The able USDC Judge in Brooklyn already ruled that the various members of the Wu- collective — ones Mr. Shkreli has tried to mire in this — his thefts — are utterly… unavailing. That is the law of the case.
He was denied the right to add them as “necessary parties” last month. They are not necessary — in fact, they are complete strangers to the USDC order of forfeiture, under which PleasrDAO paid for, and took — all that Martin ever had — in any form, as to the Shaolin materials.
But in Quixotic fashion overnight, Martin Shkreli has filed what he calls a counterclaim — but he actually purports to sue new parties. In sum, various members of the Wu-. [That, to belabor the obvious, he cannot do, under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. In order to do it, he must file and serve an entirely new suit — directly against the Wu- members. That he WILL NOT do. Thus, this is just a[nother] smoke screen.]
He alleges the Wu- members had no right to sell “his” interests… in this work.
That is preposterous, on its face.
He lost everything he ever had, here — upon his conviction. When he could not pay the then ~$10 million he owed (now ballooned by other judgments to over ~$69 million), the court ordered all his right title and interest in the Shaolin [the sole copy of the Wu- work], also, a Picasso and an original “Enigma machine”, among other things, sold. And… they were all sold off, by the US Marshals years ago.
After that, Martin tried to sell bootleg copies — and held “listening parties” and claimed he had stashed bootlegs, in safes around the world — all while he was in prison in rural Pennsylvania.
He is flirting with going back up the river, here.
What an idiot.
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