Raffles: the record

Named: sharon ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Ray J, Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel, Quincy Jones, Gayle King, Clive Davis, Dionne Warwick, Marvin Winans

HSK contact form submitted 20 February 2012 by a reader giving the name 'sharon' asking 'Did rayj leave whitney to die?'. Jasper forwards it to Angelone on 22 February with a draft 'Ask Jacky' answer stating that BHPD are reviewing Beverly Hilton surveillance video, that van Exel told Quincy Jones and Gayle King he found Houston's body, and that the toxicology report is due within 30 days.

Earliest dated item in the mailbox naming van Exel; shows the origin of the 'who found Whitney' question in HSK's Ask Jacky column.

File: 2012-02-22 [email removed] [email removed] Question for Jacky from sharon.txt

Named: lynne, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Clive Davis

HSK contact form submitted 27 February 2012 by a reader giving the name 'lynne' (no email address provided). She asks Jasper to shed light on Raffles van Exel, noting that according to Forbes he claimed to have found Whitney and used her tickets to attend Clive Davis's party.

Documents the reader question that prompted HSK's first van Exel post.

File: 2012-02-27 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from lynne.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Clive Davis, Quincy Jones, Gayle King, Peter Lamas

28 February 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone containing the draft HSK post answering reader lynne's question. It says van Exel, described as executive advisor to Peter Lamas skin care, claimed to be first to find Houston's body and used her tickets to Clive Davis's pre-Grammy party, quotes the Forbes passage ('Gayle King hugged him. Quincy Jones listened patiently'), and predicts van Exel would appear in court if the death went to trial.

HSK's first published piece on van Exel in draft form, showing reliance on the Forbes/Roger Friedman report.

File: 2012-02-28 00_41_50__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Really Discovered a Deceased Whitney_.txt

Named: Marie Hughes ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 28 February 2012 by 'Marie' with email [email removed]. She writes that if Jasper or anyone is interested in who Raffles van Exel really is, she has a short documentary on him which is 'very interesting'.

First contact from Marie Hughes, the source of the 'Who's Raffles' reality footage.

File: 2012-02-28 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Marie.txt

Named: Marie Hughes, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Michael Jackson

1 March 2012. Replying to Jasper's 28 February question ('Are you with team van exel? or independent?'), Marie Hughes says she posted part 1 of 'Who's Raffles' on YouTube (H6TgBm0QOYY), that part 2 is another five to six minutes of van Exel crashing Michael Jackson's 45th birthday party, and that she has about 60 hours of unedited footage. Gives phone [number removed].

Establishes the existence and provenance of the Hughes reality footage and her willingness to share it.

File: 2012-03-01 20_34_33__Marie Hughes_ [email removed] Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Marie Hughes, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

1 March 2012 thread. Jasper replies 'WOW, who has seen this? Ima call you in 20 min' to Hughes's YouTube link; Hughes answers that she is in Miami on east coast time and asks if he is calling soon. Quotes the earlier two messages about the video and the 60 hours of footage.

Shows the first direct contact between HSK and Marie Hughes; content otherwise duplicated from the prior message.

File: 2012-03-01 [email removed] [email removed] Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Marie Hughes, Raffles van Exel, Flavor Flav, Michael Jackson, George Benson, Mario Van Peebles, Freda Payne, Louis Farrakhan, Marc

9 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with the draft HSK post 'Raffles Van Exel Exposed'. It quotes source Marie Hughes saying Flavor Flav introduced her to van Exel, that he ordered 20 bottles of champagne in a club claiming Michael Jackson was coming, that she and partner Marc shot a reality show on him during which he took over Jackson's birthday party and grabbed a microphone at a We Are The World filming, that he tells people he is George Benson's son having lived in Benson's house, and that a Bunim/Murray deal fell through because van Exel refused to sign. Adds a claim that van Exel conned his way into an interview with Louis Farrakhan and that the Nation of Islam wants to speak to him.

Draft of the HSK article that broke the Hughes material; documents her claims as relayed by Jasper.

File: 2012-03-09 [email removed] [email removed] jasper.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Roger Friedman

12 March 2012. Angelone emails Howard at starmagazine.com, cc Jasper, that the Raffles story 'we cracked' is about to take off as a follow up to Roger Friedman's Forbes piece, linking the HSK 'Raffles Van Exel Exposed' post. Howard replies he will have a read and is back from vacation tomorrow. Attachment referenced: 180_image001.png (signature graphic).

First documented approach to Dylan Howard, the tabloid editor who later covered the story.

File: 2012-03-12 21_20_04__Howard, Dylan_ [email removed] raffles van exel.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Roger Friedman

15 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone containing a draft HSK post claiming sources at Whigham Funeral Home point to van Exel as the person who photographed Houston in her casket and sold it to the National Enquirer, that he is also known as Raffles Benson and Raffles Dawson, and that he was at both private New Jersey viewings after allegedly getting onto the family's chartered jet. Quotes two unnamed sources and notes Roger Friedman of Forbes credited HSK.

Records HSK's casket-photo allegation and the aliases attributed to van Exel; allegations, not established facts.

File: 2012-03-15 02_18_46__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Case Solved! Raffles Van Exel Blamed for Whitney Houston Death Picture.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Facebook notification email of 21 March 2012 with the conversation history. Angelone (20 March) asks de Jong to tell him van Exel's Dutch story, says he wants to publish it without attributing it to her, says the watermarked video is on YouTube and offers to split any sale to media, giving phone [number removed]. De Jong (21 March) asks whether Dutch media can get the footage exclusively, offers to connect him with major Dutch outlets for a fee, and says she will tell him everything she knows about Raffles by Skype.

Shows how HSK's Dutch media contacts began and the discussion of selling footage to Dutch outlets.

File: 2012-03-21 02_34_47__Facebook_ [email removed] message from Jennifer de Jong.txt

Named: Bill Marquez ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 21 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'Bill Marquez', email [email removed], via the Jacky Jasper bio page. Message: 'You have not even begun scratching the surface of this character called Raffles.'

First contact from Bill Marquez, who became the principal witness in the 2012 investigation.

File: 2012-03-21 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Bill Marquez.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

22 March 2012. Jasper writes 'I am still digging' and asks Marquez to fill in details. Marquez replies that he is in Australia, will call in his morning, has promised an exclusive to another journalist and keeps his promises, but can provide many leads for HSK's own exclusive, adding 'That motherfucker has to burn'.

Documents the start of the Marquez and Jasper source relationship and his prior commitment to another outlet.

File: 2012-03-22 07_48_27__Bill Marquez_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper

22 March 2012. Jasper gives Marquez the number [number removed], explaining it is a Google Voice number that rings through to him. Marquez replies 'Will do'. Quotes the earlier 'still digging' and 'in Australia' messages.

Logistics only; minor value beyond the thread it belongs to.

File: 2012-03-22 08_12_13__Bill Marquez_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

22 March 2012. Jasper says he will look for Marquez's call and is working with Dutch media to expose van Exel in his homeland. Marquez replies he was born in Curacao and raised in the Netherlands, that he promised a Vanity Fair writer an exclusive but withheld certain things reserved for Jasper, argues van Exel must be attacked on both the 'white' and 'urban' fronts, and gives his Facebook profile and a photo link.

Background on Marquez and confirmation that a Vanity Fair journalist was also working the story in March 2012.

File: 2012-03-22 08_28_01__Bill Marquez_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

22 March 2012. Jasper writes that seeing van Exel dance rumba he guessed Caribbean origin, that he has people in the Netherlands, and that RTL and SBS are 'ready to pounce'. Marquez replies urging Jasper to 'rip him apart', saying the pain van Exel inflicted on him and his daughter 'is beyond words'. Earlier messages of the thread are quoted.

First reference to harm to Marquez's daughter and to HSK's Dutch broadcaster contacts RTL and SBS.

File: 2012-03-22 09_07_33__Bill Marquez_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

22 March 2012. Jasper writes 'I'm sorry to hear he got you too' and that he is the best at tearing down those who deserve it. Marquez replies he is going to bed with high hopes and will call in the Australian morning, again noting part of the story is promised to Vanity Fair but 'there is plenty to be had'. Full earlier thread quoted.

Continuation of the initial Marquez outreach thread; little new content.

File: 2012-03-22 09_15_45__Bill Marquez_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

22 March 2012, sent to [email removed] after failed calls. Marquez links a Yahoo article on Houston's announced cause of death and states there is no doubt in his mind that van Exel sourced the cocaine, speculating further that van Exel could have drowned her to gain fame, while acknowledging 'this sounds out there'. Earlier thread messages quoted.

Records Marquez's strongest personal allegation; it is opinion and speculation, not first-hand evidence, and should be treated as such.

File: 2012-03-22 17_39_48__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

22 March 2012. Jasper apologises for being on a flight and asks Marquez to ring right now; Marquez replies he just tried again from Australia (country code 61, sometimes private) and will also try from his US 617 area code phone. The full earlier thread, including the 'no doubt Raffles sourced the cocaine' message, is quoted below.

Call logistics; content otherwise duplicated from earlier thread messages.

File: 2012-03-22 19_37_19__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

22 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with a draft HSK post. It claims sources say van Exel's real name is Raffles Dawson, that he took his stepfather's surname van Exel, that he was deported from the US to Amsterdam five times and last re-entered by paying Mexican coyotes, and quotes an unnamed insider saying van Exel is an atheist who feigns religion with Black celebrities. Ends by suggesting he acts as an enabler to celebrities.

Draft of the HSK piece introducing the 'Raffles Dawson' identity and deportation claims; all unverified insider claims.

File: 2012-03-22 23_44_25__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] The Real Raffles Van Exel Please Stand Up.txt

Named: richard (Richard Myrie, [email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 23 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'richard' with email [email removed]. Message: 'i got info on Raffles guy'.

First contact from Richard Myrie of Uprize Music, who went on to supply 2009 emails, photos and the Stuart Bullard ID account.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from richard.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

23 March 2012. Jasper, cc Angelone, asks Marquez to speak to his business partner Darrick Angelone, who 'has the answer to bringing Raffles to justice', giving direct number [number removed] and assuring this will not interfere with Marquez's other press exclusive. The full 22 March thread is quoted beneath.

Marks the point at which Angelone took over handling Marquez as a witness.

File: 2012-03-23 09_00_53__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Anthony B

23 March 2012. Richard Myrie ([email removed]) forwards to Jasper an email from [email removed] dated 14 November 2009, 8:11 PM, subject 'pictures', in which Raffles writes that the photo shows 'him with the reggae artist' and that a friend has his computer with most of the pictures. Attachments listed: 'Anthony B interview Tonight show 1.JPG', 'CIMG1359.JPG' and a letterhead file.

Provenance record for the Anthony B and Raffles photographs and evidence of the rafflesentertainment.com email account in 2009.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] pictures.txt

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Jesse Jackson, Anthony B

23 March 2012. Myrie forwards to Jasper an email from [email removed] dated 14 November 2009, 7:41 PM, subject 'pictures', body reading only 'pictures'. Attachments listed: 'Jessie Jackson & Anthony B(holding cd).JPG', 'Jessie Jackson, Anthony B & Raffles2.JPG', 'Jessie Jackson, Anthony B & Raffles.JPG' and a letterhead file.

Provenance record for the Jesse Jackson photo set in the attachment folder.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] pictures.txt

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Anthony B

23 March 2012. Myrie forwards an email from [email removed] dated 14 November 2009 headed '[FWD: Press Release Online!]' containing a prlog.org link to a release 'Reggae superstar Anthony B in the running for Grammy nomination'. Myrie's signature identifies him as CEO of Uprize Music LLC, Atlanta phone [number removed].

Shows van Exel doing PR work for Myrie's reggae artists in 2009, corroborating Myrie's account.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] [FWD_ Press Release Online!].txt

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Anthony B, Ras Penco, Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, Stuart Bullard, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson

Five-message thread of 23 March 2012. Myrie says he has photos but no video, knows how van Exel re-entered the US in 2009 and whose ID he used, and that van Exel stole his MacBook, Louis Vuitton shoes and glasses. He says van Exel did PR for his artists Anthony B and Ras Penco, took him to the Michael Jackson memorial without tickets, that they interviewed Jesse Jackson together and that he drove the Jacksons and Al Sharpton home from the BET Awards. He describes van Exel copying friend Stuart Bullard's ID with his own photo, flying to Canada, being driven across to Buffalo and flying to Chicago where a TSA agent queried the missing seal. Jasper asks whether van Exel supplied drugs to Houston or Jackson, noting a person is going to LAPD claiming that; Myrie says he cannot say, only that van Exel used celebrities' names to make money.

Detailed first-hand witness account of van Exel's 2009 activities and the alleged illegal re-entry using Stuart Bullard's identity.

File: 2012-03-23 09_48_18__Richard Myrie_ [email removed]

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Michael Jackson, Pras Michel, Gary Taylor

23 March 2012. Myrie forwards to Jasper an email from [email removed] dated 26 August 2009, subject 'Michael Jackson statement', sent to roughly 50 recipients (AOL addresses, PR contacts, Fremantle Media, [email removed], mjjcommunity.com, Dutch addresses at mixcafe.nl and gerzon.nl, and others). Raffles thanks friends for support, attaches a statement to pass along and promises a short video of 'Michael and Me better days'. Attachments listed: 'Statement Raffles.doc' and a letterhead file.

Original 2009 email from van Exel positioning himself publicly as Michael Jackson's friend, with his contact list of the period.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] Michael Jackson statement.txt

Named: Richard Myrie, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Stuart Bullard (as 'Stu')

23 March 2012. Myrie forwards to Jasper an email from [email removed] dated 14 August 2009, subject 'bank info', listing a Raffles Entertainment account number described as overdrawn by 56.03 because 'Stu got hold of it', and a personal Raffles van Exel account number 'in good standing'. Myrie's note says Raffles told him the same friend whose ID he used had overdrawn it.

Contains van Exel's bank account numbers from 2009; sensitive personal financial data that should be redacted before any use.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] bank info.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

23 March 2012. Angelone sends Howard ([email removed]) the HSK link 'Raffles van Exel Revealed to be Whitney Houston's Drug Dealer'. Howard replies asking whether they can name and speak to the source so he can drive traffic back to HSK.

Shows Howard's immediate interest in the witness behind the drug-dealer allegation.

File: 2012-03-23 11_15_36__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Raffles van Exel Revealed to be Whitney Houston's Drug Dealer.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards, Raffles van Exel

23 March 2012. Angelone sends Howard an 'UPDATE' line stating attorney Ronald Richards will receive the affidavits and submit them to both Los Angeles and Beverly Hills police departments, with no word on whether Richards will represent the witness. Howard replies he has just emailed Richards for a statement so he can link back. Attachment referenced: 164_image.png (signature graphic).

Documents the role assigned to attorney Ronald Richards in the affidavit submission.

File: 2012-03-23 11_40_34__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] update.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Dylan Howard, Raffles van Exel

23 March 2012. Angelone asks Richards to give Dylan Howard a statement regarding the HSK drug-dealer post, per Howard's request, and to call first if necessary. Richards replies 'I will'. Richards' signature gives Law Offices of Ronald Richards and Associates, Beverly Hills.

Confirms Richards' agreement in principle to comment to the press.

