Chapter 8 - E-mail communications and confusion

Bread obtained by falsehood is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel,
Proverbs 29:17

(Editors note: Unless specified otherwise, the use of the terms “Derosas” or “Derosa family” are in reference to Pete Derosa and his family. Tom DeRosa is of no relation to Pete Derosa.)

By December 2001 Don Ensign had an article about the September allosaur dig posted on the Mt. Blanco Web site complete with photographs. His account included this quote: “Joe Taylor, assisted by Peter DeRosa, is making a field jacket using plaster and burlap strips. Peter and his family found that digging in the hard rock strata of Colorado for dinosaurs is considerably different from screening for sharks teeth in the wet sands of Florida”1

Angela Hudson couldn’t help but catch the spirit of the allosaur project while mingling with the members of the Mt. Blanco excavators as well as the staff from Creation Studies Institute and Answers in Genesis. By January of 2002 Angela Hudson and her sons had been part of two dinosaur excavations and were about to be part of the CSI Manatee Encounter. Angela Hudson had been the first one to donate money towards the partnership between CSI and the Forbes. She was excited for her sons to have the opportunity to rub shoulders with the men and women that came together for this work. Angela Hudson believed in the DeRosa family and she used her means to make life a little easier for them. She gave them $1,000 each time she stayed at their home. Angela Hudson donated a 2000 Suzuki 4-wheeler to the DeRosa family that cost her $3,383.01. Pete would claim this 4-wheeler on his 2002 income tax return as an expense. When Pete DeRosa made the case to Angela, in August of 2001, that $6,000 was urgently needed to keep the CSI/Forbes deal from falling apart, Angela Hudson gave Pete DeRosa the money. Pete would later claim in an affidavit that Angela’s money was to set up Creation Expeditions.

On January 25-26, 2002 Angela, Levi and Cy Hudson attended the CSI Manatee Swim in Crystal River, Florida and were house guests of the DeRosa family. Yet again, both families attended church along with Daniel Burns. Afterwards they traveled to Gainesville to see the traveling, Sue the T-Rex at the Florida Museum of Natural History, and Angela Hudson wrote Pete DeRosa another $1,000 check.

On March 16 and 17, 2002 the DeRosas, the Hudsons and Daniel Burns went on a Peace River canoe trip. And, for the second time, Angela Hudson took the DeRosa family to Disney World with her boys, paying everyone’s way. Angela Hudson also took the DeRosas to Busch Gardens and the Arabian Nights and bought the DeRosa family a season pass to Busch Gardens.2, 3, 4

Since early November of 2002 Doug Phillips of Vision Forum had been vigorously advertising the Dragon’s Den Dinosaur Tour.5 Vision Forum’s promotions to its nationwide home school clientele of about half a million offered the itinerary and price Tom DeRosa and Phillips agreed upon. And in fact by January 10th, Phillips had sold 10 of the 30 slots for the May 6-10, 2002 CSI-VF tour at the Forbes Ranch.

As an attorney with the District of Columbia Bar Association, Doug Phillips would certainly realize that Tom’s proposal and Phillips’ acceptance, as evidenced by his subsequent ad, constituted a simple but legal contract. All the while, Tom DeRosa continued trusting Pete DeRosa to represent CSI’s interests in carrying out the Vision Forum tour. Pete DeRosa had represented himself to Tom DeRosa as an experienced businessman, and Tom DeRosa entrusted Pete DeRosa with the follow-up negotiations for CSI. But instead of seeing to CSI’s interests Pete on the contrary had told the Forbes that Vision Forum was his contact, just as he had told them that Vision Forum was his contact. Niether were true and the Forbes did not fully understand that AiG backed out of the project partly due to Pete’s duplicity.6

During the winter of 2001, Pete busied himself with e-mails discussing selling the large mammoth jaw that Michael Hansen had discovered in November 2001. In one, Pete DeRosa asked Joe Taylor to estimate the jaw’s value, explaining that he needed two estimates in order to sell it and that one knowledgeable person had told him it was the biggest he’d ever seen. On January 14, 2002 Joe estimated the value at $10,000, if restored properly.7, 8, 9

