I agree with you. I think it is possible that SS was a way to get CPS involved without directly contacting CPS because legal action can be taken in some states for false reports to CPS; which also makes me think that is why the recordings are being requested since a transcript was provided in LK’s SS report. They may be pursuing that false report civilly and need to verify that aspect further.
I also think that SS isn’t going to prompt CPS without specific claims, IE., LK couldn’t just vaguely state “yes there are kids in the house.” There would need to be a clear indication of danger towards children to prompt a CPS investigation (which happened with CPS arriving at the farm day of incident).
I didn’t realize how much LK had used the recordings as a weapon against MB, MH, RC and JH until I skimmed a previous Barisone thread that had direct quotes from FB with LK threatening to ruin the lives of/“throw said people in jail” with the recordings. The recordings have been weaponized and mentioned incessantly. Not only did KK mention transcribing them, LK mentioned KK had transcribed them on multiple platforms.
Thank you. Now if I could remember how to get to the website!
Ok, I know this doesn’t say prior to the shooting, but it’s clear what it does say. And again, the issue in the pleadings that started this thread is that Kirby ignored a subpoena instead of making her case to the court re: the relevance of her transcripts. But hang on…I’ll be back with more…
Also, it was stated earlier on this thread that the CPS worker showed up to investigate a child neglect complaint. One poster on this thread has claimed that the CPS worker came to investigate MHG for neglect. I don’t remember that being said at trial though. I remember them keeping the testimony of the CPS worker VERY carefully limited. I remember hearing she came to the farm to investigate neglect, and the report came from SafeSport. Once the worker came to the farm, she spoke with MHG first, and then RC. Soooo… it seems almost certain the complaint related to MHG’s kids.
But why did that CPS worker, who was investigating neglect, need to speak with RC? That question hasn’t been answered. It wasn’t addressed at trial that I can recollect.
What we do know now, is that they are looking for transcripts KK made of recordings, which were apparently sent to SS. Hmmmmm. What might those transcripts reveal? PERHAPS they relate to a private conversation that took place in MBs office between he and RC concerning her handgun? That was then stored in a locked gun safe? Why would a CPS worker investigating a dangerous neglect situation need to hurry out and question anyone about a handgun that was being stored in a locked gun safe? PERHAPS SS had been informed that the gun was actually not safely stored in a locked safe, and instead… they were told it was within easy reach of minors. Which might constitute a dangerous neglect situation… which SS then referred to local CPS to investigate.
Just a thought.
One last thought. Didn’t LK and RG testify under oath in the criminal trial that they never placed a recording device in MBs office? That there was only one device in LKs locker? And other recordings were gathered as RG walked around the farm with a phone in his pocket, while people were talking in public spaces where they had no expectation of privacy?
Yup. So I wonder if that will lead to perjury? What would it take to prove a conversation was had in say, the office, and that the conversation was recorded in a location that conflicts with testimony?
Maybe that is why there hasn’t been compliance. As someone else said, it’s incriminating.
Around here it references women who hang around judges, hoping for attention. Sometimes it is a derogatory term to describe someone who will do dirty deeds with a judge. Like a “Puck Bunny” for hockey players or “Buckle Bunny” for women who chase after rodeo guys.
I am a word nerd and stuff like how and why terms come into being is cool to me.
Sheilah
Well, Deininger and SGF’s attorneys have these tapes now.
I would expect that they will question LK at length about them during her deposition. And ask her question after question after question about the location of various conversations. Was MB having all these private conversations in the hallway in front of her locker? Really? Because MB and a lot of other people all swear under oath these conversations happened in his office. But didn’t LK testify under oath at trial that the recording device was in her locker? Will she testify to that, under oath, again, during the deposition? Or will she revise her testimony?
Or… will she throw RG under the bus and blame him for the recording device in MBs office, and try and plead ignorance?
But if KK transcribed conversations from that device BEFORE the shooting, and these transcribed conversations were sent into SS as part of a complaint, can LK still claim ignorance and blame RG? I doubt that will work.
Too bad Kirby didn’t bother to take that up in a motion to quash the subpoena. Now she can explain to the court why she should not be held in contempt.
It is not apparent to me that transcripts made by KK were sent to SS. I have seen no evidence that KK made the transcripts prior to the shooting.
Deininger said that the report to SS contained a brief excerpt purporting to be from the audio recording. But the SS report submitted by LK could not have included a transcript by KK if she had not done the transcribing prior to the shooting.