Katzenbach's Ronni Chasen documentary

[kathyM]

Hot Wheels car! ha, ha, ha! That was a good one!

Maybe he could build a scale model scene with it like the Doc did in the Back to the Future movie! That would be much cheaper!

[sherbetbizarre]

Come on you cheap bastards... do you want to see this documentary or not..?

[Dan the Damned]

I wonder if those 390 people (who contributed a dollar) will get their money back...

Or, actually, I wonder if Ryan will get his $390 back. Kinda like how a bartender puts a few bucks in the tip jar to "start it off"...

[scipio-USMC]

Come on you cheap bastards... do you want to see this documentary or not..?

He already has enough for this:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Maisto-2010-Mer ... 1c35b16df6

and enough leftover to build a fake street all he has to do is visit a train store. I'm sure the reenactment will look great on film. Especially with a gun toting miniature Cabbage Patch Kid on a bike. His videos are so bad anyway the quality probably won't be that much worse than his life size reenactments.

[kathyM]

Ryan never fails to entertain. What wacky thing will he do next? Maybe he should think about going into reality tv.

[sherbetbizarre]

Ronni Chasen Legal Fight: Police May Turn Over Limited Files for Documentary Film

A lawyer for the Beverly Hills Police Department told a judge Tuesday that it will turn over some documents concerning its handling of the investigation into the killing of the Hollywood publicist.

A filmmaker is a step closer to revealing new details of the investigation into the murder of Hollywood publicist Ronni Chasen.

During a hearing in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday, Beverly Hills Police Department attorney T. Peter Pierce told Judge James C. Chalfant that his client would share some documents related to its handling of the Chasen murder case -- just not anything about how the investigation itself went down.

Documentary filmmaker Ryan Katzenbach, currently working on 6:38: The Death of Ronni Chasen, sued the department for the case file in November, citing the California Public Records Act. He maintains that it should be released because the BHPD previously allowed one of its own staffers, senior forensics specialist Clark Fogg, to co-author a book, Beverly Hills Confidential: A Century of Stars, Scandals and Murder, which drew on his inside knowledge of the investigation for one of its chapters.

Chasen, a veteran PR executive, was gunned down in her Mercedes-Benz while driving through Beverly Hills after the Nov. 16, 2010, premiere of Burlesque. The BHPD ruled the case closed after the suspect, Harold Martin Smith, killed himself in a flophouse in Hollywood. Katzenbach believes that there might be some truth to alternative theories of the killing (some believe Smith didn't act alone) and that an open review of the case file would show that the department wasn't diligent enough in its investigation.

Katzenbach’s original filing named the Los Angeles County Coroner as a defendant and separately demanded access to Chasen's autopsy. The coroner complied with his request Dec. 12.

Pierce tells The Hollywood Reporter that the BHPD will now provide Katzenbach with documents on Apr. 2 that are responsive to specific questions that the filmmaker posed in advance of a potential trial. “We will be providing some of them -- ancillary sorts of documents,” says Pierce. “I want to be clear that these are not related to the Chasen case file itself. The city doesn’t think it’s required to turn those over.”

Katzenbach, acting as his own counsel, explains that the broad questions he submitted ranged from the department’s handling of Confidential to any special treatment afforded the Chasen family due to the case’s high-profile nature. “It will be interesting to see what information they object to providing and on what basis,” he says of the BHPD.

Pierce and Katzenbach will meet after Apr. 2 to determine whether the two sides can arrive at a suitable compromise. If not, Judge Chalfant has already specified another trial-setting date in his courtroom for May 20.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-es ... ice-689813

Katzenbach gets the best of both worlds here - some new info, minus "anything about how the investigation itself went down" - which is good, because that's the bit he likes to fabricate anyway.

Plus I see he still cannot afford a lawyer.

[Dan the Damned]

We all know how paranoid Ryan is. If he really thought other people were involved, surely he would be too scared to pursue this stuff (you know, thinking that they might kill him in order to protect their secret). Does this show us how he really doesn't believe others were involved after all?

[Shawn]

Wow...he's making a LOT of enemies in Beverly hills especially the BHPD.
I bet he has a lot of private tantrums.

[sherbetbizarre]

Ryan should hire the guy who wrote this letter:

http://gawker.com/shitty-watch-repair-s ... 1548200656

[Dan the Damned]

Yep, that's just like Ryan. In that letter, the lawyer adds the line about "you will incur legal fees," as a way of intimidating Matt Brand (as if the legal fees would be the punishment in and of itself). Ryan did the same sort of thing. He once said something about how he would make his legal complaint against me so incredibly long, that it would cost me extra money just to get my lawyer to read it all.

And that same mindset -- "how dare they speak out about me and my work!"

Its like a misguided sense of entitlement.

[quotestheraven]

I think Katzenbach should do a documentary about Kurt Cobain and did Courtney Love have him killed just so Courtney Love can take a piece out of him.

[sherbetbizarre]

I think Katzenbach should do a documentary about Kurt Cobain and did Courtney Love have him killed just so Courtney Love can take a piece out of him.