On February 22, 2002 Pete DeRosa contacted Mike Zovath at AiG, through his daughter Stephanie, about purchasing the mammoth jaw. Pete DeRosa told her to, “Ask your Dad if he got the information I sent him on the mammoth we found on the Peace River. We would like to sell the jaw to a creation group. It may be the biggest in the world. We are still checking.”10 Pete DeRosa later negotiated a sale with Dr. Carl Baugh for $10,000; however, the sale was never completed due to ownership issues.

On January 10, 2002 Taylor e-mailed Pete DeRosa, to inquire about the status of the spring digs. “Do you honestly feel like CSI is planning to back the week at the Forbes?…We ventured into this believing that CSI or AiG were going to back it all the way to a finished mount. Do you see that still as a possibility?”11

Pete DeRosa responded the same day, claiming that he was actively pursuing funding: “CSI can sign a contract with you to dig May 13 thru May 23 at $500 per day. I have been trying to find funding by selling tours to Doug, CSI, and AiG. Doug guaranteed to fill the first trip, and has sold 10 of the 30 already at $950 per person. Just with Doug’s tour CSI will have the funding for all the spring work and have money for restoration. CSI just signed with the Forbes and still holds that anything that comes out of the site you own 20% of the material…Will you dig on these dates with us, if yes I will have Tom send a letter of committment to you.”12

The Forbes have stated that they never received a signed copy from CSI of the lease agreement. CSI did send $6,000 by December 7th, 2001.((6/18/07 e-mail from Brenda Forbes to Mary Gavin)) Tom DeRosa however claimed that several weeks after the September 2001 allosaur dig, he sent a signed copy of the AiG/CSI/Forbes lease option to the Forbes. Nevertheless, Brenda Forbes has stated that she doesn’t know what Pete DeRosa was talking about in his January 10, 2002 e-mail. She stated that they did not sign with CSI anywhere near January 10, 2002 because that was around the time that Dana Forbes told Tom DeRosa they couldn’t work with them beyond tours near the end of January.13

Taylor wrote Pete DeRosa back, encouraging action to get the bones restored and sold to fund the project and citing that the previously agreed-upon date to meet at the Forbes’ for the dig was May 10, 2002.11 On January 11, 2002 Pete DeRosa e-mailed Taylor, “If you could start on May 11 thru May 20 this would be the best days for us to work on the project. We have a group that will be sightseeing and we need to take them around for CSI. I promised Tom that I would do this first trip to help raise the money needed for the digging and restoration. I will have Tom send a letter to commit to you ASAP…”14 May 6-10, 2002 were the dates that Vision Forum advertised for their tour at the Forbes Ranch.

By the end of January 2002, negotiations between the Forbes and CSI grew strained. The Forbes sent a letter to Ken Wackes expressing their frustration with CSI. The Forbes knew Wackes was working with Tom DeRosa on the Forbes project.15 At this time the Forbes did not know that CSI had financed both Pete DeRosa and Taylor during the September 2001 dig. It had been verbalized by Pete DeRosa that the Forbes would receive $6,000 by the end of August, for holding the land for CSI. This $6,000 was also a part of the original unsigned contract drafted by Pete in August, between the Forbes, Taylor, and Pete DeRosa. The AiG/CSI/Forbes lease option however, was financially satisfied at the time of signing. Brenda Forbes would later explain that she didn’t know why she had gotten hung up by the $6,000.((2003 letter to Attorney Ed Watts)) Neither the Forbes, nor CSI, nor AiG knew Angela Hudson had given Pete $6,000 for the CSI/Forbes project. Pete asked for and the Forbes sent Pete DeRosa a letter stating that he had not tried to sway them away from CSI.16

