he didn t come home until late. or even home at all, since his business ventures would often take him on the road. he had his fingers in everything. there was new business, managing the fledging career of dalea wilds, and the old business, cattle. only something unexpected jeopardized it all. mad cow disease. and i kept saying, when are you going to get them cattle sold? well, this mad cow disease is on and now i can t move the cattle. i ve got to feed them now until they lift that. dominique s cattle problems seemed to affect his cash flow. until he got back on his feet he told his wife, he d have to rely on her bank account and credit cards but just temporarily. i told him, hey, about time you start bringing some money in here. how did he react to that? oh, he said, that s why i m doing this. he said i m getting this all so that i can support you. he also had jean take out a second mortgage on her house back in ogden, utah, a home she d owned for 50 years and had ne
and steal something from identity, credit, money, whatever he can take. ten minutes after the second visit there, he said he wanted to marry me. and he said, well, just come to baker city and look at what i have there. you quit your job in a town in which you ve lived for 28 years. uh-huh. and have had a career here and four children here, and the four children are still here, and everything about your life is in this little town. mm-hmm. and you up and quit and went off to baker city with this guy. mm-hmm. after a few few meetings. crazy, huh. , but this time george upton met his match. not cathy, she will admit. she said yes, remember? no, it was her grown son, eric, who unlike upton s victims, wasn t blinded by love or stardom. it was at the engagement dinner at eric s house when dominique
in the spring of 2004, businessman dominique digiorgio left baker city, oregon, with his new wife, jean, and moved to a new home in mesquite, nevada. dominique also asked singer dalea wilds, whose career he was starting to manage, to bring her family and come to mesquite to discuss her future. what a weird place to have a meeting. right. i never heard of it. there was a perfectly reasonable answer. dominique explained that mesquite would be a perfect home base for dalea s career. it was only an hour from las vegas where he said he was licensed to bookings at the mirage and treasure island casinos. we went for the ride. let s go see what this guy has
company she owned requiring only $65,000 upfront. for legal reasons he claimed. always looking for someone that he can take advantage of and steal something from, identity, credit, money, whatever he can take. ten minutes after the second visit there, he said he wanted to marry me. and he said, well, just come to baker city and look at what i have there. reporter: you quit your job in a town in which you ve lived for 28 years. uh-huh. reporter: and have had a career here and four children here and the four children are still here and everything about your life is in this little town. uh-huh. reporter: and you up and quit and went off to baker city with this guy after a few, you know, few meetings. crazy, huh? reporter: but this time, george upton met his match. not cathy, she will admit. she said yes, remember? no, it was her grown son, eric,
would often take him on the road. he had his fingers in everything. reporter: there was new business, managing the fledgling career of dalea wilds and old business, cattle. only something unexpected jeopardized it all. mad cow disease. and i kept saying, when are you going to get them cattle sold? well, this mad cow disease is on and now i can t move the cattle. i ve got to feed them now until they lift that. reporter: dominique s cattle problems seemed to affect his cash flow. until he got back on his feet he told his wife, he d have to rely on her bank account and credit cards but just temporarily. i told him, hey, about time you start bringing some money in here. i ve got that s what i m doing it. i m getting this all so that i can support you. reporter: he also had jean take out a second mortgage on her house, back in ogden, utah,