File: 2012-03-23 11_45_04__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] dylan howard.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

23 March 2012 continuation of the 'update' thread. Angelone replies 'cool' to Howard's note that he emailed Richards; Howard replies 'Get him to give me a statement!'. Quotes the affidavit update and the earlier drug-dealer link exchange. Attachments referenced: 163_image.png (signature graphic, twice).

Minor; shows Howard pressing for an on-record lawyer statement.

File: 2012-03-23 11_45_12__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] update.txt

Named: Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper

23 March 2012. Angelone, cc [email removed], asks Marquez to call him at his earliest as he has urgent new developments to discuss. Quotes Jasper's message handing Marquez over to Angelone. Attachment referenced: 46_image001.png (signature graphic).

Minor; logistics of engaging Marquez as witness.

File: 2012-03-23 12_02_56__Darrick Angelone_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Pat Houston, Gary Houston

23 March 2012 thread. Howard asks Richards for an exclusive statement confirming he will receive statements from a man who allegedly knows Whitney Houston's dealer; Richards replies he has not reviewed anything and will do nothing until looped in and agreeing to get involved. Howard forwards this to Angelone ('Ugh'); Angelone says Richards needs briefing first and will send a statement later. Angelone then explains the source who said van Exel cleaned the room is different from the drug-supplier source: the room-cleaning claim came from a Dutch TV personality, his former sister-in-law, who says van Exel told SBS6 he cleared drug evidence with authorisation from Pat and Gary. Howard replies he is interested only in the person who will talk to the cops. Attachments referenced: 162_image.png (signature graphic).

Important for source mapping: distinguishes the two 2012 sources and shows Richards' caution before engagement.

File: 2012-03-23 12_35_27__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Hollywood Street King.txt

Named: confident ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Michael Jackson, Raymone Bain

HSK contact form submitted 23 March 2012 by a person giving the name 'confident' with email [email removed], signed 'Confidential'. The message says van Exel did not hang out with Michael Jackson, only took photos when opportunities arose, that Jackson's staff and former press agent Raymone Bain can confirm he was no friend, and that he interviewed people connected to Jackson after his death to appear as a friend and build a fan base.

Reader tip contradicting van Exel's claimed friendship with Michael Jackson; unverified.

File: 2012-03-23 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from confident.txt

Named: twiggy ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Oprah Winfrey

23 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone an email from a source using the name 'twiggy' ([email removed]) with attachment rafflesvasnexeltweets.jpg, described as van Exel's tweets right after Michael Jackson died and to Whitney on her birthday. Twiggy says the tweets were right before Whitney came to Laguna and before her September Oprah interview, asks to work on the developing story together before Jasper posts, notes van Exel has not tweeted since 18 February and deleted some tweets, and asks to be credited as 'twiggy from mjhoaxlive'.

Provenance for the Raffles tweets screenshot in the attachments and record of a fan-community source.

File: 2012-03-23 22_59_17__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Raffles tweets right after Michael died to Whitney.on her b.day.txt

Named: Justin Balding, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson, George Benson, Andrew Cunanan, Tim Dog

24 March 2012. Angelone emails NBCUniversal producer Justin Balding describing van Exel as an 'AMAZING lead' reminiscent of Andrew Cunanan, with Forbes and HSK links. He claims van Exel has been deported six times, that HSK has details of four border crossings, that he stole 25,000 dollars from George Benson's home, that another victim lost 250,000 dollars in jewellery and cash plus millions in credit card and cheque fraud and is filing an affidavit with BHPD, that Dutch sources say van Exel cleaned drugs from Whitney's room, and that van Exel is on the run to an international destination. Balding thanks him, says he forwarded it to his bosses, and mentions their Tim Dog story is set to air mid June. Attachment referenced: 103_image001.png (signature graphic).

Documents the first approach to Dateline NBC and the claims HSK was making to national television at that date.

File: 2012-03-24 09_24_54__Balding, Justin (NBCUniversal)_ [email removed] major story....txt

Named: twiggy ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

Thread of 23 to 25 March 2012 between Jasper and 'twiggy'. Twiggy writes that someone she knows received a call from van Exel saying he had left the country, gave his whereabouts and intended destination and was waiting for a private plane; she asks to speak by phone rather than email. On 25 March she asks how many signatures the HSK petition needs, says she will try to get the person who received the call on record, notes she is a Beverly Hills resident and knows people at the DA. Jasper replies, cc Angelone, that Darrick handles liaison, archive and petition matters while he deals with sources and articles.

Records a second-hand tip on van Exel's departure from the US and the division of roles between Jasper and Angelone.

File: 2012-03-25 11_05_46__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Adam Gorfain, Raffles van Exel

Thread of 23 to 25 March 2012. On 23 March Richards sends Angelone 'declaration guidelines': numbered paragraphs, who/what/where/when/why showing personal knowledge, a signature, and the penalty-of-perjury clause with the example 'Executed on March 23, 2012, at Sydney, Australia'. On 25 March Angelone updates that the source is travelling and will provide the affidavit tomorrow, and that Dateline NBC producers have been in touch about HSK assisting their investigation. Richards replies that he knows Adam Gorfain of NBC, his former boss and 'Dateline's top dog'. Attachments referenced: image002.jpg, image003.jpg (signature graphics).

Shows the legal template used for the Marquez declaration and Richards' NBC connection.

File: 2012-03-25 16_36_50__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] Update.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown

25 March 2012, sent to [email removed]. Marquez provides a rough English translation of an AD.nl article of 15 February 2012 in which van Exel (32), described as from Deventer, is quoted as saying 'Someone had to do it. The room had to be emptied', that he is comforting Bobby Brown and the family, and that he dragged Whitney out of a party the week before her death. Earlier 22 to 24 March thread messages are quoted beneath.

Useful English rendering of a key early Dutch press quote in which van Exel describes clearing the hotel room.

File: 2012-03-25 22_07_58__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Gary ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Prince, Whitney Houston

HSK contact form submitted 25 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'Gary', email [email removed]. He says he worked for Prince during Prince's Los Angeles residency and dealt with van Exel daily, witnessed Whitney using cocaine and has stories, always thought van Exel was shifty, and still talks to him every few weeks.

Potential first-hand witness from the Prince camp; likely the 'Prince roadie' Marquez refers to.

File: 2012-03-25 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Gary.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

25 to 26 March 2012. Jasper thanks Marquez ('WOW - thanks') for the AD.nl translation; Marquez replies he will not translate all the articles but will do a paragraph or two on request, and sends a Telegraaf Privé link headed 'Whitney vroeg NL-er om hulp'. Full earlier thread quoted.

Points to another Dutch press item on van Exel; otherwise duplicates earlier thread content.

File: 2012-03-25 22_50_59__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Ray J, Pat Houston, Gary Houston, Dr Tohme Tohme (spelled Thome), Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson, O.J. Simpson, Christie Prody

25 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone containing a draft HSK post. It claims a source says van Exel fetched cocaine for O.J. Simpson's girlfriend Christie Prody, that he lived with Bobby Brown and Whitney at the Bel Air Hotel and collected packages from the concierge, that Gary and Pat Houston took a cut of his tabloid photo sales, that he was an informant to TMZ, National Enquirer and Star, that he has been deported five times, and that he is staying at one of 'Dr Thome's' houses after calling the Jackson camp from Cabo about a jet to Panama.

Draft of the HSK 'enabler' article; a dense set of unverified source claims that the series will need to test.

File: 2012-03-25 23_31_52__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Van Exel_ Thee #1 Hollywood Enabler.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Ray J, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Leolah Brown, Dr Tohme Tohme (spelled Thome)

26 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with a draft HSK post claiming Ray J has hired a firm called Crisis Management (described as ex-CIA and FBI agents, investigators and litigators) to shift attention from himself to van Exel, and restating that HSK first reported van Exel cleaning the hotel room and a Ray J and Raffles 'joint venture' in keeping Whitney high. Ends saying van Exel is on the run ('Ask Dr. Thome').

Draft of an HSK opinion post; allegations only.

File: 2012-03-26 00_07_16__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] J Hires Damage Control Help.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012. Marquez tells Jasper he has searched 16 states including Delaware, California, Illinois and Florida and cannot find a registration for Raffles Entertainment LLC (only an unrelated Raffles Holding in Florida), and asks how van Exel could have opened a bank account for that entity and what EIN he used. Earlier thread including the AD.nl translation is quoted.

Research finding on the non-existence of a registered Raffles Entertainment entity as of March 2012.

File: 2012-03-26 00_27_51__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Steven Seagal, George Benson, Chaka

26 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with a draft HSK post. An unnamed source is quoted saying van Exel steals from everybody but nobody reports it because he blackmails them, that only George Benson spoke out, and that van Exel stole from Steven Seagal who will not report it for fear of exposure. Jasper adds that a 'street pimp named Chaka' had tried to sell him a Seagal story the previous year.

Draft HSK post containing serious unverified allegations against a third party; requires careful legal handling if used.

File: 2012-03-26 [email removed] [email removed] Seagal Blackmailed Having Sex With Underage Girls.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Stuart Bullard, Angel, Colby O'Donis, Kel Mitchell

26 March 2012. Marquez writes that according to 'Angel' van Exel is now using Stuart's ID with his own picture, that he met Stuart once and understood him to be a high-end car dealer selling to the Hollywood rap community who might act as van Exel's supplier or fence, and that van Exel offered him a Maserati to Aston Martin trade through Stuart. He then quotes a February 2012 web item naming Raffles van Exel as President and Stuart Bullard as VP of Raffles Entertainment, executive producing a Colby O'Donis video directed by Kel Mitchell, and notes Bullard also goes by Stu-B-Doo. Earlier thread quoted.

Links the Stuart Bullard identity account from Myrie to Marquez's independent knowledge and to a public Raffles Entertainment credit.

File: 2012-03-26 00_52_12__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] RE_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Dr Tohme Tohme (spelled Thome), Raffles van Exel, Michael Jackson, Patti Stanger

26 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with a draft HSK post introducing 'Dr. Thome Thome' as a man the Jackson estate suspected of taking millions from Michael Jackson, alleging he recently opened his home to van Exel. A Beverly Hills insider is quoted saying the doctor was once a Bel Air Hotel bellhop, now carries several titles, and once sold Senegalese diplomatic passports for 250,000 dollars. Closes with a line referencing Patti Stanger.

Draft HSK post connecting van Exel to the Jackson-era figure Tohme Tohme; unverified insider claims.

File: 2012-03-26 01_35_25__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Is Dr. Thome Thome_.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson

Facebook notification email of 26 March 2012 carrying the conversation history from 21 to 26 March. Angelone offers de Jong exclusive Dutch rights to the video, gives his Skype handle, says on 23 March that a press release is attached and that a man is coming forward to police claiming van Exel supplied drugs to Whitney and Michael Jackson, sends the HSK drug-dealer post and on 26 March the AD.nl article link. De Jong replies 'This is good!', that more Dutch coverage will get people talking about his scam, and asks how he found the article.

Documents the Dutch outreach chain that led to RTL and SBS coverage; overlaps with the 21 March notification.

File: 2012-03-26 03_08_29__Facebook_ [email removed] message from Jennifer de Jong.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 26 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'Ana Piszczek', email [email removed]. She asks whether Whitney Houston's shout 'STOP! STOP! Keep your F*kin' Trash away from me!' at van Exel, seen in a Kaltura-hosted video clip (wid 1_2e6pf47u), referred to cocaine.

Reader tip pointing to the party video of Houston confronting van Exel days before her death.

File: 2012-03-26 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name Ana Piszczek.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 26 March 2012 by Ana Piszczek as a postscript to her earlier message, asking who the man in the tan jacket is who hugs Whitney after she cursed out van Exel and says 'I got you', again linking the Kaltura video.

Minor reader follow-up on the party video.

File: 2012-03-26 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name Ana Piszczek.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Peter Lopez, Michael Jackson

HSK contact form submitted 26 March 2012 by Ana Piszczek relaying that someone close to Michael Jackson told her van Exel was friends with Jackson's attorney Peter Lopez, who was shot dead, that the insider was introduced to Lopez by van Exel weeks before, that van Exel attended the funeral and repast, and speculating whether van Exel was the person Lopez's wife said had been stalking her.

Third-hand speculation linking van Exel to the Peter Lopez death; no evidentiary basis in the file, handle with care.

File: 2012-03-26 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name Ana Piszczek.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Pat Houston, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

26 March 2012. Jasper replies to Piszczek that Whitney may have been saying 'keep that trash away from me' about 'Stacy whats-her-name' and that he does not yet know the tan-jacket man. Piszczek answers that a Facebook friend formerly related to Pat Houston by marriage asked her ex, who supposedly asked Pat, and was told the man worked for the nightclub; the ex also said van Exel is now persona non grata with the Houstons. She cautions she cannot vouch for the account.

Second-hand indication that the Houston family had distanced itself from van Exel by late March 2012.

File: 2012-03-26 11_13_02__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

26 March 2012. Angelone tells Howard to check the HSK front page, says a second witness with first-hand knowledge of the Whitney and Raffles drug connection is submitting an affidavit to Beverly Hills PD, and links the HSK post 'Raffles confesses to removing evidence from Whitney Houston death scene'. Howard replies 'Do you have the Dutch article?'. Attachment referenced: 161_image.png (signature graphic).

Timestamps the claim of a second witness affidavit and the HSK 'confession' post.

File: 2012-03-26 11_38_14__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone

26 March 2012 continuation. Angelone says media have been calling for 24 hours trying to buy footage and source information, including all three brands of Howard's former company, and that HSK cannot publish everything it knows. Howard replies 'I agree', asks for the original Dutch link and says he will post but link to HSK. Attachments referenced: 160_image.png (signature graphic, twice).

Evidence of media demand for the HSK footage and Howard's decision to cover the story at Celebuzz.

File: 2012-03-26 11_44_02__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Stuart A. Benson ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, J. Morrison, Marie Hughes, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone an email from Stuart A. Benson ([email removed]) addressed to [email removed], cc Jasper and [email removed], subject 'Marie Hughes w Raffles', body 'Please see attachment'. Attachment listed: 'Jacky J Jasper.docx'. The document content is not in this file.

Provenance record for the 'Jacky J Jasper.docx' attachment; suggests a Benson family connection supplying Hughes material.

File: 2012-03-26 12_24_09__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Marie Hughes w Raffles.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

26 March 2012. Howard sends Angelone the Celebuzz URL 'Man confesses he removed evidence from Whitney Houston death scene: Someone had to do it' saying 'Linked to you'. Angelone asks him to link instead to the whole HSK Raffles category archive; Howard replies he cannot because of legal reasons. Attachment referenced: 159_image.png (signature graphic).

Confirms the 26 March 2012 Celebuzz pickup crediting HSK.

File: 2012-03-26 13_02_02__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] _no subject_.txt

Named: steph (@SundaysChild_), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Marvin Kuijs (DJ Porny, Marvin Urias), Eric van der Velden, Earl Calloway

HSK contact form submitted 26 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'steph' (no email; Twitter @SundaysChild_). She reports van Exel ran the website freemusicentertainment.com with Marvin Kuijs (aka DJ Porny), that the site hosts a PDF of a Dutch newspaper interview with van Exel by Eric van der Velden from around 2007 to 2008 about the O.J. Simpson 'If I Did It' book deal, giving his date of birth as 5 February 1968 and mentioning Chicago Defender journalist Earl Calloway housing him. Offers translation help.

