Jul 9, 1972 – In April, David Vinje, a respected member of the county public defender’s office, was murdered during a holdup in a Sherman Oaks bar called Lola’s Place. When another public defender, Paul Morantz, showed up at work the next morn he decided to write the story.
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1974
Los Angeles Times. Lawyer Paul Morantz uncovers kidnapping and false imprisonment of skid row alcoholic
1974
Sep 12, 1974 – Rolling Stone magazine, Number 169 from September 12th, 1974. The life and times of Jan and Dean
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1975 Coast Magazine. The Fingerprint that lied by Paul Morantz. How a crime lab framed William DePalma.
1976 Los Angeles Times. T.B. Renfroe dies. The skirow alcoholic, represented by Paul Morantz, who launched the biggest investigation into the nursing home industry in history.
1978
1978 – On an October afternoon in 1978, Lawyer Paul Morantz reached into the mailbox of his Los Angeles home and suddenly felt a sharp pain. He pulled back his hand—and with it a 4½-ft. diamond-back rattlesnake, its fangs embedded near his thumb. A tourniquet applied by a quick …
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03/1978
Mar 1978 – A Grand Jury in Marin County, pushed by Paul Morantz, issued a scathing report in March of 1978 attacking Synanon for its child abuse and for the profits that flowed to Dederich, weapons, threat and also attacking authorities for their lack of oversight. Show more
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09/1978
Sep 21, 1978 – On September 21, 1978 three weeks before the botched murder attempt of attorney Paul Morantz, former Synanite Phil Ritter, turned critic, was getting out of his car when two men clubbed him from behind, knocking him to the ground, and continued clubbing him as he … Show more
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10/1978
Oct 1978 – Superior Court Judge William P. Hogoboom said he did not believe that Lance Kenton, 22-year-old son of the Iate bandleader Stan Kenton, and Joseph Musico, 30, had intended to kill Paul Morantz, the lawyer, in October 1978. “But I am just as convinced they … Show more
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Oct 10, 1978 – However, on Oct. 10, 1978, only three weeks after the attack on Ritter, Synanon members tried to murder a Los Angeles attorney, Paul Morantz, who had just won a $300000 lawsuit against the cult on behalf of a woman who’d been confined against her will.
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Oct 11, 1978 – Several weeks later, October 11, 1978, two Synanon members placed a de-rattled rattlesnake in the mailbox of attorney Paul Morantz in Pacific Palisades, California. Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of a woman abducted by Synanon. The snake bit … Show more
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Oct 11, 1978 – Attorney Paul Morantz was hospitalized in “serious but stable” condition after he was bitten on the hand by a 4 1/2-foot rattlesnake when he reached into the mailbox at his Pacific Palisades home Tuesday night, West Los Angeles police reported.
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Oct 13, 1978 – Paul Morantz, 33, was bitten on the hand Tuesday evening by a 4?h-foot rattlesnake that reportedly had been placed in his mailbox by two men. … volved in a rattlesnake attack on Paul Morantz. “We immediately began an internal -investigation to see if we owned such a vehicle. …
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Oct 17, 1978 – Attorney Paul Morantz, who was bitten by a rattlesnake last week when he reached into his mailbox, was released from the hospital Monday while a man accused of trying to murder him with the snake remained in jail after an unsuccessful attempt to have his bail reduced.
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Oct 17, 1978 – Attorney Paul Morantz, who was bitten by a rattlesnake last week when he reached into his mailbox, was released from the hospital Monday while a man accused of trying to murder him with the snake remained in jail after an unsuccessful attempt to have his bail re-…
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Oct 17, 1978 – Attorney Paul Morantz, who was bitten by a rattlesnake last week when he reached into his mailbox, was released from the hospital Monday while a man accused of trying to murder him with the snake remained in jail after an unsuccessful attempt to have his bail reduced.
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Oct 31, 1978 – Incomplete Source. Several former Synanon residents have told Los Angeles police that Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich and other leaders of the group exhorted Synanon residents to physically harm attorney Paul Morantz, The Times has learned.
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Oct 31, 1978 – Police Probe Synanon Reports. Several former Synanon residents have told Los Angeles police that Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich and other leaders of the group exhorted Synanon residents to physically-harm attorney Paul Morantz, The Times has learned.
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Oct 31, 1978 – Incomplete Source. Several former Synanon residents have told Los Angeles police that Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich and other leaders of the group exhorted Synanon residents to physically harm attorney Paul Morantz, The Times has learned.
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Oct 31, 1978 – Incomplete Source. Several former Synanon residents have told Los Angeles police that Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich and other leaders of the group exhorted Synanon residents to physically harm attorney Paul Morantz, The Times has learned.
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Oct 31, 1978 – Ex-Members Tell Police of Talk About ‘Enemy’ Police Probe Synanon Reports. Several former Synanon residents have told Los Angeles police that Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich and other leaders of the group exhorted Synanon residents to physically harm attorney Paul Morantz. …
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Nov 7, 1978 – Lawyer Paul Morantz, who was bitten by a rattlesnake in an apparent murder attempt last month, was asked by a reporter what precautions he has taken since then. “I bought a pet mongoose,” he said. A fast-food stand frequented by USC students at the corner of Adams Blvd. and Vermont …
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Nov 23, 1978 – The lawyer, Paul Morantz, was bitten Oct. 10 by the rattlesnake, which witnesses said had been placed in the mailbox of his suburban home. Mr. Morantz recovered. The incident occurred shortly after Mr. Morantz had been awarded a $300000 judgment in a lawsuit against Synanon, …
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Nov 26, 1978 – Their search warrant referred only to tapes of conversations concerning the victim of Mr. Kenton’s alleged crime, lawyer Paul Morantz, victor in a recent suit against Synanon: Mr. Morantz last Oct. 10 was bitten by a rattlesnake found in his mailbox, and Mr. Kenton and another Synanon …
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12/1978
Dec 1, 1978 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich urged over the group’s communications network that “someone” should do physical harm to Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz, several Synanon defectors told investigators in statements made public here today.
