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The following is cited to The Des Moines Register, August 30, 1951. (Transcription below image)

"Alberto G. Valentino, 59 (left), brother of 'The Great Lover' and Jean Valentino, 37, nephew of Rudolph, said recently they intend to take legal action to halt the 'degrading carnivals' that annually take place at Rudolph Valentino's tomb in the Hollywood, Cal., cenetery. Last Thursday, on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the death of Valentino, the 'Lady in Black' swooned at the vault which contains his body."
 

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Let the Record Show

I’ve been working hard to share as many documents as possible here and on the archive I’m building at https://rudolphvalentinodocuments.blogspot.com/.

This is the legacy Renato and I built—stone by stone, page by page, year after year. I post it so the record stands, so honest researchers and curious minds can see the work for what it is: authentic, original, and ours.

But inevitably, there are those who see this not as history shared, but as a buffet to raid. They take what we post, strip our names away, and parade it as their own discovery. They’ve done it for years—without shame, without honesty, without even the faintest blush of conscience.

By shameless, I mean exactly that: no shame. No integrity. No understanding of what it means to create something from the ground up. Their “research” amounts to a right-click and a download.

People often alert me—sending examples of how these same individuals boast about “their findings,” when the truth is they lifted them directly from my work. I’ve seen it myself too many times to count.

The worst offenders are Cindy Martin, Simon Constable, and Eleanor Gribbin.

They are not researchers. They are scavengers—desperate to appear relevant, incapable of producing original work, feeding off what Renato and I built.

Will my saying this make them stop? Hardly. Parasites rarely stop feeding on their own.
But let the record show: I know exactly who they are, and I will continue to publish, document, and expose—because truth, once made public, cannot be stolen.

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Open letter to Tracy Ryan Terhune from Renato Floris -Repost

The following is a repost which stands as an open letter my late husband Renato Floris wrote to Tracy Ryan Terhune. Renato writes:

"With the great Roman statesman Cicero, I want to say; “Quousque tandem abutere, Tracy, patientia nostra?”

Translated for you, “For how much longer, Tracy, do you intend to try our patience?”

I have always wanted to avoid direct dialogues with you; you who insult me, mock me for my age and make fun of me. You who make fun of me, calling me “Childstar72”, because as a boy I was lucky, yes lucky, to participate as a child actor in the first Italian television studios. I was a real little pioneer, a past that I'm really proud of!

Tracy, as is your habit, after having hidden a post you were certainly not proud of, or maybe because of the presence of the fastidious post I wrote, you reverted to attack by saying you have nothing against Evelyn's book and, in general, against my publications. Nothing could be more ridiculous and foolish; nothing more false and hypocritical!

And you say this on a blog you run under the title of the book, Affairs Valentino, which you claimed you "loved" so much; a book upon which you, along with your intellectually dishonest buddy David Bret, spit out your poisons.

You tell us that you "appreciate" our books and display them wrapped in protective plastic cases. This is because for you they are not books to read but pieces in a collection of objects related to Rudolph Valentino. While you display them as objects of value, you tell people they are “trash fiction”. Which is it?

You are well aware our books, all of them, possess great value. This is because our books are printed, also thanks to your malicious interventions, in limited numbers and it is for this reason you well know they are more precious.

You try to act like the little angel, saying you don't want anyone harmed. This you have oddly repeated and once notably in a Facebook message to Bret (see link below) which you submitted to the court some years ago. And in this same message to Bret, now public record, you tell Bret how you get a good laugh reading his scurrilous and poisonous, death obsessed comments about Evelyn. To this you assure Bret you don't want anyone harmed?

In that publicly available document you go on to give Bret instructions on how to lie in his posts; on this occasion you are telling him about the trial of a young woman who fell, to her great misfortune, under your claws.

In this document you tell Bret all the details of her legal case and tell him he should report the developments of the case but not to say that you were the one who sent him the information. 

You go on to tell Bret he should say that it was the court clerk who, kindly, told him about the legal proceedings. Anyone who believes that any court clerk would report such information to Bret is probably someone who believes in the existence of elves and unicorns.

