According to His Attorney, Wayne Corts is Not an Arsonist
The fate of the Falkirk Golf Course is a galvanizing issue in Woodbury, and one that's united people from all backgrounds into a new bloc vote. So, can you guess who wants to stop them?
Above: It’s a stock photo. He’s fine … I think.
I spent much of this week investigating the situation in South Blooming Grove and Mr. Joel Stern’s Orange County EMS (doing business as South Blooming Grove EMS.)
But a request came in to hold off on running that article until … Well, I can’t tell you yet. Otherwise, it’ll ruin the ending. And that’d be like if I got into a time machine, went back to the 1999 premier of The Sixth Sense, and said to you, “Yeah, Bruce Willis is dead the whole time.”
I can tell you the South Blooming Grove EMS story is developing.
I can also tell you that Orange County Deputy Commissioner of Emergency Services Frank Cassanite has a FOIL request he now needs to respond to regarding his communications with Joel Stern and the Village of South Blooming Grove.
Ditto with the New York State Department of Health and its commissioner, James V. McDonald, and the Director of Emergency Medical Services, Ryan P. Greenberg.
South Blooming Grove residents and other locals who will be impacted by Orange County preferencing Mr. Joel Stern’s Orange County EMS to respond to calls instead of Blooming Grove EMS will want to attend the October 28th, 2024, Village of South Blooming Grove Budget Workshop at 8 p.m. (held at Village Hall, 811 Route 208, Monroe NY 10950).
There is no public comment at these workshops; however, if you want to know how much the Village is paying Mr. Stern and Mr. Ekstein’s local hate group, United Jewish Community of Blooming Grove, to provide emergency services, which they then turn around and bill insurance providers for, making even more money, you might want to go anyway and listen. (It’s called Double Dipping, by the way, given Mr. Stern and Mr. Ekstein’s roles as founder and president of the UJC and paid village employees.)
Assuming the meeting is actually held and not canceled at the last minute, of course, as is the tendency with Mr. Stern’s operations.
Also, I sort of wonder if public comment is limited at these workshops to protect the public, given that Southern Orange County is overrun with fascists.
For example: If you attended the October 9th Town of Woodbury Public Workshop involving the police and library budget, then you saw Woodbury Public Library President, Cathy Schmidt, assault a local resident, Maria Hunter, after Mrs. Schmidt didn’t get the near $1M that she was requesting. (There is no mention of the incident in the official Town Board workshop minutes, but it was witnessed by every attendee, including the one who had to physically separate Mrs. Schmidt from Mrs. Hunter.)
As of this writing, the Woodbury Town Board has not responded to requests for comments concerning any disciplinary action, or issued a request for resignation, to Mrs. Schmidt. As a reminder, this is Mrs. Schmidt’s second, and very public, violent outburst where she’s met the New York State legal definition of assault.
(Anyone want to sign-up for the Library Board? They’re looking for members. Can’t imagine why they’d have trouble finding volunteers with this group, can you?)
Emails to the Ramapo Catskill Library System Board of Trustees, and the New York State Library Association concerning Mrs. Schmidt’s public, violent behavior have not been returned as of press time. So, more to come on the library board soon.
This once again proves that Southern Orange County is Bizzaro World, because it’s probably the only place in America where a member of a library board is assaulting local residents and Town employees and getting away with it.
And yes, I know about the situation at Prospect Gardens in South Blooming Grove. The New York State DEC was asked to provide comment on the numerous violations spotted at the property by local residents. (I’m not the only local journalist waiting for an answer from the DEC on this.)
So, with Prospect Gardens, I’m waiting for the DEC to report back on any further enforcement actions. Given that both James Skoufis and Briah Maher are on the ballot this November, some of you might want to reach out to both of them about Prospect Gardens and encourage them to get the DEC to act appropriately, given that the DEC is already very familiar with issuing fines and other violations against this LLC and this specific project.