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Dec 2, 1978 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich urged over the group’s communications network that “someone” should do physical harm to Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz, several Synanon defectors told investigators in statements made public here.
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Dec 2, 1978 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich urged over the group’s communications network that “someone” should do physical harm to Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz, several Synanon defectors told investigators in statements made public here.
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Dec 3, 1978 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich was arrested in Arizona Saturday on charges that he conspired to murder Paul Morantz and solicited two Synanon “Imperial Marines” to put a rattlesnake in the Los Angeles attorney’s mailbox.
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Dec 4, 1978 – Another Mr. Dederich had allegedly’ said: “Why doesn’t someone get Paul Morantz? We’ve trained the Imperial Marines. Why don’t they do something such as get Morantz?” The Imperial Marines are the group s security guards. Other statements filed with the court said that Mr. Dederich, …
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Dec 4, 1978 – Charles Dederich, the 66year-old leader of the Los Angelesbased shelter for former drug addicts and alcoholics, allegedly had asked two of Synanon’s members to place the snake in Paul Morantz’s mailbox. The lawyer was bitten, but has recoverd. He represented a woman who had sued …
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Dec 4, 1978 – The charges stem from an Oct. 10 incident in which attorney Paul Mor- antz was bitten by a rattlesnake at his … Two members of Synanon’s “Imperial Marines” security unit, Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico, were charged ear- lier with putting the snake in Morantz’ mailbox. …
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Dec 6, 1978 – In:rtt;rck on Paul Morantz, a 3 – td l: who was hospitalized after by a rattlesnake when ha: mt nt ho at. his l.ox. ,In;:~ , lu,rmw. 4 Steel Haulers Arrested In Truck Shooting Incident PIT T SRUR(~Ii. t),~c. :i (AF’) — Four :ing Steel haulers were arrested in connection with a in …
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Dec 12, 1978 – Dederich, free on S100.000 bond in connection with an Oct. 10 rattle- snake attack on Los Angeles-attorney Paul Morantz, was removed from St. Joseph’s Hospital “because of prob- lems there,” said Dederich’s attorney Thomas Thinnes. Dederich faces an extradition hear- ing Jan. …
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Dec 14, 1978 – Paul Morantz, the attorney bitten by a rattle snake allegedly placed in his mailbox by two Synanon members, asked for a court order Wednesday protecting him from “annoyance, embarrassment, oppression, harassment and intimidation by Synanon and its agents.
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Dec 18, 1978 – According to affidavits obtained by the police from the ex-Synanon members, Dederich had said, “Why doesn’t someone get Paul Morantz?” and “Someone ought to break this guy’s legs.” Police later seized 13 tapes and 35 pages of documents from a ranch owned by Synanon in Tulare County, …
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Dec 18, 1978 – Prosecutors said today they want to put Synanon founder Charles Dederich on trial with two of the group’s “imperial marines” also charged with conspiring to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Dec 19, 1978 – Incomplete Source. Prosecutors said Monday they want to put Synanon founder Charles Dederich on trial with two of the group’s “imperial marines” also charged with conspiring to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Dec 19, 1978 – Incomplete Source. Prosecutors said Monday they want to put Synanon founder Charles Dederich on trial with two of the group’s “imperial marines” also charged with conspiring to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Dec 19, 1978 – Prosecutors said Monday they want to put Synanon founder Chalres Dederich on trial with two of the group’s “imperial marines” also charged with conspiring to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Dec 19, 1978 – 2 for Dederich, charged with conspiracy to commit murder and assault and solicitation lo commit murder in the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz of. Watson conceded that because of health problems, there was a . possibility that Dederich would not be tried with kenton and …
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Dec 24, 1978 – Edmund G. Broom Jr. of California. A Jan. 5 hearing is scheduled in man on whether Mr. Dederich should be extradited to California in connection ‘ with the snake attack on Paul Morantz, a Los Angeies lawyer who had been involved in Legal action against Synanon.
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Dec 28, 1978 – Dederich was arrested Dec 2 at his Lake Havasu City home on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and assault. The charges stem from the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz who bitten by the reptile placed in his mailbox after he won a lawsuit against Synanon.