Valuable research lead: identifies the raffles.pdf Dutch interview, the DOB claim and two named Dutch and Chicago contacts.

File: 2012-03-26 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from steph.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Peter R. de Vries, Raffles van Exel

Facebook notification email of 26 March 2012. Angelone sends de Jong a Telegraaf link 'from our curacao source', the HSK 'enabler' post, says the victim affidavit will go to Beverly Hills PD via their attorney later that day, and later sends the freemusicentertainment.com raffles.pdf link. De Jong says she left a voicemail for Dutch crime journalist Peter R. de Vries's company urging that van Exel be exposed, and later asks the article date, noting 'his age keep on changing'.

Records the attempt to engage Peter R. de Vries and Dutch media on 26 March 2012.

File: 2012-03-26 14_44_33__Facebook_ [email removed] message from Jennifer de Jong.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012. Jasper thanks Piszczek for 'interesting bits'. She replies that when she emailed the 'Who's Raffles van Exel?' video to a Jackson source they wrote back 'Be very careful', and that a major media publication then contacted her on Facebook asking what she knew about Raffles. Earlier messages quoted.

Minor; colour on the fan-community reaction and media interest.

File: 2012-03-26 15_21_49__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Stuart Bullard, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012 postscript from Piszczek asking whether a LinkedIn profile for Stuart Bullard, described as a pilot, is the accomplice who helped van Exel with a fake ID, and saying she might post it under HSK's border crossing article. Earlier thread quoted.

Shows how the Stuart Bullard identification was crowd-sourced from a reader.

File: 2012-03-26 15_47_34__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Stuart Bullard

26 March 2012. Jasper replies 'thats him' to the LinkedIn profile; Piszczek asks whether he is also the musician Stu-B-Doo, linking a 2010 harlemworld.wordpress.com post. Earlier thread quoted.

Minor; continuation of the Bullard identification.

File: 2012-03-26 16_10_20__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Stuart Bullard

26 March 2012. Piszczek writes that she has confirmed Bullard is 'Stu-B-Doo' from a YouTube channel (StuartMichael0619) using the same photo. Earlier thread quoted.

Minor; continuation of the Bullard identification.

File: 2012-03-26 16_20_27__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Stuart Bullard, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012. Jasper tells Piszczek he used the LinkedIn profile in the border jump article; she replies with a suitepage.com/stuart link listing the company name as 'Beverly Hills Rent A Car / Raffles Ent'. Full earlier thread quoted.

Links Bullard to a Raffles Entertainment company listing; closes the Piszczek thread of 26 March.

File: 2012-03-26 16_31_42__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Thread of 23 to 26 March 2012. On 23 March Richards writes to Howard, cc Angelone, that he will obtain affidavits he has not yet read, expects a summary of the declarant's personal knowledge first, will contact BHPD and submit only if it can become a competent and admissible affidavit, needs a waiver from the declarant, and asks not to be quoted or involved until then. Howard replies 'I understand'; Angelone 'we are all on the same page'. On 26 March Howard asks for word on the affidavits and adds that he watched the Raffles video, 'What a fool'. Attachment referenced: 158_image.png.

Key statement of Richards' conditions for handling the witness affidavits.

File: 2012-03-26 21_07_29__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Hollywood Street King.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards, Raffles van Exel

26 March 2012. Angelone tells Howard he has received the affidavit, that the source is very credible, that it contains six allegations, and that he wants Richards to handle it and review before any media strategy. Howard replies asking to read it, promising not to act until they discuss and offering to advise on how to 'blow the story up'. Earlier Richards thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 157_image.png (twice).

Dates receipt of the Marquez affidavit to 26 March 2012 and records its stated scope of six allegations.

File: 2012-03-26 21_24_08__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Hollywood Street King.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

26 March 2012. Angelone says they should do an NDA because he cannot make the affidavit public at all; Howard replies 'Ok wanna send me one?'. Full earlier thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 156_image.png (three times).

Shows the confidentiality terms discussed before the affidavit was shared with press.

File: 2012-03-26 21_30_43__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Hollywood Street King.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards, Raffles van Exel, Ray J, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Whitney Houston

26 March 2012. Angelone explains to Howard that his angle is to push for an investigation into the cover-up after the death rather than the harder-to-prove drug supply claim, asserts that van Exel obtained drugs for Ray J, Whitney and Bobbi Kristina while never using drugs himself, says the source has told them much more than was sworn, and asks whether the Enquirer paid 450,000 dollars for the casket photo. Howard replies 'Let's chat tmr' and that he doubts that amount. Full thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 155_image.png (four times).

Candid statement of HSK's strategic framing of the story in March 2012 and Howard's response on the casket photo price.

File: 2012-03-26 22_00_07__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Hollywood Street King.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Whitney Houston, Bobby Brown, Raffles van Exel, Prince, Bobbi Kristina Brown, Ray J

26 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a draft HSK post received from [email removed] (sent via BlackBerry) headed 'Bobby & Whitney Caught Doing Cocaine At Prince's Concert'. An insider at Prince's 2011 LA Forum concert is quoted saying van Exel asked for a private room where Houston and Brown were then seen using cocaine, and that van Exel filmed Houston that night and sold the video to TMZ. Closes by alleging van Exel took Bobbi Kristina to a Guns N' Roses concert.

Draft HSK post whose insider account matches the 'Gary' contact-form tip from the Prince camp; the fralick address suggests a ghost-writing or drafting workflow.

File: 2012-03-26 23_45_02__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Bobby & Whitney Caught Doing Cocaine At Prince's Concert.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Ray J

HSK contact form submitted 27 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'Ana Piszczek' ([email removed]). She asks whether the Model Drug Dealer Liability Act applies to van Exel and Ray J and pastes a long overview from modelddla.com describing the Act, the states that adopted it, its market liability theory and case examples from South Dakota, Michigan and Utah. Most of the file is that pasted text.

Reader suggestion of a civil legal theory; the pasted material is third-party public text with no independent value.

File: 2012-03-27 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name Ana Piszczek.txt

Named: Darrick Angelone, Aran Bade, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

27 March 2012. Angelone, cc Jasper, writes to Aran Bade at bluecircle.tv (a Dutch production company) after a phone call, saying he has asked Jasper about licensing the Raffles video for Bade's use and linking a downloadable AVI on the HSK site named 'raffles-we-got-it-all-video.avi'. Attachment referenced: 45_image001.png (signature graphic).

Documents an early licensing enquiry from Dutch television for the Hughes footage.

File: 2012-03-27 10_33_55__Darrick Angelone_ [email removed]

Named: unnamed ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 27 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] with the name field left as the placeholder 'Your Name' and email [email removed]. Message thanks Jasper for exposing 'Raffles van Excel' and says HSK is the only blog going full throttle on the con man.

Reader feedback only; no independent value.

File: 2012-03-27 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name.txt

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

27 March 2012. Aran Bade of Blue Circle TV replies to Angelone's licensing email, thanking him and asking to be kept posted on the video. The original Angelone message is quoted with Dutch mail headers. Attachment referenced: 102_image001.png (signature graphic).

Minor; confirms Dutch broadcaster interest in the footage.

File: 2012-03-27 12_50_12__Aran Bade_ [email removed] Raffles.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Ray J, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown

HSK contact form submitted 27 March 2012 by Ana Piszczek linking a Bossip article with the first footage of Ray J being led away crying from the Beverly Hilton after Houston's death. She notes van Exel covering Ray J's head with his jacket at 0:49 and speculates whether the item van Exel holds earlier is one of Whitney's bed sheets used to shield Bobbi Kristina's departure.

Reader tip that fed HSK's 'Caught On Camera' post on the hotel exit footage.

File: 2012-03-27 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your Name Ana Piszczek.txt

Named: amina ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Ray J, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

HSK contact form submitted 27 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'amina', email [email removed]. A long-time reader asks why so much is now being reported on van Exel, whether Ray J has paid for damage control because he was originally blamed for Whitney's drug use, and whether he has successfully deflected negative press to van Exel.

Reader question that became an HSK 'Ask Jacky' column.

File: 2012-03-27 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from amina.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, amina, Ray J, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Harvey Levin

28 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone forwarding reader amina's question with his draft answer: that Ray J is being given too much credit, that he is an addict who was partying with Whitney while van Exel stayed sober, kept them high and negotiated with the press ('Ask Harvey Levin').

Draft of an HSK opinion column; shows the TMZ-connection framing in late March.

File: 2012-03-28 [email removed] [email removed] Question for Jacky from amina.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Rihanna, Christina Milian, The-Dream, Stuart Bullard, Samuel L. Jackson, Denise Rich, Marc Rich, Whitney Houston, O.J. Simpson, Pablo Fenjves

28 March 2012 email from Jasper to Angelone with a draft HSK post claiming van Exel became Rihanna's 'handler' in 2012 and dated Christina Milian in 2005. An inside source is quoted saying Milian's mother liked van Exel, that a friend caught him in bed with a man, that Samuel L. Jackson greeted him, that Denise Rich introduced the source to him, and that he instigated the Tru nightclub fight involving Whitney. Ends by asserting van Exel talked O.J. Simpson into writing 'If I Did It'.

Draft HSK post containing unverified and potentially defamatory claims about several living people; significant only as a record of what HSK published.

File: 2012-03-28 03_26_20__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] What's Raffles Van Exel's Connection with Rhiana & Christina Milian_.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Marquez forwards to Jasper, cc Angelone, an email from [email removed] dated 10 September 2007 in which Raffles says he is trying to be back in the States by month end for meetings with NBC and E!, has someone to help him from Mexico, and asks Marquez for 1,500 dollars by Wednesday, promising repayment from 'my first major pay day in lords knows how long'.

Original 2007 email in van Exel's own words referencing help 'from Mexico' to return to the US and a request for money; primary source.

File: 2012-03-28 06_16_45__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Harald Missal ([email removed]), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

HSK contact form submitted 28 March 2012 from IP [IP removed] by 'Harald Missal', editor of SBS Shownieuws (Netherlands), website shownieuws.tv, phone 0031 20 800 7697. He asks to speak to an HSK reporter about the Raffles van Exel rumours for a report on his connection to Whitney Houston's death and to talk to US entertainment reporters.

First contact from Dutch broadcaster SBS6 Shownieuws, which went on to interview Jasper.

File: 2012-03-28 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Harald Missal.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Angelone forwards Richards the Marquez forward of Raffles' 2007 loan request and asks whether his radio silence means he will not assist so that Angelone can make a plan B. Richards replies 'No, I have something called Court. I will read now.' Attachment referenced: 236_image001.jpg (signature graphic).

Minor; shows friction over Richards' responsiveness on 28 March.

File: 2012-03-28 07_03_47__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Darrick Angelone, Harald Missal, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Joe Jackson, Stevie Wonder

28 March 2012. Angelone, cc Jasper, replies to Missal that he is happy to discuss the investigation and connect him with Jasper, that they are negotiating a licence deal for footage of Raffles 'conning Joe Jackson, Stevie Wonder and other celebrities', that Jasper seeks 5,000 euros for EU licensing of the 5 minute 43 second video which was pulled from YouTube due to media interest, and that SBS is third in line among Dutch media. Gives phone [number removed]. Attachment referenced: 44_image001.png.

Documents the licence price and description of the Hughes footage offered to Dutch television in March 2012.

File: 2012-03-28 07_04_04__Darrick Angelone_ [email removed] Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012 continuation. Angelone replies 'Wheww... I way over think things sometimes'; Richards adds that he has a deposition that morning and the next day in a prison. Earlier messages and the Raffles 2007 loan email are quoted. Attachments referenced: 235_image001.jpg, 235_image002.png, 235_image003.jpg (signature graphics).

Minor; continuation of the Richards availability exchange.

File: 2012-03-28 07_12_01__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Dylan Howard, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012 continuation. Angelone tells Richards he can wait but wanted to confirm he is 'on deck' before deciding how to move forward, adding that Dylan Howard is good to them but 'also a snake' who would do better than them if Angelone had to go to him instead. Richards replies 'What do you mean?'. Earlier thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 234_image003.jpg, 234_image004.png, 234_image005.jpg.

Candid view of the Howard relationship and Angelone's reliance on Richards for the affidavit channel.

File: 2012-03-28 07_24_16__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Dylan Howard, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012 end of thread. Angelone explains that without Richards working with them as discussed the previous Friday he would have to take all evidence and statements to Dylan Howard, who has more ability to amplify entertainment news but would gain the most from the collaboration. Richards replies 'Why would you let him steal your find. I wouldn't do that.' Full earlier thread and the Raffles 2007 loan email quoted. Attachments referenced: 233_image003.jpg, image004.png, image005.jpg.

Shows Richards encouraging HSK to keep control of the story rather than hand it to Howard.

File: 2012-03-28 07_50_46__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Angelone sends Missal a link to the compressed video 'raffles-con-exposed.avi' on the HSK site, warning the quality is terrible. Missal replies that SBS cannot open the video and asks for another way to view it. SBS Broadcasting Dutch and English confidentiality footer included. Attachments referenced: 179_image002.png, 179_image003.png (signature graphics).

Minor; start of the SBS video and interview logistics thread.

File: 2012-03-28 08_48_11__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone

28 March 2012. Angelone says he is uploading the compressed watermarked version to YouTube and that the original is high quality; Missal replies their technicians cannot open the footage and asks for a YouTube upload. Earlier messages quoted with SBS footers. Attachments referenced: 178_image002.png, 178_image003.png.

Minor logistics; confirms that a watermarked low-resolution copy was circulated to press while the original was withheld.

File: 2012-03-28 09_06_50__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston

28 March 2012. After Angelone sends a YouTube link (3w_FXGtsmVY), Missal writes that SBS will not use the video because it does not support their item, but still wants to talk to Jasper about his investigation, specifically the rumours that van Exel supplied drugs to multiple celebrities and sold the picture of the dead Whitney to the National Enquirer. Earlier messages quoted. Attachments referenced: 177_image002.png, 177_image003.png.

Shows SBS's editorial decision to decline the Hughes footage and the two allegations they wanted to pursue.

File: 2012-03-28 09_28_12__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Vanessa (Connie Breukhoven), Hans Breukhoven, Jermaine Jackson

28 March 2012. Angelone says Jasper can be available for interview and that the story will get much bigger. Missal replies that he has contacted the boss of the Free Record Shop, that SBS knows van Exel scammed Dutch artist Vanessa in 2002 by claiming Jermaine Jackson had invited her to perform at the 9/11 memorial in New York, which her fax to Jackson's management disproved, and that this was SBS's first item on 'the crook Raffles'. He lists four Skype interview questions for Jasper and asks how to describe him on air. Attachments referenced: 176_image002.png, 176_image003.png.

Independent Dutch broadcaster account of the 2002 Vanessa and 9/11 memorial episode; corroborates the Divine Varod blog claim.

File: 2012-03-28 09_53_42__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Hans Breukhoven, Connie Breukhoven (Vanessa), Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Missal clarifies that Free Record Shop boss Hans Breukhoven is the ex-husband of Connie Breukhoven, whose artist name is Vanessa, and that van Exel told her she could perform at the 9/11 memorial, which was untrue. Asks Angelone for the American details. Earlier thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 175_image002.png, 175_image003.png.