I’ll say this about Assemblyman Brian Maher, given that his signs are everywhere now. His office, unlike State Senator James Skoufis, has been responsive when contacted concerning issues in South Blooming Grove. However, much like Skoufis, his office hasn’t (publicly) said or done much of anything on the things they’ve been contacted about. The residents I’ve put in touch with Mr. Maher’s office, which they promised to follow-up with, have thus far heard nothing from the Assemblyman.
So, this is a great opportunity for Mr. Maher to remind Blooming Grove, South Blooming Grove, and Chester residents that he actually gives a wank about them. He can start by writing a letter to the DEC asking them to revoke the permits granted to Keen Equities, the developer of Clovewood and Mr. Stern’s employer. This is something Skoufis has, thus far, refused to do, and it’s something Mr. Maher hasn’t done either.
The clock is ticking on Clovewood and Keen Equities permit requests. We should know, quite literally, any day now, what the DEC decision is on them.
Of course, that’s not the topic of today’s article. This is just a preamble to explain where those other stories are. I also deliberately talked about South Blooming Grove first, because it should serve as a very specific reminder to Woodbury residents that, as of the December 2024 re-organization meeting — Should Mr. Etzel and/or John U. Keleman be elected — this is what your future will look like.
South Blooming Grove is Woodbury’s Ghost of Christmas Future.
And if you don’t like what the future looks like? Then you better go tell Mr. Wayne Corts, Joel Weber, Tyler Etzel Jr., John U. Keleman, James Freiband, and The Fabbro Family, to go fuck themselves.
Not literally.
Metaphorically, by not voting party line — if you’re a Democrat — for Keleman and Etzel, and by staying on the Woodbury Ethics Board to complete their investigations into Mr. Freiband because there’s more than enough evidence to put that man into a catapult and shoot him into space.
You Know You’re Doing A Good Job As a Reporter When …
Above: Multimillionaire real estate developer Wayne Corts has money to spend on legal letters to threaten reporters but only $400 to donate to Woodbury’s Animal Shelter.
(Source: Donations provided to the Woodbury Animal Shelter, according to the Woodbury Town Board, September 2024.)
A good rule of thumb is that, when you’re an investigative journalist, you know you’re doing a good job when the lawyers threaten you. The first time that happened here at The Monroe Gazette, the FBI got involved, and that investigation did not go the way that attorney thought it would, because I haven’t heard from that person since.
That brings us to Mr. Wayne Corts and a hilarious — and equally doomed — attempt at intimidating your second favorite local reporter. (I’m going to assume Blaise Gomez is your first favorite local reporter, because she’s mine too.)
You can read the letter sent by Wayne Corts’s attorney, Joseph J. Haspel, here.
Mr. Corts is a big fan of Donald Trump. And if you know anything about Donald Trump, it’s that he has actively campaigned to overturn libel law protections for journalists. If Trump wins this November, given that the Far Right Christian Nationalists have hijacked the Supreme Court, he may very well succeed in his quest. So, I’m not at all surprised Corts thought he could pull a Trump here and threaten a reporter. Unfortunately for Mr. Corts, the Supreme Court hasn’t repealed the freedom of the press.
And now, Mr. Corts is about to learn how badly such attempts at intimidation can backfire when you pick a fight with a journalist.
That’s Because today, we’re going to walk through Mr. Haspel’s letter, and in the process, you’re going to learn even more about the Falkirk Golf Course situation then Mr. Corts wanted the public to know.
I Got The Text Messages, Mr. Wayne
Now, I can say factually that Mr. Corts is a big baby because he was witnessed throwing a temper tantrum when he was told he would have to pay his former employees the money a court ruled that he stole from them.
And I can factually say that Mr. Corts has been throwing a months-long temper tantrum about The Monroe Gazette that dates back to June of this year and the appearance of Mrs. Theresa Schaffer bad-mouthing me on Facebook.