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Jan 7, 1979 – … … Dedench . is mentally incompetent to assist in defending himself against charges that he conspired to hiD Los Angeles lawyer Paul Morantz by placing a rattlesnake m his mailbox Ruland said Dedench wept ” copiously and wag ” classically depressed ” during an evaluatumin^ate November …
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Jan 9, 1979 – At- torney Paul Morantz prepared the complaint in behalf of James Victor, Adrian and Carl Hall and Janet Hall Peeplez. Mrs. Peeplez also filed fraud charges, saying her parents were brainwashed and deceived into be- lieving in Jim Jones through use of phony healing sessions and other …
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Jan 13, 1979 – Dederich faces charges in Los An- geles of conspiracy and solicitation in an alleged murder attempt on Califor- nia attorney Paul Morantz, an op- ponent of Synanon. Morantz was hos- after being bitten by a rat- that had been put in his mailbox, allegedly by two Synanon members, …
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Jan 16, 1979 – The afflicted Synanon founder was expected to arrive In Angeles later this morning and then be arraigned this afternoon on charges of conspiracy and soliciting murder In the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz. lawyers arranged to have him arraigned in a Angeles municipal court …
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Jan 17, 1979 – Charles Dederich, sitting mute in a wheelchair through most of a 25minute arraignment proceeding, entered pleas of not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a rattlesnake attack on Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Jan 17, 1979 – Charles Dederich, sitting mute in a wheelchair through most of a 25-minute arraignment proceeding, entered pleas of not guilty Tuesday to charges stemming from a rattlesnake attack on Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Jan 21, 1979 – Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had successfully sued Synanon on behalf of a couple .who charged brainwashing, kidnapping and false imprisonment was bitten by a rattlesnake placed in his mailbox. The rattlesnake attack resulted in charges of attempted murder against Synanon’s founder, …
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02/1979
Feb 13, 1979 – laws applying to religious cults should be enforced Paul Morantz of Angeles, who last October was almost killed by a 4 4 loot diamondback rattlesnake placed in his mailbox by a cult group, said there is a in California that requires persons practicing psychology to be licensed . …
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Feb 21, 1979 – Prosecutors repeated their stand Tuesday that Synanon founder Charles Dederich should be tried along with two of that group s “im- marines” charged with placing a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz. Synanon attorney Philip Bourdette said the consolidation …
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Feb 21, 1979 – Trial of Dederich With 2 Others Urged. Prosecutors repeated their stand Tuesday that Synanon founder Charles Dederich should be tried along with two of that group’s “imperial marines” charged with placing a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Feb 21, 1979 – Trial of Dederich With 2 Others Urged. Prosecutors repeated their stand Tuesday that Synanon founder Charles Dederich should be tried along with two of that group’s “imperial marines” charged with placing a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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03/1979
Mar 28, 1979 – One night last week, just after Paul Morantz returned to his home In Pacific Palisades from his law offices in West Los Angeles, … Afterward Morantz laughed about it although he didn’t seem really to feel much relief. He doesn’t know if he ever will. For Paul Morantz there are many …
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Mar 28, 1979 – Morantz: ‘I Wish I Didn’t Know About Cults…’ Incomplete Source. One night last week, just after Paul Morantz returned to his home in Pacific Palisades from his law offices in West Los Angeles, he noticed someone enter the house next door and later observed that the draperies were drawn.
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Mar 28, 1979 – Morantz: ‘I Wish I Didn’t Know About Cults…’ One night last week, just after Paul Morantz returned to his home in Pacific Palisades from his law offices in West Los Angeles, he noticed someone enter the house next door and later observed that the draperies were drawn.
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Mar 30, 1979 – Dederich if charged with plotting and soliciting the death of Paul Morantz. The oth- ers, Lance Kenton and Joseph A. Mu- sico, are accused of conspiracy and the attempt to kill Morantz with a rattlesnake. * Police raided a West Los Angeles club that features scantily clad male dancers …
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Mar 30, 1979 – On March 30, 1979, shortly after the conspiracy began, Simon prepared a list of incriminating and damaging subjects to be deleted from the computer indexes of tape recordings and transcripts, the indictment said. These subjects included “violence,” “holy war” and … Show more
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04/1979
Apr 10, 1979 – “Deadman’s Curve” is adapted from a long article by Paul Morantz in Rolling Stone magazine that captured both the pain and the euphoria of Jan and Dean’s early lives. And although the movie slicks things up a bit, it remains generally faithful to a difficult story. …
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Apr 19, 1979 – Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that Synanon member Lance Ken- ton s fingerprint was found inside the car allegedly used to deliver a rattle- snake to the home of Los Angeles at- Paul Morantz. *The disclosure of the fingerprint came as a preliminary hearing was due to get under way on …
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Apr 19, 1979 – Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that Synanon member Lance Kenton’s fingerprint was found inside the car allegedly used to deliver a rattlesnake to the home of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Apr 19, 1979 – Auto Allegedly Was Used in Rattlesnake Attack on Lawyer. Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that Synanon member Lance Kenton’s fingerprint was found inside the car allegedly used to deliver a rattlesnake to the home of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Apr 19, 1979 – Prosecutors revealed Wednesday that Synanon member Lance Kenton’s fingerprint was found inside the car allegedly used to deliver a rattlesnake to the home of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Apr 20, 1979 – Judge Erickson granted the orders, without comment, on a motion by an attorney for Joseph Musico, a 28-year-old Synanon member who is one of those charged with attempting to murder Paul Morantz, a lawyer, Oct. 10. The authorities said the lawyer was bitten by a snake that had been …
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Apr 20, 1979 – Testimony was heard in secret Thursday on charges that Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his followers plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Apr 24, 1979 – Despite a new legal maneuver by news media attorneys, testimony continued behind closed doors Monday in the preliminary hearing on charges that Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his followers plotted to kill attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in…
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Apr 25, 1979 – three Synanon members should be brought to trial for the Oct. 10 snake attack on lawyer Paul Morantz was closed last week after a request by defense attorneys. Under state law, a judge must close a liminary hearing if the defendant in a criminal case requests privacy Attorneys for …
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Apr 29, 1979 – Mr. Dederich is charged with conspiracy to kill Paul Morantz, an attorney, and with soliciting his murder. Mr. Kenton Mr. Musico are accused of conspiracy tocommit both murder and assault andwith assault with a deadly weapon–a rattlesnake. They allegedly put the snake in Mr. Morantz’s …
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06/1979
Jun 10, 1979 – The subpoena was issued in connection with a $32 million damage suit brought against Synanon by Paul Morantz, Los Angeles lawyer who was attacked last October by a rattlesnake in his mail: box. Synanon’s founder, Charles Dederich, and two of the group s members have been charged in …
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Jun 22, 1979 – The subpoena was issued in connection with a 532 million lawsuit filed against the organization by a Los Angeles lawyer, Paul Morantz, who has alleged that Synanon was responsible for placing a rattlesnake in his mailbox last October. Synanon. Safety Commission Rejects Bid to Prohibit …
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Jun 26, 1979 – The preliminary hearing focused on the alleged attempt to murder Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in the mailbox of his Pacific Palisades home. Synanon founder Charles Dederich, 65, and two of Synanon’s “Imperial marines,” Lance Kenton, 21, and Joseph Musico, …
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07/1979
Jul 1, 1979 – SNAKEBITE. Paul Morantz, the attorney bitten by a rattlesnake placed in the mailbox of his Pacific Palisades home last Oct. 10, is running an advertisement in today’s Times seeking to find a key witness.