To see that document and read more about this, I refer you to the post https://bit.ly/2ZO9aoh in this same blog.

Well, then what is it now Tracy, that you are complaining about? The mythical Forewarning of the first edition of Affairs Valentino and again and again and again. Regarding the Forewarning, I will repeat this fact until the end of my days; this was a report of exactly what happened in the year 2010, when Bret was posting every day that Evelyn was involved in drugs and that she was having sex with her deceased father and so on. Is this what you found so funny, you laughed?

Of course Evelyn was angry, who wouldn't be. Take any of those wicked posts, insert your name instead of Evelyn's, that of your father instead of that of Evelyn's father and you certainly won't be smiling.

And for how long was that notorious Forewarning available; only 10 maybe 15 days in the spring of 2011.

I will not repeat what I have previously said about the forewarning because I have already done so in a previous post. 

A final consideration for you, from the date of the release of the forewarning to today, almost 10 years have passed. How long will it take you, Tracy Ryan Terhune to stop whining about something that perhaps irritated you because you recognized yourself in the albeit anonymous descriptions.

Do you not realize how ridiculous you appear in continuing, like a capricious child, to stomp your feet on the ground because you believe someone has offended you? The best thing you could do is to close the blog you use to insult and defame Evelyn and myself, give it back to who created it and go and live your life and let us escape from this Twilight Zone scenario.

Quousque tandem, Tracy? How long?

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It is True

One more receipt from the files - proving the cult's censorship, defamation and attempted erasure of our work and personal integrities. More about Valentino's vision in the link to our podcast below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QBbiUFWaoI

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Responding

From my victorious lawsuit v. David Bret. The original filing:

Re: the screenshot below: Renato's fine translation of the Valentino biography by Jeanne De Recqueville made this historically important work available to an English speaking audience for the first time. It was not appropriated but artfully presented with a cover image as tribute to Ms. De Recqueville's original work. We purchased the cover image. This exchange is defamatory and proves the censorship being conducted on these forums and the manipulation of the Valentino narrative. 

 

I Never Forget

I did not fade away. We kept the receipts. For a very long time they have accused me of doing precisely what they were and are doing. 100% The comment I shared below from someone reading this blog is correct. Shameful is the word. A few of the receipts from the thousands. For the record, Trt... I have never used any other identity but my own, have never been arrested, never had a warrant out on me and do not commit fraud...i.e. as in running a blog under someone else's book title with the motive to defame the author. I have been blamed for years on end for my honest reactions to this shameful behavior. 

Fiat Justitia Ruat Caelum. 

 

Thank You For Your Patience

 

Beyond the Burden of Proof

I more than met the "burden of proof". I was defamed a thousand times and still am. This excerpt is from the verdict in my favor handed down in my defamation case v. David Bret. The verdict and the original filing stand as well written, comprehensive accounts. I have posted them on https://www.zumayawinslawsuit.com/ and will be posting them on the documents site soon. 

 

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A Memory

A slide show memory of our trip to Castellaneta, 

the birthplace of Rudolph Valentino some years ago. 

 

Complete Reporter’s Transcripts Now Online

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This file posted on https://rudolphvalentinodocuments.blogspot.com/ contains the complete Court Reporter’s Transcripts submitted by Rudolph Valentino’s manager and estate executor, George Ullman, in his successful appeal of a lower court decision. These proceedings resulted in Ullman’s full exoneration.

In preparing his defense, Ullman assembled testimony from witnesses whose lives and careers intersected directly with Valentino’s — family members, business associates, attorneys, and others with first-hand knowledge of his affairs.

The transcripts provide an unfiltered record of the legal proceedings that shaped the settlement of Valentino’s estate. Presented here as a single, continuous PDF, they offer researchers direct access to the participants’ own words and the context in which they were spoken.

This release is part of my ongoing effort to restore and make available suppressed or difficult-to-access primary sources in Valentino scholarship. The pages have been compiled exactly as they appear in the original archival scans and include an index for ease of navigation.

The compilation, formatting, indexing, and presentation of these transcripts are © Evelyn Floris 2025. The underlying court records are public domain; however, the organization, editorial arrangement, and accompanying materials are protected by copyright. No portion may be reproduced or redistributed for commercial purposes without prior written permission.