(Another good rule of thumb is that, when you see someone picking a fight with me on Facebook, 99% of the time they’re connected to the people I’m writing about. Schaffer on behalf of Corts, for example, Cliff Weeks on behalf of Woodbury Police Chief Kevin Watson is another example. And then there’s Jay Westerveld …)
Mrs. Schaffer’s husband is someone who does a lot of business with Mr. Corts, and was also named as a co-defendant in one of the many legal cases brought against Mr. Corts.
So, if you see Mrs. Theresa Schaffer in the Woodbury United Facebook group, or (Fact Free) Families of Woodbury, droning on and on about me, it’s because she’s doing it on behalf of Mr. Corts.
I can factually say this because at the same time Mrs. Schaffer started leaving legitimately libelous comments about me, Mr. Corts contacted at least one Village Official to discuss exactly what Mrs. Schaffer was saying. “I try to stay out of local politics …” begins the text message.
How do I know what Mr. Corts is saying? I have the text messages.
Also, for the record — and if there’s doubt — I can factually say Mr. Corts writes text messages like Tolstoy wrote War and Peace: Long, rambling, and badly in need of an editor.
But now we’re getting ahead of ourselves. Let’s back up and talk about how this got started, and then we’ll walk through Mr. Haspel’s very entertaining letter.
Who Owns High Mount LLC?
After I was asked to hold off on the big article for this week, involving Mr. Joel Stern’s Orange County EMS / South Blooming Grove EMS, I went back to investigating the Falkirk Golf Course owner.
On Wednesday, October 16th, I sent the following email to Mr. Joseph J. Haspell:
Hello Mr. Haspel,
I am an investigative reporter looking into the transaction between The Greens at 32 Corp and High Mount LLC, which Orange County has listed as occurring in November 1st, 2022, for $11.6 million.
On November 1st, 2022, Matthew Blank registered High Mount LLC, using the same mailing address as your law firm, 39 Casimer Road.
I understand your firm represented Mr. Corts in his case involving the Attorney General's lawsuit, earlier n 2022 back in March: https://ag.ny.gov/sites/default/files/falkirk_county_club_signed_aod.pdf
And you again represented The Greens at 32 Corp the following Fall in 2023.
I'm writing to see if you can provide some clarity concerning who currently owns the Falkirk Golf Course, as it appears Mr. Corts did indeed sold it, but remains involved in this new company, High Mount LLC, given the involvement of your law firm.
Any clarification would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Mr. Corts did not like that I sent this email, because a day later, I got Mr. Haspel’s legal letter.
Before we get to that letter, I want to press the pause button and urge Woodbury residents to do something very important:
-If you have an unfortunate public encounter with Tyler Etzel Jr. and John “I Want to Be Woodbury Mayor Despite My Poor Leadership Skills” Keleman between now and election day, you must ask them: Do you own shares in High Mount LLC?
Due to Governor Kathy Hochul — Yes, we’ll get back to her soon — watering down the LLC disclosure laws, there’s really only two ways until 2027 to find out who owns an LLC. Ok. Three actually, but hold on.
The first is if the LLC is a single owner LLC and they’re up to some shady shit. (You’ll see this tactic deployed soon in South Blooming Grove.) The second is if you live in, let’s say, New Jersey, and an LLC in New York, let’s say Keen Equities, is fucking up the Ramapo River and your drinking water. You could sue in federal court and, assuming the case is accepted, find out who owns the LLC through a very obscure loophole. Both of what I described are dramatic oversimplifications, and both are easier said than done. (Remember, I am not yet a lawyer. I will be, but that’s like three years from now.)
-That third method is if the LLC has filed for bankruptcy. So, for example, I can tell you Ziggy Brach is the majority shareholder in Keen Equities because Keen Equities while filing for bankruptcy, had to reveal who had ownership shares in the company. That’s also how we know Joel Stern’s boss at Windsor Global, Jacob Gold, is the second largest shareholder in Keen Equities.