Taylor contacted Pete DeRosa on January 31, 2002 to explain that he had sent a contract to the Forbes and that they would be contacting Pete DeRosa shortly. Pete DeRosa immediately responded to Taylor, stating that “CSI would only be doing tours at the Forbes’ and nothing more, and that he and Taylor would be responsible from then on for all bones excavated from the property. Pete claimed that because of the money they had already invested, CSI was not entirely happy about this development but that Dana wanted it that way.17 Taylor immediately contacted the Forbes and encouraged them to preserve their tour/money potential with CSI. He expressed his frustration with the false starts, but said he was still willing to work out the problems.18

The evening of February 1, 2002 Taylor e-mailed the Forbes again with the news that Tom DeRosa had called him that afternoon to clear things up. Tom DeRosa had explained that some of the misunderstandings and delays were due to his mother having passed away and that his lawyer had gone on vacation. Before AiG left the project, Tom DeRosa had the help of the AiG legal team. Now he had to stand in line to meet with CSI’s pro bono lawyer. Contrary to what Pete DeRosa had said, Tom DeRosa let Taylor know that, beyond the digs, he was interested in financing the Allosaurus restoration, and Taylor informed Tom DeRosa that he already had interested buyers. Taylor ended the e-mail to the Forbes by telling them that he was content to wait on CSI.19 The Forbes responded to Taylor, thanking him for helping them with the CSI situation, expressing the hope that things would get back on track and apologizing for becoming anxious with CSI.20

On February 3, 2002 Pete DeRosa e-mailed the Forbes the “Forbes Ranch Agreement Outline,” stating that he was traveling to Ft. Lauderdale to meet with CSI’s lawyer in person. He requested that the Forbes look the document over and make any changes necessary, telling them, “I told Tom that it must be done in the next 20 days. Also CSI will be doing Joe’s and mine agreement at the same time.”21

Brenda Forbes also phoned Taylor on February 3, 2002 to inform him that Pete DeRosa was putting together a contract between the three of them. Taylor e-mailed Pete DeRosa: “I just talked to Brenda. Said you are working up the contract between us. I should be around all week at museum.” Taylor emailed the Forbes to discuss the the new beginnings and expressed his pleasure that the Forbes had made amends with Tom DeRosa, stating that, “Tom really is a great guy.” Taylor finished with, “It seems things are much clearer now.”22

After the next few day’s exchanges with Pete DeRosa, Dana Forbes decided to travel to Ft. Lauderdale himself, “so everybody can see each other’s faces on this.” As Forbes prepared to meet with CSI’s lawyer, Brenda Forbes e-mailed Taylor on February 4, 2002 to say, “Please talk with Dana after you and Pete come to a decision on things. We want to make sure things are right with you, but I am not sure that I properly represented how he wants to do that.”23

On February 6, 2002 Taylor e-mailed the Forbes details of what is included in a standard bone excavation agreement, stating that the landowner typically received 10% (sometimes more) of the sale of the bones, whether sold in field jackets or restored, with the excavator getting 90%. Again expressing frustration with all the false starts that were taking his time away from other projects, Taylor also wrote, “I’m not at this point really interested in digging bones without full backing.” Taylor wanted to make it clear he could not afford to spend the time at the Forbes if it wasn’t financially beneficial. He would have still had interest in the bones due to the agreement made with the Forbes in May 2001. The excavation work was always a separate fee from the percentage in the sale of the bones.

Ed Watts, Pete DeRosa’s attorney, later used this February 6, 2002 e-mail to say Taylor did not want to be involved in the project. The entire Forbes project had become so muddled that Taylor had to make a decision where to best spend his time. The funding had not come through as Pete DeRosa had promised for the May 2002 excavation and Taylor had committed to help Otis Kline in Montana and as Taylor had limited time he could spend away from his work at the museum, he was under pressure to weigh his options carefully. At no time did Taylor ever mention giving up his part ownership in the allosaur.

