giovanni destefano is one of the attorneys representing saddam hussein. mr. de stefano, good morning to you. good morning. committed the most serious of criminal offenses. you know, i don t personally know what. do you believe that? i really don t care. i don t live in a fantasy land. the legal world of london is a bit of a village really. very elitist. the judges and lawyers come
he was traveling the world. and he was a real estate investor. in the banking industry, finance. the more i dug, the more it was clear that all these promises he claims, investing significant sums of money, nothing really came to fruition. after the honeymoon everything fell apart. we were literally married for five days. but then, giovanni disappeared. and richard disappeared. i get a phone call from american express. we owe them over $250,000 for
he s probably one of the wealthiest conman behind bars. by the vast majority of the time share victims has yet to receive opinion compensation. i went to the court of appeal for a hearing on behalf of john goldfinger. this persecution, in my view giovanni was in court. on the first day, no justice rose. extremely serious judge. and he said [inaudible] i said, well, he is giovanni destefano, why? this man has been filing legal documents related to his cause. it is not done. he is actually running this by council and by lawyers with the rights of order in this country. now, this was a big moment. [inaudible]
is a convicted drug smuggler, 18 years in prison. when i went to see him, recording what he had to say i was considering whether i could serve the rest of my sentence in a french di stefano said as soon as he would receive my case, said he would take me back to france within two weeks [inaudible] his family had raised 10,000 euros, which is sent over and given to giovanni for these legal services. [inaudible] if he was actually a lawyer, they or it could ve been forwarded. what i could say is that there was something in it.
he was traveling the world. and he was a real estate investor. in the banking industry, finance. it was clear that all these promises he claims, investing significant sums of money, nothing really came to fruition. after the honeymoon everything fell apart. we were literally married for five days. but then, giovanni disappeared. and richard disappeared. i get a phone call from american express. we owe them over $250,000 for checks.