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One Hundred Years Ago Today

Exactly one hundred years ago today, on August 13, 1925 at two o’clock in the afternoon, Natacha Rambova met with George Ullman to sign away any further role in her husband Rudolph Valentino’s business. In effect, the divorce happened then.

I was the first to bring out the story of that parting — the scene at the train station, her ouster from Cosmic Arts, Inc., her control over the contracts — all revealed in the records I discovered.

That complete file of records still exists… somewhere. In a collector’s vault? In the Valentino family’s possession? Only weeks ago, Tracy Terhune posted a single document from that file in a YouTube video. Was I the only person who asked where he got it?

This anniversary matters. It is true history. The fact that this meeting between Ullman and Rambova — and what it meant for Valentino — is still being buried is no accident.

Am I bitter that the research Renato and I fought to uncover is mocked and demeaned? No. I’m furious. Furious that so few rise to defend Valentino’s real history. Furious at the censorship and the calculated rewriting.

There’s another layer to August 13th — it was also George Ullman’s son Bob’s second birthday. Decades later, Bob would be the one urging me to find those records and tell the truth at last.

The charlatans carry on, polishing their egos and playing gatekeeper with Valentino’s legacy. One hundred years later, the same games continue — but the facts remain.

Renato's Quiet Archive of Truth

 My beloved Renato spent years shielding me from the worst of the poison hurled our way — especially the bile spewed on a blog which brazenly uses my book’s title, Affairs Valentino, and is run by Tracy Ryan Terhune. I still remember his opening post, posing as me writing, “My Book, Affairs Valentino is Pure Fiction.”

Today, I opened an oddly titled folder on Renato’s hard drive — catture schermo (“screen captures” in Italian) — and found it overflowing with screenshots from Terhune's Affairs Valentino blog which I had never seen. Every one of them documented Terhune’s smear posts, meticulously saved.

I’ve long ago told the story of how David Bret extorted me into closing my original Affairs Valentino blog in 2011, threatening to open blogs in my family members’ names. Terhune seized that moment, promising to run a blog under the title of my book, “for the good” — but these screenshots show what he was really doing: running a dedicated hit site for his campaign to destroy me.

The flood of insults and lies upon lies number in the hundreds. In his comment section, he provides a platform for David Bret to violate a court order and run rampant. I scrolled through Renato's, “catture schermo” file, in slideshow mode, barely able to keep up with the sheer volume of attacks. And there, in living color I found the ultimate proof of their obsession with my book and with me personally.

Renato quietly collected it all, sharing some but never telling me the full scope. I realize now what a testament that was to his love for me — protecting me from the worst of it. But now I have it, every word, every fabrication, every grotesque twist of the actual truth.

Terhune has spent years gaslighting his audience into believing my responses were “unprovoked.” These screenshots prove otherwise. My god — they were provoked. Over and over and over.

In my opinion, after witnessing years of his documented malice conducted under my book’s title, it is a disgrace that this man plays any role in the public remembrance of Rudolph Valentino. He went too far. We had every right to defend ourselves. We courageously did. I still do. And now, thanks to Renato, the record will remain.

Below: Renato, preserving the record with steadfast love and vigilance.

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The Receipts

 As Eleanor Gribbin gaslights her followers by claiming she has “never mentioned me” in her posts, she inadvertently confirms her long-running and despotic edict: that no one in her group Mad About the Boy may ever mention me, my late husband Renato, or any of our work on Valentino. That censorship alone tells the story.

It is astonishing that in 2025 a social media group would still enforce literary censorship—blacklisting authors by name and suppressing discussion simply because their work challenges the dogma approved by the group administrators. That’s not historical discourse; it’s cult behavior.

Gribbin has publicly demeaned me for years: mocking my credibility, distorting my work, and accusing me of tampering with historical sources like George Ullman’s memoir—all while sneering and posting feces emojis in reference to me and my commentary. In private, she continues the smears via direct messages, often targeting anyone who dares mention Affairs Valentino. I have seen the screenshots. I kept the receipts.