The other thing you must do is email the Village of Woodbury Ethics Committee and request that Trustees Matthew Fabbro and James Freiband verify that they, or their family members — especially in the case of Mr. Fabbro since it’s clear his mother Rhonda is telling him what to do and say at meetings according to multiple witnesses — also do NOT own shares in High Mount LLC.
Here’s a copy of the letter I sent to the Woodbury Village Board of Trustees on that very matter. You can feel free to borrow or use the wording however you’d like:
Hello Woodbury Village Board members,
I am investigating an LLC known as High Mount. This LLC purchased the Falkirk Golf Course in November of 2022 for $11.6M by Joel Weber and various parties yet to be identified.
A year later, Mr. Freiband and Fabbro ran for Village Trustee, often parroting lines concerning the golf course from its (possible) former owner, Wayne Corts, specifically, in the case of Mr. Freiband, repeating verifiably false statements concerning the wells owned by Mr. Corts and the water supply they can allegedly provide.
Presently, Mr. Etzel and Mr. Keleman, both candidates for Village Trustee, are also parroting those very same lines from Mr. Corts.
Given the very real possibility that, in December of this year, Mr. Etzel and/or Mr. Keleman could join Trustees Fabbro and Freiband on the board and remove Mr. Gerver as Planning Board Chair — while also providing Mr. Corts with the favorable zoning for the golf course that he first requested back in a 2022 presentation to Woodbury residents — I believe it's imperative to get to the bottom of High Mount LLC's ownership structure.
As a local reporter, I am formally asking Trustees Freiband and Fabbro to clarify that they — and members of their family such as Mrs. Rhonda Fabbro — do not own any shares in this LLC.
As a member of the community, I am requesting that the Village Ethics Board immediately begin an investigation to clarify whether or not Trustees Fabbro and Freiband own shares in this company, and would stand to financially benefit from any such zoning changes made for the golf course.
This Village, and its government, is not for sale.
Now, Mr. Haspel, the attorney for Mr. Corts, had an attempt to clarify the ownership structure of High Mount LLC, and he whiffed. This is ok, because now Mr. Corts — should he want to bail out his friends in Freiband, Fabbro, Etzel, and Keleman — will have a second opportunity to clarify the ownership structure. All they have to do is provide a legal letter to the Woodbury Village Board of Ethics demonstrating who owns what shares in High Mount LLC.
If there’s nothing to hide, there should be no problem providing that information to the Village Ethics Board. Right, Mr. Corts?
Mr. Corts Is A Public Figure
Dear Mr. Mendelson:
Please be advised that I represent Wayne Corts. Please be further advised that the articles you are publishing in The Monroe Gazette are replete with libelous and malicious falsehoods.
Indeed, your articles have little to no connection to the truth, and your attempts to couch the false statements through pretextual manipulations {e.g. the use of the word “alleged”) is an unavailing method of protecting clearly libelous conduct. Your articles, read as a whole, are clearly a hatchet job directed at a private citizen, which are published with an underlying nefarious purpose. (Emphasis Added.)
Let’s start with the core argument here, that Mr. Wayne Corts is a private citizen.
Lol. Nope.
Going back to January 15th, 2003, Mr. Corts has found himself at the center of numerous local news stories in The Times-Herald Record and other media outlets.
This includes: a significant local controversy around the sale of ACE Farms, another significant controversy including Mr. Corts’s attempt to build homes on top of contaminated soil, and the sale of the New York State Military Academy.
Given that the New York State Military Academy also became the subject of national attention because of its connection to then President Donald Trump, and that Mr. Corts was the owner of the Academy until he sold it to a shady Chinese billionaire, unless you’re paying off a judge — very possible in Orange County — you’re not going to find many who will agree that Mr. Corts is a private citizen.
At worst, Wayne Corts is a “Limited Public Figure.” That is, someone that the Court feels has interjected themselves, or otherwise participated, in a public controversy to the point where they were trying to influence the outcome.
