Update #6
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The Summary Of Events along with Updates 1 through 5 have proven to be
a very comprehensive package. From here on, well be referring to this as the
"Basic Information Package." Youll notice the updates will no longer have a
number. Instead of a number, theyll have a title such as "THE WEB
CONNECTION," and a date. This is done to separate the basic information
package from the ongoing release of additional information.
Well continue to send this basic package, (Summary and Updates 1-5),
through e-mail upon request. However, when a new update is released, only
those on our e-mail mailing list will receive the latest update and only at
the initial time of release.
So, how will a NEW reader receive all the updates beyond the basic
package?...
ON THE INTERNET
http://miavx1.acs.muohio.edu/~carmance/kurt.html
Several months ago a reader named Chris Carman set up a world wide
web page containing all the information released to date. To the best of my
knowledge, he was the first to do so. Since then, several others have
contributed to the effort by setting up similar pages, or by linking their
own web pages to the one listed above.
Chris does not work for me. He's done this on his own. I had not spoken
with him until several months after the page was put up. He's added a legal
disclaimer to the page and indicates he's only providing this page as a
service to the Internet community.
Chris Carman's web site has received more hits than any other privately
owned web page operated by his web server. As a result of this web page
and the others, I receive E-mail daily from supporters of this investigation
from around the world.
I anticipate an all out effort on the part of Courtneys attorneys to try
and remove this web page from the Internet. So were going to maintain and
publish a list of the other locations as a back-up if the above page is lost
for any reason.
If you own a web page containing the Summary Of Events and the Updates of
this investigation, or if your web page is linked to Chris Carmans page,
please notify us by e-mail at TGrantCo@aol.com, listing the details, (link or
original page), and the site location.
Chris has advised me he's going to add the list of additional sites to
his web page.
I hope you'll thank Chris Carman and the other site owners for having
the courage to help get this information out. Because of their efforts,
thousands of interested readers in nearly every country on the globe have had
access to this information. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, their
contribution may have helped save some lives. If you have any doubts about
that, you need to read some of the mail I get.
When making copies of the material from the web site to give to friends,
I suggest you confine your copying to the "Basic Information Package," the
Summary and Updates 1-5. Readers are often overwhelmed with all this.
When theres too much to read, they hesitate to read anything.
With increases in activity and incoming information from supporters and
confidential sources, I need to have the freedom to work on updates as time
permits rather than to meet an imagined deadline. So the release of new
updates may vary from a few days to a few months, depending on developing
circumstances and timing in relation to current events.
I hope you understand, as the situation changes, strategy may change
also.
THE ON-LINE STRATEGY
Ive been criticized by a few for telling my story through E-mail and the
Internet. There are a number of reasons why Ive chosen this method,
including lack of accurate media coverage. But to be brief Ill just say...
this on-line strategy has worked extremely well.
Is it unfair? No, not at all.
If Courtney wants to respond, I'll be happy to publish her complete
response on-line.
Courtney has something I don't... immediate access to the media. Shes
cultivated a host of friendly reporters willing to slant their stories in
return for an interview with a controversial figure who obtained celebrity
status primarily through the death of her husband.
In addition, Courtney uses on-line computer services extensively to
promote her own agenda. She constantly trashes and harasses those who she
considers her enemies on-line. Most of these are her former friends who
finally got wise to her motives and activities and have backed away from her.
Courtney seems to feel she can do and say anything she wants, but no one else
has that right.
When it comes to this investigation however, Courtney chooses to hide. Her
attorneys do everything they can to suppress the information contained here
rather than respond to it.
Keep in mind, the law firm of Codikow, Carroll, and Regis is not only
trying to keep things quiet for Courtney, theyre also trying to conceal the
involvement and participation in this investigation by one of the partners of
their firm, Rosemary Carroll.
THINGS ARE HEATING UP!!
Because of threats from these attorneys and intimidation by industry
power brokers, the media has failed to cover this investigation adequately.
But the attempts by Courtneys attorneys to silence the whole thing have
failed. The word is spreading successfully through various on-line services
and the Internet. A substantial support base is being established as the
investigation gains momentum and moves forward.
As things heat up and they begin to feel pressure to respond, were
observing signs of fear from Courtney and her attorneys. Theyve just made
quiet and cowardly behind the scenes move. They filed a confidential
complaint with the State Department Of Consumer Affairs in Sacramento
California. This is the agency that issues licenses to private investigators
in the State of California.
Rather than respond to the tough questions left in the wake of this
investigation, Courtneys attorneys are silently trying to get my license
suspended or revoked in an attempt to put me out of business and disable
this investigation by completely draining my already depleted resources.