She claims I instigate “negative energy.” But I am not initiating this. I respond. I defend myself, my husband, and the integrity of our work. I speak plainly and factually.

If Eleanor Gribbin truly had no issue with me or my work, why the gag order? Why the years of insult and the constant whisper campaign?

Let me be clear: this is not a “forum.” It’s my personal blog. I have no members. But I do have a record—and I stand by every word posted here. So thank you, Ms. Gribbin, for directing people to come read it for themselves.

I will continue to speak my truth, document the suppression of historical literature, and call out defamation and censorship when I see it.

While Eleanor Gribbin claims she has “never mentioned me,” the following screenshots—just a few of many—prove otherwise. These are not isolated slips, but part of a years-long campaign to smear my name, mock my work, and censor all discussion of it within her forum.

1. Explicit Censorship with Mockery

A post banning any mention of my name, complete with smiling feces emojis—a tasteless and juvenile display beneath any serious administrator and posted with her co-administrator.

2. “Bad Smell” Comment Thread

This exchange shows Gribbin agreeing via coded mockery with the claim that I’m “a bad smell that won’t go away,” while she responds with the cryptic “If they only knew…” What exactly do they claim to know? The innuendo is purposeful, and it’s vile.

3. Censorship of My Books

In response to a simple, polite question about my work, she replies that my books are banned and “an explanation is not necessary.” This is textbook silencing. This is literary censorship.

I do not post images like these lightly. But when someone publicly pretends to be above it all while privately engaging in bullying and censorship, it is necessary to show the truth.

These screenshots—and many others I have archived—illustrate why I continue to respond. This is not a personal squabble. It is a campaign to erase not just my name, but the important historical contributions Renato and I worked for decades to preserve. And if silence is their demand, they will be sorely disappointed.

On the Censorship of Our Work

The truth is not subjective when supported by documentation and facts. For fourteen years Renato and I shared a treasure trove of documentation to prove facts about the subject of Rudolph Valentino, Natacha Rambova, S. George Ullman, Frank Mennillo, Robert Florey, etc.

But the Valentino “mainstream” as they like to call themselves plugged their ears. And they went even farther to deny the truth be told. (banning even the mention of us on their two Facebook groups, Mad About the Boy and We Never Forget)

They censored, they lied and basically they panicked. In their continued efforts to silence us, we were portrayed as lunatics, criminals who forged documents, dottering senior citizens and described precisely how this hysterical “mainstream” behaved and behaves themselves. Renato and I were anything but. We were working hard every day, sharp as tacks, full of energy and inspired to find honest answers to our many questions... which we did!

Fortunately there are many in the world of Valentino who have questioning minds, who read our books for themselves, checked our citations, listened to our podcasts and learned some truth along the way. To them I say bravo, you are heroes!....again and again.

To those who decided it was not such a big deal and better to suck up to the “mainstreamers”? I say wake up. Your complicity is sad and embarassing. By supporting them, you support their behavior which has been proven by them year after year to be deplorable.

To censor, to shun, to taunt and harass is to bully. This is what they do. They are bullies by definition despite their ridiculous shrieking to the contrary. Their peep, peep, peepings that they are the victims is pathetic. "Mainstreamers"? I call them bullies, censors and liars. 

I assure them no matter how distraught I am now as I grieve the loss of my great love, it will be for him that I will seek and have justice... “Fiat, Justitia Ruat Caelum” ! Below, Renato in 2014 when we visited Matera. 

Renato Muses on He Who, "Throws the Stone and Hides the Hand"

Well I guess I could construct a transcript of this little banter with Renato. But if you listen to it a couple of times you will understand his lovable English. Love, love, love....

 

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When Facts Are Called “Preposterous”

Once again, Eleanor Gribbin is on a roll—a roll of tired, slanderous claims I’ve heard for years.

And once again, her attacks come right on cue. As I post page after page of official court records verifying George Ullman’s integrity—his exoneration, his sworn testimony, and his courageous fight for the truth—Gribbin surfaces to smear him, parroting the same falsehoods.