In Mr. Cort’s own words concerning local real estate development and the actions of the Woodbury government:
“Wayne Corts: We're going to have prisons, we're going to have a court, we're going to have everything. I gave them a beautiful proposal. I said we could buy this building, all these buildings, for pennies, so we could put a substation over there, and it was at a fraction of the cost. And David insisted that we're going to cut out the side of the mountain. Nobody knew how many yards of material we were going to use, or anything. And we were going to build a new police station half underground where it was moist. It would ruin the ammunition, and we were going to put everything in one spot, I explained. I said, look, the seniors. My dad, at the time, he was probably close to 88 he would go to the seniors every day, and he loved it. And the seniors get nervous. You need one way in. And you know, the senior citizen center, where it is, is beautiful because you got multiple entrances and exits, and it's low pressure, pulling in and out, and they were going to put everything right there on Route 32 with no sight distances. Well, I lobbied and I rallied and we killed it. [Emphasis added]”
In the case of both ACE Farms then and the Falkirk Golf Course now, Mr. Corts absolutely qualifies, given that he held an hour-long meeting in 2022 urging residents to support favorable zoning changes for his golf course.
And when that meeting didn’t work, Mr. Corts began donating and supporting candidates that nearly word for word repeated Mr. Cort’s same false statements. (See: Freiband, James.)
So, as I said in my response to Mr. Haspel …
Mr. Haspel,
I believe you understand full well that absolute truth is a defense against libel, and since everything published was based off Mr. Corts's own statements, witness reports, and coverage from the Times Herald Record and other media, I trust Mr. Corts has no case here. You are, however, completely entitled to waste his time and money, and I will happily see you both in court.
Good luck. You'll need it.
Not Even His Attorney Can Tell The Truth
The following is Mr. Haspel’s list of “falsehoods” that I’m going to address line by line.
“Below is an example of the false statements contained in your articles: Mr. Corts has not had any ownership interest in Falkirk Country Club since its sale in 2022.”
Well, that’s cool. But I also didn’t say he did. I said I don’t know. In fact, here’s exactly what I said:
“Not long after this presentation, Corts sold Falkirk on or around November 1st, 2022 for $11, 626,000 to High Mount LLC.
(How much, or how little, Mr. Corts is still involved with High Mount LLC and Falkirk is unknown at this time. What we can say, factually, is that the law firm that represented Mr. Corts in his 2022 case with the Attorney General’s office, Joseph J. Haspel, PLLC, is the same law firm that registered High Mount LLC with the New York Department of State on November 1st, 2022.)”
I’m assuming Mr. Haspel can read. So we’ll move on to his next claim …
“Mr. Corts has no interest in any development plans relating to the land upon which Falkirk Country Club is situated.”
Really? Because I have here a text from May 28th, 2024—two years after Mr. Corts sold either the entirety of the golf course or some portion of it—again, I don’t know for sure—to Mr. Joel Weber and other stakeholders, the identities of whom are not publicly known.
In it Mr. Corts says, complete with typos and spelling errors:
“Good afternoon [Woodbury Village Mayor] Andrew [Giacozomma], these guys [Weber, others] at the golf course of choking. They want to close it down in another couple of weeks. They feel that there’s no hope and I told him [Joel Weber] I would try to get a meeting with you and maybe you’re planning board Man or Supervisor and see if we can get some kind of game plan once they close it the greens will go to hell and its very difficult to bring it back, I really don’t wanna see your clothes. They had good intentions in the beginning. Please let me know if there’s a time we can meet.”
So, we’re going to go ahead and say Mr. Haspel is batting here about as well as the Mets are against the Dodgers. And, of course, I am happy to submit all these texts into evidence.
I would also very much love the opportunity to depose Mr. Corts.
“Mr. Corts is not an arsonist.”