Joe Taylor tried to convey in this letter that if the money wasn’t there for Taylor’s backing, perhaps the Forbes could get a little more training and learn to excavate and restore the bones themselves. He encouraged them to maximize their relationship with CSI. Taylor conveyed he had too many unfunded digs already. Three days after Taylor sent this email to the Forbes, on 2/9/02, Pete DeRosa emailed Taylor and told him that he still had 20% ownership in the bones and CSI would pay him $500/day to excavate in May.24

This e-mail from Taylor also makes the statement “I cannot positively say they are actually Allosaurus.”25 Taylor had been the first to say that the float found by Dana Forbes at the Brown Dirt site was definitely an Allosaur. Taylor also identified the three partial vertebrae in the Forbes living room in May 2001 as definitely being an Allosaur. However, while excavating the caudal vertebrae, the tail bones, Taylor noticed that the spools of the vertebrae were longer and different than the drawings and even the casts of the mounted specimens in the National Monument. The reason for the difference is that these drawings and casts that Taylor referenced had come from animals with incomplete tails. Don Yaeger and Taylor did the math on the tail bones to determine how much shorter each one was than the next. Based on the number of tail bones it should have had and the visible length of the few excavated, the math indicated they had a much larger animal or another species. He therefore cautioned everyone to be prepared for the animal not to be an Allosaur. As it turned out, the actual length combined with tail vertebra lengths was not really known in the reference material or even the mounted casts Taylor had examined.26

On February 9, 2002 Pete DeRosa e-mailed Taylor to tell him that Dana Forbes had met with CSI’s lawyer, and that he and Tom DeRosa believed that things with Dana Forbes were back to where they’d been in the first place. Pete DeRosa wrote, “We still will receive 20% of all bones sold, but it will be from 75% of the gross not 100% because Dana feels we are getting double paid. The 25% reduction is to cover what we would have been paid for digging and restoration on the bones. Also all the dates for digging are set, the 10 days in May for you at $500 per day is okay.”24

CSI held a board meeting on March 5, 2002 with Pete DeRosa again participating by phone. The board recognized Pete DeRosa as the field agent who was responsible for representing CSI’s interests in the Forbes agreement. CSI had invested over $15,000 in the project by this time, and with more changes proposed, the board was not sure how to proceed. As Pete DeRosa had been working closely with the Forbes, Tom DeRosa asked Pete DeRosa for his recommendation. Pete DeRosa advised Tom DeRosa not to proceed with negotiations with the Forbes.27

The next morning CSI called the Forbes to inform them of their decision to withdraw from the project. Brenda Forbes later stated in an email that CSI had called them that morning saying they couldn’t agree with the terms and were stepping out of the project. Brenda Forbes stated CSI felt that as a ministry, they needed to have their expenses recouped.28 As Vision Forum had already spent money on advertising, and had sold most of the spots for the tour, Tom DeRosa felt obligated to fulfill his agreement with Doug Phillips. Tom DeRosa arranged for Pete DeRosa to use a CSI secretary to continue to plan the Vision Forum tour.29 Pete was expected to recoup his expenses from the Vision Forum tour as CSI’s representative. CSI did not expect any money from the Vision Forum tour. CSI however did request that the Forbes refund the expenses that CSI had paid out because as a ministry they wanted to recoup donor money, but it was not required in the lease option agreement.

On March 11, 2002 however the Forbes e-mailed a business proposal to Pete DeRosa entitled “Proposed Excavations and Tours with DeRosas and Taylor”. After receiving it Pete DeRosa asked the Forbes if they’d sent it to Taylor yet, when they said no, Pete DeRosa replied, “Please don’t—it’ll freak him out and he’ll dump the whole thing.” Thus Taylor never saw it. Taylor is mentioned in this proposal.30

About two weeks later, March 26th, Pete DeRosa e-mailed the Forbes the first draft of a contract that was never seen by Taylor. This was an exclusive 6 year contract between the Forbes and the DeRosas. The Forbes would receive 15% of the gross sale price and Creation Expeditions would receive 85% of the gross. Furthermore the Forbes were to be paid $1500 for tours of 20 or more, 10-20 people would pay $1,000 and 9 or less they would receive $500.