Identifies the Dutch witnesses to the 2002 episode by name.

File: 2012-03-28 10_05_07__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

28 March 2012. Angelone says Jasper has given the green light for the Skype interview and questions; Missal asks for his Skype name and proposes calling in one hour. Earlier thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 174_image002.png, 174_image003.png.

Logistics only.

File: 2012-03-28 10_31_24__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

28 March 2012. Missal confirms he will call in half an hour for the Skype interview. Full earlier thread quoted. Attachments referenced: 173_image002.png, image003.png.

Logistics only.

File: 2012-03-28 11_00_58__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Harald Missal, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

28 March 2012, final message of the SBS thread. Angelone gives the Skype name maxie1111; Missal replies from his iPhone that he is ready and waiting for Jasper. The full day's exchange from the first video link through the Vanessa story and interview questions is quoted beneath.

Confirms the SBS Shownieuws Skype interview with Jasper took place on or about 28 March 2012; most complete copy of the thread.

File: 2012-03-28 11_32_06__Harald Missal_ [email removed] rafflles video.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone the Marquez email of 28 March carrying the 10 September 2007 message from [email removed] asking for 1,500 dollars, mentioning NBC and E! meetings and someone helping him 'from Mexico'.

duplicate / working file / no independent value

File: 2012-03-28 14_23_39__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Deborah Stroman, Lavern Kelly, Corrine Brown

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of an email chain from 15 August 2007. Deborah Stroman and Lavern Kelly of KNA Services Inc, Orlando, tell [email removed] that Lavern has contacted Congresswoman Corrine Brown's chief of staff, who assigned a staffer handling work visa issues, and ask for his full name, other names used, current and revoked visa numbers and a resume. Raffles forwards this to Marquez writing that the deal is 'hotter than I thought', that there is an NBC offer, and 'Its Raffles time'.

Primary 2007 evidence that van Exel's visa had been revoked and that he sought political help to resolve it; supports the immigration thread of the story.

File: 2012-03-28 14_24_21__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ Contact Information.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Jim Perry, Laverne Kelly

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of emails of 16 and 17 August 2007 between [email removed] and 'jim' ([email removed]), addressed as Judge Perry, cc KNA Services and Marquez. Perry says he forwarded Raffles' information to Laverne Kelly to expedite his matter; Raffles thanks him, says he is back in Amsterdam with a Dutch mobile number, and cites a Rolling Stone item on M.I.A. getting a visa after Bono intervened to argue a Congresswoman could do more.

Corroborates that van Exel was outside the US in August 2007 seeking a visa fix through personal contacts in Florida.

File: 2012-03-28 14_25_02__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, O.J. Simpson

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of an 18 June 2007 email from [email removed] headed 'if i did it' pointing to an ABC News item 'Judge Gives O.J. Book Rights to Goldmans' and asking 'tell me what do you think'.

Shows van Exel's contemporaneous interest in the O.J. Simpson book, consistent with his claimed role in the deal.

File: 2012-03-28 14_25_38__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ if i did it.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Lesley F. Evans, Gerald R. Molen, Chet Thomas, Kelly C. Crabb, David Ranes

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of a 21 June 2007 email from [email removed] containing a draft letter to Lesley F. Evans at the American Consulate General in Amsterdam, purportedly from WhiteLight Entertainment, offering van Exel the job of Music Supervisor on the film 'Penny Feather' starting August 2007, followed by a WhiteLight company profile naming Gerald Molen as CEO. Raffles ends with 'Bill try to see if you can make this waaaay better'. Attachment listed: 'Penny Feather budget.pdf'.

Primary evidence that van Exel drafted his own employer support letter for a US visa application and asked Marquez to improve it.

File: 2012-03-28 14_26_12__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ Letter for Raffles.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of a 31 May 2007 email from [email removed] headed 'check this out' with a Wikinews link about Canada and the US tightening security at the cross-border Haskell library, asking 'let me know what you think about this'.

Suggests van Exel was researching Canada to US border crossing points in 2007; circumstantial.

File: 2012-03-28 14_28_15__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ check this out.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of a 6 March 2007 email from [email removed] headed 'Raffles and GANG' containing only an InStyle.com party gallery link and the word 'enjoy'.

Minor; indicates van Exel appeared in an InStyle party photo set in early 2007.

File: 2012-03-28 14_30_10__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ Raffles and GANG.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Garth Ancier

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of a 25 January 2007 email from [email removed] describing 'the players of the new movie studio' and saying he is putting them together with Garth Ancier and SBC. Attachments listed: 'Guardian-WhiteLight Dev.doc' and '3PICTUREDEVELOPMENTDEALB.doc'.

Provenance for the WhiteLight development documents in the attachments folder and van Exel's 2007 claims of studio dealmaking.

File: 2012-03-28 14_31_21__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ new film comp..txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of an 18 September 2006 email from [email removed] headed 'contract' with the body 'Enjoy, Thanx, Raffles'. Attachment listed: 'RELEASE[1].449.pdf'. The contract content is not in this text file.

Provenance record for the RELEASE[1].449.pdf attachment scheduled separately.

File: 2012-03-28 14_32_10__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ contract.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Marvin Kuijs

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward of a 21 June 2006 email from [email removed] reading in Dutch 'hier heb je marvin's email' followed by [email removed].

Corroborates reader steph's tip linking van Exel to Marvin Kuijs of freemusicentertainment.com.

File: 2012-03-28 14_32_31__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Kristen ([email removed])

28 March 2012. Jasper forwards to Angelone a Marquez forward (with Marquez's note 'BURN THEM ALL!!!') of an 8 June 2006 email from [email removed] to a woman named Kristen, cc Marquez. Raffles writes that Marquez sent him a Dutch email telling him to leave the apartment by 9 that night, that he is on his way to Chicago, and blames Kristen for sending Marquez a message that ended the friendship and business partnership. Quoted below are Marquez's Dutch eviction note of 7 June 2006 and Kristen's earlier email inviting Raffles to move in with her and disparaging Marquez.

Primary 2006 correspondence documenting the end of van Exel's stay with Marquez and his departure for Chicago; contains third-party personal content requiring sensitivity.

File: 2012-03-28 14_33_16__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_ What the fuck were you thinnking.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Bill Marquez, Raffles van Exel, Judge Jim Perry, Laverne Kelly, Bono, M.I.A.

Jacky Jasper ([email removed]) forwards to Darrick Angelone a 28 March 2012 forward from Bill Marquez containing an August 2007 email chain between [email removed] and a Florida contact addressed as Judge Jim Perry ([email removed]), cc Bill Marquez and knaservices. Raffles thanks Perry for help with what appears to be a US immigration or visa matter, cites a Rolling Stone item about Bono helping M.I.A. get a visa, and hopes a congresswoman can do more. Perry replies that his friend Laverne Kelly is a pit bull on details and will expedite the matter. Raffles gives a Dutch mobile number and says he is back in Amsterdam for the time being.

Third-party source (Marquez) evidence that Raffles sought political help with US entry problems in 2007, useful for the immigration and border strand.

File: 2012-03-28 14_34_06__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Fw_.txt

Named: phillip, Raffles van Exel, David Gest

HSK website contact form submitted 28 March 2012 by a person giving the name phillip ([email removed], jungleroom.com, IP logged). He asks whether Raffles had ties to David Gest in Memphis and says Raffles van Exel reminds him of a character calling himself Donovan Dawson who implied he was in business with Gest and was con jobbing around Memphis. Uses a slur-like phrasing about the subject.

Unverified reader tip suggesting a possible alias and Memphis activity; lead only.

File: 2012-03-28 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from phillip.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Marvin Kuijs, Eric van der Velden, Earl Calloway

Bill Marquez replies to Jasper on 28 March 2012 with only an ABC News link (TheLaw story id 3282110). Quoted below is Jasper's 26 March message passing on a reader tip: Raffles ran freemusicentertainment.com with Marvin Kuijs (aka DJ Porny, Marvin Urias); the site hosted a PDF of a Dutch newspaper interview by Eric van der Velden from around the 2007 If I Did It book cancellation, in which Raffles name drops, explains how the OJ Simpson book deal came about and what he earned, and gives his date of birth as 5 February 1968; the interview also mentions Chicago Defender journalist Earl Calloway housing Raffles in the US.

Points to a primary source (the freemusicentertainment.com interview PDF) and to two potential witnesses, van der Velden and Calloway.

File: 2012-03-28 17_48_34__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] More stuff.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Darrick Angelone emails Bill Marquez on 28 March 2012 with a Shownieuws.tv link (Raffles betrokken bij dood Whitney?) and says his contacts at SBS said Raffles is not able to come back to Holland either. Marquez replies with two YouTube links he describes as video of Raffles not paying his bill and suggests they find the cameraman.

Early pointer to the unpaid cameraman lead (Mr. Green) and to Dutch broadcast coverage.

File: 2012-03-28 19_27_36__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] Raffles betrokken bij dood Whitney_ - Shownieuws.tv.txt

Named: stapler, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Frank DiLeo, Dr Tohme Tohme, Kuba Ka, Steve Silk Hurley, Lalah Hathaway, Quinton Aaron

Automated WordPress email of 28 March 2012 to Angelone asking him to moderate a comment by stapler on the HSK post Who Is Dr. Tohme and What's his Connection to Raffles van Exel. The comment notes Raffles interviewed Frank DiLeo in November 2009 (transcript on positivelymichael.com), DiLeo discussed Tohme, DiLeo died in 2011, Raffles issued a Kuba Ka press release mourning DiLeo on 15 September 2011, a joint release with DJ Steve Silk Hurley on 5 October 2011, and attended Lalah Hathaway's release party with Kuba on 10 October 2011, suggesting Raffles exploits high profile deaths for PR. Notes 29 comments awaiting approval. Filename 21.txt does not reflect content.

Dates the DiLeo interview to November 2009 via a public transcript and lists Raffles' 2011 Kuba Ka press activity; useful chronology pointers.

File: 21.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone

29 March 2012. Angelone sends Marquez the showvandaag.nl link 'Nederlander Raffles van Exel betrokken bij dood Whitney Houston'. Marquez replies 'Wow!!!'. No article text included.

Timestamps Dutch media pickup of the story on 29 March 2012.

File: 121.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson

29 March 2012. Angelone forwards Marquez the Dutch text of a nu.nl achterklap item stating American media report that Dutchman Raffles van Exel was involved in Whitney Houston's death, that he was with her the whole evening, allegedly found her dead, claims to have cleaned the Beverly Hilton room, is rumoured to have been her dealer and to have spread the death photo, was close to the Jackson family, and that his real name would be Raffles Dawson. Marquez replies that van Exel 'is fucked' and quotes the line that he was there the entire evening and found her dead.

Captures the wording of the nu.nl report and Marquez's reaction; useful for the Dutch media timeline.

File: 122.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

29 March 2012. Angelone emails Howard, cc [email removed], a Radar Online link 'Whitney Houston Death Investigation: Cops Want To Talk To Associate Over Cleaning Out Room' with the comment 'They don't even have an accuarte story!'. Howard replies 'hahahaha'.

Shows Howard and Angelone's dismissive view of a competitor's version of the story; minor.

File: 151.txt

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Ike Turner, Rick James, Kool Keith, Ice-T

Thread 28 to 29 March 2012 between Aran Bade of Blue Circle TV (SBS Shownieuws, Netherlands) and Darrick Angelone. Angelone sends a media bio of Jacky Jasper (rapper turned journalist, work with Ike Turner, Rick James, the King Of Hollywood film). Bade asks for a Skype interview at 15:30 CET / 9:30 LA time and asks for Dutch exclusivity as agreed with Jacky. Angelone gives a Skype handle, declines a personal exclusivity commitment but offers to license video and promises breaking news on Raffles and the Whitney investigation within 7 days. Bade confirms and asks to air up to 30 seconds of footage. Attachment 101_image001.png (signature logo).

Documents the Dutch broadcast relationship and HSK's attempt to license its Raffles video to SBS.

File: 2012-03-29 00_11_55__Aran Bade_ [email removed] Jacky media photo.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Roger Friedman

Facebook message digest emailed to Angelone on 29 March 2012 with a run of messages from Jennifer de Jong. She sends links to Dutch coverage of Raffles (nu.nl, Showvandaag, Daily Mail, Glamour blog, RTL, a blogspot post) and to an RTL radio recording of Raffles speaking days after Whitney Houston's death, which she translates: he says he is going back to bed then to Whitney's body, he is not security but a friend, did a lot of work with her, and is packing all her clothes. She links the RTL Boulevard show with a Roger Friedman phone interview and says RTL reported that Beverly Hills police only realised the size of the story after checking the internet.

Contains a contemporaneous translation of Raffles' own RTL statement about packing Whitney's clothes; useful for the hotel room strand.

File: 2012-03-29 04_58_06__Facebook_ [email removed] messages from Jennifer de Jong.txt

Named: Ana Piszczek, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Stuart Bullard, Pat Houston, Whitney Houston

Thread 26 to 29 March 2012 between reader Ana Piszczek and Jacky Jasper. Piszczek relays a Facebook contact's claim that Pat Houston thought the tan jacket man in a nightclub video worked for the club and that Raffles is now persona non grata with the Houstons; she asks whether pilot Stuart Bullard (LinkedIn, YouTube user StuartMichael0619, Stu-B-Doo) is the accomplice who helped Raffles with a fake ID, and Jasper confirms and says he used the LinkedIn profile in the border jump article. On 29 March she reports Radar Online saying Beverly Hills PD is looking for Raffles, believes Pat Houston, and wrongly thinks Raffles is from Denmark.

Shows how the Stuart Bullard identification was sourced and reader-driven tips feeding the border crossing article.

File: 2012-03-29 05_42_18__Ana Piszczek_ [email removed] .txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong (Kepel), Sylvia van der Poel, Peter R. de Vries, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Roger Friedman, Raffles van Exel

Dutch language email of 29 March 2012 from Jennifer Kepel / de Jong to the Peter R. de Vries address at Endemol, for the attention of Sylvia van der Poel, following a phone call. She says she passed their address to Darrick Angelone, that RTL Boulevard and SBS Shownieuws broadcast the story after their scoop, that Raffles is in hiding and must not get away with it, links the RTL Boulevard item with the Roger Friedman interview and Jasper's SBS6 Skype interview, and says HSK has contacts who could testify plus important video material. Gives her phone number and Angelone's.

Evidence of the Dutch media outreach effort and de Jong's role as intermediary for HSK in the Netherlands.

File: 2012-03-29 06_19_14__Jennifer Kepel_ [email removed] Sylvia v_d Poel.txt

Named: Rachel van Kommer, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 29 March 2012 by Rachel van Kommer ([email removed], revu.nl), Dutch journalist at Nieuwe Revu, who says she is writing an article about Raffles van Exel and would like to ask Jasper questions.

Media request documenting Dutch press interest; leads to the telephone interview thread.

File: 2012-03-29 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Rachel van Kommer.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone

Empty-bodied email of 29 March 2012 6:47 AM from attorney Ronald Richards to Darrick Angelone whose subject and attachment are a Word document titled Well known Beverly Hills attorney.docx (exported as 232_Well known Beverly Hills attorney.docx). No message text.

