Nov. 2004 - James P. Spears buys a smoothie shop named "JJ Chill" in Venice with investor Joseph Nejman.

Source: https://gawker.com/151287/britneys-dads-restaurants-icey-demise

 

On 7/19/2022 at 1:24 PM, Steel Magnolia said:

Is this what Brandcasting was all about?

"Which is where this really gets interesting: The contact listed on the job posting is Joseph Nejman — presumably the boss Kozak mentioned getting fired. Nejman, according to his LinkedIn profile, currently works at Google. But he previously founded JJ Chill, a Venice, Calif. fast-food joint, with Jamie Spears, Britney's father, with whom she's had contentious relations, both business and personal."

https://www.gawker.com/5130362/turmoil-inside-the-britney-spears-twitter-empire

EDIT:

Yep.

 

Connecting dots.

[Mx_Defying]

14 minutes ago, Ghoulia said:

My power is out currently and I am so fascinated by this theory - it connects so many of the dots from I’m familiar with from @Steel Magnolia sleuthing.

What do you know about Black Cube? I was elbow deep in the Wikipedia references when it went dark here 😵‍💫

 

 

They are ex-Israeli intelligence- so running in the same circles as Edan. Edan was very good at not having much personal info on the internet. The evangelicals & the state of Israel have very close ties & Islamophobia was always used as an argument for the Con- to protect her from “bad men”.

Weinstein hired Black Cube to harass survivors, keep people quiet & stalk journalists. Weinstein is a perfect analogy for Britney’s case: who could silence the entire media?! So Team Con has someone as powerful as Weinstein doing it.  Think of the con as an intelligence operation & it makes sense. 

[Steel Magnolia]

1 minute ago, Mx_Defying said:

They are ex-Israeli intelligence- so running in the same circles as Edan. Edan was very good at not having much personal info on the internet. The evangelicals & the state of Israel have very close ties & Islamophobia was always used as an argument for the Con- to protect her from “bad men”. Weinstein is a perfect analogy for Britney’s case: who could silence the entire media?! So Team Con has someone as powerful as Weinstein doing it.  Think of the con as an intelligence operation & it makes sense. 

"Britney Spears’ self-proclaimed former manager accuses the singer’s mother of bigotry for her remarks in her book about his Middle Eastern heritage and also scoffs at her assertion that he had a reputation so low he could not be further hurt by what she wrote about him.

An attorney for Osama “Sam” Lutfi’s lawyers filed a 47-page brief Tuesday with the 2nd District Court of Appeal that argues for upholding a decision reached in August by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Zaven V. Sinanian. The judge found Lutfi had established a “prima facie claim for defamation, assuming the statements were made falsely.”

Lynne Spears has appealed that ruling.

Lutfi’s latest court papers refer to passages in “Through the Storm, A Real Story of Fame and Family in a Tabloid World” in which the singer’s mother describes Lutfi as “a swarthy man of Middle Eastern heritage,” a “shifty man who wears ratty clothing and engages in hostility, cruelty and lies."

https://www.dailynews.com/2010/06/10/britney-spears-ex-manager-slams-pop-icons-mother/

[Mx_Defying]

6 minutes ago, Steel Magnolia said:

 

Connecting dots.

It’s weird Jamie ever even lived in California, right?! It pissed Britney off that he was using her to promote the smoothie shop - given she knew he was being propped up by someone.  

[RebellionSparkles]

43 minutes ago, Mx_Defying said:

It’s weird Jamie ever even lived in California, right?! It pissed Britney off that he was using her to promote the smoothie shop - given she knew he was being propped up by someone.  

Yes! Exactly. I don’t understand why Jamie and Jason Alexander were ever living in Los Angeles 

[RebellionSparkles]

1 hour ago, Ghoulia said:

My power is out currently and I am so fascinated by this theory - it connects so many of the dots from I’m familiar with from @Steel Magnolia sleuthing.

What do you know about Black Cube? I was elbow deep in the Wikipedia references when it went dark here 😵‍💫

 

 

Black Cube? OMG @Ghoulia are you a spy?  Spill, hunny

[Steel Magnolia]

8 hours ago, Mx_Defying said:

It’s weird Jamie ever even lived in California, right?! It pissed Britney off that he was using her to promote the smoothie shop - given she knew he was being propped up by someone.  

My assumption was that Jamie came to California for rehab and then stayed.

The Bluffside address is an 11-minute drive straight south of CRI-Help...So that more or less confirmed to me that the above theory is accurate. (Although, it would be nice to know the date that James moved to the Bluffside address.)

The smoothie shop...

Now that we know Joseph Nejman was responsible for Brandcasting...

It makes me wonder...

What was Nejman up to between the smoothie shop and Brandcasting?

Did Joseph Nejman and Sam Lutfi work together in 2007?

