Office of U.S. Trustee vs. Harmon

David C. Farmer, Successor-Trustee vs. Harmon

(Formerly Woo vs. Harmon & Nicholson vs. Harmon)

CV05-00030 DAE KSC

U.S. District Court For the District of Hawaii

Judges: David A. Ezra; Kevin S. Chang

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DEFENDANT’S WITNESS

BROOK HART

Attorney for EG&G Services in the Unity House fraud case; attorney for Wayne “Dog” Chapman.

August 23, 2007

Judge scolds 'Dog' Chapman's attorney
for bail mix-up

Honolulu Advertiser Staff

A local attorney representing Duane "Dog" Chapman received a tongue-lashing by a federal magistrate because Chapman and his wife Beth had urged fans to address protests to the court.

After a court in Mexico earlier this month dropped charges against Chapman, Tim Chapman and son Leland Chapman, in connection with the bounty hunter's capture of Andrew Luster, Chapman and his wife issued a statement that they were devastated by U.S. Magistrate Judge Barry Kurren's decision to keep the $300,000 bond in place.

They asked fans to call and write to the judge, the prosecuting attorney, the president and Condoleezza Rice.

The problem was that in a closed-door meeting last week, all parties agreed that the prosecutor could have an extra 30 days to consider what to do in light of an appeal filed by Mexican officials. In the meantime, the Chapmans would be free on their own recognizance and the bail would be released.

"When I left the conference on Aug. 15, I thought we were all on the same page," Kurren said.

However, Kurren said he found himself bombarded by e-mails and phone calls by the bounty hunter's fans.

"This is where I have some confusion and unhappiness," he said. "Tell your clients not to contact the court or suggest their fans contact the court," he told Chapman's attorney Brook Hart.

Hart said the confusion arose because the bail bondsman needed written confirmation from the court that the bail bond did not need to be renewed. Now that it has been settled, Chapman has "less reason for any kind of behavior like that," he said.

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Brook Hart is expected to testify regarding his business, professional, personal and political relationships with Gov. Linda Lingle, Bob Awana, J.P. Schmidt, Mary Lou Woo, Steven Guttman, Jerrold Chun, Zephyr Insurance, Henry Peters, Leighton Mau, Tony Rutledge, Unity House, Hawaiian Insurance Companies, Kamehameha Schools, Jeff Stone, Anthony Pounders, EG&G Services, The Carlyle Group, Colbert Matsumoto, Guido Giacometti, Susan Tius, Marsh & McLennan, Marsh Affinity Services, Duane "Dog" Chapman, Judge Barry Kurren, David C. Farmer, James Nicholson, Robert Miller, Peter Murnane, Mesa Airlines, Joshua Gotbaum, and others to be determined upon discovery.

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