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Jul 2, 1979 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich and followers Joseph Musico and Lance Kenton are charged with conspiring to place the reptile In Paul morantz mailbox. Morantz spent six days in the hospital after the Oct. 11 attack. An unknown man driving a black Datsun Z stopped a police officer near …
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Jul 25, 1979 – Mr. Dederich is charged with conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder in the case, which arose from the placing of a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had been involved in several court actions against the group. Synanon, begun as a drug rehabilitation center …
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Jul 25, 1979 – Synanon members Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico were ordered Tuesday to stand trial on attempted murder charges but an effort was made to separate Synanon founder Charles Dederich from the trial on a charge of allegedly conspiring to kill attorney Paul Morantz.
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Jul 25, 1979 – Synanon members Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico were ordered Tuesday to stand trial on attempted murder charges but an effort was made to separate Synanon founder Charles Dederich from the trial on a charge of allegedly conspiring to kill attorney Paul Morantz.
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08/1979
Aug 9, 1979 – 2 Synanon Members Deny Plotting Murder Kenton, Musico Plead Innocent. Synanon members Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico pleaded innocent in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday to charges of plotting to murder attorney Paul Morantz with a rattlesnake.
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Aug 9, 1979 – INNOCENT PLEAS FILED. Synanon members Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico pleaded innocent in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday to charges of plotting to murder attorney Paul Morantz with a rattlesnake.
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Aug 18, 1979 – He testified yesterday at a closed preliminary hearing for the founder of the drug rehabilitation organization, Charles Dederich, who is accused of soliciting the murder of the lawyer, Paul Morantz, and conspiring to commit the murder. Also charged are Lance Kenton, 21, …
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Aug 27, 1979 – His son, Lance Kenton, 21 years old, was accused last year of helping to put a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had handled a successful civil suit against Synanon, the controversial drug rehabilitation organization. Mr. Morantz recovered from the reptile s bite …
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Aug 28, 1979 – DEDERICH. Synanon founder Charles Dederich was held to answer Monday in Los Angeles Municipal Court on charges of conspiracy in the purported rattlesnake murder plot against attorney Paul Morantz.
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Aug 29, 1979 – Mr. Dederich, 66 years old, was also ordered to stand trial on charges of conspiracy to commit assault with the likelihood of great bodily injury and conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon — the 4~-foot snake that was left in the mailbox of the lawyer, Paul Morantz. …
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09/1979
Sep 12, 1979 – accused of soliciting the murder of Paul Morantz, who had won a 300,000 judgment the rehabilitation agency for drug addicts. Ztvo of Mr. Dedertch’s associates, Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico, are to stand trial next month on charges of conspiring to kill Mr. Morantz.
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Sep 12, 1979 – Dederich Denies Rattlesnake Plot, Faces New Count. Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich was named in a new felony count Tuesday as he appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court for arraignment in the rattlesnake murder plot against attorney Paul Morantz.
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Sep 12, 1979 – Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich was named in a new felony count Tuesday as he appeared in the rattlesnake murder plot against attorney Paul Morantz.
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12/1979
Dec 31, 1979 – and murder m the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz. Dederich’s extradition ended the Arizona chapter of a legal odyssey hat began when he was arrested Dec 2. 1978 at his Lake Havasu City home. Dederich’s first court appearance was conducted in the Mohave Gen eral Hospital …
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1980 – In 1980, after Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz won a $300000 settlement against the drug rehabilitation center Synanon for holding a woman captive in the 1970s, Synanon leader Charles Dederich attempted to murder the lawyer by putting what toxic agent in his mailbox?
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1980 – In 1980, Mr. Dederich pleaded no contest to charges that he and two members of Synanon’s security force had conspired to commit murder by placing a four-and-a-half-foot rattlesnake in the mailbox of a lawyer who had sued the organization. The lawyer, Paul Morantz … Show more
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Mar 18, 1980 – Synanon won a round Monday in its battle to have 14 radio and television stations turn over news broadcasts on an alleged plot to put a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz.
