Audio By Carbonatix
A few more tidbits for those of you following the Salmin Nourallah/Anju Gill Foundation v. Ally David/Bend Studio lawsuits (and judging by the comment section on the previous post, I’d say that’s quite a few of you).
First up, the actual case documents:
Ally David v. Salim Nourallah
Anju Gill Foundation v. Ally David and Bend Studio
As I said earlier, David’s lawsuit was filed about an hour before the Anju Gill Foundation’s–which I believe is significant, although I can’t yet tell why. I’ve got a call into David’s attorney to hopefully find out, and I’ll update this post when I hear back from him.
And, since it’s been posted elsewhere, since it’s fairly easy for the tech-savvy to find, and since it’s significant to the case, I’ve posted Nourallah’s in-question blog post in full after the jump. —Pete Freedman
Tuesday, September 09, 2008
trust
jayme and i
along with our music community
lost a close friend named anju gill two years ago
a fund was set up in her name by her parents
with an initial donation of 10,000 sent to jayme
we turned the check immediately over to our friend ally david
the owner of bend studio
an acoustic venue i regularly played at that anju loved attending
we then had 2 anju fundraisers
billy harvey and kacy crowley even traveled up from austin
to help
they loved anju too
all in all i think we entrusted approximately 12,000 to ally david
the anju gill foundation was then formed
and had 2 meetings shortly thereafter
we discussed how to move forward
mainly with sponsoring shows in anju’s name
featuring up and coming or struggling local artists
3 other friends of anju attended these meetings along with
jayme and i
shortly thereafter ally told us that she started having serious dental problems
forward progress with the AGF was put on hold
when i would see ally out i’d always ask
“when are we going to do something with the anju foundation?”
she’d say “i just can’t do that now – my health has been terrible…”
i was her friend
i understood
i had empathy for her situation
after awhile i just stopped asking her
because the answer was always the same
and i didn’t want to pester her
but everyday i’d look outta my window at this tree
in front of my studio
the tree we planted in anju’s name
right after she died
and i’d think
“we gotta do something for anju soon…”
this summer i felt a growing sense of urgency
over the situation
we had to stop waiting for ally and do something ourselves
so i contacted her and told her NOW is the time for action
i offered to take over the operation
of setting up shows in anju’s name if she was too busy
or not feeling well enough to do it
after exchanging several emails with her
she finally admitted that she’d spent all the money in the fund
it was gone
every last cent
i was devastated
and outraged
how could ally have done this without notifying one single member
of the anju gill foundation?
that wasn’t her money to spend
she had no right to do that yet she was so nonchalant about it
i contacted all the other AGF members and told them what ally
had done
their reactions were all similar to mine
a lot of tears were shed that day
we were all deeply hurt
and felt betrayed by her actions
yet we still came back to ally as friends
asking her to please meet with the group
we didn’t want to hurt her
or punish her
we just wanted an explanation
and to make a plan to move forward with shows done
in anju’s name
she accepted our request but then bailed at the last minute
stating she was simply too busy and sickly to meet with the group
but not just today but EVER
“good luck in moving forward!” she said
“please keep me posted on your progress!”
although she declined to meet with the group
she did however try to arrange separate one on one meetings
with each member of the foundation
behind the others backs
ally phoned and texted one particular person
she hadn’t returned correspondence with in months
at least 5 times that day
saying she was available anytime to meet
i began to get the sinking suspicion that ally david
was a con artist
and that she’d been manipulating and scamming us from the get-go
i have a close attorney friend that i told the story to
and he said his firm would take on the case
he sent ally a letter asking that she re-pay the foundation
and her response was that of self-righteous indignation
i have been really upset about these events for the past 2 weeks
it’s a terrible situation
and it makes me sick to my stomach even thinking about it
how could ally david so casually betray anju and her friends
then try and rationalize it all away?
was it really worth doing all of this damage?
a lawsuit against ally and bend is now in the works
because she has left us no further option
it looks like it will be filed in the next 48 hours
then i’m sure the local media will be all over this story
it will probably destroy what little is left of ally’s sinking reputation
i’m dreading the circus…
on a more up note:
proceeds from the september 3rd show last week re-started
the anju gill fund again – properly –
without ally david’s involvement
we already have shows booked at club dada
on october 2nd
and november 15th
with many more in the works…
the anju gill fund will live on
and support local music in honor
of our dear friend
for many more years to come
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