The following video, filed in the Southern District of New York, is an overview of the plaintiffs’ lawyers and representatives’ misconduct and the evidence of their ghostwriting of all or parts of the judgment against Chevron in Ecuador.
The following Chevron video is an overview of the recent developments in the case against Chevron in Ecuador. Learn why the judgment against the company is illegitimate and unenforceable. For more information about the Ecuador lawsuit, please visit www.chevron.com/ecuador.
The following is an outtake from Joe Berlinger’s movie Crude. At the March 4, 2007, lunch meeting between plaintiffs’ lead U.S. lawyer Steven Donziger and plaintiffs’ U.S. consultants Charles Champ, Ann Maest and Richard Kamp, they reveal the truth about plaintiffs’ lack of evidence and their intent to manipulate the Ecuadorian court. Maest tells Donziger that they need evidence of groundwater contamination, because plaintiffs did not submit any. Maest admits that, “Right now all the reports are saying it’s just at the pits and the stations, and nothing has spread anywhere at all.” Donziger responds, “Hold on a second, you know, this is Ecuador. … You can say whatever you want, and at the end of the day, there’s a thousand people around the courthouse. You’re going to get what you want. Sorry, but it’s true.” Donziger continues, “Because at the end of the day, this is all for the court just a bunch of smoke and mirrors and bulls**t. It really is. We have enough, to get money, to win.”
The following is an outtake from Joe Berlinger’s movie Crude. In this clip, lead plaintiffs’ lead U.S. lawyer Steven Donziger describes his tactics of judicial pressure and intimidation as, “something you would never do in the U.S.”
The following is an outtake from Joe Berlinger’s movie Crude. On March 30, 2006, plaintiffs’ lead U.S. lawyer Steven Donziger expresses his opinion of the Ecuadorian judiciary. In this outtake Donziger, in discussing Ecuadorian judges states, “They are all corrupt, it’s their birthright to be corrupt.”
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The court appointed expert, Richard Cabrera, has suggested a wholly illegitimate and unsubstantiated damage and penalty recommendation against Chevron in excess of $27 billion. Mr. Cabrera was not only paid solely by the plaintiffs, but he openly relied on them to staff his effort while seeking to obstruct Chevron’s representatives from even observing his work. Major portions of his submissions to the court are copied from the plaintiffs own submissions, if not written by them directly. His work product is devoid of scientific content, lacks even the most basic evidentiary support, and assesses monetary relief for alleged environmental damage and health claims he has never even bothered to investigate, inspect or verify.
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