[Ghoulia]

6 hours ago, RebellionSparkles said:

Black Cube? OMG @Ghoulia are you a spy?  Spill, hunny

I wish I knew!! I just saw the name mentioned in a few headlines like https://radaronline.com/p/britney-spears-ex-employee-hires-lawyers-with-ties-to-the-church-of-scientology-black-cube-to-fight-pop-star/ so I started with the basics -> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube

Upon mention of Harvey Weinstein, I realized that this was the "army of spies", as Ronan Farrow called them.  

https://qz.com/1540811/israeli-spy-firm-black-cubes-secret-pitch-to-clients/

"Black Cube operatives have admitted to acting illegally in the past, however. When two of its agents were arrested for hacking and spying on Romania’s anti-corruption tsar, the firm initially denied any wrongdoing. Later the agents admitted to the hacking in a deal with authorities that saw them go free, according to The New Yorker.

In response to Quartz’s request for comment on this story, a lawyer representing Black Cube strenuously denied that the firm engages in illegal activity."

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-inside-project-camouflage-a-bay-street-sting-that-went-bust/ 

"One of Mr. Glassman’s goals, the filings suggest, was to obtain evidence of anti-Semitism or bias against him and his firm by Justice Frank Newbould, who ruled against Catalyst in 2016 in its dispute with West Face and a former employee. If such bias could be proven, it was thought the judge’s ruling might be thrown out or the case could be re-heard.

But Mr. Glassman needed help digging up evidence. So, through an intermediary, he hired Black Cube."

 

[Steel Magnolia]

What is the earliest date that we have James Parnell as living at the Bluffside address?

Can we place him there by the summer of 2004?

...

Dec. 11, 2006 - James Spears’ company, Spears Management, Inc., is registered as a “foreign corporation” in the state of California. The address of the principal executive office is c/o TriStar, 215 Ward Circle, Suite 200, Brentwood, TN, 37027. The principal office in the State of California is listed as 10945 Bluffside Drive #138, Studio City, CA, 91604. The document is signed by James P. Spears, President.

Source: Spears Management, Inc. (2944659), Stock Corporation Out of State - Stock, California Secretary of State, December 11, 2006, Access June 11, 2022 from https://bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov/search/business

[Ghoulia]

4 minutes ago, Steel Magnolia said:

My assumption was that Jamie came to California for rehab and then stayed.

The Bluffside address is an 11-minute drive straight south of CRI-Help...So that more or less confirmed to me that the above theory is accurate. (Although, it would be nice to know the date that James moved to the Bluffside address.)

The smoothie shop...

Now that we know Joseph Nejman was responsible for Brandcasting...

It makes me wonder...

What was Nejman up to between the smoothie shop and Brandcasting?

Did Joseph Nejman and Sam Lutfi work together in 2007?

Lynne and Jamie's divorce - it takes a few tries for them to fully break it off.  They separate officially in 2000, according to the doc from Tangipahoa parish. When was Serenity finished? We know Britney did not want Jamie living at Serenity.

https://deadline.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/BRITNEY-Agent-declaration-.pdf

 Nejman is quoted as saying that the position was “an attempt at [Mr. Spears’] getting his life back together after his post-divorce alcoholic tailspin and subsequent rehab stint.” 15 

 

[Steel Magnolia]

3 minutes ago, Ghoulia said:

 Nejman is quoted as saying that the position was “an attempt at [Mr. Spears’] getting his life back together after his post-divorce alcoholic tailspin and subsequent rehab stint.” 15 

The Ebadi doc contains this little tidbit as well:

"In 2006, Mr. Spears announced the launch of an “app,” Palms Home Poker Host, in partnership with the partial owners of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. This venture also appears to have failed as its controlling entity, JSM1 LLC, was dissolved shortly after the Conservatorship began."

[Steel Magnolia]

12 minutes ago, Ghoulia said:

Lynne and Jamie's divorce - it takes a few tries for them to fully break it off.  They separate officially in 2000, according to the doc from Tangipahoa parish. When was Serenity finished? We know Britney did not want Jamie living at Serenity.

And now we know why Lynne hired Gladstone Jones III in 2019.

https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_la/34486487Y

[Ghoulia]

Juno Lumbago's book: 

Britney finally said, “Momma, if you leave Daddy, I will buy you a house.”

"Daddy didn’t live with us in the new house, but he’d show up whenever he wanted, and Momma carried on as she always had and let him in."

July 26 2001 - Jamie Spears tells a real estate agent that their three family dogs are being sold along with the house.  

Spoiler

July 21 2002 ~ this article describes the connection between local burger place Nyla's in Louisiana and the connection to Britney's NYC restaurant.  Jamie is caught at home polishing his shoes because he's "going to Baton Rouge."

Spoiler

August 2002 - Jamie pulls a gun on four teenage girls who roadtripped to check out Britney's home town.  

