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TV ads for Judge Donald Mosley portray the longest-serving jurist on the bench in Nevada as a no-nonsense, tough-on-crime kind of guy. But Mosley's critics contend the judge sometimes behaves as if he's above the law.
There's the money the judge owes a local charity for homeless teens. In 2003 Mosley's fiance, T.K. Crabb, asked an official at the Southern Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth for comped tickets to a benefit.
Not only was the charity out the money it cost to feed Mosley and Crabb, but the credit card number Mosley used at the event to buy sports memorabilia was declined. The charity says the judge gave it the runaround when it hounded him for the money, and five years later the debt remains on the non-profit organization's books.
And there's the $500 bill for the singer at Mosley's 2002 campaign kick-off, T.J. Johnson, who says she remains unpaid. Crabb told me she paid $200 cash to a friend of Johnson's (the friend says it's not true). So I asked Crabb why the expenditure does not appear on Mosley's campaign expense reports. Crabb says she personally paid it and never got reimbursed by the campaign. We asked if any other campaign expenses went unreported, but Mosley respectfully declined to comment on that or any of the other questions we submitted in writing.
We'll post a link to a few of those questions.
Tune in tonight to hear how Mosley has avoided paying court-ordered child support for ten years. The judge has waged a well-publicized battle against the mother of his child, claiming she's mentally unfit. But he did agree at one point to let Terry Mosley share custody if she would forego child support. You can hear from Terry Mosley tonight on the program. And if you're interested in a case that screams of Justice: Old Vegas Style, check out the correspondence and court transcripts we're posting from the case.
We're also posting a voluntary recusal just filed in the case by Judge Noel Manoukian, who includes in his order a telling description of Judge Mosley's (Don, as he calls him) behavior in the battle.
And on the eve of Nevada Day, here's a trivia question: What's the connection between the Mosleys' tortured custody battle and the recent story on attorney Laura Fitzsimmons' alleged attempt through Gary Gray to gain state Supreme Court candidate Kris Pickering's promise to recuse on cases involving Fitzsimmons' firm, if she were elected?
The answer tomorrow.
Also, tonight, political consultants Dan Hart and Ryan Erwin talk about last-ditch efforts among the campaign to get your vote, including a stinging TV ad running about Steve Sisolak, a candidate for the County Commission.
This, too, has a connection to that Supreme Court race.
Judge Mosley declined to comment when asked the following questions:
1. You told the RJ you'd talk about TK Crabb's case after Judge Walsh ruled. That was several years ago.
a. James Guesman says you suggested to him that documents could be drawn up to indicate TK was employed. Is he lying?
b. Did you ever see copies of cancelled checks proving TK's contention that Guesman cashed her checks?
2. Four years ago TK requested comped tickets for the two of you to attend a benefit event for the Southern Nevada Partnership for Homeless Youth, at which the Herbst family was honored. You purchased an autographed baseball at the auction. You were notified on several occasions that the credit card you provided was declined, however you never made good on the purchase and retained the ball. Why?
3. Do you have a court order rescinding your 1994 order to pay child support?
4. A country singer named TJ Thompson performed at your campaign kick-off in 2002. She says she is owed $500. TK told me she paid Tracy Hurst $200 cash for TJ. No such expense appears on your campaign report. TK claims she paid it out of her own pocket. What other campaign expenses have you not reported?
5 . TK says she secretly taped phone conversations with Terry Mosley. She says you were very concerned about her welfare when you found out about it, after the tapes were taken to Metro. Were you concerned about her breaking the law?
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Ms. Gentry clearly sought to expose the truth without fear of political repercussions,while other members of the press have long ignored the egregious abuse of our judicial system. While placing great importance on integrity, Ms. Gentry reports about issues important to everyone. Great Job, keep it up.
fellow voters wrote on October 31, 2008 09:04 AM: These judicial races are one of the most important contests in the state. These lawyers will do anything to become judges. Our judiciary is an incestuous hellhole of staged lawsuits and backroom deals. We have a Supreme Court Judge that signed a backroom contract with a certain law firm that the public knows nothing about. Your fair day in court? Forget it! This is only one of the scams running through our court.
You think it will not affect you? Think again. Get hit by a drunk driver that is well connected see how fast the story gets turned around against YOU.
Own a piece of property that they want, see how fast you end up in staged litigation to take it away from you.
Your doctor severely harm you? Bet you did not check to see who he invested with before you engaged his services.
You do not have a prayers chance in rigged litigation.
You say there are laws on the books to protect you. You will go broke trying to get your side heard. You will report it? To who? The bar? The AG? Metro? The JDC? And yes, the media will ignore you if the right people are involved. All the same little group. Just ask the people at the brunt of the HOA fiasco.
These judicial races are very important and worth the voters time to see who the candidate is hooked up with. When you elect these judges you are electing certain law firms, friends, cronies and yes other politicians.
Better to find out now instead of the hard way.
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http://www.lvrj.com/news/27901399.html#b......