Pete DeRosa again e-mailed the Forbes on April 3, 2002 regarding a letter they needed to submit for CSI’s upcoming board meeting. In it Pete DeRosa asked, “Have you and Brenda agreed on the contract I sent you, let me know. I will have monies to send you next week. Please do not discuss the bones with anybody from CSI. I told Tom this is off limits. CSI does not need to know anything of what we are doing, I told Tom you want all the money this is the end.”31 Tom DeRosa still thought CSI was sponsoring the Vision Forum tour.

Brenda Forbes stated that, “when Dana and I got the first contract from Pete via e-mail, we had a discussion. I said that I was frustrated because Joe was not on the contract.” Dana Forbes told Brenda Forbes he recalled asking Taylor if he wanted to be part of the contract, and that he had declined; however, Taylor does not remember having had this discussion. In a letter sent on September 18, 2003 to Pete DeRosa and Joe Taylor the Forbes also reference Taylor not remembering the offer. The Forbes have since stated that they believed that Taylor was being taken care of by Pete DeRosa under a separate agreement.32, 33

An April 5, 2002 e-mail from Brenda Forbes to Taylor regarding the Forbes arrival date at Crosbyton for a Mt. Blanco seminar on restoring bones indicates that Taylor was still expected to participate in the May 2002 dig, with the Forbes offering to transport supplies back to Colorado for it.34

On April 13, 2002 Pete DeRosa e-mailed Dana Forbes concerning the contract and asked: “Could you please have the contract witnessed, I have to send a copy to Doug [Phillips]. Vision Forum is already thinking about trips for the next year and wants to know that the land can be used in writing”.35 Doug Phillips was not willing to bring a tour to the Forbes property without the Forbes signed and witnessed contract in his possession. However, the DeRosas themselves did not sign the contract until after the allosaur skull was discovered in May 2002.

April 18th, 2002 the Forbes attened the Build your Own Fossil Museum at Joe’s museum. Brenda Forbes explained that she “wanted Joe to be the one to witness the contract with the hope that if there was the smallest chance that he would change his mind, that he would and that everything would be wonderful again.” So, the Forbes took the contract with them to the Mt. Blanco seminar. While the Forbes were entering the museum they saw Taylor exiting out the rear. Joe Taylor was frustrated at the time the Forbes arrived and decided to go home for lunch and meet the Forbes with an adjusted attitude. The Forbes were then under the impression that Taylor didn’t want to be involved with them, so later they asked Don Ensign, Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum director and Betty Ruth Sanders, a retired volunteer at the museum to witness the signing and sent it off to Pete DeRosa. Of this occasion Brenda Forbes states, “They didn’t know exactly what they were witnessing.”36 In a letter to Joe Taylor and Pete DeRosa dated September 18th, 2003 the Forbes write, “that while at Mt. Blanco on Thursday evening, April 18, 2002 that Joe indicated to her very firmly that his intention was to be out at our place on digs for a long time. This led us to believe that the two of you [Pete and Joe] had worked something out that was very agreeable to Joe….The fact that Joe’s employees witnessed the execution of the May 1 contract between the DeRosas and us is not relevant. Joe did not see the the DeRosa/Forbes contract that his employees witnessed. He was not there at the time and they did not know what they were signing. By his own accounts he never knew there was a contract until after the May 2002 dig. Based on this as well as him not remembering Dana’s offer, it is not unreasonable to conclude that he came to the May 2002 dig in good faith waiting for a writing contract outlining details the way they had been previously agreed upon (i.e. even during the time of the CSI negotiations.)”37

Taylor and his staff continued to wait for a contract to be forthcoming which would include Taylor’s interest.38

Summary of key events up to April 2002

May 2001 De-facto contract between Joe Taylor as digger, project director, coordinator and paleontologist, the backers (CSI through the efforts of Pete DeRosa and Tom DeRosa and the Forbes as landowners. At this time Forbes felt Pete was a representative of CSI.

