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Judge Releases Romney Testimony in Allred ‘October Surprise’

Oct. 25, 2012 12:41pm

Yesterday, TheBlaze reported that celebrity attorney and famed partisan Gloria Allred may be attempting to debut an “October surprise.” Specifically, that “surprise” would be based on decades-old testimony by Romney in the divorce proceedings of Tom Stemberg, the founder of Staples, and might allege that Romney – then one of Staples’ main investors – purposefully misrepresented the value of Staples stock in order to cheat Stemberg’s ex wife, Maureen.

Gloria Allred Gets Romney Testimony, But No Gag Order Lifted on Maureen Stemberg

Photo: AP

It is too soon to tell whether the prospective accusation will be made, or indeed if Allred will go any further with this story, but a judge in Massachusetts granted Allred at least half of what she wanted in crafting this “October surprise.” Specifically, Romney’s testimony in the case has been released to the public, and can be reported about in the press.

However, Allred has also suffered a setback. The Daily Mail reports:

Allred, a staunch Obama supporter who promised an ‘October surprise’ for Romney, arrived at the court in Canton, Massachusetts on Thursday morning with Maureen Sullivan Stemberg, 61.

She demanded a gagging order against her client be lifted so she could speak about Romney’s conduct through her divorce proceedings, which dragged on between 1987 and 2002.

“She is apparently the only person in the United States of America – perhaps the world – who cannot speak about Governor Romney,” Allred said. “She needs to be able to speak.”

She argued that Maureen Stemberg is “denied her first amendment right” by the court in the “most comprehensive gag order I have ever seen in my 36 years of law.”

Judge Jennifer Ulwick responded that Mrs Stemberg should file her own modification to the gagging order, rather than it be dealt with today, meaning she cannot yet speak out.

For Romney, this particular setback may prove to be more of a blessing than the release of the testimony is for Allred. In spite of the gag order, someone posting under the name of Maureen Stemberg has been identified by several blogs as a prolific, viciously anti-Romney and anti-Mormon commenter on sites like the Huffington Post. With Stemberg not being able to repeat some of the embittered accusations noted on these sites in front of media cameras with Allred as a sponsor, the ability of the Romney testimony to be sensationalized may be crippled.

Nor is it likely that Romney was blindsided by this attack. Maureen Stemberg’s grievances were first aired against him in 1994 when he ran against former Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy.

 

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Comments (473)

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  • BODYBAG
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:03pm

    This isnt worth the toilet paper its printed on.
    Yet another DEMO-COMMUNIST smear campaign.

    Gloria, you’re about as valuable to humanity as a soiled diaper filled
    with digested puree of green beans.

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    • 2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:32pm

      And the soiled diaper is more attractive.

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      2MINUTESTOMIDNIGHT  
    • HumbleMan
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 2:13pm

      … smells better too.

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      HumbleMan  
    • CatB
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:11pm

      Wow .. too old hags with a personal agenda against a man who has lived his life in a good and decent manner … yea .. good luck with that .. .they can only come off as vindictive and LYING!

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      CatB  
    • 13Lena
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:16pm

      Does she have a twitter account or a face book page. Time to take this troll down. She needs to lose her license.

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      13Lena  
  • pinostabaum
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:03pm

    that kind of comment makes us all look bad.

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    pinostabaum  
  • Benjack
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:01pm

    NV,No question about it!

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    Benjack  
  • KidCharlemagne
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:00pm

    I don’t doubt that Ms. Allred will be making an upcoming slate of appearances on Greta van Susteren’s nightly show in light of this.

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    KidCharlemagne  
  • Mike Benton
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:00pm

    What a pair of hags.

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    Mike Benton  
  • Tri-ox
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:59pm

    “For Romney, this particular setback” – HUH? Romney’s lawyers already said that he doesn’t care if his testimony is released, and he has not been involved in this process at all – SO, how is this in any way a “SETBACK” – what a stupid thing to say.

    Let’s face it – obama is behind this whole thing – and it is his most desperate move yet. It doesn’t really matter what Allred and this Stemberg witch have to say, because they are being paid to say it and, Romney doesn’t care if his testimony is released – SO, this is just more meaningless obama garbage.

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  • 80mesh
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:58pm

    gloria is like a large sewer trout every time she surfaces it attracts flies

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    80mesh  
  • 50Caliber
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:58pm

    Is Gloria Allred related to Nancy Pelosi? She looks and acts like her doppleganger. Has anyone ever seen the rwo of them together? Scarry stuff !!

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    50Caliber  
  • Cavallo
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:58pm

    This woman is so sleezey it is comical.

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    Cavallo  
  • momrules
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:56pm

    Axelrod is behind this. He had sealed divorce records of two of Obama’s opponents unsealed in earlier political races.
    It won’t matter to me. I am not a Romney fan but I will vote for him because I loathe Obama and recognize him for the evil man he is.

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    momrules  
    • getourcountryback
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:25pm

      Axelrod and Jarrett are behind EVERYTHING. I doubt Oblama can take a poop without first getting direction from these two. Of course they are going to throw everything including the kitchen sink, yes I said kitchen, at anybody that gets in the way of their communist manifesto.

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    • right
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:00pm

      Yep, smells like ‘The Chicago Way’ to me.

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      right  
    • pamela kay
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 4:49pm

      I agree with you. So they are accusing Romney of lying under oath yet no mention of BHO lying under oath when he was sworn in as President? Isn’t there a clause in there about honoring our constitution?