Transmittal of a Richards document (likely a bio or statement) for HSK use; attachment is where the value lies.

File: 2012-03-29 06_47_08__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] known Beverly Hills attorney.docx.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone

Empty-bodied email of 29 March 2012 6:55 AM from Ronald Richards to Darrick Angelone re-sending the Word attachment Well known Beverly Hills attorney.docx, eight minutes after the first send. No message text.

duplicate / working file / no independent value

File: 2012-03-29 06_55_19__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] known Beverly Hills attorney.docx.txt

Named: Rachel van Kommer, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Email of 29 March 2012 from Rachel Kimberly van Kommer (Sanoma Media / Nieuwe Revu) to Darrick Angelone. She says she is writing an article about Raffles van Exel, has emailed Jasper, and he asked her to contact Angelone to set up a telephone interview.

Media request from Dutch magazine Nieuwe Revu; part of the Dutch press wave of late March 2012.

File: 2012-03-29 07_05_59__Rachel kimberly van Kommer_ [email removed] interview Jacky Jasper.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

On 29 March 2012 Angelone sends attorney Ronald Richards the HSK link to the breaking news post Witness Affidavit to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel, saying he made it a standalone and will update with a detailed story. Richards replies Missile delivered, with his firm signature and confidentiality notice. Attachment image001.jpg is a signature image.

Attorney confirmation that the first witness affidavit was transmitted to Beverly Hills PD on 29 March 2012.

File: 2012-03-29 07_19_46__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Continuation of the 29 March 2012 thread. After Richards' Missile delivered, Angelone replies SURE WAS!!! and Richards adds I just transmitted myself to bhpd. The quoted chain includes Angelone's original link to the HSK affidavit post. Attachment 229_image003.jpg is a signature image.

Confirms Richards personally sent the affidavit to Beverly Hills PD; near-duplicate of the prior message in the same thread.

File: 2012-03-29 07_23_48__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Angelone sends Bill Marquez a link to the Show Vandaag article Nederlander Raffles van Exel betrokken bij dood Whitney Houston on 29 March 2012; Marquez replies only Wow!!!.

Minor; shows Marquez being kept informed of Dutch coverage.

File: 2012-03-29 07_42_59__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] Nederlander Raffles van Exel betrokken bij dood Whitney Houston _ Show Vandaag.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Dylan Howard (Buzz Media / RadarOnline) replies on 29 March 2012 to Angelone's link to the HSK post about the witness affidavit to BHPD, asking So BHPD have the affidavit? Will you publish the affidavit?

Opening of the Howard negotiation over the affidavit story; short.

File: 2012-03-29 08_27_56__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Angelone tells Howard on 29 March 2012 that BHPD has the affidavit, that Ron Richards is in a prison deposition and unavailable to confirm for about five hours, and that HSK is not sure whether it will release the affidavit. Howard replies that he is trying to think how to maximize exposure.

Documents HSK strategy of controlling release of the affidavit while seeking press amplification.

File: 2012-03-29 08_30_19__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Same thread, 29 March 2012. Angelone says HSK is holding details close to its chest, is open to anything that generates money or exposure, and that a second affidavit is arriving that day. Howard asks for an exclusive detail so Radar can post and link back. Attachment 152_image.png is a signature logo.

Shows HSK offering material for money or exposure and the timing of the second affidavit.

File: 2012-03-29 09_20_38__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina Brown

Angelone gives Howard an exclusive detail on 29 March 2012: a second HSK witness will file an affidavit alleging Raffles supplied cocaine to and secured a place for Bobbi Kris and Whitney to consume it. He supplies two paragraphs for publication stating that attorney Ronald Richards received a sworn statement from a Dutch national alleging Raffles engaged in cocaine distribution and shipped FedEx packages between Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Chicago, and that HSK used an attorney as liaison to protect the source. Howard replies that Radar cannot make criminal allegations without seeing the affidavit and will try a few magazines.

Key record of what HSK alleged in March 2012 and of Radar's refusal to publish unseen allegations; allegations only.

File: 2012-03-29 10_23_38__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Same thread. Angelone asks whether Ron Richards confirming the criminal allegation would suffice; Howard replies If he says it in a statement to me, yes! Prior chain quoted in full.

Sets the condition under which Radar would run the affidavit story; incremental thread message.

File: 2012-03-29 10_43_17__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong (Kepel), Darrick Angelone, Peter R. de Vries

Angelone sends de Jong the RTL Boulevard link Bewijs drugsdealen Raffles van Exel bij politie on 29 March 2012; she replies Yes great interview! and asks if there is news from Peter R (de Vries).

Minor; marks the RTL Boulevard item on the drug dealing evidence reaching police.

File: 2012-03-29 10_53_56__Jennifer Kepel_ [email removed] 'Bewijs drugsdealen Raffles van Exel bij politie' - RTL Boulevard.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Angelone tells Howard on 29 March 2012 that, so HSK is not cut out of the news cycle as happened with the Telegraph confession story, he wants Richards to confirm that HSK's specific criminal allegations are true, and that other items and evidence can be negotiated for sale. Howard agrees HSK should be front and center but Richards should confirm he independently has the statements. Prior chain quoted.

Evidence of HSK's credit and monetisation concerns and of the Telegraph episode.

File: 2012-03-29 11_01_29__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards, Barry Levine, Jacky Jasper

Angelone tells Howard on 29 March 2012 he will send Richards the email conversation so he knows what is requested, and notes that the National Enquirer's Raffles story that week mentions Jacky and HSK according to Barry Levine in New York, who is keen for Raffles information and the affidavit. Howard replies Pls send on. Full prior chain quoted.

Records National Enquirer (Barry Levine) interest in the affidavit alongside Radar.

File: 2012-03-29 11_38_37__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Barry Levine, Ronald Richards

Dylan Howard replies on 29 March 2012 to Angelone's note that National Enquirer's Barry Levine is keen for Raffles information with a two-word warning, Levine be careful. The full earlier chain about the affidavit, Richards' confirmation and HSK credit is quoted below. Five inline signature images referenced.

Shows competition between Radar and the National Enquirer for the HSK affidavit story; incremental thread message.

File: 2012-03-29 11_41_48__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper

Reader using the name Warning Friend and signing as stapler writes to Jasper on 29 March 2012, thanking him for a reply about her comment being held for moderation because of too many links, and saying she will gather everything she found online about Raffles and send it. Jasper's quoted reply says the site auto-moderates link-heavy comments and that there are big developments today.

Minor; introduces the stapler research correspondent.

File: 2012-03-29 11_53_47__Warning Friend_ [email removed] my post! ack! too many links, sorry.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Howard follows up with Angelone on 29 March 2012 asking whether Ron Richards has responded. The prior affidavit thread is quoted in full below.

Incremental thread message; no new substance.

File: 2012-03-29 12_33_23__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Angelone tells Howard on 29 March 2012 that Richards is inside a prison for a deposition, has been asked to respond to Howard first once free, and has a driver so will likely reach out on the way back to Beverly Hills. Howard replies thx. Prior chain quoted.

Incremental thread message; no new substance.

File: 2012-03-29 12_40_37__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Witness Affidavit Being Submitted to BHPD Regarding Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Mischa Rozema, Stuart Bullard, Frank DiLeo, Kuba Ka, Evert Santegoeds, Whitney Houston

Reader stapler sends Jasper on 29 March 2012 a long list of link titles she collected on Raffles: Yahoo News galas, the Ray J video, Dutch film Havinck, Stuart Bullard at Beverly Hills Rent a Car, MyLife entry for Raffles Dawson in Chicago, Vigilant Citizen posts, the Frank DiLeo interview transcript, Kuba Ka press releases, Whitney fan site mentions from 2002, PR Photos stock images and MJ hoax forum threads. Surrounding commentary mixes research notes with Illuminati, Fukushima radiation and paid-agent theories, and she asks to be credited as stapler only with prior permission. She reasons he is Dutch, partly of African descent.

Crowd-sourced research index of 2012 public sources on Raffles; leads only, with conspiracy framing that must be discounted.

File: 2012-03-29 13_08_29__Warning Friend_ [email removed] internet _file_ on Raffles.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Tila Tequila

Reader stapler writes to Jasper on 29 March 2012 with speculation about the Vigilant Citizen website, Tila Tequila and mind control theories, and offers a story. Jasper's quoted reply of the same day states that Raffles is Dutch via Curacao, that his business partner lived in Amsterdam for years and is connected in Dutch entertainment and media, that they know about Raffles Dawson back to when he was a kid in Deventer, that HSK has much more unpublished, and that he does not believe in the Illuminati after 20 years in the business.

Jasper's own statement of HSK's knowledge of Raffles' origins (Curacao, Deventer) is the useful part; the rest is reader speculation.

File: 2012-03-29 14_26_17__Warning Friend_ [email removed] about Vigilant for when you have time.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Howard emails Angelone with Richards cc'd on 29 March 2012 asking Ron for a statement about the affidavits to promote HSK's story. Richards replies to both with his statement: he received a properly executed affidavit from a material witness with first hand knowledge of Raffles narcotics related activities and extensive involvement with him, the witness has no motive or claim against Raffles, he transmitted the affidavits to a homicide detective and awaits a response, and BHPD has the witness's full name.

Primary attorney statement on the March 2012 affidavit submission; quotable and datable.

File: 2012-03-29 16_02_54__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] Statement.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Ronald Richards

Howard replies to Angelone on 29 March 2012 with only Darrick, call me, quoting Richards' full statement about the affidavit transmitted to a BHPD homicide detective.

Incremental; the Richards statement it quotes is the substance.

File: 2012-03-29 16_10_02__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] Statement.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Darrick Angelone, Dylan Howard, Brad Ruderman

Angelone thanks Richards on 29 March 2012 (You are the man Sir) and asks him to send the Brad Ruderman details as he would like to cover that too. Richards replies I will send you the transcript. Richards' affidavit statement to Howard is quoted below.

Shows Richards offering HSK a separate story (Brad Ruderman) and a transcript; relationship evidence.

File: 2012-03-29 16_40_27__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] Statement.txt

Named: Conley Abrams, Kuba Ka, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 29 March 2012 by Conley Abrams ([email removed], kuba-ka.com; name field reads Your NameConley Abrams). He says his client was managed by Raffles, that he showed HSK's video to the client's mother, that Raffles was setting them up also, and asks to be put on the private list for the video, giving YouTube email [email removed].

Potential witness from the Kuba Ka camp alleging Raffles set up his client; lead for the management strand.

File: 2012-03-29 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Your NameConley Abrams.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Danny de Munk

Angelone sends Marquez the Glamour blog link on 29 March 2012. Marquez replies with an RTL Boulevard link (danny de munk raffles op school) and writes that Raffles has been conning celebrities since he was 14 or 15 and stalked a child star so badly that the star's mother pulled him out of school.

Points to the Danny de Munk school stalking account broadcast by RTL Boulevard; the claim is Marquez's paraphrase.

File: 2012-03-29 21_09_40__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] 'Raffles van Exel betrokken bij dood Whitney Houston' _ Glamour.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Danny de Munk, Ference Somogyi, Raffles van Exel

Replying on 29 March 2012 (30 March CET) to Angelone's RTL Boulevard link about Danny de Munk calling Raffles evil, Jennifer de Jong says she has worked with Danny and that her close friend Ference Somogyi, a Dutch soap actor, is the person who brought her into contact with Raffles; Somogyi lived in the US for a while, attended parties with Raffles and reportedly had dinner with the Jackson family. She will ask him for more information and send a picture for the website.

Identifies Ference Somogyi as a potential Dutch witness and establishes how de Jong knew Raffles.

File: 2012-03-29 23_21_10__Jennifer de Jong_ [email removed] Danny de Munk_ Raffles van Exel is het kwaad - RTL Boulevard.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Ference Somogyi, Sylvia van der Poel, Danny de Munk

Second reply in the thread, 29 March 2012. De Jong says she has WhatsApped Ference that she will call him, that what he knows may matter for Beverly Hills PD and for HSK, and proposes he do an interview for HSK or RTL/SBS. She notes the Dutch media love the Danny de Munk story and that Raffles will not want to show his face; she will send Sylvia van der Poel the RTL video of Jacky's interview.

Working correspondence on witness recruitment in the Netherlands.

File: 2012-03-29 23_35_46__Jennifer de Jong_ [email removed] Danny de Munk_ Raffles van Exel is het kwaad - RTL Boulevard.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Ference Somogyi

Third reply in the thread, 29 March 2012. De Jong reports that Ference told her RTL and SBS are also after him for an interview but he does not want to be in the news with this; he will chat with her that afternoon.

Records Somogyi's reluctance to go public in 2012; relevant to any renewed approach.

File: 2012-03-29 23_50_25__Jennifer de Jong_ [email removed] Danny de Munk_ Raffles van Exel is het kwaad - RTL Boulevard.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Sylvia van der Poel, Peter R. de Vries, Jacky Jasper, Danny de Munk, Raffles van Exel

Dutch email of 30 March 2012 from Jennifer de Jong to the Peter R. de Vries address at Endemol for Sylvia van der Poel. She links the RTL Boulevard interview with Jacky Jasper and the Danny de Munk item, says Jacky's lawyer is in talks with Beverly Hills PD, links the HSK BHPD affidavit post, and says important footage going to police could also be given to Peter R. de Vries.

Documents the pitch of HSK material to the Peter R. de Vries crime programme.

File: 2012-03-30 01_05_12__Jennifer Kepel_ [email removed]'Bewijs drugsdealen Raffles van Exel bij politie'.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Sylvia van der Poel, Peter R. de Vries, Raffles van Exel

Short Dutch email of 30 March 2012 from de Jong to Sylvia van der Poel at the Peter R. de Vries address, linking the HSK post Raffles van Exel Exposed so she can see when the Americans realised Raffles was, in de Jong's words, a real swindler.

Minor follow-up in the Dutch TV outreach.

File: 2012-03-30 01_14_06__Jennifer Kepel_ [email removed] van Exel bewijsmateriaal oplichter.txt

Named: Rachel van Kommer, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

Thread 29 to 30 March 2012. Angelone gives van Kommer (Nieuwe Revu) his direct number; she replies that she called and left voicemail and asks him to call back on her Dutch mobile or email a time. Attachment 224_image001.png is a signature logo.

Media logistics; shows Nieuwe Revu pursuing the interview.

File: 2012-03-30 02_59_29__Rachel kimberly van Kommer_ [email removed] Telephone interview Jacky Jasper.txt

Named: john (john long), Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 30 March 2012 by john ([email removed]). He says he met Raffles around 2009 staying at a slum motel in Toronto, that Raffles asked him to help get back into the US, that Raffles was travelling with a Mexican man he describes as a convicted drug smuggler deported from the US, and that Raffles was kicked out of the hotel over theft of room keys and an accusation of sexual assault on a girl from Prague; his friend the hotel manager can back this up.

Unverified but detailed witness lead on Raffles' 2009 Toronto period and US re-entry attempts.

