Steve Quest (p/k/a Montagraph) vs. Nicholas Robert Rekieta & Rekieta Law, LLC (2023)

[AnOminous]

Well, I think the judge is treating the slapfight between Rekieta and his opponent's lawyer with the level of seriousness it deserves, which is none.

It's all fun and games until it's reversible error and then several more years of unnecessary litigation at enormous cost for everyone involved and the taxpayer happens.

 

[Balldo's Gate]

It's all fun and games until it's reversible error and then several more years of unnecessary litigation at enormous cost for everyone involved and the taxpayer happens.

That just sounds like more fun and games to me!

 

[Owlbear]

It's all fun and games until it's reversible error and then several more years of unnecessary litigation at enormous cost for everyone involved and the taxpayer happens.

Are you sure that's when the fun and games stop? From my perspective, those would be incredible games to watch.

 

[John Andrews Stan]

Are you sure that's when the fun and games stop? From my perspective, those would be incredible games to watch.

Sounds fun, too!

 

[Balldo's Gate]

Schneider's reply is up on MCRO:

 

[Strix454]

Schneider's reply is up on MCRO:

Its completely illogical but at least its short. Maybe the judge will appreciate that.

to paraphrase, "I mentioned something in court but I know the court isn't really the appropriate forum for it even though I did that. And while it would have been against the dignity of the court to say gay faggot Nick threatened my ass, I'll go out of my way in correspondence to mention it to no useful point. Other than to perhaps strengthen the prospects of Nick funding an extended costly foray into the court of appeals if I win and his dismissal motion is rejected."

 

[Milkshake Sniffer]

Its completely illogical but at least its short. Maybe the judge will appreciate that.

to paraphrase, "I mentioned something in court but I know the court isn't really the appropriate forum for it even though I did that. And while it would have been against the dignity of the court to say gay faggot Nick threatened my ass, I'll go out of my way in correspondence to mention it to no useful point. Other than to perhaps strengthen the prospects of Nick funding an extended costly foray into the court of appeals if I win and his dismissal motion is rejected."

It's worse than that. He's saying that because he didn't want to repeat foul language (which he has no problem quoting in writing!) he lied and said to the Court that threats of extreme criminal violence were made.

 

[Balldo's Gate]

At the end of the day if Rekieta didn't want Schneider to take his words literally or seriously he shouldn't have said them. He's a literal lawyer and should know better.

Clip from Rekieta's seethestream after his Monday show talking about how he wants to talk to Schneider after the case and tell him what a bad person Monty is.

I think I posted speculation some time ago that Rekieta chasing Schneider around the start of the year instead of simply asking the court directly for an extension was might be because he wanted to have a chance to talk to Schneider before he was represented by anyone in the hopes that he would be able to sneak in enough info about Monty in an informal conversation so as to get Schneider to withdraw. Note that Rekieta says at the end of the clip that "the classy thing to do would be to withdraw representation".

 

[Nothing To Say Here]

At the end of the day if Rekieta didn't want Schneider to take his words literally or seriously he shouldn't have said them. He's a literal lawyer and should know better.

Clip from Rekieta's seethestream after his Monday show talking about how he wants to talk to Schneider after the case and tell him what a bad person Monty is.

I think I posted speculation some time ago that Rekieta chasing Schneider around the start of the year instead of simply asking the court directly for an extension was might be because he wanted to have a chance to talk to Schneider before he was represented by anyone in the hopes that he would be able to sneak in enough info about Monty in an informal conversation so as to get Schneider to withdraw. Note that Rekieta says at the end of the clip that "the classy thing to do would be to withdraw representation".

Arrogantly demanding an audience to speak with someone who you’ve already pissed off, while simultaneously calling them a weird idiot. It’s a bold strategy Cotton, let’s see if it pays off.

 

[Owlbear]

to paraphrase, "I mentioned something in court but I know the court isn't really the appropriate forum for it even though I did that. And while it would have been against the dignity of the court to say gay faggot Nick threatened my ass, I'll go out of my way in correspondence to mention it to no useful point. Other than to perhaps strengthen the prospects of Nick funding an extended costly foray into the court of appeals if I win and his dismissal motion is rejected."

It sounds like what happened in the hearing was along the lines of:
1. Schneider makes his snippy remark
2. Randazza explodes and then wants to go on a long diatribe
3. The judge tells them both off
And now he's trying to sweep the whole thing back under the rug.

I think I posted speculation some time ago that Rekieta chasing Schneider around the start of the year instead of simply asking the court directly for an extension was might be because he wanted to have a chance to talk to Schneider before he was represented by anyone in the hopes that he would be able to sneak in enough info about Monty in an informal conversation so as to get Schneider to withdraw. Note that Rekieta says at the end of the clip that "the classy thing to do would be to withdraw representation".