Here’s the story about Mr. Corts being an alleged arsonist …
In July of 2024, I received an anonymous tip from the victim of a verifiable arson attempt. Here is what the victim said
During my visit at Ace farms, I met with Lorraine. I told her someone’s going to approach you to buy your property and I’ll be in their best interest to just say no. Everyone knew for the longest time they didn’t want to have anything to do with the encroachment of KJ and staved off many deals. She then asked me what my name was, and I told her. Big Mistake.
Wayne backed one of his buddies [Ralph Petruzzo] to buy the property and during the closing it was flipped to a party affiliated with KJ for $12 million. Corts received a cool million for his involvement. He finally went public with this about 3 years ago.
There was a fire at my home. Not your typical fire.
Ironically, NO ONE assisted us with this horrific event. The Police chief at the time was very stand off-ish. He gave us every reason why he could not help us but we knew Wayne was friends with him. The Orange County Fire Commish was "away" at the time, unusual for early June. Too coincidental. We hired our own team to investigate with dogs, mostly for my own sanity and for insurance purposes.
I know he [Corts] had connections to some unsavory people, especially in KJ. I dug a little deeper and was told to stand down. If my family is threatened, I had to.
To this day, I do not have a clear reason but believe Corts felt I posed a threat to his Ace Farm plan for Lorraine told him MY NAME. I was sent a very clear message. I do not believe he personally started the fire but had connections.
So, there you go. Mr. Corts is an alleged arsonist, and the files and investigation compiled by the victim, if submitted in court, would support the allegation that was published here.
“Mr. Corts does not have an axe to grind with Bill Brodsky”
So, uh … you’re saying your client wasn’t recorded saying the following?
“Speaker 6: My question is why did it [Woodbury Junction] fall through across the way from the high school?
Wayne Corts: It fell through because Brodsky would sell his mother. You know, he doesn't care. He could give it to him. The town gave him a hard time. The town wasn't too bright either. Okay, I go to bed every night and I look across there and I see LED lights. We have bridge protection. They circumvented everything for Mr. Brodsky, okay, and now we have 450 houses. You got average four or five boats per house. Towns, you know, days are limited if we don't move and we don't do something, okay, but we're not going to do a damn thing.”
And in the same recording, he didn’t later say:
“Speaker 12: Well …
Corts (Interrupting again) Here's the guarantee: The buildings would be built, one and two bedroom. That's not conducive to large families.
The other thing, I thought I was clear. My name is Wayne Corts, not Bill Brodsky. Okay?”
It sure sounds to a reasonable person that Mr. Corts has a problem with Mr. Bill Brodsky from that recording. And given that Mr. Corts and Mr. Brodsky’s business falling out was documented in the Times-Herald Record, let’s see how a jury feels upon hearing the recording, Mr. Haspell.
“Mr. Corts has not built homes on heavily contaminated soil.”
So you’re saying this Times-Herald Record article is wrong? And you’re saying Slate Hll didn’t tell Mr. Corts he had to create a mitigation plan for the contaminated soil and submit it to the Orange County and New York State Health Departments?
Does Mr. Haspel know how FOIL works? Because I think he might need an explanation …
In the words of former Slate Hill Planning Board member, Barbara Parsons, "I am afraid for people living on that property, where they might have health concerns.”
“Mr. Corts did not take tax write-offs for his food donations described in your articles.”
Well, former employees that I interviewed for my story say otherwise. So, I’ll tell you what. Mr. Corts also said in that recording:
“Wayne Corts: And thank God I'm still in decent shape. And my kids, my neighbors, come and we clean up and we're open the next day. But, you know, it's not an easy go and again. Don't feel sorry. I'm not looking for any pity, you know, I just want to help everybody else, help ourselves. And you know, move forward. My books, my tax returns for 12 years. It's an open book. Anybody who wants to see them, you stop by during the day and you can look, you know, there's no secrets here.”