Buddy Davis contacted Joe Taylor and was told about the bones at the Forbes. Buddy Davis approached AiG VP, Mike Zovath about the project.

August 1, 2001 Angela claims Pete asked her for $6,000 to save the Forbes/CSI lease.

In Pete’s affidavit Pete claims Angela gave him the money for Creation Expeditions.

Pete DeRosa emails draft of contract between Forbes/Taylor/DeRosa on August 21, 2001 to Forbes and August 22, 2001 to Taylor. This draft splits 45% to Taylor and 45% to DeRosa with 10% to Forbes requiring $6,000 at time of signing. Pete had Angela’s $6,000 at this time.

Pete drove CSI’s bone display to AiG creation conference in Kentucky August 29th, 2001. Mike Zovath and Buddy Davis discussed project with Tom DeRosa who in turn presented the Forbes business plan to the AiG board. The plan was for AiG reps to visit Forbes in September and see potential. Pete DeRosa did not mention the August draft of his interest. AiG attorneys drew up the AiG/CSI/Forbes lease agreement.

Tom DeRosa and Mike Zovath thought Pete DeRosa was CSI’s field agent and bound by the AiG/CSI/Forbes lease option.

September 2001-Forbes allosaur dig was not supposed to be an excavation. Joe Taylor was supposed to show AIG and CSI the potential for the site so they would invest in the excavation and restoration of the bones. As witnessed by Joe’s dig team the DeRosas asked to leave the Baugh dig and go to the Forbes ahead of the rest of the group. Joe clearly told them they could clean up the float and rocks from the “Brown Dirt” Site for the AiG/CSI tour. The DeRosas did not listen and undercut the allosaur causing the team to organize an emergency dig. 12 feet of the allosaur was excavated and the tail was plastered for protection until the dig planned for May 2002. They planned to look for the skull. The bones were transported to Taylor’s museum for restoration, while training Phillip Hall, Chantell Lines, Peter DeRosa and Mark DeRosa. CSI funded Taylor and Pete DeRosa at this dig. Mike Zovath signed the lease option with the Forbes and Tom DeRosa could have signed as well. The $2,000 satisfied the terms of this lease option. There were other details to work out as well. No one showed Mike Zovath and Tom DeRosa the draft Pete had emailed in August 2001.

October 6th weekend at an ICR conference in Tampa FL where CSI had a display. Pete DeRosa met Doug Phillips. Tom DeRosa wrote up an arrangement for Doug Phillips. Phillips accepted and began to advertise the CSI sponsored May 2002 Forbes Dragons Den Dinosaur dig right away.

October 18th, 2001 Pete DeRosa drafts a letter to the bank outlining the AiG/CSI/Forbes business plan. Pete signs the letter representing himself as the Field Director for Creation Studies Institute. This document carried much weight and helped the Forbes buy the other section of land where the allosaur was located. Dana had given up his teaching position June 2001.

November 2001 Michael Hansen discovers a large Mammoth jaw on a CSI sponsored tour. Pete and his sons take possession of the skull and contract to sell it to Dr. Carl Baugh for $10,000.

AiG is upset about Phillips ad and Forbes non-ownership of the allosaur property.

December 2001 AiG backs out of project and CSI/Forbes negotiations break down. Tom DeRosa still trusts Pete DeRosa is CSI’s agent. Forbes think AiG and Vision Forum are Pete DeRosa’s contacts.

Emails show Joe Taylor expected a percentage and expenses to come dig in May 2002. Pete promised Joe those percentages and expenses in corresponding emails.

March 5, 2002 CSI Board meeting, Pete DeRosa advises Tom DeRosa not to continue negotiations with the Forbes. March 6, 2002 CSI calls Forbes with decision.