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Mar 19, 1980 – LOS ANGELES, March 18 (AP) Fourteen radio and television stations are under court order to turn over news broadcasts on an alleged Synanon plot to hide a rattlesnake in the mailbox of Paul Morantz, a Los Aneeles lawyer. Synanan wan the latest round in court yesterday when Judge William …
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Apr 13, 1980 – Tuesday for Amy m to gme the more time to prepare their cases. Mr. Dederich, Joseph Musico and Lance Kenton, the son of Stan Kenton, the late bandleader, are accused of conspiring to murder Paul Morantz, a lawyer, by planting a rattlesnake the mailbox of his home.
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Jul 1980 – In July 1980, Mr. Dederich and two Synanon aides pled no contest to charges of conspiracy to murder Paul Morantz and soliciting an assault and kidnapping.
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Jul 1980 – In July 1980, the month after Straight’s education director George Ross left to form Life, Inc. (today survived by its off springs Growing Together and Kids Helping Kids of Cincinnati) and six months after Miller Newton joined Straight’s staff, Chuck … Show more
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Jul 15, 1980 – No Contest by Founder of Synanon. Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest today to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Jul 15, 1980 – The intended vic- tim was attorney Paul Morantz, left. Two Dede- rich aides also pleaded no contest to charge. Times photos by Ben Oleader. No Contest by Founder of Synanon. By BILL PARR. Tim” Stall Writef. Synanon founder Charles Dede- rich and two of his “Imperial Ma- rines” pleaded …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Snake bite victim, lawyer Paul Morantz, is at right. Times photos by Ben Olender. SYNANON FOUNDER. Uonttnued from First Page. dation and the defendants as a re- sult of the snakebite attack. Synan- on has countered with a defamation suit against Morantz. Morantz, who attended the 23- …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Synanon Founder, Members Enter Surprise Pleas to Charges of Conspiring to Kill Lawyer Morantz Incomplete Source. Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Synanon Founder, Members Enter Surprise Pleas to Charges of Conspiring to Kill Lawyer Morantz. Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Synanon Founder, Members Enter Surprise Pleas to Charges of Conspiring to Kill Lawyer Morantz Incomplete Source. Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Jul 16, 1980 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “Imperial Marines” pleaded no contest Tuesday to charges they plotted to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Jul 16, 1980 – … … probably will not serve time in prison because of his deteriorating physical condition, authorities say The De derich and two of his imperial marines entered pleas Tuesday to charges stemming from a 1978 rattlesnake attack on at torney Paul Morantz In a plea bargain, …
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Jul 16, 1980 – Judge William Hogoboom of Superior Court, declaring that the effect of the nocontest pleas was identical to that of guilty pleas, found Mr. Dederich and the others guilty of charges stemming from a 1978 attack on Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had sued Synanon on behalf of former members …
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Jul 20, 1980 – Paul Morantz, the lawyer who was the target of the rattlesnake ‘attack, said afterward, “Charles Dederich did a lot of good. But he was adulated and treated like a god [and] I think he believed it. He went the way of others who were adulated and treated as a god.” Charles Dederich.
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Jul 21, 1980 – A request had been pending for coverage of the ex- pected trial of Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two aides in the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz. The defendants pleaded no contest in a proceeding for which consent to electronic and photo- graphic coverage was …
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Jul 28, 1980 – On an October afternoon in 1978, Lawyer Paul Morantz reached into the mailbox of his Los Angeles home and suddenly felt a sharp pain. He pulled back his hand—and with it a 4½-ft. diamond-back rattlesnake, its fangs embedded near his thumb. A tourniquet applied by a quick-thinking …
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Sep 3, 1980 – Gets Fine, Probation in Snake Case. Synanon founder Charles Dederich was fined $5000 and placed on five years’ probation today for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Sep 3, 1980 – Dederich was. also fined for the rattlesnake plot and another Incident and was ordered to pay hospital and medical costs of at torney Paul Morantz, who was bitten by the snake when he reached into his mailbox In October 1978 Morantz, who had just won a suit against Synanon at the time, …
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Sep 4, 1980 – Synanon founder Charles Dede- rich was fined $5000 and placed on five years’ probation Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mail- box. An additional $5000 fine was im- posed on Dederich by Superior Court Judge …
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Sep 4, 1980 – Sentenced for Role in Rattlesnake Attack. Synanon founder Charles Dederich was fined $5000 and placed on five years’ probation Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Sep 4, 1980 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich was fined $5000 and placed on five years’ probation Wednesday for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Sep 5, 1980 – Dederich was also find for the rattlesnake plot and another incident and was ordered to pay hospital and costs of attorney Paul Morantz, who was bitten by the snake when he reached into his mailbox in October 1978 Morantz, who had just won a suit against Synanon at the time, …
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Nov 16, 1980 – Paul Morantz, the lawyer, said it was essential that the city keep tabs on Synanon by strictly enforcing all zoning ordinances. He warned against vigilante tactics, however, saying, “It you take the position to say Synanon can t exist in this community you probably have a holy war. …
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Nov 22, 1980 – Superior Court Judge William P. Hogoboom said he did not believe that Lance Kenton, 22-year-old son of the Iate bandleader Stan Kenton, and Joseph Musico, 30, had intended to kill Paul Morantz, the lawyer, in October 1978. “But I am just as convinced they did intend to do some rather …
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Dec 9, 1980 – In October 1978, after he had won a court judgment against Mr. Dederich, Paul Morantz, a Los Angeles lawyer, was seriously injured by the bite of a rattlesnake placed in a mailbox. Mr. Dederich and two members of the group s security force, Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico, were arrested …
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Dec 22, 1980 – No Contest Plea to Conspiracy Mr. , who is now 67 years old and lives in a Synanon facility at Badger, Calif., pleaded no contest last summer to charges that he conspired to use a rattlesnake in an attempt to kill Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had won a judgment against Synanon on behalf …
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1981
Sep 24, 1981 – has grown since Synanon found er and leader Charles was arrested there in 1978 and charged with conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a rattlesnake attack on California attorney Paul Morantz. Morantz appeared at the second in a series of public meetings called by the Con …
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Aug 10, 1982 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich lost a bid Monday to get off probation three years early in a case in which he and two followers admitted planning to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Aug 10, 1982 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich lost a bid Monday to get off probation three years early in a case in which he and two followers admitted planning to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Aug 10, 1982 – Synanon founder Charles Dederich lost a bid Monday to get off probation three years early in a case in which he and two followers admitted planning to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox.