If you are disputing this claim, I am happy to take Mr. Corts up on his generous offer. He says he’s an open book, so it shouldn’t be a problem than to review the books of both Mr. Corts and the company that formerly owned the Golf Course to prove my statement to be false.
Right?
Right? :-)
Go ahead. Open the books. Prove me wrong. I’m happy to say I’m wrong, but I doubt it.
“Mr. Corts has not engaged in any fraudulent business practices.”
So you’re saying that settlement with the Attorney General’s office doesn’t exist? I mean, you literally notarized the settlement yourself, Mr. Haspel.
AND I’ll also direct your attention to the settlement where it says …
Mr. Haspel just violated the agreement with the Attorney General in order to intimidate a reporter.
That’s some A+ Lawyering.
Bravo. I’m sure the Attorney General’s office will be thrilled to hear this news.
“Mr. Corts is not a principal in High Mount LLC”
I didn’t say he was dude. I said I did not know.
“Mr. Corts is not assisting anyone in converting the golf course into condominiums.”
As I just demonstrated with the text messages, this is a false claim. :-)
Perhaps you’d like another? This one is from June 7th of 2024, also to the Village of Woodbury Mayor:
“Andrew, I am at the golf course now the grounds crew and a bunch of the guys do have a little barbeque up at the maintenance building a lot. Sad people just still a chance we can save this. I really think you should get some of your Village Trustees and you’re planning for jamming and we should have a meeting regardless of what you think I care tremendously about the future of this property. They need some kind of communication. They think that you hate them.”
Mr. Corts very much seems to be working with Mr. Joel Weber (and High Mount LLCs other stakeholders) to build on the golf course. There are a whole bunch of text messages I have that, again, I am happy to submit into evidence that show otherwise. Including the one where Mr. Corts outed Mr. Weber as one of the people who purchased (or invested) in the golf course.
“Mr. Corts did not commit any wrongdoing with respect to weddings that were cancelled at Falkirk during the pandemic.”
Mr. Haspel, is that your signature on this settlement agreement? Which, by the way, you’re not supposed to notarize until your client has signed it?
“Mr. Corts did not “lose” the lawsuit pertaining to gratuities at Falkirk, albeit the business decision was made to settle it.”
Right. So Mr. Corts just generously, and willingly gave the employees he was stiffing, with no legal fight whatsoever, the money that he owed them?
Mr. Haspell must be amazing to play games against. “I didn’t lose. I decided to settle! What? I know we’re playing Connect Four. I don’t care what those fucking pieces in the grid say. I didn’t lose.”
And finally …
“No bank ever “found out [that Mr. Corts] deceived them, causing the “pulling of a mortgage.”
Let’s go to the videotape!
“Wayne Corts: My taxes here, I pay $320 grand a year. My insurance during COVID-19 doubled. I paid $2000 a week for insurance. I'm like, wait a minute, it's covid. Got to pay it. The bank called my mortgage.
[Put a pin in this statement. We’ll get back to it in a moment …]
Wayne Corts: They called my mortgage because I had a girl who worked here eight years ago, and she went around. She sued eight different facilities. She worked for some attorneys on Park Avenue, and they set you up. Now, my case is 1% not true. It's not I'm not guilty. It's gonna cost me a half a million dollars to defend it. And they said, pay a million. It'll go away or go on trial, and you have a 60% chance of winning. I mean, it's just incredible. And. But if you lose, it can cost you two million. So I'm going to fight it because I live on principle. I got to do it for other people that are getting sued. Anyway, I know I'm getting off schedule. If anybody wants to see the different plans I had. And if you can think of anything, you know, I really need help.”
Let’s talk to the bank then, shall we? I’m sure they can put this matter to bed.
Bottom line? I like my odds, Mr. Haspel.
So as I said in my email, I’ll see you in court. I truly cannot wait for the opportunity for Mr. Corts to answer my questions, and the questions of Woodbury residents, under oath.