Tom DeRosa views CSI as obligated to fulfill the agreement with Vision Forum since most of the tour is sold. Tom asks Pete DeRosa as CSI’s representative to fulfill the tour with Phillips. Tom supplies Pete DeRosa with a CSI secretary to finish the tour arrangements. Tom DeRosa does not expect any money from the Vision Forum tour. He expects Pete DeRosa to represent CSI on the tour, collect his expenses and return to work with CSI as their field agent.

March 11, 2002 Forbes send a proposal between Taylor, DeRosa and Forbes and send it to Pete DeRosa. Pete DeRosa called the Forbes and asked if they had shown this document to Taylor. They said they had not and Pete DeRosa said “Don’t.” Taylor never saw this contract.

March 26th, 2002 Pete DeRosa sent Forbes the first draft of Forbes/DeRosa contract. It was a much simpler contract without the monthly payments that had been included in the AiG/CSI agreement. Pete was to receive 85%, Forbes 15% of bones at time of sale.

DeRosa/Forbes Contract signed by Forbes on April 15th, 2002 and sent to Pete DeRosa who sent a copy to Doug Phillips. DeRosas did not sign until May 17, 2002 a full week after the Vision Forum group left the Forbes site.

  1. Mt. Blanco article from 2001 regarding the September 2001 Allosaur dig[↩]
  2. 3/19/02 group photo of Angela Hudson’s family and Pete DeRosa’s family at Arabian Nights in Florida[↩]
  3. 2/28/03 Daniel Burns affidavit[↩]
  4. 3/10/03 Linda DeRosa affidavit[↩]
  5. 2002 Vision Forum catalog promotion[↩]
  6. 6/19/07 Randy Gavin statement regarding May 2004 conversation with Mike Zovath[↩]
  7. 1/7/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  8. 1/14/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  9. 1/14/02 e-mail from Taylor to Pete DeRosa[↩]
  10. 2/22/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Stephanie Zovath[↩]
  11. 1/10/02 e-mail from Taylor to Pete DeRosa[↩]
  12. 1/10/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  13. 6/29/07 e-mail Brenda Forbes to Mary Gavins[↩]
  14. 1/11/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  15. 1/31/02 e-mail from Forbes to Ken Wackes[↩]
  16. 1/30/02 e-mail from Forbes to Pete DeRosa[↩]
  17. 1/31/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  18. 1/31/02 e-mail from Taylor to Forbes[↩]
  19. 2/1/02 e-mail from Taylor to Forbes[↩]
  20. 2/2/02 e-mail from Forbes to Taylor[↩]
  21. 2/3/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Forbes[↩]
  22. 2/3/02 e-mail from Taylor to Pete DeRosa and to the Forbes[↩]
  23. 2/4/02 e-mail from Forbes to Taylor[↩]
  24. 2/9/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Taylor[↩]
  25. 2/6/02 e-mail from Taylor to Forbes[↩]
  26. 6/29/07 e-mail from Taylor to Mary Gavin referencing 2/6/02 e-mail from Taylor to Forbes[↩]
  27. 6/19/07 Mary Gavin statement regarding recent statements by Tom DeRosa[↩]
  28. Email from Brenda Forbes dated 03/06/02[↩]
  29. June 2007 video interview with Tom DeRosa[↩]
  30. Page 1 of the 3/11/02 Forbes/Taylor/DeRosa 3-way split proposal[↩]
  31. 4/3/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Forbes[↩]
  32. 3/26/02 and 4/3/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Forbes and also 6/13/07 e-mail from Brenda Forbes[↩]
  33. Pete DeRosa/Forbes contract along with signatures[↩]
  34. 4/5/02 e-mail from Brenda Forbes to Taylor[↩]
  35. 4/13/02 e-mail from Pete DeRosa to Forbes[↩]
  36. 6/13/07 e-mails from Taylor and Brenda Forbes[↩]
  37. 9/18/03 Forbes letter to Pete DeRosa and Taylor[↩]
  38. Don Ensign interview from January 2005[↩]