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Apr 24, 1983 – California lawyer Paul Morantz, who was bitten by a rattlesnake put in his mailbox by Synanon followers . Dederich was given five yean probation and ordered to discontinue his with Synanon One of the recording on Aug 1877 include discussion among Synanon board members about recruiting …
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Jul 11, 1983 – Then, it was alleged on July 11, 1983, in US District Court, by three former Synanon Foundation members, including Rodney Mullen, that Synanon officials had attempted to hire a professional hit man with “orders to have attorney Paul Marantz assassinated.”
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Jul 15, 1983 – The suit seeks $40 million in punitive damages plus real damages of $1.83 million, said Corydon’s attorney, Paul Morantz. The suit is a cross-complaint to a $6.2-million suit filed by Scientologists earlier this year against Corydon and his associates. The church, the new suit says, …
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1984
Jan 13, 1984 – Page 935 COUNSEL Stephen L. Cooper and Paul Morantz for Petitioners. No appearance for Respondent. Fonda & Garrard, Stanley D. Saltzman, Dori E. Miles, Vletas & Greer, Barash & Hill, Edwin B. Warren, John G. Kerr, Louis M. Marlin, Roper & Folino and Michael J. Irwin for Real Parties in …
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Jan 13, 1984 – [6], Stephen L. Cooper and Paul Morantz for Petitioners. [7], No appearance for Respondent. [8], Fonda & Garrard, Stanley D. Saltzman, Dori E. Miles, Vletas & Greer, Barash & Hill, Edwin B. Warren, John G. Kerr, Louis M. Marlin, Roper & Folino and Michael J. Irwin for Real Parties in …
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Feb 9, 1984 – Dederich was later convicted on a plea of nolo contendere, along with two other Synanon members, of conspiracy to murder Paul Morantz. Mr. Morantz, an attorney who filed suit against Synanon on behalf of two former members, had been bitten by a four-foot rattlesnake when he reached …
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Mar 8, 1984 – Dederich was later convicted on a plea of nolo contendere, along with two other Synanon members, of conspiracy to murder Paul Morantz. Mr. Morantz, an attorney who filed suit against Synanon on behalf of two former members, had been bitten by a four-foot rattlesnake when he reached …
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Aug 25, 1984 – But in 1977, Dederich pleaded no-contest to a charge of sending two Synanon members to put a 4 1/2-foot rattlesnake in the mailbox of Paul Morantz, a Los Angeles lawyer who had won a $300000 default judgment against Synanon. Dederich and 11 other Synanon leaders have since been …
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Nov 19, 1984 – In particular, the article discussed the case of Paul Morantz, an attorney who had filed several suits against Synanon and who was bitten by a rattlesnake placed in his mailbox. Dederich and two Synanon members were charged with conspiracy to murder Morantz, and were subsequently convicted…
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Nov 19, 1984 – In particular, the article discussed the case of Paul Morantz, an attorney who had filed several suits against Synanon and who was bitten by a rattlesnake placed in his mailbox. Dederich and two Synanon members were charged with conspiracy to murder Morantz, and were subsequently …
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Feb 8, 1985 – [fn1] The California litigation included, among others, suits against Time, Inc., the American Broadcasting Company, and Paul Morantz, … Paul Morantz was a target of violence as well as lawsuits. On October 10, 1978, Mr. Morantz was bitten by a four foot rattlesnake placed in his …
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Mar 6, 1985 – Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich lost a bid Tuesday for an early end to the probation term imposed upon him in 1980 for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in Morantz’s mailbox. Dederich, 71, had asked that his five-year term …
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Mar 6, 1985 – Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich lost a bid Tuesday for an early end to the probation term imposed upon him in 1980 for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in Morantz’s mailbox.
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Mar 6, 1985 – Synanon founder Charles E. Dederich lost a bid Tuesday for an early end to the probation term imposed upon him in 1980 for his role in a conspiracy to kill Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in Morantz’s mailbox.