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      pamela kay  
  • thetruthlives
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:56pm

    allred is a poser and an egomaniac

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    thetruthlives  
  • kevinthewriter
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Pitiful.

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    kevinthewriter  
  • MAULEMALL
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

    so by thye picture it looks like gloria is hanging around adolph hitler after he had his sex change operation?

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    MAULEMALL  
  • angelcat
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

    AS soon s the records are released the Democrats will be speed reading them in order to find ways to lie and misrepresent what is in them. My first take is that most people who are not already voting for Obama are so repulsed by this kind of dirt-digging that they won’t pay much attention. In fact, it may turn people against Obama, especially if they know Allred met with Obama a few weeks ago. I would like to know what the rest of you think (except for the trolls, of course. We all know they don’t think. They just spout talking points, profanity, and venom)

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  • ssanda
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Well, she helped knock out Meg Whitman in CA, and Herman Cain earlier this year, but I think she’ll come up empty on this one. Am I the only one who looks at her and sees a cockroach?

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    ssanda  
  • nobull14
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:54pm

    Who cares what this old Democrap Battle axe Does !!!!!

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    nobull14  
  • AmericanStrega
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:53pm

    More b.s. from Ms. Allred. Don’t these people ever get tired of playing a bad hand? FOLD ALREADY!

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    AmericanStrega  
  • Not Giving Up
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:52pm

    Wow, the look on Maureen’s face speaks volumes.

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    Not Giving Up  
  • Popp40
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:52pm

    They say pictures are worth a thousands words…..and I have to admit they are correct. Just look at the picture of these two….Stemberg is holding her head up like she is doing some great dead and is so rightous, Allred just looks like pure evil!

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    Popp40  
  • The_Jerk
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:51pm

    All Red. Gloria is Allred. She is one of the many communist Jews that keep attacking our Constitution through the courts. Communism is a Jewish movement. Communism came from Moses Hess and Karl Marx, both Jews with rabbinical ancestry. It is what it is. They hide behind the accusations of antisemitism.

    Rabbis know this to be true. World leaders have known this to be true. Better wake up, ’cause you’re the victim.

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    The_Jerk  
    • Dom321
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:41pm

      Hi The-Jerk,
      I have to agree with you “in part”. Karl Marx was a self-hating Jew and I don’t understand how the majority of Jews vote for democRats, I have had the privilege of working with several Jewish people who absolutely abhor the democRat values. They vote Republican.

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      Dom321  
    • riseandshine
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:30pm

      Karl Marx hated himself?

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      riseandshine  
  • RightThinking1
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:50pm

    Of *course* the judge released it. I mean .., it was only *sealed*. The ‘new normal’, perversion of everything, including the law.

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    RightThinking1  
  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:49pm

    So Allreds proxy attack for Obama on Romney appears to already be backfiring…good.

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    Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}  
    • SITDOWNANDSHUTUP
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:22pm

      You’re kidding, right????

      This ruling will be her ammunition to say how her client (the women that Romney raped financially) was disenfranchised and not allowed to tell her side of the story.

      No, this story is only just in the beginning stages. The MSM will keep these coal red hot until they can find a log somewhere to get their fire raging. For them, 11 days is more than enough time.

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      SITDOWNANDSHUTUP  
    • Al J Zira
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 3:58pm

      Good! Let the MSM, especially MSNBC, run with this as if it’s the deciding factor in this election. When they open their mouth my response is: what’s the problem? The hag didn’t become enough of the 1% the left so desperately despises?

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      Al J Zira  
  • dacorvi
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:49pm

    Allred is so pathetic and embarassing that I am ashamed to admit I live on the same planet as her. Every election, she comes up with some screaming woman who hates men, wants to eliminate men from humanity, and wants to take everything men own. I’m so tired of her crap. We should give her an all expense paid trip to the Bahamas right about now…by slow ship.

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    dacorvi  
  • ChildOfTheKing
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:49pm

    Gloria, since you are pro-Obama, THAT, IN ITSELF MAKES YOU, AS A PERSON, VERY SUSPICOUS.

    In other words, Attorneys DO LIE, OOPS, BEND THE TRUTH.
    Attorneys cannot be trusted, no more than Dem and some Repub politicians, so what difference will this make?

    If what you say is true, then action would have been taken at that time, so I DOUBT WHAT YOU SAY IS TRUE. The govt takes very seriously, people who try to fudge with the Stock Market.

    Gloria, YOU AND OBAMA ARE VERY DESPERATE. Good luck.

    I believe, even tho I do not agree with Romney on all his policies (foreign to be specific), ROMNEY IS AN HONORABLE MAN. He is a God-fearing man and his FRUITS have proven him to be so. This is why you leftist liberals are trying so desperately to find anything you can to discredit Mitt.

    On the other hand, OBAMA’S FRUITS ARE TAINTED WITH SLIME AND MOLD, so anything you say will probably not be believed.

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    ChildOfTheKing  
  • term limits for congress
    Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:47pm

    Trump – Strike 1
    Allred – Strike 2

    Anyone else? Time is running out.

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    term limits for congress  
    • Popp40
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 12:55pm

      Obama winning the election – strike 3

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      Popp40  
    • momrules
      Posted on October 25, 2012 at 1:03pm

      Well Obama/Jarret haven’t pulled their own October surprise yet. Be prepared for worse to come.

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      momrules  
    • RonPaulOrNoOne
      Posted on October 26, 2012 at 12:41am

      At the end of the day, Romney will lose because of what they did to the Ron Paul Backers. No respect whats so ever. And it is going to back fire on you guys. Just wait

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      RonPaulOrNoOne  
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