And then there is this cover-up:
Smoky wrote on September 05, 2008 06:59 AM: OnTheInside wrote on July 27, 2008 06:54 AM: 1990 Judge Mosley hires Landess for girlfriends real estate lawsuit.
http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-......
1993 Judge Mosley rules on cases for Landess' son Justin
http://www.lvrj.com/news/19245844.html
Today, Mosley's rulings are buried in Blackstone so as not to expose Mosley's involvement.
District Case Inquiry - Minutes
Case 03-C-191619-C Just Ct. Case# 03-F -06394 Status CLOSED
Plaintiff State of Nevada Attorney Roger, David J.
Defendant Landess, Justin T Attorney Public Defender
Judge Leavitt, Michelle Dept. 12
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Event 06/25/2003 at 09:00 AM SENTENCING
Heard By Mosley, Donald M.
FURTHER ORDERED, Sentence to run CONSECUTIVE to any other sentence and deft. released to P&P only.
CLERK'S NOTE: 7/31/03 Sentence to run CONSECUTIVE to C190087.
SEEMS A VOTE FOR LANDESS IS A VOTE FOR MOSLEY YOU DECIDE
May. 25, 2008
Copyright Las Vegas Review-Journal
DISTRICT JUDGE RACE: Lawyer's judgment at issue
Candidate says bankruptcy, gambling problem in past
Jason Landess should not be the only focus in this article. Look carefully. The U.S. and Nevada require that Judges withdraw from cases where the average person would question their impartiality. Judges should avoid the appearance of impropriety and implied bias, and reveal on the record (in open court) anything that could be relevant to disqualification. That does not mean that Judge Mosley should render decisions on at least two cases involving this litigant on 4/23/03; 4/29/03; 5/7/03; 8/14/03; and THEN RECUSE on 8/20/03. Perhaps Judge Mosley and everyone else involved didn't clearly understand the judicial canons.
MOSLEY AND LANDESS MANIPULATED THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM FOR YEARS. THEY ARE JOINED AT THE HIP AND IF ELECTED, LANDESS WILL SIMPLY CARRY OUT MOSLEY'S DIRECTIVES ONCE MOSLEY RETIRES IN JANUARY
Dear TruthWillPrevail:
It's clear you are much more intent on maligning Ms. Mosley than seeing that truth prevails. How Terry Mosley's name came to be Terry Mosley is of no interest to the electorate. The public has not entrusted her to make life-altering decisions.
Judge Mosley's behavior is at issue ... whether it's allegedly enlisting the assistance of two other officers of the court to commit bankruptcy fraud, neglecting for five years to pay for merchandise he purchased at a benefit for homeless teens (leaving the charity out the cash it paid for the item!), or failing to obey the orders of the presiding judge in his child custody case (see Manoukian order linked above), it is Judge Mosley, not Terry Mosley, who must answer to the electorate. It was T.K. Crabb, not Terry Mosley, who piqued my interest in this story by telling me about her various lawsuits and other shenanigans, including admitting to illegally taping phone conversations with Terry Mosley.
Calling people crazy doesn't render them so, just as parading under the banner of TruthWillPrevail will not lend you credence.
The fact that you take issue with Ms. Mosley's appearance, beliefs, etc. but not the facts documented in court documents about the judge speaks volumes.
I hope you don't liken your expose to 60 minutes.
Will all the truth in this piece,it would be more
like 60 seconds.This is obviously a hatchet job
with no attempt whatsoever to give a balanced
viewpoint.Shame on you Dana Gentry and Jon Ralston
Mosley refuses to respond to Dana Gentry's 5 questions. This is not a hatch job. I would like to thank Dana for her outstanding reporting. If more balance is needed then Mosley needs to stand up and be a man. Poor is the man who can't stand up for his actions.
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Wow! That's a lot of post removals. That's concerning even to me. What's more concerning is that I read them before they were removed, and cannot understand why they are gone.
Sun staff, I know they were inflammatory posts, and think TruthWillPrevail is absurd. I just hope that anger is not in your policies.
Dana, as the Executive Producer of Face to Face with Joh Ralston one would expect that as a long time Las Vegas Reporter that you and your staff would take some serious time to research the subjects and the individuals for whom you are attempting to represent to the public as outstanding individuals within our community. I am ashamed at what Las Vegas reporting has come to. Before you and your editor print and produce such information from individuals with such shameful pasts why not do your research and do a lie dector test on some of the outstanding individuals that you and Jon Ralston continue to use as reliable sources? If you were truly aware of these individuals and their pasts you would not be putting your name behind them and their smear campaigns. Yes, Las Vegas is now a big city but there are some many of us that are well aware of the character of the individuals that you and Mr. Ralston are trying to convince the community that they are victims of outstanding individuals of our community. Please attempt to at least make your reporting some what honest. Take the time to do some background checks on your so called reliable sources. Smearing the name of Judges and Doctors in our community based on lies from individuals who's only interest in these people is to use your reporting as a means of extortion for money just doesn't fit with the purpose of your Face to Face program. You do have a responsibility to the public to use truth in your reporting. Take the time and do your research on your sources.