She calls his recollections “wrong or false.” His memoir, “nasty.” His court-documented claims, “preposterous.”

Here’s what’s actually preposterous:

• That she still denies court-verified testimony.

• That Ullman’s legal victories are ignored.

• That the very documents she once claimed did not exist are now online—and they’re livid.

George Ullman testified under oath. His words are recorded, and the legal outcomes speak for themselves. If Eleanor Gribbin wants to challenge his claims, she’ll have to do better than snide remarks in cult-controlled and censored forums and amateur character assassination.

It is not a “negative slant” to tell the truth.
It is not “wrong or false” to recount betrayal, censorship, and a man being used as a scapegoat.
What she and her master fear most is a public with access to these primary sources—because they have depended on silence and suppression for far too long.

So yes—I will continue.

I will continue to post every document. Every testimony. Every suppressed fact.
Because history deserves better. And Rudolph Valentino’s truth is documented.

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It's Cultic Control

Once again it is the old “fiction, hearsay, innuendo, and guesswork” trope. Interesting how those most vocally accusing others of fabrication are often the ones feverishly deleting posts, gatekeeping discussion, and dictating how “Rudy” must be remembered. This is not scholarship—it’s cultic control.

If this so-called “Valentino Community” was genuinely scholarly, they wouldn’t fear open discourse or opposing viewpoints. They wouldn’t require members to remove posts because “it’s not the Rudy we want.” That’s not history—that’s propaganda.

We are not “ignored”—we are censored. And censorship, by nature, signals fear. Fear of facts. Fear of documents. Fear of legacy. Fear that someone, somewhere, might see Valentino as a real man with a complex life, not a manicured altar boy.

We’ve never claimed ownership of “Rudy.” But we won’t be erased by those who do.

I will soon be posting all of the sworn testimony by George Ullman, Alberto Valentino, Maria Strada, Lou Mahoney and more on @ https://rudolphvalentinodocuments.blogspot.com/ 

So stay tuned!

Correcting the Record

Correcting the Record: On the Translation of Jeanne de Recqueville’s Biography

Once again, I feel compelled to respond to defamatory and baseless accusations being circulated online about my work—and about Jeanne de Recqueville.

My husband Renato Floris translated Jeanne de Recqueville’s rare French biography of Rudolph Valentino into English. This book, long out of print and almost impossible to find, was treated with the utmost scholarly respect. The translation was done meticulously, and the edition we published was intended to honor de Recqueville’s work and make it accessible to a wider audience for the first time.

We did not “appropriate” the book. We cited the original author. We did not “steal” the cover. The image used on the cover was fully licensed and paid for. The fact that we chose the same pose of Valentino as de Recqueville’s original edition was a deliberate tribute—an homage to her contribution to Valentino scholarship, not an act of theft.

To those falsely claiming otherwise: the facts are available. And I stand by our work. That a group moderator would threaten removal of anyone who mentions our edition is not only petty—it’s a troubling act of censorship in what should be a community interested in historical truth.

The only “appropriation” here is the hijacking of a legacy—Jeanne de Recqueville’s, Renato’s, and mine—by those who seek to control the narrative through lies, threats, and silencing tactics.

Let the record stand corrected.

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Images From Campbell's

 I am sharing some of the images from the Campbell's images via this link:

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Some of the Contributions of Affairs Valentino

These are a few of things we contributed to the Valentino history... I will be adding to this but these are what comes to mind initially... for the record the following is but a partial list of the things we discovered:

1. The fact the S. George Ullman was exonerated completely by the California' Court of Appeals, that the money he owed the estate was money Alberto Valentino already spent which Ullman dispersed to him believing he was a rightful heir.
2. The entire story of Frank Mennillo and who he was.. 
3. That Rudolph Valentino was paying the monthly mortgage on Teresa Werner's home on Sycamore Street in Los Angeles.
4. That a second page of the will turned up missing which was, by the process of elimination, removed by Lou Mahoney.... Valentino was dead and Alberto was not yet in Los Angeles.
5. The documentation of who George Ullman was, what happened to him as a result of the estate disaster.
6. That Alberto Valentino claimed he lived in Turin... when there is no record he ever did.
7. That the entire case file of Valentino's probate records was stolen
8. That Ullman's Valentino archive was stolen from his garage and now those documents are appearing in collections which were purchased from the Bill Self estate.
9. That those missing court records were in the possession of Valentino collectors and the Valentino family.
10. That according to Alberto, Valentino tried to adopt his nephew Jean and failed.
11. That Valentino owned and operated a research laboratory, Cosmic Arts and all the business details of that enterprise.
12. That Natacha as the sole stock holder in Cosmic Arts, had control over Valentino's contracts.
13. That Valentino walked into the Emergency Room in the Polyclinic Hospital.
14. That Valentino's body was embalmed
15. That his shipping case was still in existence.
16. That Valentino smuggled Canadian whiskey into the US on the Mineralava Tour
17. That Joe Schenck funded Alberto Valentino's litigation v. Ullman
18. That the Valentino world is controlled by a vicious syndicate of liars/haters/bullies
19. That the story of Valentino's life is manipulated by collectors
20. That these collectors are willing to destroy people to elevate their status as collectors
21. That Valentino was not gay
22. That the entire Andre Daven as gay lover was a huge hoax and utterly false
23. That Daven left New York owing Valentino a fortune/35,000 francs
24. That Mennillo was Valentino's godfather
25. That it was Valentino who sent Natacha Rambova away... forcing her to sign away her role in his business..
26. That Ullman was an honest man.
27. The details of the day Natacha left Los Angeles and that Rudolph sent her away, etc. the signing of the documents and what they were.
28. That the Brothers Valentino had a rough relationship

I will leave it at 28 for this morning and continue with more as time goes on...

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Not a "Conflict" - A Defense

 Eleanor Gribbin, administrator of the Valentino Facebook forum Mad About the Boy, recently described me as having a “long history of conflict" with the person I refer to as the, 'Cult Leader'.” Her phrasing is no accident.

This wasn’t conflict/a mutual dispute. It was a prolonged, calculated effort to discredit me, silence my work, and smear my name—all because I dared to speak truths which upset their control.

Ms. Gribbin's calling what I have been forced to endure for a decade, a “conflict” is a tactic: it implies equal footing, as if I was simply being “difficult.” I reject that entirely. I was not part of a feud—I was under attack. And I stood my ground. Below... I hold the line in Monaco, 2011. 

It Matters

As much as Rudolph Valentino enjoyed success, he also fought a continual battle against an establishment determined to portray him as someone he was not. To diminish his immense popularity, he was demeaned, distorted, and mocked. And not so much has changed.

What disrespect continues to be shown to this much-maligned American and Italian icon—still today misrepresented and used as a puppet in false narratives.

His legacy is now held captive by self-appointed gatekeepers who censor his truth. They lie, harass, bully, and silence in order to maintain their myths. They have built empires on deception and waged campaigns of cruelty to uphold it.

What a travesty that the market in collecting his earthly possessions now seeks to possess his story as well. As if owning his objects grants them ownership of his soul. It is a deplorable situation.

Perhaps they believe truth can be buried. That it doesn’t matter. But that is pure delusion. Truth always matters. And truth always finds a way.

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Giving Credit

I guess I should give credit where credit is due for the graphic used on my last Substack post. I wonder what he fears - imo I think "Simon says" aspires to unseat the current "cult leader". Desperation paired with teenage humor is not so appealing and I for one don't think his dream of standing at the pulpit next August 23rd will manifest. Sorry sad sack that he is for this kind of thing. 

 

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The Public Admission

 “We Never Forget” released a two-minute YouTube video attempting to portray Natacha Rambova as petty and vindictive because she took the time, years after Valentino's death, to collect the one dollar Valentino left her in his will. However, the document shared reveals she was only taking care of business to do her part in closing out the Valentino estate. But We Never Forget's video reveals something far more serious.

In the video, We Never Forget proudly displays a court receipt showing Rambova’s formal collection of the one dollar bequest. But here’s the problem—and the bombshell:

That receipt is filed under Case File #83678 – Rudolph Valentino's Probate Case File.