And step forward the perfect guy for Ryan to team up with:

Seattle Police Face Lawsuit After Releasing Kurt Cobain Death Scene Photos

In anticipation for the 20th anniversary of Kurt Cobain‘s death, Seattle police have been revealing never-before-seen photos of the Nirvana frontman’s death scene. A total of 18 pictures have been released to-date, the most recent of which showcase parts of Cobain’s actual body. In a strange twist, Seattle police are now being hit with a lawsuit by self-described investigative journalist Richard Lee.

Richard Lee, 50, is widely seen as a conspiracy theorist who has made “groundless” assertions that Kurt Cobain’s death was not caused by suicide. Lee has run for Mayor of Seattle several times and once hosted the public access television show ‘Kurt Cobain Was Murdered.’

According to Seattle PI, Lee is suing Seattle police for not releasing the Cobain death scene photos shortly after the Nirvana frontman’s actual death. Lee will be representing himself in the suit.

Interestingly enough, there may be a legitimate basis for Lee’s lawsuit. In Washington state, law requires that government agencies that fail to disclose releasable records pay between $5 to $100 per day, per document, for the delay. Add that up over 20 years… that’s a hell of a lot of money. The city of Seattle has yet to respond to Lee’s suit and has reportedly refused to provide Lee with copies of the already-released photos of Cobain’s death scene.

“Lee has dealt with these SPD units many times in the past, and says that they are characteristically uncooperative, dilatory, and non-compliant with his requests for records and information,” Lee says in the lawsuit.

Although the Seattle police “reviewed” the Cobain suicide case recently, the case is currently not being re-investigated.

http://loudwire.com/seattle-police-laws ... in-photos/

And just when you thought Ryan was a one-off...

[Dan the Damned]

I forgot about this fundraising thing. Just checked, and he never got past that $390. But in any case, it notes that Ryan still gets the money, even though he didn't reach his goal. I guess that's why he didn't go with kickstarter?

And you just know that Ryan will definitely NOT see this as a clear message that nobody wants to see his crappy film. He is probably justifying it by telling himself that he didn't publicize it enough (or that the members of this board got together and hacked into indiegogo's site to make sure he wouldn't succeed)...

[kathyM]

Heh, heh, heh! you have let everyone know about the evil hacker plan Dan! Just kidding but that seems to be the way Ryan thinks. Probably easier to think that then to see the truth, that a filmmaker he is not.

[sherbetbizarre]

Lawyer Katzenbach is confident his client (Katzenbach) has a great case...

APRIL 15, 2014: The lawsuit continues forward with Beverly Hills following last week's Court ordered meet and confer between T. Peter Pierce and 6:38 writer and producer Ryan Katzenbach. Beverly Hills has served responses to the first set of interrogatories served by Katzenbach; the next set of responses are due April 25th...

It appears, based on documents produced, that the City of Beverly Hills has violated the California Public Records Act, as well as their own internal policies for dealing with records requests, in responding to Katzenbach's initial requests for documents. Stay tuned...

[astonio]

I'm Rollin!!!! For real. Is he truly speaking in 3rd person?!? Wtf is wrong with this kat?? Lmfaoooo!

[Dan the Damned]

I bet his excuse would be "that was my PR person who wrote that post"...

But yes -- funny as hell.

Odd that the big organized crime ring (which Ryan thinks killed Ronnie Chasen) can't seem to silence Ryan. Could that mean (gasp) that its all bullish*t?

[astonio]

Great point, Dan. I am soooooo not following his works of any kind and read what posters post here concerning this latest docu; however, how is he Teflon with mob in every attempt to "expose" them?? Smh. Regardless, he should be mindful of the LAPD. Keep ruffling feathers there. May not be the smartest thing a citizen can do...

[scipio-USMC]

I'm Rollin!!!! For real. Is he truly speaking in 3rd person?!? Wtf is wrong with this kat?? Lmfaoooo!

He is a pretend legend in his own mind. No I did not make a mistake I mean exactly what I wrote. If he were a legend in his own mind he would erroenously think he is smarter than everyone else. He damn well knows he isn't which is why he bans peopel who he can't effectively debate. That mean she actually recognizes he can't win a debate. So he just pretends he is a legend in his own mind.

Recall all the shil reviews he used on Amazon giving himself the maximum number of stars and saying it left no stone unturned though the first installment answered nothing.

He even used a shil to attack Dan and suggested no one shoudl believe anything Dan says because he filed for bankruptcy. That shows what a hypocrite he is because he also filed for bankruptcy himself so by the same logic nothing he says should be trusted.

He is a joke plain an dsimple and that is why he is too scared to actually take on anyone striaght up. He would get his ass handed to him and he know's it.

[astonio]

Yes. Wasn't his @$$ handed to him during that Showbiz Tonight interview? I recall the host stating a challenge to his assertions and Ryan went crickets? Idk what it was over but I remember my chuckle.

[kathyM]

How many lawsuits has this guy filed? Seems like everytime you turn around, he is involved in another one.