File: 2012-03-30 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from john.txt

Named: Juma, Jacky Jasper, Kool Keith

HSK contact form submitted 30 March 2012 by Juma ([email removed], jumamusic.com), a Boston musician who praises HSK, notes nobody else is covering Raffles van Exel, and pitches his music video Till the DJ's Gone for a post.

No investigative value; music promotion.

File: 2012-03-30 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Juma.txt

Named: stapler, Jacky Jasper

HSK contact form submitted 30 March 2012 by stapler ([email removed]) pointing out that the HSK article on Raffles' connection to Rihanna and Christina Milian spells the name rhianna, which makes it hard to find by search.

No independent value beyond confirming the HSK Rihanna and Milian article existed.

File: 2012-03-30 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from stapler.txt

Named: john long, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Jasper asks john long on 30 March 2012 for more details. Long replies that Raffles was in Toronto from about late February to mid or late April 2009 with a Mexican man he believes had cartel ties and who paid Raffles' bills in Canada and Europe; Raffles repeatedly asked how to cross into the US by boat or plane, a man from Michigan backed out of driving him, and Raffles bought fake IDs on Yonge Street. He recounts a Czech woman Martina saying Raffles entered her room and forced oral sex (he doubts her), and the discovery of room keys hidden behind a radiator outside Raffles' room, after which Raffles and the Mexican man were evicted. He believes the two met in jail, disputes HSK's coyote story, and offers photos of Raffles in Toronto and the hotel manager as witnesses.

Most detailed first-person account of the 2009 Toronto episode; witness offers photos and corroborating manager; allegations only.

File: 2012-03-30 10_32_37__john long_ [email removed]

Named: Jarred Weisfeld, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Michael Jackson

Angelone emails Jarred Weisfeld of Objective Entertainment (New York) on 30 March 2012, cc Jasper, proposing that the Raffles van Exel story be Jacky's first book, citing Dateline interest in a show, Raffles' association with celebrities including dead ones and Michael Jackson, and the Dutch media blitz. Weisfeld replies asking whether Jacky is friends with this guy and says he is confused. Attachment 216_image001.png is a logo.

Earliest documented attempt to package the Raffles investigation as a book; chain of title interest.

File: 2012-03-30 12_17_48__Jarred Weisfeld_ [email removed] SPAM-LOW_ book deal - raffles van exel.txt

Named: Jarred Weisfeld, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Continuation of the book pitch, 30 March 2012. Angelone tells Weisfeld that HSK has the entire investigation, beyond what is available to anyone else, with documented proof of conspiracy all the way up to a congressperson, chiefs of staff and sitting judges. Weisfeld replies that he has looked and asks if it is basically Hollywood's Biggest Enabler. Earlier messages quoted.

Records HSK's 2012 characterisation of its holdings to a literary agent; claims are Angelone's, not verified.

File: 2012-03-30 12_27_20__Jarred Weisfeld_ [email removed] SPAM-MED_ RE_ SPAM-LOW_ book deal - raffles van exel.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone

Angelone thanks Howard on 30 March 2012 for the Radar story (Looks good D). Howard replies he is surprised the story did not get more play and asks whether they should do a second post, linking back to HSK, about a second witness intending to file an affidavit with BHPD, and what its gist would be.

Confirms Radar ran the affidavit story and proposed a follow-up.

File: 2012-03-30 13_13_30__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Angelone tells Howard on 30 March 2012 that the market is saturated, that TMZ purposely contradicted how the Raffles story was playing out, that witness after witness has told him Raffles is in cahoots with TMZ, and that he will prepare a follow-up with exclusive evidence over the weekend; he looks forward to dinner. Howard agrees wholeheartedly and says that is TMZ's tactic all the time.

Contemporaneous statement of the HSK view that TMZ was protecting Raffles, a theme of later coverage.

File: 2012-03-30 14_28_58__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

Thread of 30 March 2012. Angelone sends Howard an unrelated HSK exclusive (Eric Green lawsuit). Howard says it is not for Radar but he will pass it to Egotastic, and asks what money HSK wants for the first affidavit, saying his old boss is keen to pay. Angelone says a few thousand will not cut it and the witness must be comfortable as he is with HSK long term. Howard replies HSK is probably not going to get more than 5k.

Documents the attempted sale of the witness affidavit to tabloid buyers and the price range discussed.

File: 2012-03-30 14_36_49__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] breaking story.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Harvey Levin

Angelone tells Howard on 30 March 2012 that Jacky just punked Harvey (Levin) and the dreads on TMZ Live, that they bugged out and cut the phone. Howard replies he would love to have heard it. The affidavit price exchange is quoted below.

Dates Jasper's on-air call-in to TMZ Live on 30 March 2012, a possible archive clip to locate.

File: 2012-03-30 14_48_33__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] breaking story.txt

Named: Jennifer de Jong, Darrick Angelone, Whitney Houston, Roger Friedman

Facebook message digest emailed to Angelone on 30 March 2012. De Jong sends a photo of herself for the website (jennifer de jong 5.jpg, Too sexy??) and a TMZ link reporting cocaine found in Whitney Houston's hotel room. The conversation history repeats her 29 March messages with the RTL link, the translated Raffles phone call about packing Whitney's clothes, and her note that RTL contacted Beverly Hills police.

Mostly repeats the earlier digest; adds the TMZ cocaine story timing and the de Jong photo reference.

File: 2012-03-30 14_52_01__Facebook_ [email removed] messages from Jennifer de Jong.txt

Named: Conley Abrams, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Kuba Ka

Jasper sends Conley Abrams the YouTube video link on 30 March 2012 and asks for his and his clients' story for the HSK archive of Raffles scams, promising to keep names out. Abrams replies he will get all the details, that the marks (his clients) are giving details slowly because they fell for him.

Follow-up to the Kuba Ka management lead; witness willing in principle.

File: 2012-03-30 14_55_55__Conley Abrams_ [email removed] Question for Jacky from Your NameConley Abrams.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

Angelone tells Howard on 30 March 2012 to let him know what the buyers come back with, as the decision will be Jacky's and the witness's. Howard replies that the buyers will need to read the affidavit and value it accordingly, but he cannot start that process until Jacky says the source wants to sell. Earlier price exchange quoted.

Incremental step in the affidavit sale negotiation.

File: 2012-03-30 15_06_24__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] breaking story.txt

Named: Rhonda, Jacky Jasper, Frank Swisher

HSK contact form submitted 30 March 2012 by Rhonda ([email removed]) warning Jasper about a Twitter user @iamfrankswisher whom she calls a hustler who used her friend for money and runs with celebrities, comparing him to the Van Raffles guy. Contains crude and slur language.

Not about Raffles beyond a passing comparison; no investigative value.

File: 2012-03-30 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Rhonda.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Francis Rood, Edwin, Whitney Houston, O.J. Simpson, Michael Jackson

Bill Marquez emails Angelone and Jasper on 30 March 2012 with notes on a Dutch broadcast titled The con practices of Raffles van Exel (subtitle about a septic tank opening in the Netherlands). He quotes Francis Rood, about 60 percent into the first video, saying Raffles told her how he arranged things for Whitney Houston (implied cocaine) and was open about it, and urges HSK to get an affidavit from Rood. He also lists claims from the item: Raffles offered in Amsterdam an OJ Simpson If I Did It book signed in blood for a lot of money, stole flowers from Michael Jackson's funeral and sold them on eBay, took thousands of guilders from a man named Edwin, took money and a wallet from Rood, and stole wallets, jackets and sunglasses from others. The link given is a dead Yahoo Mail compose URL.

Identifies Francis Rood and Edwin as Dutch witnesses and summarises the Dutch TV allegations; claims are as reported by Marquez.

File: 2012-03-30 20_30_09__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] con practices of Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Mischa Rozema, Raffles van Exel

Short note from reader stapler to Jasper on 31 March 2012 clarifying that Mischa in her earlier links refers to Mischa Rozema, the Dutch director of Raffles' music video We Got It All, whose YouTube channel Mischaddiction includes clips of the video in his reel.

Identifies the director of Raffles' music video; minor lead.

File: 2012-03-31 15_21_53__Warning Friend_ [email removed] clarification.txt

Named: paul, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 31 March 2012 by paul ([email removed]), a self-described loyal reader, who says he talked to people at TMZ who deny any connection to Raffles and say there is nothing to publish, and suggests HSK writes about it to blame someone for Whitney's death and grow the site, though he finds it fishy.

Reader pushback reflecting the TMZ versus HSK dispute; minor.

File: 2012-03-31 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from paul.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

1 April 2012. Angelone (cc [email removed]) sends Marquez the TMZ link 'Whitney Houston's Mystery Friend Off the Hook in Cocaine Cover-Up' and tells him to read all the comments. Marquez replies 'Read all the comments. Wow!!! Good.' The article text is not included.

Timestamps the team's awareness of TMZ's 1 April 2012 story clearing van Exel and their reading of public reaction.

File: 116.txt

Named: Bill Marquez (William Marquez), Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Francis Rood, Jamie Foster Brown, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Ivar, Carlo, Carole, Ramone Baine, Angel

Five-message thread of 1 to 2 April 2012 between Angelone and Marquez under a De Telegraaf Privé headline about an alleged secret relationship between van Exel and a TMZ reporter. Angelone notes the Dutch piece copies Jasper's article nearly word for word; Marquez urges getting affidavits from 'the Prince roadie' and from Francis Rood in Holland, who he says told RTL that van Exel 'arranged things' for Whitney and was robbed by him. Angelone promises Marquez's identity as the witness will stay between him, Jacky, the lawyer and Angelone, and says four people now claim to be victims, two having gone to Beverly Hills PD. Marquez says van Exel lived with him 18 months, that he met van Exel's mother in Holland in 2006 during a 'fake music deal', and predicts 'dead bodies will be found'. Final message lists leads: a man named Ivar allegedly defrauded of about 60,000 dollars, contact Carlo with two phone numbers, a woman Carole, Ramone Baine with two numbers, and a claim that van Exel sold an Oprah and Gayle King story to tabloids and that Jamie Foster Brown is protecting him. Attachment referenced: 117_image001.png (signature graphic).

Key source email: Marquez's lead list and his account of hosting van Exel, plus Angelone's statement on witness confidentiality and the count of victims in contact with BHPD.

File: 117.txt

Named: William Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Francis Rood

1 April 2012, earlier slice of the same Telegraaf Privé thread. Marquez writes he does not want to be the only one 'sitting next to that court reporter', says van Exel will never plea out, that Francis Rood appears to own a gay nightclub in Amsterdam and RTL know how to reach her, that he has not lived in Holland since age 14 and last visited in 2006 when van Exel had him chasing a fake music deal and he met van Exel's mother, and that van Exel stayed at his place for 18 months. Quotes Angelone asking for Rood's contact and assuring confidentiality, and Marquez's earlier request for affidavits from the Prince roadie and Rood.

Primary-source statement by a witness about van Exel's Dutch contacts and his own exposure; superseded by the fuller thread in 117.txt.

File: 119.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Harvey Levin, Stuart Bullard, George Benson, Roger Friedman

1 April 2012 thread. Angelone forwards Howard (buzz-media.com) a WordPress pingback notice from nodeju.com on the HSK post 'Roger Friedman Demands Investigation of Raffles van Exel', with Telegraaf and AD.nl links saying Dutch media are reporting an alleged sexual relationship between van Exel and Harvey Levin. Howard replies 'April Fools Joke?'. Angelone then pastes the HSK text claiming at least seven sources confirm a personal relationship between van Exel and TMZ since 2005, that TMZ falsely said BHPD are not investigating a cover-up, that a witness gave a statement under penalty of perjury to BHPD homicide on Thursday, and cites a video and George Benson. Howard replies 'interesting'.

Evidences HSK's direct pitching of the TMZ cover-up angle to a tabloid editor and the source text of the HSK post.

File: 134.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Harvey Levin

1 April 2012. Angelone emails Howard that Harvey Levin is front page entertainment news across Dutch media for an alleged 'sexual relationship with Raffles' as the reason TMZ is covering for him, with Telegraaf and AD.nl links, forwarding a nodeju.com pingback on the HSK Roger Friedman post. Howard replies only 'April Fools Joke?'.

Earlier slice of the 134.txt thread; shows Howard's initial skepticism.

File: 135.txt

Named: William Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Francis Rood

1 April 2012. Angelone sends Marquez the Telegraaf Privé link and notes it copies Jacky's Friday article. Marquez replies 'Wow. Yes they did', urges obtaining the 'Prince roadie's Affidavit' and one from Francis Rood in Holland, who he says told RTL that van Exel arranged things for Whitney when asked about cocaine and from whom van Exel allegedly stole money.

Earliest message of the Telegraaf Privé thread; the fuller version is in 117.txt.

File: 15.txt

Named: paul, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Harvey Levin

Follow-up HSK contact form submitted 1 April 2012 by paul ([email removed]) noting that after he asked TMZ about their connection to Raffles and Harvey, TMZ published a story that day headlined on Raffles removing cocaine from Whitney Houston's hotel room in a cover-up, with the link.

Dates the 1 April 2012 TMZ cocaine cover-up story from a reader's perspective.

File: 2012-04-01 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from paul.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

On 29 March 2012 Angelone sent Howard the Radar story (Cops Want To Talk To Associate Over Cleaning Out Room), saying they do not even have an accurate story, and later offered to sell a partially redacted copy of the affidavits for the right price. On 1 April 2012 Howard asks whether it is on the market.

Documents HSK's offer to sell the affidavits and Radar's interest.

File: 2012-04-01 13_23_45__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] affidavits.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Bobby Brown, Whitney Houston

Angelone tells Howard on 1 April 2012 he has heard 5k but wants 10k, that the affidavit specifically testifies to Bobby (Brown) having Raffles do cocaine pickups at the Bel Air hotel, that it is on the market with about 50 percent redacted. Howard says he will go to the buyers with 10K and lists the dot points he needs: Raffles stole 250k of jewelry (from whom?), witnessed as drug pickup for Bobby and Whitney, credit card fraud, claiming his job was to get drugs, identity fraud; and quotes the affidavit passage about picking up Federal Express packages at hotel front desks, dropped off by runners through Bobby Brown's contacts and containing cocaine.

Contains a verbatim quoted passage from the witness affidavit and the sale terms; allegations only, sensitive.

File: 2012-04-01 13_50_30__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] affidavits.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Roger Friedman, Harvey Levin

On 1 April 2012 Angelone sends Howard a Showbiz411 piece on the TMZ versus Radar and National Enquirer war over Whitney Houston. Howard says Friedman is spot on, TMZ practices advocacy journalism as with Mel Gibson and Oksana, and Friedman should credit HSK. Angelone then reports that Roger Friedman called Jacky begging him to take down the audio of Friedman on Dutch TV about Raffles, saying he would lose his job; it is not coming down. Howard doubts he would lose his job, says repurposing aired material is within their rights, but warns Friedman can be spiteful.

Records the Friedman takedown request over the RTL Boulevard audio and HSK's refusal.

File: 2012-04-01 14_23_07__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] friedman.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Roger Friedman

Continuation of the Friedman thread on 1 April 2012. Angelone tells Howard that HSK never did business with Friedman, that Friedman picked Jacky's brain after HSK cracked the video expose and then used it in his own articles without credit, and took the video too, though Angelone had watermarked it first. Howard replies to keep the audio up and calls Friedman slimy.