This is the exact case file that was stolen years ago from the Los Angeles Hall of Records. This document should by law be housed in the Los Angeles County Hall of Records. Did We Never Forget go to the Hall of Records and retrieve this document or a copy thereof? No, they did not.

Let me be perfectly clear:
It is impossible that this document was obtained through proper legal channels because that entire case file is missing.

So in a desperate attempt to discredit Natacha Rambova, something was accidentally confirmed which I’ve known—and said—for years: We Never Forget appears to be in possession of stolen archival materials from the Valentino estate file.

And now, it is public because We Never Forget posted the evidence.

So the question now becomes: How did We Never Forget obtain this document? An explanation is in order. 

For years, I have been accused by We Never Forget of forgery, of fabrication, of fraud. But now we see who’s really been playing fast and loose with the truth—and with the law.

This attempt to humiliate Natacha Rambova has backfired spectacularly in a move so brazen and sloppy, it becomes emblematic of everything We Never Forget has done: performative, cruel, and reckless. The video has proved my point better than I ever could. While accusing others of fabrication for years—yet here it is, posting stolen material as if it's their trophy.

There’s no walking that back. This is a public admission of possession of a stolen document, and in trying to shame and completely misrepresent Natacha Rambova, hard proof has been delivered of straight up wrongdoing.

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The Data

I am getting ready to house the archive which consists of thirteen containers. I have legal custody of the Michael Morris archive which will be housed along with our archive. I will post the location here and bear in mind this is only, as Michael Morris called it... the "raw data". Most of the archive exists in hard drives. I am proud of the archive and am almost done organizing it all. 

The Birthday!

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Truth Stands

Everyone is Noticing - Worth a Repost

I just found these two little screenshot clips and had to share. Because while "they"... including Mr. Simon Constable, continue to mock us for not being mentioned on their cult-run forums, claiming it is because our books have no merit.. they do this (see below). Do they believe no one is noticing? I think it is obvious why our books do not get mentioned there. i.e.

I had to wonder when I read this.. what exactly do they fear? If our books were nothing but garbage as they tell people, then what is the big deal? And if someone told me not to read a book, I would buy it in a heart beat. 

This warning from this awful young man, passed to a forum follower... had to do with our publication of the English translation of the French Valentino biography by Jeanne DeRecqueville. Renato translated the book with my assistance and we felt it was important to make it available to an English speaking audience. Here is why.

For a long time "they", spearheaded by Mr. Simon Constable alleged that in DeRecqueville's book, there was proof Valentino lived his life as a closeted homosexual. I knew this was not included in the book and in fact DeRecqueville delved into the subject definitively proving Valentino was not gay. Why did I know that?

Because I read the book back in 2003. Michael Morris told me Ms. DeRecqueville's book was worth reading despite it being in French. I took his advice and I add the book has been used as a reference in every Valentino biography since DeRecqueville's publication. 

With Mr. Simon Constable spreading innuendo implying DeRecqueville wrote in support of the gay hoax,  it was then we felt a translation needed to happen to have the truth known about this publication.  

So Mr. Simon Constable was actually instrumental in having DeRecqueville's book out in English so people could fact check what he was saying. It was as simple as that. He was obviously not pleased being thus exposed and targets his fury at us by spreading more defamation and lies. 

My initial response would be to inform Mr. Simon Constable and his followers that we do not steal. 

And to translate a book is not "appropriating it for profit" and this is just Mr. Simon Constable implying through innuendo that we are disreputable people. 

And for the record, we bought the cover image which is cited thusly in the translation of the book: 

"The image on the front cover of this book is reproduced with permission from Picture Lux, The Hollywood Archive, Alamy Stock Photo, 1921 Paramount Pictures from The Sheik."

Simon Constable's blatant smear of our good names online is defamation. I say this according to the definition provided to us by the judge who handed down the verdict in my victorious lawsuit v. David Bret.. and I would hope everyone reading sh*t like this about Renato and I from this group of cyber defamers...would be as furious as we are when we see it.  

I call Simon Constable out and ask him why he fears our books so very, very much that he would lie and defame us like this online? Makes me really... well not wonder.