This is a move that has been anticipated from the beginning. Preparations
have been made in advance. Theyve simply lit a small fuse here that will
eventually ignite. When the dust settles, youll notice a tremendous
increase in visibility.
WAS THIS A VIOLATION OF THE LAW?
The complaint filed on Courtneys behalf claims I violated a section of
the California Business and Professions code in revealing the facts of my
investigation to the public.
The code basically states that a private investigator can't disclose
information about an investigation to anyone other than law enforcement,
without the consent of the investigator's client.
EXCERPTS FROM MY LETTER OF RESPONSE
(To be mailed to Oct. 23rd)
Ms. Susan Just
Case Management Branch
California State Department Of Consumer Affairs
10220 Systems Parkway
Suite B, Sacramento, CA
95827
Re: Case #IA 95 7769 PI Lic.# 16603
Dear Ms. Just,
In response to the complaint filed, Ive listed below the reasons for
my actions.
1. Immediately after Kurt Cobains body was found, my client gave my
telephone number to members of the press. She had not only given me
permission to talk to reporters, she encouraged me to do so. She apparently
assumed I was in a position where I'd have to say something favorable.
Because of my suspicions at the time, I declined. I wasn't about to make any
public statements that I'd later have to go back on.
2. I believe my client hired me under false pretenses, therefore voiding any
legitimate client/investigator relationship.
3. On May 8, 1994, one month after Kurt Cobains death, I advised Ms. Love
she was no longer my client as far as this investigation is concerned, and
that there would be no further charges for my services.
Ms. Love continued to hire me for other unrelated investigations, in an
obvious attempt to keep informed about what I was doing with the murder
investigation. I have no current plans to discuss the other investigations
publicly unless they somehow become more closely related to this case.
4. I tried on several occasions to get Ms. Love to come to my office and
meet with me while she was in Los Angeles. I warned her it was extremely
important. I wanted to discuss my suspicions in person and tell her about
some of my conclusions. I didn't want to simply send another letter. I felt
I needed to deal with her directly.
Ms. Love promised to meet with me within a couple of weeks, but even though
she came to Los Angeles for several days and stayed within two miles of my
office, she failed to meet with me.
5. As I began turning up information indicating a possible murder, I DID go
to the police as the law requires... within seven days after Cobains death!
They chose to devalue the information I had gathered and ignored countless
inconsistencies, contradictons, and lies perpetrated by my client.
6. I notified my client in writing of my suspicions and she began
sabotaging my work.
7. Two other persons close to Ms. Love died under suspicious circumstances
within two months after the death of her husband. This is too much of a
coincidence for me to ignore without concern for my own personal safety.
8. Releasing this information to the public creates a safer atmosphere to
operate in for me and those who work with me.
9. Other people are dying here! Kids are killing themselves because of
misinformation in the press and the false belief that someone they looked up
to chose this way out of his problems.
10. The Seattle Police have ignored and continue to downplay legitimate
information indicating foul play in the death of Cobain. Based on
contradictions contained in their own police reports, the information theyve
released to the press and the public has been proven to be inaccurate and
extremely misleading.
The effects of pride, politics, and concern over potential lawsuits
have resulted in a biased and dishonest evaluation of the circumstances
surrounding Cobains death. The detectives on the Seattle Police Department
are highly motivated to cover-up a very sloppy investigation.
It would be foolish to continue furnishing the Seattle Police Department with
legitimate evidence, only to have it destroyed or discredited at will, with
no public accountability.
11. I will not keep silent about what I believe to be a murder, simply
because others want to close their eyes.
This case needs to be re-investigated by an independent governmental
agency.
If you find that I violated this section of the Business and Professions
Code and if you suspend or revoke my license, your findings will be appealed.
When a law endangers my life or the lives of others by forcing me to keep
quiet under these extenuating circumstances, it's time to either make an
exception to the law... or change it.
Laws are important. They shouldnt be ignored. But only a fool would stop
for a red light if he knew he was about to be rear-ended by a speeding truck.
Sincerely,
Tom Grant
The Grant Company
A TEMPORARY DIVERSION
They may get my license and I may be put out of business...temporarily.
If youve had difficulty understanding some of my strategy, I hope now
youre beginning to see the need to build a substantial base of public
support for this search for truth.
The mailing address for the Dept. Of Consumer affairs is included in the
above letter. Please feel free to write to them and express your support for
the continuation of this investigation.
In responding to your mail, from the beginning Ive told many of you,
"This is going to be a long slow process."
Theres going to be roadblocks, smoke screens, diversions, distractions
and continued deception by those involved in the cover-up. But eventually, as
public support continues to increase, this job will be done.
We're gonna get the bad guys!
Tom Grant
The Grant Company
291 S. La Cienega Bl. Suite #301
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
TGrantCo@aol.com
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