Records HSK's grievance over Friedman's uncredited use of its Raffles video and the watermarking decision.

File: 2012-04-01 14_40_05__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] friedman.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Dr Tohme Tohme, Peter Lopez, Earl Calloway, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Joe Jackson, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson

Jasper forwards Angelone on 1 April 2012 the text of an HSK post headed Raffles Van Exel Connected To Gay Mafia. It asserts Raffles was once a gigolo for male clients, references Michael Jackson's attorney Peter Lopez's 2010 death, and quotes an unnamed tipster claiming Raffles learned blackmail from Dr Tohme, was a male prostitute, is secret lovers with Eric (Earl) Calloway of the Chicago Defender, sold the Oprah and Gayle King story to tabloids, is staying at Dr Tohme's house opposite the Bel Air Hotel, was seen leaving in Michael Jackson's Bentley which Joe Jackson is looking for, and rides in a protective truck.

Working text of a published HSK post; source claims are anonymous and unverified, and the tone is a defamation and sensitivity risk.

File: 2012-04-01 17_38_11__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Raffles Van Exel Connected To Gay Mafia!.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Angelone sends Marquez and Jasper on 1 April 2012 the TMZ story headlined on Raffles being off the hook in the cocaine cover-up, telling them to read all the comments. Marquez replies Read all the comments. Wow!!! Good.

Minor; reaction to the 1 April 2012 TMZ story.

File: 2012-04-01 19_01_40__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] Whitney Houston's Mystery Friend Off the Hook in 'Cocaine Cover-Up' _ TMZ.com.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Francis Rood, Steven Seagal

Angelone sends Marquez the AD.nl story of 1 April 2012 headlined Raffles van Exel had seksrelatie met TMZ-journalist. Marquez replies that if Raffles plans to turn himself in that week, HSK must secure additional affidavits so it is not just him saying it, citing Francis Rood on Dutch TV and your Prince guy; with three affidavits Raffles could not wriggle out, but with one and a high priced attorney he could, especially if he offers the DA information on other celebrities such as Steven Seagal. Links a Celeb Dirty Laundry piece on Raffles turning himself in.

Reveals Marquez as an affidavit signer and names the intended second and third affiants; strategy evidence.

File: 2012-04-01 19_58_37__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] 'Raffles van Exel had seksrelatie met TMZ-journalist' - AD.nl.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone

Two-message exchange dated 2 April 2012. Darrick Angelone ([email removed]) sends Bill Marquez a newser.com link about a federal roundup of 3,000 immigrants with the comment 'what were we just talking about'. Marquez ([email removed]) replies 'Unfortunatly I do not think our Raffles is among them'. No substantive information about van Exel.

Shows tone of the Marquez and Angelone working relationship in April 2012; no independent evidentiary value.

File: 10.txt

Named: dancaster, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

HSK contact form submitted 2 April 2012 by dancaster ([email removed], UK IP) linking the Daily Mail article reporting Raffles van Exel cleared of evidence removal claims, with the comment Shocked.

Dates UK press reporting that police cleared Raffles of removing evidence.

File: 2012-04-02 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from dancaster.txt

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Jennifer de Jong

On 2 April 2012 Aran Bade, now signing as RTL Boulevard editorial, tells Angelone he saw the stories about TMZ and Raffles and wants a phone or Skype with Jacky at 7:30 LA time because of a deadline, to make a story about TMZ; Jennifer had also been calling Jacky. The quoted chain includes Angelone's 29 March question whether the RTL clips are embeddable so HSK can feature them, and the 28 to 29 March scheduling and bio exchange. Attachment 100_pastedGraphic.tiff.

Shows Dutch TV follow-up on the TMZ angle and HSK's request to embed RTL footage.

File: 2012-04-02 02_26_35__Aran Bade_ [email removed] Jacky media photo.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel

Reader stapler writes to Jasper on 2 April 2012 that a writer named Nicolas on a hollywoodilluminati page claims to know who Whitney's drug dealer was and that she was injected, and that TMZ is CIA funded; she has nothing to support the CIA claim and doubts Beverly Hills PD will solve the case.

Reader speculation; no evidentiary value.

File: 2012-04-02 02_37_56__Warning Friend_ [email removed] page on Whitney.txt

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

On 2 April 2012 Angelone tells Bade he can Skype or call Jacky now. Bade thanks him and asks whether HSK removed RTL's footage from the site, as his producer asked and he said it had been. Long quoted chain of the earlier scheduling emails.

Start of the RTL copyright takedown request over HSK's use of the Boulevard clip.

File: 2012-04-02 09_06_28__Aran Bade_ [email removed] Jacky media photo.txt

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone

Angelone tells Bade on 2 April 2012 that he forwarded the request to remove the clip to HSK's lawyer and it will be removed if not within copyright fair use. Bade replies that the footage is from their show, RTL has the copyright and he cannot simply authorise its use. Attachment 98_image001.png is a signature logo. Long quoted chain.

Documents RTL's copyright position on the Boulevard clip used by HSK; relevant to clearance of any RTL material.

File: 2012-04-02 09_32_34__Aran Bade_ [email removed] Jacky media photo.txt

Named: john long, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

On 2 April 2012 john long replies to Jasper's 30 March request for details with a one-line retraction: sorry for wasting time, he retracts anything he said about Raffles in 2008, it is not true.

Retraction that undercuts the Toronto witness account; must be recorded alongside his earlier emails.

File: 2012-04-02 23_46_49__john long_ [email removed]

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Jermaine Jackson, Michael Jackson

3 April 2012. Angelone forwards Marquez a tinyurl and a divinevarod.com blog link headed 'Raffles van Exel knew no shame: lied to Michael Jackson and created a scam in the name of the 9/11 victims duping Jermaine Jackson'. Marquez replies that he knows van Exel has met 'the Prince', so part or all of the story may be true, adding 'I feel like I'm living in a fantasy world'. The blog article itself is not included, only the URL.

Documents the team tracking third-party blog coverage of van Exel's alleged Jackson family dealings and Marquez corroborating a royal connection from personal knowledge.

File: 112.txt

Named: john long, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Jasper asks john long on 3 April 2012 what his retraction is about. Long replies that after reading about Raffles on the internet he is not someone he wants to make enemies with. Earlier retraction and request quoted.

Explains the retraction as fear rather than falsity; context for witness reliability.

File: 2012-04-03 07_53_39__john long_ [email removed]

Named: john long, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Jasper replies on 3 April 2012 that he would not have revealed long's information, that Raffles is an enabler and thief, not someone who has people knocked off, and that HSK has not yet written the scary part; he suggests long could later give information to investigators anonymously via him. Long asks whether Jasper knew Raffles in 2008 and was in contact with him while he was in Canada.

Shows Jasper's handling of a frightened source and his characterisation of Raffles at the time.

File: 2012-04-03 08_07_28__john long_ [email removed]

Named: Aran Bade, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Jacky Jasper

Angelone asks Bade on 3 April 2012 whether Raffles' claims in a National Enquirer world exclusive (dying Whitney's frantic last call) match what RTL recorded. Bade replies that it is exactly what Jacky told them, Raffles is talking to his friends at TMZ and the National Enquirer; in the Netherlands only RTL and De Telegraaf spoke with Raffles, and in RTL's item he said he was in Whitney's hotel room cleaning up her clothes because somebody has to do it. Signature gives RTL Boulevard, Hilversum. Attachment pastedGraphic.tiff.

RTL editor's confirmation of Raffles' recorded statement about clearing Whitney's hotel room; useful corroboration.

File: 2012-04-03 08_46_15__Aran Bade_ [email removed] read this.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Alexis Tereszcuk, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Ronald Richards, Roger Friedman, Whitney Houston

Full thread 30 March to 3 April 2012 between Radar Online entertainment editor Alexis Tereszcuk and Jacky Jasper. Tereszcuk praises the affidavit scoop and asks to see it, off the record or with credit, offering to remove AMI restrictions and a TV deal. Jasper corrects Radar's 31 March story (Raffles is not in the Netherlands, was last seen in Los Angeles, and the affidavit does not claim he cleaned cocaine from the room) and describes the witness off the record as a high profile, wealthy person consulted daily whose identity only HSK, Ron Richards and BHPD know; a redacted affidavit would contain the who, what and where of cocaine drop offs plus grand theft and credit card fraud allegations, with separate evidence of conspiracy reaching top levels of government. Jasper asks 20k, Tereszcuk offers 5,000 on publication with NDA, Jasper says not enough, and on 3 April says he has the go ahead to release a redacted copy and refers the deal to Angelone with stipulations. Jasper also pitches an unrelated concert booking scam story.

Central record of the affidavit monetisation attempt and of HSK's own description of the witness and affidavit scope; sensitive.

File: 2012-04-03 11_58_14__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Whitney and Raffles.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Dr Tohme Tohme, Michael Jackson, Raffles van Exel, Jermaine Jackson, Halima Rashid, Joe Jackson

Jasper forwards Angelone on 3 April 2012 the text of an HSK exclusive alleging that Dr Tohme Tohme, described as the man who honed Raffles' game, used Michael Jackson's Propofol addiction to blackmail him into control of his affairs. An unnamed insider is quoted claiming Jermaine Jackson introduced Tohme at the hospital though Michael had fired him, that Jermaine's ex-wife Halima Rashid is Tohme's cousin, that Tohme took Neverland property to Julien's Auctions, that the Bentley Raffles was seen driving with Tohme is part of the estate lawsuit, and that Tohme bought a house opposite the Bel Air Hotel with 5 million dollars of Michael's money. Mentions a 12 April court date and a YouTube link.

Working text of a published HSK post linking Raffles to Tohme; allegations from an anonymous source, unverified.

File: 2012-04-03 13_08_21__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] Dr Tohme Tohme's Extortion of Michael Jackson Exposed!.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Tommy Mottola, David Bowie, Iman, Alicia Keys

HSK contact form submitted 3 April 2012 by Daniel Cohen ([email removed], divinevarod.com, Netherlands IP), who says Jasper told him to get in touch, wants to be involved in the Raffles research from Holland/UK, is looking at Raffles' connection to Sony and Tommy Mottola, and is investigating a rumour linking Raffles to David Bowie's heart attack via Iman, Alicia Keys and Whitney.

Introduces Daniel Cohen as a European blogger collaborator; his claims are speculative.

File: 2012-04-03 [email removed] [email removed] for Jacky from Daniel Cohen.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

On 3 April 2012 Angelone asks Howard for word on the affidavit; Howard asks what else is news. Angelone says Radar Online has 5k on it and he would rather deal through Howard if his people are in that ballpark, with two stipulations: the article must say the witness came forward to police hoping other victims of Raffles would come forward, and must credit HollywoodStreetKing.com and Jacky Jasper's ongoing investigation with a link. Howard replies Call me, gives a number and asks who Angelone spoke to at Radar.

Documents the price and the credit conditions HSK attached to any affidavit publication.

File: 2012-04-03 14_33_13__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] affidavit.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, john long

Angelone forwards to Marquez on 3 April 2012 the Toronto source's messages (john long, name withheld): the source sends a few pictures of Raffles in Toronto in 2008, names the Mexican companion as Joe, the hotel as the Downtowner Inn (a bed bug hotel), and the woman allegedly assaulted as Martina Rodinska, and asks to be kept anonymous. The full earlier account of Raffles' 2009 stay, border crossing attempts, fake IDs, stolen keys and eviction is included. Marquez replies And the plot grows!!!

Adds specific names and the hotel for the Toronto episode and notes photos were supplied; allegations only.

File: 2012-04-03 16_37_09__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] FW_ hey man.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Angelone sends Marquez on 3 April 2012 the Divine Varod article alleging Raffles lied to Michael Jackson and ran a 9/11 victims scam duping Jermaine Jackson. Marquez replies that he knows Raffles met the Prince, so part or all of the story may be true, and that he feels like he is living in a fantasy world. Filename 8.txt does not reflect content.

Marquez partially corroborates the Divine Varod claim that Raffles met the Prince; earlier message in the thread in 7.txt.

File: 8.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Ray J, Whitney Houston

4 April 2012 email from Jacky Jasper ([email removed]) to Angelone carrying a short draft HSK post headed 'Caught On Camera: Raffles Van Exel's Damage Control Surrounding Whitney's Death'. It describes footage outside the Beverly Hilton in the hours after Houston's death showing van Exel escorting a distraught Ray J to a vehicle and then running back into the hotel, with a YouTube link (LLZ7Vn5M_4c). The draft ends mid-sentence ('Did Raffles Van Exel run').

Documents the HSK write-up of the Ray J and van Exel hotel footage and its YouTube reference.

File: 183.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, David Gest, Chaka Khan, Jason Malachi, Sam Lutfi, Britney Spears, Michael Jackson

Jasper writes to Cohen on 4 April 2012 confirming Raffles met the Prince, asking where he heard about David Gest, noting HSK has Chaka Khan bringing Raffles into the Whitney and Bobby camp, and summarising the Toronto source (January 2009, roach motel, Mexican companion paying bills, stolen keys confirmed, assault claim doubted, guests thought he was poisoning food); he describes his main source as a well connected anonymous victim. Cohen replies that a man who knew Raffles said Gest had him living in his Memphis house under the name Donovan, that he heard Raffles was caught in 2009 at Buffalo with false passport papers, that Raffles stole MJ's computer with unfinished songs and had an imposter (possibly Jason Malachi) sing vocals for Sony, and asks about a Sam Lutfi and Britney Spears link. Signature describes Cohen as writer, journalist, comedian and psychologist.

Corroborates the Memphis and Donovan alias tip from an independent source; other claims are hearsay.

File: 2012-04-04 08_21_02__Daniel Cohen_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Ronald Richards, Luchina Fisher, Raffles van Exel

ABC News entertainment reporter Luchina Fisher emails Richards on 4 April 2012 saying media reports say he represents someone who filed an affidavit in the Whitney Houston death investigation making allegations against Raffles van Exel, and asks whether he knows the name of Raffles' attorney. Richards replies We are through HSK, then, when Fisher says she does not understand, that it is Hollywood Street King's source and his involvement is through them. Two signature images attached.

Shows ABC News interest and Richards deferring to HSK as controlling the affidavit story.

File: 2012-04-04 11_09_26__Ronald Richards_ [email removed] ABCNews.com request.txt

Named: Luchina Fisher, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Fisher emails the AngelOne address on 4 April 2012 saying she is working on a story about Raffles van Exel and asks whether Jacky Jasper knows if an attorney represents Raffles. Angelone asks whether she means Jacky or Raffles and gives his phone number; Fisher says she will call in 15 minutes. Attachment 171_image001.png is a signature logo.

Documents ABC News contact with HSK on 4 April 2012.

File: 2012-04-04 11_30_49__Fisher, Luchina X. -ND_ [email removed] ABCNews.com request.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Will Smith

On 3 April 2012 Howard (personal Gmail) reports interest from two parties on the affidavit and major interest from one on a Will Smith story; he asks to read the affidavit under NDA to assess whether it is worth more or less than 5K, and says any Will Smith source must have first hand eyewitness knowledge and pass a polygraph to avoid being sued. Angelone replies on 4 April that both NBC and ABC News are working on Raffles pieces. Howard says he would take Radar's 5K as he cannot better it, and that he and Jacky need to talk about Will Smith.

