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These documents show a gang member confessing to a
burglary ordered by Carlos Gracie Jr. Carlos gives
the orders, Poppa John commits the crime. This is
the same Carlos Gracie Jr that is currently
targetting my dojo.DECLARATION OF N
I, John M. Gorman, declare:
1. [have personal knowledge of the information and the facts stated below. If
called upon as a witness, [ could and would competently testify as follows:
2. _ On Sunday, Nov 20, 2005, I was in Washington, DC and received a call
from Carlos Gracie, Jr. (“Gracie”). Gracie called me from Rio di Janeiro, Brazil. He
informed me that Gracie and his partner were “quitting their business with Jimmy Liu”
(Liu). He further asked me to help save the students that he had built up. Iwas
hhonored and delighted that I could assist my teacher Gracie when he asked me. Since he
asked me to come to Orange County, California right away, T immediately cleared my
calendar and in less than three hours and was on my way to Los Angeles, California.
3. That evening, Sunday, November 20, 2005, I arrived in Los Angeles,
California. 1 was picked up at LAX by assistant instructor and business partner of
Gracie, Marcio Feitosa (“Feitosa”) and then we procedded to John Wayne Airport to pick
‘up still another assistant instructor and business partner of Gracie, Andre Fernandez
Machado (“Machado”) (collectively “Gracie Associates”).
4. From the John Wayne airport, I drove with the Gracie Associates to the
Gracie Barra School in Lake Forrest, California (the “School”). During the ride, 1 was
informed by the Gracie Associates that Liu had changed the locks on the building. Since
L barely knew Liu, but knew Gracie, Feitosa, and Machado well, I had no reason to doubt
them when they asserted that it was Gracie’s school.
5. [and the Gracie Associates arrived at the School around 9 PM (it could
have been an hour or so either way, I was operating on east coast time.) While outside
the School, the Gracie Associates showed me that they had been wrongly locked out and
that they needed to get back into their school to at least get their belongings. 1
recommended that since Gracie owned the facility, that we should call a locksmith and.
simply change the locks again. The Gracie Associates said we could do that tomorrow,
but that they needed certain files immediately.
6. Feitosa stated that he wanted to break the lock with a crow bar, but I said
it would damage their property which they would need after we got the school back the
next day. After looking at the building again, I asked them if the window above the front
entrance was locked?
We needed a ladder to reach the high window. At that point, I called one of
Gracie’s local students that I knew would have a ladder, and asked him to bring it to the
school. Using that ladder, | tried the window and found it unsecured. I opened it and
entered the building and went downstairs and opened the door from the inside.
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Feitosa and Machado entered the building and went straight to a file cabinet
located just behind the desk.
Feitosa and Machado took a number of files. Both Feitosa and Machado stated
that they were most concemned about recovering the files containing all original contracts
between the students and the academy (“Student Contracts”). Accordingly, Feitosa and
Machado took a number of documents that they asserted to be the Student Contracts.
Furthermore, they talked about taking other stuff from the facility, but I said no,
as it seemed inappropriate since we were coming back the next day. However, the Gracie
Associates took a belt and a few little items.
7. After acquiring the files, the Gracie Associates left the academy. I locked
the door back from the inside and went back out through the window and down the
ladder. Other than the items taken, there was no damage to the facility and I thought that
‘we would be back over in the morning to straighten out the confusion and reoccupy the
school,
8. Off and on, during all of this, Gracie was on the cell phone with Feitosa.
According to Feitosa, Gracie was directing and communicating the scope of the operation
via cell phone/radio communication and was informed at all times of what was
transpiring.
9. While leaving the School, Gracie talked to me again via Feitosa’s
Radio/Cell phone and said, “Thank You Papa John for helping us save our school.” At
the time, I thought I was helping my teacher get his schoo! back.
10. On Tuesday, November 22, 2005, Gracie and the Gracie Associates stated
that we were not going back to the location. At that time, I found out that Gracie,
Feitosa, and Machado had left out significant information regarding the School, as well
as misstating facts regarding Liu and Gracie’s alleged ownership. Accordingly, I
attempted to negotiate a resolution to the situation which was unsuccessful
11. Shortly thereafter, Gracie did start a competing schoo! in close proximity
to the School.
12. Starting on November 19, 2005, Gracie and the Gracie Associates
contacted Liu’s students to inform them of Gracie’s new school. After contacting Liu’s
students, Gracie and the Gracie Associates assisted Liu’s students with breaking the
‘Student Contracts with Liu and the School.
13. Gracie, Feitosa, and Machado knew on or before November 19, 2005 that
Liu owned the schoo! and the Student Contracts, and that their true purpose of entering
the School was to recover Liu’s Student Contracts so Gracie and the Gracie Associates
could start a new and competing school in the area, and to injure the School and Liu.
Gabe14, Itwas not until some time later that I found out that Liu actually owned
the School, Gracie was not an owner, Gracie was an instructor/employee, and the Gracie
Associates were only employees.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct and that
this Declaration was executed on this 11" day of September)! 1, 2007, in Atlanta, GA.
STATE OF GEORGIA
COUNTY OF COBB:
On _ 9/4) 2007, before me,
Tahiely AWeme dt OF » personally appeared JOHN M. GORMAN,
personally known to me (or proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence) to be the
person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument, and acknowledged to me that
he executed the same in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature(s) on the
instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed
the instrument.
(Seal)
Notary
‘Notary Public DeKalb County Georgia
My Commission Expires August 14 2009