Despite the years I have spent in my
life issuing every possible defense I could to tell the world the
lies about us are just that... I do not hold those lower level liars
completely responsible for the horror they inflict on us.
Despite Tracy Terhune's order to ghost
us, he does the opposite and continues to run that blog under my
book's title. If he was speaking the truth about ghosting and “canceling
us” as he said... then he would close that blog immediately.
But who tells him what to do? The
following is my analysis of how that works based upon my observations
made over a few decades of my life and my personal experiences.
I present my thesis that it is the
Alberto Valentino family and their spokeswoman Jeanine Villalobos who
hold the seat of power and that Tracy Terhune, David Bret, Eleanor
Gribbin, Simon Constable, Donna Hill and Cindy Martin do their dirty
work.
They are the ones who act publicly on
her and the family's behalf while they keep their noses clean.. as
the expression goes.
Any argument from the Alberto
Valentino family alleging this not to be true would require an explanation for and an admission to the following:
They would have to admit that they told
collector Self not to speak with me further. This was in 2003 and I
was at the time conducting interviews with him for Affairs Valentino.
They would have to admit that they told
me in Turin after my speech at the Convegno Valentino that if I dared
to publish the S. George Ullman memoir, they would release
incriminating information about Ullman. They did not release this
incriminating material because it does not exist.
They would have to admit that when
Michael Morris told only them that I was living in Turin, then on
the Piazza Vittorio... within hours David Bret had that information
and wrote that I was in Turin and he then thanked his spy, whose name
was “Vittorio”.
They would have to admit that they
swapped one of Rudy's shirts for a case of stolen government
documents to prevent them from being publicly available. Donna Hill
told me this and I now have confirmation from Cindy Martin. William
Self also wrote this to me in an e-mail.
They would have to admit they refused
in writing to be interviewed for Affairs Valentino.
They would have to admit they refused
to return Michael Morris' materials despite his threatening legal
action to retrieve them.
They would have to admit that
throughout the entire time Tracy Terhune and David Bret have been
flooding the internet with defamatory lies about us and our work,
they said absolutely nothing. They would have to admit that this was
and is today just fine with them. And in light of all of the
experiences I have had in this regard...I do not buy for one second
that they are above this fray and have no interest.
They would have to admit that they are
just fine with letting someone like Tracy Terhune continue to emcee
that burlesque vaudeville show next to Valentino's coffin... every
year.
So I don't hold the “team” entirely
responsible for their obedience. I saw the look on William Self's
face the day he said Jeanine told him he could not meet with me
anymore. He enjoyed gabbing with me about Rudolph Valentino and was
not happy he was told by the family to shut up. He looked
uncharacteristically sheepish. But since it appeared most of his
collection had to be purchased back by them and their hench
people..after his death....maybe he found a way to be free of their
tyranny and have the last laugh anyway.
What are they hiding? Why has the
family gone to these lengths to stop Affairs Valentino by being a
silent bystander while the “team" heads out for another day of cyber
bullying to gain favor with the DNA and who knows... be rewarded with a Rudy shirt?
Some photographs?