Closes the affidavit price question at Radar's 5K and reveals a separate unrelated Will Smith story pitch; sensitive.

File: 2012-04-04 11_43_20__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] _no subject_.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Randy Phillips, Dr Tohme Tohme, Raffles van Exel, Roger Friedman

Reader stapler writes to Jasper on 4 April 2012 that a commenter andKrumpets claims it was debunked that Randy Phillips was Tohme Tohme's brother in law, asks Jasper to find documents proving the Phillips Tohme marriage, and asks whether Raffles was born in Suriname (as andKrumpets and possibly Roger Friedman say) or is Dutch via Curacao as Jasper told her.

Reader query; flags the unresolved Suriname versus Curacao birthplace question.

File: 2012-04-04 14_47_45__Warning Friend_ [email removed] alert.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, Mark NeJame

Angelone sends Marquez the Shownieuws item Raffles heeft relatie met TMZ-eigenaar on 2 April 2012. Marquez replies on 4 April that he met Raffles in 2004 and heard his stories until early 2007; Raffles dropped Chicago names such as Oprah Winfrey, Gayle King, the Chicago Defender man, Jeremiah Wright, Don Hannah and Jerrold Wexler, claimed to rule the West Side, and appears in photos with both Bushes, Gerald Ford and Bill Clinton, yet never mentioned Barack Obama, which Marquez finds telling. Angelone replies that Marquez is the only source so far with information on political ties. Marquez then sends the divinevarod.com Raffles tag link. Attachment 5_image001.png.

First hand witness statement from Marquez on Raffles' Chicago period and claimed political connections.

File: 2012-04-04 17_55_30__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] ´Raffles relatie met TMZ-eigenaar´ - Shownieuws.tv.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper

Howard (personal Gmail) asks Angelone on the evening of 4 April 2012 whether Radar got him the 5k. Quoted below are Angelone's note that NBC and ABC are working on Raffles pieces and Howard's 3 April update on affidavit interest and the Will Smith source requirements (eyewitness, polygraph).

Incremental; the quoted Will Smith material is sensitive and unrelated to Raffles.

File: 2012-04-04 19_30_00__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] _no subject_.txt

Named: Dylan Howard, Darrick Angelone, Alexis Tereszcuk

Angelone tells Howard on 4 April 2012 that he had blown Radar off until Howard said go ahead, then sent her (Tereszcuk) an NDA and has not heard back. Howard replies that she was throwing out ambit numbers, that he was surprised Radar suggested 5k given their budgets, which is why he said take it. Earlier chain quoted.

Shows the affidavit sale stalled at the NDA stage as of 4 April 2012.

File: 2012-04-04 19_37_18__Dylan Howard_ [email removed] _no subject_.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Jamie Foxx, O.J. Simpson

Replying on 4 April 2012 to Angelone's Shownieuws link about Raffles' relationship with the TMZ owner, Marquez sends an MSN gallery link, a blog excerpt describing Jamie Foxx mocking O.J. Simpson at an Ocean Drive party at the Loews Hotel in August 2005 (Colin Farrell, Eddie Murphy, Jessica Simpson present) and a Seattle PI link, and states that Raffles introduced or re-introduced Jamie Foxx to O.J. that evening.

Witness claim placing Raffles with O.J. Simpson and Jamie Foxx in 2005, tied to the If I Did It book strand.

File: 2012-04-04 21_45_27__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] ´Raffles relatie met TMZ-eigenaar´ - Shownieuws.tv.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, O.J. Simpson, Jamie Foxx

Marquez follows up on 4 April 2012 with a Google Images search link, saying that in the second row, second photo to the right, Raffles is in the photo with O.J. Simpson at Jamie Foxx's VMA 2005 after party. Earlier message about the Ocean Drive party quoted.

Points to a specific published photograph placing Raffles with O.J. Simpson in 2005; worth locating.

File: 2012-04-04 21_50_51__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] ´Raffles relatie met TMZ-eigenaar´ - Shownieuws.tv.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Daniel Cohen, Raffles van Exel, Barack Obama, Oprah Winfrey, Jeremiah Wright, Iman, David Bowie

Thread 3 to 4 April 2012. Angelone sends Marquez the Divine Varod article Raffles van Exel knew no shame (9/11 victims scam, Jermaine Jackson). Marquez says he knows Raffles met the Prince so part or all may be true and feels he is living in a fantasy world. Angelone says they reached out to the author (Daniel Cohen), who is in Europe investigating Raffles, Iman and David Bowie, and appears credible. Marquez then sends his account of Raffles dropping Chicago names from 2004 to 2007 but never Obama, and being photographed with the Bushes, Ford and Clinton. Filename 7.txt does not reflect content.

Earlier copy of Marquez's Chicago name dropping statement, with the Cohen article context.

File: 7.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper

Reader stapler writes to Jasper on 5 April 2012 that she remains open to the possibility that a commenter called Susan is not a scammer despite what commenter Krumpets says, suspects Krumpets of trying to shut down discussion (including by saying the BHPD Raffles investigation was over), and will keep watching HSK comments.

Reader commentary on HSK comment threads; no evidentiary value.

File: 2012-04-05 00_28_41__Warning Friend_ [email removed] thought.txt

Named: Adrienne Wheeler, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Angelone emails Adrienne Wheeler of NBCUniversal on 5 April 2012 promising a starter list later that day, noting some details must stay confidential because of ongoing negotiations with tabloids over documents and witness information, that most Whitney related information on Raffles has been published by Jacky, and that HSK has not decided what to do with evidence and emails on Raffles' dealings with political and judicial persons. Wheeler replies that she understands and will follow his lead and looks forward to working together. Attachment 110_image001.png.

Documents NBC (Dateline) development contact in April 2012 and HSK's stated holdings on political and judicial contacts.

File: 2012-04-05 08_48_01__Wheeler, Adrienne (NBCUniversal)_ [email removed] Raffles van Exel.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Willem Nijholt

Cohen writes to Jasper on 5 April 2012 that he spoke to Dereck (Darrick) and that the name he gave him, the person in France whom Raffles knows, is Willem Nijholt, a Dutch singer, actor and performer whom he claims Raffles seduced when still living in the Netherlands. Jasper's 4 April message (Prince confirmed, Gest question, Toronto source summary, anonymous well connected victim) is quoted.

Names Willem Nijholt as a possible early Dutch connection; unverified claim.

File: 2012-04-05 10_48_49__Daniel Cohen_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Daniel Cohen, Raffles van Exel, Willem Nijholt

Jasper forwards to Angelone on 5 April 2012, without comment, Daniel Cohen's email naming Willem Nijholt as the person in France Raffles knows, with Jasper's earlier 4 April message to Cohen quoted.

duplicate / working file / no independent value

File: 2012-04-05 10_49_39__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, O.J. Simpson, Jamie Foxx

Angelone replies on 5 April 2012 that he does not see Raffles in the Google Images result. Marquez sends a direct Google image link to a photo hosted on gammonvillage.com (05bodogoj.jpg, a Bodog and O.J. related image) as the picture he means. Earlier messages about the 2005 Foxx and O.J. party quoted. Attachment image001.png.

Pins down the specific photo Marquez claims shows Raffles with O.J. Simpson in 2005.

File: 2012-04-05 16_47_33__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] ´Raffles relatie met TMZ-eigenaar´ - Shownieuws.tv.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel

Angelone asks Marquez on 5 April 2012 whether he can call in about 45 minutes; Marquez replies that he tried to call and to call anytime. The prior photo link exchange about Raffles with O.J. Simpson is quoted in full below.

Logistics only; no new substance.

File: 2012-04-05 19_52_44__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] ´Raffles relatie met TMZ-eigenaar´ - Sh ownieuws.tv.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Jasper replies to stapler on 5 April 2012 that he is outside his expertise on Michael Jackson's associates, and states what HSK has learned: Raffles was born in Suriname to a father from Curacao and a Surinamese mother and was raised in Amsterdam, subject to confirmation. Stapler thanks him, recounts a past political expose she researched, and says she will take a break from researching.

Jasper's April 2012 statement of Raffles' origins (Suriname, Curacao, Amsterdam), useful for the biography timeline.

File: 2012-04-05 20_08_13__Warning Friend_ [email removed] shill alert.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Willem Nijholt

Angelone tells Cohen on 5 April 2012 he will check with sources whether Willem Nijholt could be the person who had issues in France. Cohen replies on 6 April that Nijholt could be the one because he bought a house there in the period Angelone described, and that he knows for sure Nijholt knows Raffles because he was the first celebrity Raffles ever charmed and Raffles got a role in his film because of it. Jasper's forward of Cohen's earlier email is quoted below. Attachment 127_image001.png.

Supports the Havinck film role and early Dutch celebrity contact strand; unverified.

File: 2012-04-06 02_43_45__Daniel Cohen_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Daryl Paddy, Earl Calloway, Dennis Rich, Willem Nijholt

Angelone tells Cohen on 6 April 2012 that the France issue had something to do with Dennis Rich, who has an apartment in the north of France. Cohen replies asking whether they checked Daryl Paddy and Earl Calloway, the first famous people Raffles met in the USA, and claims that when Raffles first arrived in the USA he had 10,000 in stolen money with him. Earlier Nijholt exchange quoted. Attachment 126_image001.png.

Names Dennis Rich, Daryl Paddy and Earl Calloway as early contacts; claims unverified.

File: 2012-04-06 08_06_43__Daniel Cohen_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Daniel Cohen, Darrick Angelone, Raffles van Exel, Daryl Paddy, Earl Calloway, George Benson, Dennis Rich, Willem Nijholt

Angelone replies to Cohen on 6 April 2012 that Darryl (Paddy) is dead, Earl (Calloway) is probably not far from death, HSK knows all about the Calloway relationship and is only now hearing about Darryl. Cohen says anyone who knew about the Darryl connection will be hard to find as Raffles may have used a different name, and notes that although Raffles claims Darryl was his only US contact, he was already friends with George Benson in the Netherlands before going to the USA. Full earlier chain (Nijholt, Dennis Rich, stolen money claim) quoted. Attachment 125_image001.png.

Most complete version of the Cohen and Angelone exchange on Raffles' earliest US and Dutch contacts.

File: 2012-04-06 08_24_48__Daniel Cohen_ [email removed] raffles.txt

Named: Jacky Jasper, Darrick Angelone, Whitney Houston, Raffles van Exel, Dr Tohme Tohme, David Snowden

Jasper emails Angelone on 6 April 2012 the text of an HSK post headed Who Served Whitney Her Last (Deadly) Fix? It suggests the person who supplied Whitney's final drugs also enabled Michael Jackson, tells readers to go to Dr Tohme Tohme's home and ask for Raffles Van Exel, cites the newly released autopsy findings (cocaine, Lorazepam, Valium, Xanax ingested minutes before death) and states the Whitney Houston investigation remains open, citing Beverly Hills Police Chief David Snowden.

Working text of an HSK post insinuating Raffles supplied Whitney's last drugs; insinuation, not evidence, and a defamation sensitivity.

File: 2012-04-06 09_40_20__Jacky Jasper_ [email removed] jasper.txt

Named: Ruud Hoefakker, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Roger Friedman

Thread 5 to 6 April 2012. Dutch reader Ruud Hoefakker says many HSK articles carry a tone that being gay is a bad thing; Jasper replies he is not homophobic, that the gay community objects to closeted high profile men, and he will never say homosexuality is wrong. Hoefakker says he found HSK through the Raffles coverage, is from Holland, does not know Raffles well but was supposed to do something for him a couple of years ago and stopped halfway because of a bad feeling, and says Jasper writes what Roger Friedman does not dare to.

Introduces a Dutch contact with limited first hand dealings with Raffles; also records Jasper's stated position on HSK's coverage of sexuality.

File: 2012-04-06 09_53_50__Ruud Hoefakker_ [email removed] re;.txt

Named: Ruud Hoefakker, Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel

Jasper tells Hoefakker on 6 April 2012 that no one wants to touch the Raffles issue, that he is working with a major US media network on an in-depth investigation that should blow Raffles' cover, that he secured a witness with years around Raffles, and that Raffles spreads so many stories it is hard to separate fact from fiction. Hoefakker asks whether Jasper received the Dutch interviews, which he translated for people in the US who have a history with Raffles. Earlier exchange quoted.

Jasper's own contemporaneous description of the investigation's status and network involvement.

File: 2012-04-06 10_46_03__Ruud Hoefakker_ [email removed] re;.txt

Named: Ruud Hoefakker, Jacky Jasper, Jennifer de Jong, Edwin van Kollenburg, Francis Rood, Danny de Munk, Raffles van Exel

Jasper tells Hoefakker on 6 April 2012 that he has seen the Danny de Munk material and a translation of the RTL interview after Michael Jackson died, and that Dutch actress Jennifer de Jong handles intelligence on the ground for him. Hoefakker replies that among the few others who spoke out are former IT company owner Edwin van Kollenburg and Francis Rood, and that Danny de Munk had no interest in tabloid attention because of a big project, while his mother would not elaborate but said the situation with Raffles became very dangerous. Full earlier thread quoted.

Gives the full name Edwin van Kollenburg for the Dutch victim Edwin and context on the de Munk family's reticence.

File: 2012-04-06 11_22_26__Ruud Hoefakker_ [email removed] re;.txt

Named: Warning Friend (stapler), Jacky Jasper, Raffles van Exel, Jermaine Jackson, Whitney Houston, Michael Jackson

Reader stapler writes to Jasper on 6 April 2012 with a theory that some people can take or put energy into others by touch or hypnotise them, that Raffles may be doing this, and that his thumb joint gesture and hugs of Jermaine Jackson, Whitney and Michael should be analysed. She says she is keeping out of the comments to avoid trolls and will take a break.

Reader speculation; no evidentiary value.

File: 2012-04-06 13_51_39__Warning Friend_ [email removed] about raffles tactics.txt

Named: Bill Marquez, Darrick Angelone, Jacky Jasper, Kristen Kenney, Raffles van Exel, Whitney Houston, Venance

Marquez forwards to Angelone and Jasper on 6 April 2012 a 24 to 25 March 2012 exchange with his ex-partner Kristen Kenney (Fox Sports field reporter). Kenney sends a livejournal link saying it settles who stole his things and hopes Raffles no longer has the footage. Marquez replies that a Whitney cocaine supply investigation is about to break, that Raffles said on Dutch TV he cleaned drugs from the bathroom, that he (Marquez, now in Australia) has been contacted by hundreds of journalists and gave the Raffles story to a Vanity Fair reporter under an NDA, that a man researching a Raffles tell-all book approached him months earlier and he threatened to sue, that he heard from Angel that Raffles got 450,000 for the National Enquirer casket photo and over 300,000 for TMZ photos, ripped off promoters for 200,000, and flew by private jet to Cabo intending to go to Panama. Kenney denies conspiring with Raffles and says Raffles may have drugged her in Chicago; Marquez responds with a long, bitter personal message.

Marquez's fullest contemporaneous account of his Raffles losses and the casket photo payment claims; contains highly personal material about a third party (Kenney) requiring care.

File: 2012-04-06 23_12_07__Bill Marquez_ [email removed] Re_ not sure if you saw this.txt