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Aug 10, 1985 – He and two Synanon “Imperial Marines” were charged with conspiring to murder attorney Paul Morantz by placing a rattlesnake in the mailbox of the lawyer’s Pacific Palisades home in 1978. Morantz, who had represented two former Synanon members in lawsuits against the organization, …
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Oct 2, 1985 – These subjects included “violence,” “holy war” and “Morantz,” a reference to Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz, the intended victim of the rattlesnake murder attempt. The grand jury charged that the next day, Philip Bourdette said the references to the damaging recordings were to be …
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Oct 2, 1985 – Dederich had been sentenced to five years’ supervised probation in 1980 after he and two other Synanon members were convicted of conspiracy to murder Paul Morantz, an attorney who filed suit against Synanon on behalf of two former members. Morantz had been bitten by a 4-foot …
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Dec 28, 1985 – Jay BloomBecker, 41, charged in the lawsuit that the alleged harassment began shortly after the start of an investigation into the 1978 rattlesnake attack on Los Angeles attorney Paul Morantz, while BloomBecker was serving in the district attorney’s consumer and environmental …
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1986
Jan 18, 1986 – “It was a favorable settlement,” said Paul Morantz, the attorney. “That’s all I can say. The judge has placed a gag order on discussing the settlement.” At one point, 55 former patients at the Center for Feeling Therapy had filed suit against the institution, which closed in November, …
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Feb 13, 1986 – Mike Morantz and Mike Lemos each scored once to lift Miramar past Boyd Anderson, 2-0, in another quarterfinal. Goalie Greg Starcher made eight … Top-seeded Boca Pope John Paul (19-0-1) easily defeated Pine Crest, 3-0, to advance to the semifinals against Ely, a 4-2 winner over Piper. …
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Jun 30, 1986 – The Reader’s Digest article by McDonald charged that Synanon had adopted a policy of intimidation, and discussed the case of Paul Morantz, a lawyer who had filed several lawsuits against Synanon. Morantz was bitten by a rattlesnake placed in his mailbox. Dederich and two Synanon …
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Sep 8, 1986 – Paul Morantz, an attorney who has represented many of the former patients, said he will appeal. Morantz is known for anti-cult activity: In 1978, he was the victim of an attack by Synanon followers who left a rattlesnake in his mailbox. Morantz said he doesn’t believe the therapists …
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Sep 25, 1986 – The “snake” case in which Synanon founder Charles Dederich and two of his “imperial marines,” Lance Kenton and Joseph Musico, were held to answer for assault with a deadly weapon and conspiracy to kill attorney Paul Morantz by putting a rattlesnake in his mailbox, was in preliminary …
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1987
Jan 11, 1987 – Another major case on which he worked was the 1978 rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz by Synanon members. Morantz was bitten by a rattlesnake left in his mailbox. Carroll became nervous and put a bullet-proof vest under his sweater when he served a search warrant at a Synanon …
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Sep 30, 1987 – Attorney Paul Morantz, who represented many of the patients, said that although he agrees with Tuesday’s revocation decision, “it’s sad that our system is so inefficient that it has taken seven years to halt these people’s ability to harm others.”
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Oct 17, 1988 – Harold J. Kwalwasser, Robin D. Wiener, Tuttle & Taylor, Paul Morantz, Robert H. Philibosian, Morton B. Jackson, MacDonald, Halsted & Laybourne, Baker & McKenzie, Bruce J. Ennis, Donald N. Bersoff, Kit Adelman-Pierson, Ennis, Friedman & Bersoff, Michael J. Woodruff, Samuel E. Ericsson, …
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Oct 17, 1988 – [9], Harold J. Kwalwasser, Robin D. Wiener, Tuttle & Taylor, Paul Morantz, Robert H. Philibosian, Morton B. Jackson, MacDonald, Halsted & Laybourne, Baker & McKenzie, Bruce J. Ennis, Donald N. Bersoff, Kit Adelman-Pierson, Ennis, Friedman & Bersoff, Michael J. Woodruff, …
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Nov 17, 1988 – Paul Morantz, the attorney who was struck by the rattlesnake placed in his mailbox by the “Imperial Marines” of Synanon, gave pro-bono assistance to the plaintiffs in the Molko case. “For me, it was a great decision for freedom of religion and to protect against the . . . use of ..brainwashing, Morantz said.
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Dec 21, 1988 – “On December 21, 1988 I received a call from Michael Flynn who relayed a message from Michael Lee Hertzberg, one of the Scientologys leading attorneys. Paul Morantz, Bent Corydon’s attorney in one or another case, filed a motion to unseal the _Armstrong file_ … Show more
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07/1991
Jul 29, 1991 – Gerald Armstrong, in pro. per., Toby L. Plevin, Paul Morantz and Michael L. Walton for Defendant and Respondent. Lawrence Wollersheim as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent. OPINION DANIELSON, J. In consolidated appeals, the Church of Scientology of California (the …
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12/1992
Dec 22, 1992 – 87. On or about December 22, 1992, Armstrong sent a letter to, inter alia, Malcolm Nothling, Ed Roberts, Lawrence Wollersheim, Richard Aznaran, Vicki Aznaran, Richard Behar, Ford Greene, Paul Morantz, Joseph A. Yanny, Toby L. Plevin, Graham E. Berry … Show more
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01/1993
Jul 23, 1993 – 7. On July 23, 1993, I gave notice of this application to. Armstrong’s counsel, Ford Greene and Paul Morantz, by telefax.