Spoiler

 

Edited July 21, 2022 by Ghoulia

[Ghoulia]

This is news to me:

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Daily/Issues/2002/12/12/Franchises/Franchise-Notes.aspx

December 2002

CRAZY? BLOOMBERG NEWS' Allan Kreda reported Jamie Spears, father of Britney Spears, is among a "group of investors that will submit a bid" for an AFL expansion team in St. Louis. Former Chargers GM Steve Ortmeyer is also part of the group — MSL Management. MSL Management Principal Shawn Garrity said that AFL teams are worth $10-15M, but declined to say how much his group would bid (BLOOMBERG NEWS, 12/11).

[Steel Magnolia]

1 hour ago, Steel Magnolia said:

My assumption was that Jamie came to California for rehab and then stayed.

The Bluffside address is an 11-minute drive straight south of CRI-Help...So that more or less confirmed to me that the above theory is accurate. (Although, it would be nice to know the date that James moved to the Bluffside address.)

The smoothie shop...

Now that we know Joseph Nejman was responsible for Brandcasting...

It makes me wonder...

What was Nejman up to between the smoothie shop and Brandcasting?

Did Joseph Nejman and Sam Lutfi work together in 2007?

So how the heck did he come to own a smoothie shop in Venice Beach?!

"Prior to TomorrowVentures, from April 2007 to January 2010, Joseph worked at Google in a variety of business development roles with a focus on local markets, mobile, and entertainment. Joseph also founded Brandcasting in March 2008 - responsible for Britney Spears’ digital business and strategy. He is a proud Harvard Alum (2003) and member of the Olympic Club lacrosse team in San Francisco."

https://sec.report/Document/0001520138-17-000132/

[Ghoulia]

So I was able to borrow a Newsbank login and it's got alllllll the good newspaper archives.

The strange, twisted tale of Britney Spears’ - Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - July 27, 2002
"Two calls to the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office, in which I explained exactly why I was calling, went unreturned."

BRITNEY TO DAD: DROP THE GUNS - Toronto Sun, The (Ontario, Canada) - October 15, 2002 - page 17

It ain't over even after it's over - Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - December 20, 2002 - page 62

"DUMPING DAD? Word has it Britney Spears' always-testy relationship with her father, Jamie Spears, is getting
worse. The pop superstar reportedly is incensed that her dad has been spending way too much time with a
controversial New York nightclub hostess named Kimberly Ybarra, who openly talks to the supermarket
tabloids. Besides filling in the gossip press about her own wild doings (which we can't share in a family newspaper),
Ybarra has linked Jamie Spears to her edgy exploits--and Britney hates that. Spears' daddy is in New York to serve as project manager on the remodeling of the entertainer's $3.5 million Big Apple condo--based on his experience as a longtime contractor down in Louisiana."

[Ghoulia]

1 minute ago, Ghoulia said:

So I was able to borrow a Newsbank login and it's got alllllll the good newspaper archives.

The strange, twisted tale of Britney Spears’ - Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA) - July 27, 2002
"Two calls to the Tangipahoa Sheriff’s Office, in which I explained exactly why I was calling, went unreturned."

BRITNEY TO DAD: DROP THE GUNS - Toronto Sun, The (Ontario, Canada) - October 15, 2002 - page 17

It ain't over even after it's over - Chicago Sun-Times (IL) - December 20, 2002 - page 62

"DUMPING DAD? Word has it Britney Spears' always-testy relationship with her father, Jamie Spears, is getting
worse. The pop superstar reportedly is incensed that her dad has been spending way too much time with a
controversial New York nightclub hostess named Kimberly Ybarra, who openly talks to the supermarket
tabloids. Besides filling in the gossip press about her own wild doings (which we can't share in a family newspaper),
Ybarra has linked Jamie Spears to her edgy exploits--and Britney hates that. Spears' daddy is in New York to serve as project manager on the remodeling of the entertainer's $3.5 million Big Apple condo--based on his experience as a longtime contractor down in Louisiana."

Is Britney burned out? December 20, 2002 

"Worse still, her father - a builder - has now been linked with a New York hostess.

Jamie Spears, it emerges, has been dating Kimberly Ybarra, who according to reports in the U.S. has recently been seen several times snorting co****e at Jill's Piano Bar in the city.

Miss Ybarra, 36, by all accounts, met Mr Spears, who moved to the city to oversee the renovation of his daughter's flat, when she was working at the exotically named Club Macanudo cigar bar last year. The two have been spotted partying at nightclubs."
 

[Mx_Defying]

1 hour ago, Steel Magnolia said:

The Ebadi doc contains this little tidbit as well:

"In 2006, Mr. Spears announced the launch of an “app,” Palms Home Poker Host, in partnership with the partial owners of the Palms Casino in Las Vegas. This venture also appears to have failed as its controlling entity, JSM1 LLC, was dissolved shortly after the Conservatorship began."

Wait wait when was this? I haven’t seen anyone mention those at all besides me of course! That’s exciting!!!!