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From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: April 19, 2014, 4:54:39 AM CDT
To: sharynbovat@aol.com
Subject: Kline Preston: Sharon, you don't know me but we both know Kline Preston
Hello, Sharon,
Don't know if this email address is still good, but we shall see. I have had the great misfortune to be lured into Kline Preston's service to do copyediting for him, work on a manuscript for a book translated from Russian. The guy will not pay me and I have been working on this for a solid month. He actually went to a small press down in Spring Hill yesterday, behind my back, and talked the owner into doing this work for him for $1 a page, until, that is, she discovered what a holy mess it is, then she notified his office that she had to bow out. He now owes me over $2,000.
He lures in translators as well, telling them they have to do 13 hours' worth of translating for him as a "TEST" for which he will pay them, then he doesn't hire them, doesn't pay them, and they never hear from him again.
I have read your blog tonight and passed the info on to someone that works for him right now but despises him...
What more can you tell me about this guy? His tweets that I read on your blogsite are terrible... he is a real hater of mankind--or anyone who isn't white and WASPY, from the South, isn't into guns, is tolerant of blacks and gays, and doesn't want to consort with the Russians, I guess!
Please feel free to email me back. I would love to get together with some of his former employees (he's had four come and go since August) to start a class action suit against him!
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Klare K.
Franklin
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On Sat, 4/19/14, Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@aol.com> wrote:From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Kline Preston: Sharon, you don't know me but we both know Kline Preston
To: "Klare" <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, April 19, 2014, 1:36 PM
Klare -
Please send me any documentation you have I'm trying to get
Kline investigated as part of a Rico case- the guy is a
crook- do you have a local attorney selected for the class
action?
Sharyn
Sent from my iPhone
Date: April 19, 2014, 5:14:36 PM CDT
To: Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@aol.com>
Subject: Re: Kline Preston:
Hi, Sharyn,
Thank you for responding.
What I have in documentation is the manuscript that he sent to me both electronically and via FedEx overnight. The rest of what I have is information shared with me by a translator whom he has driven to an ulcer. I won't share her name with you because she still works for him. She is trying not to get "fired," until she can find another job or improve her circumstances otherwise.
From what I have been able to learn about him, he is guilty of extreme oppression and enslavement of his employees, and anyone else who does outside work for him; that he has been doing this all along--Procuring Services with Intent to Defraud and Nonpayment of Services Rendered(felonies); that his true allegience may be to Russia and not to the United States at all (possibly grounds for charges of treason? I don't know); and that he is a real con artist, a scammer, a thief of time, services and the intellectual property of others... The list seems to go on and on. He also tells his female employees that "men are more important than women," thereby cause for charges against him for sex discrimination in hiring and employment. (Ironically, he claims to represent women in such cases!! He also works in patent, trademark, copyright, and intellectual property law--again, ironically, while he steals from people providing i.p. services to him!) AND IF THOSE
TWEETS I READ ON YOUR BLOGSITE ARE INDEED REAL, THEN HE IS GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH, AND I WOULD THINK THE FBI MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT. Which for me, might be a good place to start. I am going to ask his translator to translate the Russian tweets for me, so we can see what else he's had to say that comprises hate-filled speech.
She told me that she found papers from your case scattered about the room where he keeps all his old cases and files, that he does not archive and store his files, and that the filing situation was a mess, and she found your files, but she didn't read them much, except to say that he had notes about Ronald Reagan and his "brother," Stephen Preston. (I don't think they are brothers, by the way--his background is far different from Kline's; he attended Yale and Harvard, works for a super-large law firm located in Boston/Washington--their career paths have been too different, I think. If Stephen Preston is so brilliant, then why not Kline? I think Kline is just a super-rightwing, WASP, promoter of Tea Party and candidates, and everything hideously conservative and "traditional," and probably fundamentalist (since his father was a minister) about this country!
The guy is a menace to society. He ought to be taken off the streets and thrown in jail. I wonder if he learned his oppressive tactics from consorting with the Russians?
No lawyer yet--thinking about my strategy. I don't yet know the names of the other women who've left his employ abruptly.
