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18 shared with me that Bruce and his father, David, took additional money from Bruce and Monica's joint
19 account and bought either stocks or bonds in Bruce's name alone. [OBJECTION NO. 7:
21 Hearsay].
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23 DECLARATION OF NORMA PAULA DE AHLF, PAGE 2:
24 10. Bruce was aware of the close relationship I shared with Monica. [OBJECTION NO. 8:
25 Argumentative; Speculative; No Foundation; Irrelevance] Bruce was aware that I knew about
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the extramarital affair and well as the recent activities between he and his father regarding their joint
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banking account. [OBJECTION NO. 9: No Foundation; Irrelevance; No Personal
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EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO AND MOTION TO STRIKE
1 Knowledge; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this matter;] Monica made it
2 known to Bruce that she was relaying everything that he was doing to me. [OBJECTION NO. 10:
3 Argumentative; No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge; Irrelevance; Prejudicial effect
4 outweighs probative value to this matter; hearsay] This made Bruce extremely angry at me.
5 [OBJECTION No. 11: Argumentative; No Foundation; Conclusory; Irrelevance;
6 Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this matter ]
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11. Several weeks before their trip to Mexico, Monica told me that she was going to withdraw a
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lot of money from their joint account. In the following several days, she withdrew the money, she
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changed the locks of their house and threw Bruce's clothes in trashbags and out onto the street.
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[OBJECTION NO. 12: Irrelevance; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this
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matter; No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge; Hearsay; Prejudicial effect outweighs
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probative value to this matter]
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16 12. She then took her children to Hawaii for several days to figure out how to handle her martial
17 problems and decide whether or not to leave Bruce. [OBJECTION NO. 13: Speculative;
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21 l3. Bruce constantly called Monica in Hawaii, trying to convince her to take him back.
22 [OBJECTION NO. 14: Argumentative; Irrelevance; No Foundation; No Personal
23 Knowledge; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this matter]
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25 14. When Monica and the kids returned from Hawaii, Bruce was at the house. [OBJECTION
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NO. 15: Irrelevance; No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge; Prejudicial effect
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outweighs probative value to this matter].
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EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO AND MOTION TO STRIKE
1 15. Despite all of their problems, Monica cared deeply for Bruce and wanted to have her family
17 Jeane. Bruce and his father, David, have never had anything to do with Zabumba. [OBJECTION NO.
19 would approximate that Bruce has been to the restaurant less than once a month for the seven years that I
20 have been working there. [OBJECTION NO. 21: Irrelevant; Speculative; Conclusory; No
2 day as I was preparing food for the memorial service we were holding for Monica the following day. The
3 doors were shut, the lights outside were turned off and the sign said closed. We were not open for
4 business. There were only a couple of us in the restaurant at the time. My car, which is known to Bruce
5 and his father [OBJECTION NO. 23: Conclusory; Speculative; No Foundation; No Personal
6 Knowledge; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this matter], was the only car
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parked next to Zabumba. [OBJECTION NO. 24: Speculative; No Foundation]. Further, neither
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Bruce nor his father, David, would have any need either business or personal. for being at the restaurant.
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[OBJECTION No. 25: Argumentative; Conclusory; Speculative; No Foundation; No
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Personal Knowledge; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this matter].
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Monica's sisters were recently granted temporary guardianship over the restaurant. [OBJECTION No.
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26: No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge].
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21. He asked another one of the people helping us that day, in a very threatening way
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16 [OBJECTION No. 27: Argumentative; Speculative; No Foundation; No Personal
17 Knowledge], "Where is Norma? I want to talk to Norma." He was very demanding. [OBJECTION
19 Knowledge]. The employee came into where I was standing and was literally shaking. [OBJECTION
20 No. 29: Argumentative; No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge]. She told me that Bruce’s
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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL MELAIR, PAGE 1:
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1. My name is Michael Melair and my date of birth is March 20, 1963.
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2. I am a friend of Norma Paula De Ahlf. On May 29, 2010, I went to Zabumba to help Norma
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prepare for Monica's memorial the following day.
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26 3. At about ten p.m., I was back in the kitchen cleaning some of trays when I heard someone said,
27 ''Michael, can you get this guy to leave?" I walked into the front kitchen area when I saw an older man
28 standing there with his right hand in his shirt. It looked to me that he was holding a gun.
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EVIDENTIARY OBJECTIONS TO AND MOTION TO STRIKE
1 [OBJECTION No. 38: Argumentative; Speculative; No Foundation]. I immediately became
2 concern that he would physically harm or shoot one of us. [OBJECTION No. 39: Argumentative;
3 Speculative; No Foundation].
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5 4. I walked up to him and told him that we were closed and he said, "Is Norma here?" He looked
6 around to the kitchen area again repeating, "Is Norma here? I want to talk to Norma." When he saw her
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[OBJECTION No. 40: No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge], he stated, "I want to talk to
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Norma." During the entire exchange, he had his hand in his shirt as if he was concealing a weapon.
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[OBJECTION No. 41: Argumentative; Speculative; No Foundation].
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5. Bruce's father, David [OBJECTION No. 42: No Foundation; Prejudicial effect
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outweighs probative value to this matter], created such panic in the restaurant that everybody
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started yelling and screaming for him to get out of the restaurant. [OBJECTION No. 43:
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Argumentative; Speculative; No Foundation; No Personal Knowledge]. Bruce's father, David
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16 [OBJECTION No. 44: No Foundation; Prejudicial effect outweighs probative value to this
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19 6. There is no doubt in my mind that Bruce's father, David Beresford-Redman, went to the