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Mar 4, 1997 – The lawyer, Paul Morantz, who was acting on behalf of former Synanon members and relatives of members who maintained they were being held in the organization against their will, was bitten and hospitalized for six days. Mr. Dederich, who said he was in poor health, was sentenced to …
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Mar 4, 1997 – In 1978, a Los Angeles lawyer who had won a judgment against Synanon by some defectors from the group was bitten by a 4-foot rattlesnake in his mailbox. The lawyer, Paul Morantz, survived but had to spend nearly a week in the hospital. Morantz later said Synanon members intimidated and …
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Mar 4, 1997 – Paul Morantz survived and later charged that Synanon members intimidated and beat numerous people during a “reign of terror from 1975 to 1978.” In a recording subpoenaed for the trial in the rattlesnake case, Dederich allegedly said: “Don’t mess with us – you can get killed dead, …
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Mar 4, 1997 – The lawyer, Paul Morantz, survived but had to spend nearly a week in the hospital. Morantz later said Synanon members intimidated and beat numerous people during a “reign of terror from 1975 to 1978.” In 1979, the Light, a weekly newspaper in Point Reyes, Calif., won the Pulitzer Prize …
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Mar 4, 1997 – In 1978, a Los Angeles lawyer, Paul Morantz, who had won a judgment against Synanon by some defectors, was bitten by a 4-foot rattlesnake in his mailbox. He survived and later charged that Synanon members intimidated and beat numerous people during a “reign of terror” from 1975 to …
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Mar 4, 1997 – The lawyer, Paul Morantz, survived. Morantz later said Synanon members intimidated and beat numerous people during a “reign of terror from 1975 to 1978.” In 1979, a small California weekly, the Point Reyes Light, won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its articles on Synanon. …
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Mar 4, 1997 – In 1978, Los Angeles lawyer Paul Morantz, who had won a judgment against Synanon by some defectors, was bitten by a 4- foot rattlesnake in his mailbox. Dederich and two assistants pleaded no contest in 1980 to charges that they solicited an assault and conspired to murder Morantz. …
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Mar 6, 1997 – The lawyer, Paul Morantz, survived. Morantz later said Synanon members intimidated and beat numerous people during a “reign of terror from 1975 to 1978.” In 1979, a small California weekly, the Point Reyes Light, won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for its articles critical of …
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Apr 28, 1998 – Paul Morantz, a Pacific Palisades lawyer who represented the six adults and five students in the civil suit against Gottuso, said: “We as a state owe the public some protection . . . to make sure that no one with this kind of track record can teach in private schools.” …
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09/1999
Sep 19, 1999 – 16 on charges of conspiracy and solic iting murder in the rattlesnake attack on Angeles attorney Paul Morantz. The Miner declared his arrest, ill ness and extradition the top story of the year In the year-end review, Miner Managing Editor John Mechtly Jr stated that the extradition …
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May 7, 2000 – In 1978, attorney Paul Morantz survived after he was bitten by a rattler that had been put in his mailbox by assailants associated with Synanon. In a highly publicized 1930s case, a Los Angeles man tried to kill his wife with a rattlesnake. The rattlesnake wasn’t up to the murder, …
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Oct 17, 2001 – Among the more scandalous practices decreed by Dederich were mass vasectomies, mate-swapping, corporal punishment of both adults and children, and such bizarre incidents as the rattlesnake attack on attorney Paul Morantz and the hanging of a dog that belonged to a former president of …
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Jan 25, 2002 – But it is also likely that, like the lost victims of other demagogues, he would never have gotten in harm’s way had he not been manipulated by evil people. Credit: Paul Morantz is a lawyer in Pacific Palisades who has specialized in cult and brainwashing cases for 20 years.
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02/2002
Feb 21, 2002 – PAUL MORANTZ proves that someone somewhere will find some excuse absolving any guilty person of the responsibility for any crime (Jan. 30 commentary, “Lindh is a young man caught in evil’s net”). Morantz is a lawyer, obviously not an expert in psychological warfare. …
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Nov 25, 2003 – “She’s one of a kind, the foremost authority on brainwashing in the entire world,” said lawyer Paul Morantz in an interview last year. Morantz led the effort against the Synanon cult in the 1970s. “She is a national treasure.” She testified in the 1976 bank robbery trial of Patty Hearst…
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12/2003
Dec 8, 2003 – “But when she spoke, you realized how incredibly smart she was – and tough,” said her lawyer friend Paul Morantz. “She was the only genius I ever met in our business,” added Daniel Goldstine, the chief psychologist at the Berkeley Therapy Institute. Among her peers, Singer was best …
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Nov 28, 2003 – And tough,” lawyer Paul Morantz told the Chronicle, whose reporter likened her to “velvet-covered steel.” She was born July 29, 1921, in Denver, where her father was the chief operating engineer at the US Mint and her mother was a secretary to a federal judge. …
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Aug 26, 2003 – Hogoboom also presided over the 1980 trial of Synanon drug- rehabilitation organization founder Charles E. Dederich and others for conspiracy to kill attorney Paul Morantz by placing a rattlesnake in his mailbox. Noting that he would not imprison the 67- year-old Dederich because of …
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Apr 24, 2005 – By Paul Morantz (nick817). The passing of Corky McKay brings back emotions and memories felt when Saint John left us. While she was mainly in the background, Coach always made funny quips about her, from cooking to everything else. You knew this was a couple that loved each other. …
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Jul 2, 2005 – By Paul Morantz. Speaking at a rally before the 2003 season opener, former USC quarterback Paul McDonald boldly predicted that the Trojans would dominate Auburn, ranked no. 1 in many a preseason poll. USC’s untested quarterback, he insisted, would conquer the South just as another USC …
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Jul 8, 2005 – The Obvious – Our Paul Morantz did a wonderful story on the 1978 Trojan team that spilt with Alabama for the national championship. The Not So Obvious – Watching Trojan games since 1962, there was never a bigger national championship rip-off than the season of 1978. …
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Oct 25, 2005 – 279. Attorney Paul Morantz . . . “Dave and I are similar personalities”: Paul Morantz, telephone interview by author, October 25, 2005.
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