Former DC Madam Montgomery Blair Sibley: "Jeane and Psychics"

WWW--Beginning this week, former DC Madam attorney Montgomery Blair Sibley has begun a blog recounting some biographical details on himself and his erstwhile client, and some of them are pretty surprising, even to these eyes:

Starting in the 1980s – when Jeane was running her “Unique Club for Men”, an in-call massage parlor disguised as a barber shop in Orlando, Florida – Jeane regularly visited the community of Cassadaga, Florida. As the website for Cassadaga states: “Through the years, many psychics have enjoyed reading in Cassadaga due to the ethereal vibrations with Spirit and clients with utmost clarity. These special

etheric vibrations emanate from the earth itself, sometimes called Ley Lines or energy Hot Spots. Known as “The Psychic Center of the World”, Cassadaga continues today as the premiere psychic community and is home to some of America’s finest psychics.”

It was a psychic there in the mid 1980s who told Jeane that her business was under investigation by the Metropolitan Bureau of Investigation and she should leave town. In short order, Jeane sold the business and left Orlando for San Diego, California.("Jeane and Psychics," Amos Probos.blogspot, 04.17.2009)

This jibes with comments Jeane made to me, and a curious pen pal who came along during the proceedings through a third party email service who claimed to have been Jeane's personal astrologer. They used a pseudonym, but it wouldn't surprise me if Hazil Tomim, mentioned later in the blog post.

What's interesting is that I believe Tomim told Palfrey that the case would come out in her favor, just as the pseudonymous pen pal stated to me. Considering the issue of abatement, they could be right; Palfrey's family could very well get back most of her assets from the federal government thanks to the fact that she died before sentencing. For anyone foolish enough to believe Jeane was murdered by the federal government, there's your motive for suicide, she was adamant that they weren't getting her assets under any condition.

She meant what she said, contrary to the ravings of Alex Jones, Constantine, and Kurt Nimmo, and she said it to me and many others, including more than a few journalists. It's going to be interesting if I'll even be mentioned in Sibley's 600+ page tome on his experience of the Palfrey saga. At the very least, there will be some interesting primary material in addition to the attorney's take on his client, the government's prosecution, and whatnot.

It appears--contrary to my own earlier fears--that Mr. Sibley is going to go with the fairly obvious fact that Ms. Palfrey was guilty, to his credit. Be sure to check-out the conspiracy coffee mugs and t-shirts at Prisonplanet and Infowars, they're a hoot!

"Jeane and Psychics," Amos Probos.blogspot, 04.17.2009: http://amoprobos.blogspot.com/2009/04/jeane-and-psychics.html

May 2nd Joint Abatement Filing by Palfrey Defense & D.C. Prosecutors

"Do not revive. Do not feed under any circumstances."
--Jeane Palfrey, April 25th, 2008.

Washington D.C.--This was forwarded to me by a source close to the case. Many thanks go to them. This is in anticipation of a motion of abatement filing by the federal prosecutor, Jeffrey A. Taylor and his group of Assistant U.S. Attorneys, but has been filed jointly by the defense with them.

When an individual is convicted of a federal crime and they die before sentencing, the record is officially wiped-clean, as in the case of the late Ken Lay of Enron who died in early-July of 2006. It's likely that the Palfrey family will have the assets of the deceased returned from forfeiture, but my source says that it's "complicated." I wish them victory, and recognize that this will be cold comfort after what has happened. My deepest condolences go out to them.

The abatement was filed on May 2nd, the day after Jeane committed suicide. The layout of the filing has been changed, the text has not. Today, it appears that the contents of her suicide notes are beginning to surface. It's hoped that the psychological weight of all of this haunts the Government's prosecutors for decades-to-come, my humble curse. Without being too prolix:

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CRIMINAL NO. 07-046 (JR)

V.

DEBORAH JEANE PALFREY,

Defendant. :

JOINT SUGGESTION OF DEATH AND ANTICIPATION
OF MOTION FOR ABATEMENT OF PROSECUTION

The United States of America, by and through its attorney, the United States Attorney for the
District of Columbia, in consultation with and with the concurrence of counsel for defendant, Preston Burton, herewith files this joint suggestion of death. The parties file this suggestion on information and belief that defendant, Deborah Jeane Palfrey, died on or about May 1, 2008. Once the certificate of death is received, the parties will jointly move to abate the prosecution.

A defendant’s death is a basis for abatement of all prosecution proceedings from their
inception. Durham v. United States, 401 U.S. 481, 483 (1971); United States v, Asset, 990 F.2d 208, 211 (5th Cir. 1992) (death of defendant before entry of judgment abates prosecution ab initio); United States v. Oberlin, 718 F.2d 894, 896 (9th Cir. 1983) (similar holding); cf. United States v. Pogue, 19 F.3d 663 (D.C. Cir. 1994) (death pending direct appeal abates prosecution); Howell v. United States, 445 A.2d 1371, 1373 (D.C. 1983) (quoting Howell).

In light of the apparent recent death of defendant and in anticipation of the resulting joint
motion for abatement of prosecution, the parties request that the Court stay the need for either party to file any pleadings that are coming due for a response in the interim. Furthermore, defense counsel requests that he be authorized to contact the defendant’s family and representatives of her Estate in[...]

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connection with matters related to the criminal and civil forfeiture proceedings before the Court. The United States does not object to defense counsel’s request.

Respectfully submitted,

JEFFREY A. TAYLOR
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
DC Bar No. 498610

/ s /

Daniel P. Butler
DC Bar No. 417178
Catherine K. Connelly
Mass. Bar No. 649430
William R. Cowden
DC Bar No. 426401
Assistant United States Attorneys
555 4th Street, N.W.
(202) 353-9431, 616-3384
Washington, D.C. 20530
Daniel.Butler@usdoj.gov
Catherine.Connelly2@usdoj.gov
William.Cowden@usdoj.gov

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_______________________________
Preston Burton, Esq., D.C. Bar No. 426378
ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFF, LLP
1152 15th St., NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 339-8400

Does the Government Have the Right to Keep Deborah Jeane Palfrey's Assets?

Washington D.C.--A solid source is telling me that because Jeane Palfrey died before sentencing, her record is now clean. As a result of this, all of her forfeited assets no longer belong to the Federal Government. Any readers who have additional information on sentencing guidelines in this area, please feel free to drop me a line via e-mail.

If this is true, we have part of the motive behind Jeane killing herself: she wanted to leave her family something, and suicide was the only way to achieve this. Hopefully, we'll find-out the contents of the two notes that she left.

I found the image to the left searching one night and forwarded it to Jeane--she was thrilled by it and found it funny. She asked me to forward it to AUSA William Cowden, and I did: seven times in one night (it got stuck in my "out" box, I swear to God)...
05.05.2008 Postscript: When someone convicted of a federal crime dies before sentencing in the federal circuit courts, the prosecution files an abatement that strikes the entire criminal proceedings. This includes forfeited assets, and the precedents are in-favor of Jeane's family receiving her assets. This is good to hear, and might shore-up the possibility that Jeane can be viewed as a kind of "anti-hero." This might have been part of her motive for committing suicide on May 1st.