This seems like it was already something we could assume, but I'm glad we have more confirmation about exactly what "an informal chat" with Nick Rekieta actually meant. He was trying to win this case before it even started under the guise of talking about scheduling.

 

[Balldo's Gate]

It sounds like what happened in the hearing was along the lines of:
1. Schneider makes his snippy remark
2. Randazza explodes and then wants to go on a long diatribe
3. The judge tells them both off
And now he's trying to sweep the whole thing back under the rug.

The audio of the April 10 hearing was posted. The entire remark by Schneider is very brief, and appears to mainly be made so as to shoehorn in a reference to the Jones trial:

Randazza does ask for a rebuttal at the very end, but he does not link it to these specific factual claims made by Schneider. I wouldn't be surprised if Randazza had no idea what Schneider was even talking about, since the comments were barely over a week old at the time of the hearing. Unless Rekieta's paying for someone at Randazza's firm to review everything he says on stream in case he opens his stupid alcohol-drenched mouth and blathers about the case.

In replies to a recap of the hearing posted by Mike Dunford, Randazza replied a few hours after the hearing that in his view the judge rejecting the rebuttal was a positive sign for Rekieta. He expressed surprise the judge asked no questions but didn't say anything about wishing he had a chance to rebut the new factual claim.

It was only on April 14 that Randazza apparently wrote to Schneider about the claim. I suspect what happened is that Rekieta was alerted to what was said by fans and got apoplectic about it. Even if Nick was outraged at being sued and made a legitimate threat, that's totally irrelevant to whether this suit for things he said months earlier, before being sued, can proceed.

Now, if it was the case that Schneider had claimed Nick had said something with direct relevance to his previous statements he's being sued for, something like "I knew it was false!" then Randazza absolutely should have been allowed to rebut that. But whether Schneider's presentation of the statement is accurate or not is totally irrelevant at this stage of the suit, because what Schneidier claimed doesn't matter. I'm sure the judge's response will more or less be to say that it's irrelevant and to stop wasting her time.

 

[Himedall All-seeing Waifu]

This could be lulzy:

 

[feral cat #6385]

This could be lulzy:

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No thanks. I'll wait for the clip channels.

 

[AnOminous]

Note that Rekieta says at the end of the clip that "the classy thing to do would be to withdraw representation".

The classy thing would be to take someone's money and then not actually represent them?

Does this douche even know what a lawyer IS?

 

[Strix454]

Any of that stuff that goes anywhere near the defendant in a civil case having a private conversation and trying to convince the opposing attorney in that case to drop their client is ethically about as dangerous as you can go. Its not something any sane attorney would fool around with.

 

[Cynthia Behave]

I don't generally post here though I lurk. You all seem to have this well in hand. But in case you want the letters, here they are.

Sorry for the quality - blame Nick. I assume someone will create better ones at some point.

Rendazza to the Court:
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Edit: Deleted Schnieder's reply. I see it's already been posted.

 

[SargonF00t]

The classy thing would be to take someone's money and then not actually represent them?

Does this douche even know what a lawyer IS?

Are there any issues that Rekieta could face for trying to get Monty's lawyer to drop Monty, whilst the case is ongoing?

 

[Himedall All-seeing Waifu]

Are there any issues that Rekieta could face for trying to get Monty's lawyer to drop Monty, whilst the case is ongoing?

Fairly, he said that he would do it AFTER the case was over, but he also hinted heavily that when he was trying to reach out in December he would have said something.

He also talked the lawsuit for a bit going over Schneider's letter:

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/nicholas-robert-rekieta-rekieta-law-nickrekieta.53871/post-16304140

Courtesy of @Nothing To Say Here

 

[SargonF00t]

Fairly, he said that he would do it AFTER the case was over, but he also hinted heavily that when he was trying to reach out in December he would have said something.

He also talked the lawsuit for a bit going over Schneider's letter:

https://kiwifarms.net/threads/nicholas-robert-rekieta-rekieta-law-nickrekieta.53871/post-16304140

Courtesy of @Nothing To Say Here

I know Rekieta said he wanted to talk to Schneider after the case, but then he goes and makes a pitch in that video, for why Schneider should cease representing Monty now.

 

[Himedall All-seeing Waifu]

I know Rekieta said he wanted to talk to Schneider after the case, but then he goes and makes a pitch in that video, for why Schneider should cease representing Monty now.

Fair. I do not give Nose a pass on this. I am sure that what was true in Schneider's half pants story was that Nick tries to work things out outside the normal process and hates to follow rules and regulations.

Nick's hypocrisy is not really all that shocking to me either. We are all hypocrites to some degree, but Nick had just made the dissonance between his stated values and his actions massively apparent. He has Streisanded himself, and that is what is so entertaining about it.