Before Myrl decided to become O'leary's PR person and bill collector
... she pushed herself into the middle of my lawsuit against O'leary.
Now whatever could make a 60+++ year old divorcee, do such a
turnaround and publicly flirt with and advertise for this man hawking
implants in Europe?????
Newsgroups: alt.support.breast-implant
Local: Mon,Aug 27 2001 3:30 pm
Subject: Myrl Jeffcoat's Declaration Under Penalty of Perjury re:
Patrick J. O'Leary
http://www.humanticsfoundation.com/plant-myrl.html
I, MYRL JEFFCOAT, declare as follows:
1. I am submitting this declaration in support of the Plaintiff¹s
Opposition to Defendant¹s Motion to Strike and Request for Attorney¹s
Fees. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth below. If
called
upon to testify, I could and would competently testify to the facts
set
forth herein.
2. The purpose of this letter is to document certain experiences I
have
had on-line with defendants Susan Schaezler, "Mplnt" (O¹LEARY) and
other
entities.
In late 1995 I went into the internet actively seeking information
about
the status of breast implant litigation.
I noted from the very beginning on the AOL Breast Implant Forum that
Susan
Schaezler and the entity known as "Mplnt" were present, as well as
others
that appeared to be very disruptive and insulting to implant victims.
I
had complained to Susan Schaezler, I didn't understand why a breast
implant victim would be siding with an obvious pro-implant person to
berate other victims. Susan Schaezler and I talked for a brief time
(few
days) about beginning a newslist, to create privacy for genuine
implant
victims, to give them safe harbor from the AOL board disruption
created by
"mplnt" and other disruptive entitities.
While we were discussing it, she went ahead on her own and set it up,
and
instituted strenuous rules, regulations, and absolute control over
membership. I was one of the "charter" members of BIS, and was there
from
the very beginning. Imagine my dismay when I discovered that "Mplnt"
(one
of the major disrupters of the AOL board) was also there, as a Susan
Schaezler invited member. Shortly after Susan Schaezler began BIS, she
solicited from the membership an invitiation for us to all openly
share
our real names, addresses, phone numbers, etc. The suggestion from
her,
was that we ought to all feel comfortable enough with each other, and
could do that.
I was one of the implant victims who did share my personal information
openly on that list, and "Mplnt" was on the newslist and in the e-mail
address when it occurred. Susan had always boasted that she knew the
true
identity of "Mplnt" and he was definitely not manufacturer related.
She
always suggested that he was a doctor knowledgeable about silicone
issues,
but did not believe our illnesses were caused by silicone. A brief
amount
of time went by (a few months), when an altercation arose on the BIS
newslist. It involved the presenting of a theory presented by "Mplnt"
that was very controversial to one of our more knowledgeable implant
victim members. Ultimately this implanted member was kicked off of
BIS,
because she had used an expletive in her response to "Mplnt" on BIS,
while
he remained.
It was puzzling to many of us, that she chose to align herself with
this
disruptive influence, instead of the women for whom she claimed to
have
created her "private list."
We on the support groups, were aware of Judge Pointer¹s Order #8
protecting plaintiffs by prohibiting manufacturers from personally
contacting implanted victims.
"Mplnt" has been in our midst (breast implant forums, etc.) for many
years. Susan Schaezler and he have always appeared to be joined at the
hip. Imagine my distress, when some 4 years later, I learned that
"Mplnt"
was none other than Patrick O'Leary (President of McGhan Ireland.
Even
more distressing was the fact that I am a McGhan/3M victim.
I declare under penalty under the laws of the State of California on
this
27th day of July, 2000, that the foregoing is true and correct.
By: _________________________________________
Myrl Jeffcoat
Rancho Cordova, California
Myrl - 30 May 2008 20:41 GMT
Thank you Ilena Rosenthal for posting this important piece of history,
while you whip your dead horses.
The facts surrounding my changing course with Ilena began during the
time I was a member of Ilena's small grouplet list (about 12 or so
women). I had written a statement for Ilena to take into the courts
to use in her litigation against Patrick O'Leary. Ilena has posted
this statement several times, including to my shock that she posted it
here on ASBI before she ever took it into the courts! However, I
continued to believe for some time, that Ilena was doing the right
thing in pursuing another court case against Patrick O'Leary. Ilena
was suing Patrick and other entities for $100 million dollars. . .She
ultimately lost, and the defendants were awarded their court and legal
costs, which Ilena Rosenthal has refused to pay.
During the Grouplet days, Ilena would often pop in and highly
encourage us to come to this board and help defend her in her battles
against others. I had for many years been absent from this board, and
actually didn't realize how badly things were out of control here with
Ilena's behavior. Finally, I paid this newsgroup a visit, after one
of Ilena's more compelling requests. What I witnessed, and a few
others witnessed going on here, was enough for several of grouplet
members, including myself, trying to persuade Ilena to not continue
battling in the manner she was.
We suggested a Newsgroup Disclosure Statement be posted by her
everytime someone started to battle. It was all to no-avail, and she
became more virulent, than ever before!
It was then, that I began to seriously question the motivation of
Ilena's actions here and elsewhere. And to question the agenda she
was on, which was horribly damaging the credibility and image of those
harmed by breast implants. . .Think about it folks, if an "advocate"
of those made ill by breast implants, is acting the idiot, speaking
without responsibility about people, and incapable of telling the
truth - then how much credibility can those harmed by breast implants
have.
If the self-proclaimed advocate is flirting and pimping herself to the
President of McGhan or buddying up to an attorney for the breast
implant manufacturer, Bristol Meyers, how much can she REALLY be on
our side???
If she is seeking out to have chit chat with manufacturer attorneys,
like she did with Nate Schachtman (Bristol Myer Squibb attorney), and
sharing private information about a breast implant victim, can she be
trusted? Especially if she is taking that private information, and
posting it on this newsgroup and over the internet?
These are serious things to ponder, if you are women in our shoes???
However, if you aren't in our shoes (which Ilena isn't), then you can
do most any irresponsible things you like! And if the heat gets too
much for you legally, you can simply jump the border, and hide in the
Costa Rican folliage where they don't have a treaty of extradition
with the United States!
http://www.ilena-rosenthal.com
> Before Myrl decided to become O'leary's PR person and bill collector
> ... she pushed herself into the middle of my lawsuit against O'leary.
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> Myrl Jeffcoat
> Rancho Cordova, California