I haven't had much time yet, Sharyn. I am still in the first stages of shock over my situation with him. I virtually sat here for a month, working night and day on this document for him. Then he requested I send him the completed part so he could check my progress, claiming he "needed to see what the formatting was doing," and I told him that he didn't my corrected document, he only needs to check the document he's got in the computer at his office! The nightmare formatting is of course present in the document in their computers as well. His translator told me NOT to send him any work, because he would take it and run with it and not pay me. So--I sat here and spent a few hours doing up a statement for him for my accumulated hours, and then sent him an email telling him why I was also sending him only two pages of the finished document. He paid me a $150 deposit on my work, after sending me the hard-copy document overnight without my requested deposit
included. I called and told him I would begin work once I received his check. I told him in my email that went along with the statement and the two pages, that $150 hardly covered the 97 hours I had spent in reading alone, line by line, and correcting it in pencil, and that he owes me for 197 hours, working on the formatting and inserting corrections, which I documented for him. That's when he turned around and went to a small press in Spring Hill that publishes and carries ONLY books written by southerners, in the "southern perspective"--Civil War, "Christian" (fundamentalist!), etc.--and tried to engage the president of the press's services for $1 a page! It's amazing someone would prostitute themselves that way! It's all I can do to keep myself from emailing her and telling her so! :-)
More information than you probably want to know, but I am livid; feel free to use this information with your case if you think it might add to the growing evidence that his whole M.O. is being a shyster and a con artist and a crook!
Please contact me again or stay in touch. I can let you know how I proceed with my current situation with him.
Sincerely, and thank you for your time.
Klare K.
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This was in a PDF
Hi, Sharyn,Thank you for responding.
What I have in documentation is the manuscript that he sent to me, both electronically and via FedEx overnight. The rest of what I have is information shared with me by a translator whom he has driven to an ulcer. I won’t share her name with you, because she still works for him. She is trying not to be “fired,” until she can find another job or improve her circumstances otherwise.
From what I have been able to learn about him, I believe he is guilty of oppressing and enslaving his employees, and others who do outside work for him; that he has been doing this all along: Procuring Services with Intent to Defraud, and Nonpayment of Services Rendered (felonies); that his true allegiance may be to Russia and not to the United States at all (possibly grounds for charges of treason? I don’t know . . .); and that he is a real con artist, a scammer, a thief of time, services and the intellectual property of others . . . the list seems to go on and on. He also tells his female employees, “Men are more important than women,” thereby cause for charges against him for sex discrimination in hiring and employment. (Ironically, he claims to represent women in such cases! He also works in patent, trademark, copyright and intellectual property law; again—ironically—while he steals from people providing intellectual property services to him!)
AND IF THOSE TWEETS I READ ON YOUR BLOG SITE ARE INDEED REAL, THEN HE IS GUILTY OF HATE SPEECH, AND I WOULD THINK THE FBI MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN INVESTIGATING HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT, which for me might be a good place to start. I am going to ask his translator to translate the Russian tweets for me, so we can see what else he has had to say that comprises hate-filled speech.
The translator told me she found papers from your case scattered about the room where he keeps all his old cases and files, that he does not archive and store his files (and thus they are at his fingertips), and that the filing situation was a mess. She said she didn’t read much about your case, except that he had some notes written on one paper about Ronald Reagan, and his “brother” Stephen Preston. (I don’t think they are brothers, by the way—his background is far different from Kline’s; he attended Yale and Harvard, works for a super-large law firm located in Boston/Washington; their career paths have been too different, I think. Because if Stephen Preston is so brilliant, then why not Kline? I think Kline is just a super-right wing WASP, promoter of the Tea Party and their candidates, and everything hideously conservative, “traditional,” and probably fundamentalist (since his father was a minister), about this country!
I think Kline Preston is a menace to society. He ought to be yanked off the streets and thrown in jail. I wonder if he learned his oppressive tactics from consorting with the Russians! Nah . . . he’s probably always been that way—he’s a native Nashvillian! And after all, he’s got a IV behind his name!
No lawyer yet—thinking about my strategy. I don’t yet know the names of the other women who’ve left his employ abruptly since August.
I haven’t had much time yet, Sharyn. I am still in the first stages of shock over my situation with him (although I’ve not moved on to being super pissed!). I virtually sat here for a month, working night and day on this document for him. Then he requested I send him the completed part so he could check my progress, claiming he “needed” to see what the formatting was doing, and I told him that he didn’t need my corrected document for that; he could check the document they’ve got in the computer at the office! The nightmare formatting is of course present in the document in their computers! His translator told me NOT to send him any work because he would take it and run with it, and not pay me. So . . . I sat here and spent a few hours adding up my time sheets and doing up a statement for him for my accumulated hours, and then sent him an email telling him why I was sending him just two pages of the finished document. (Initially, he paid me a $150 deposit on my work, after sending me the hard-copy document overnight without the requested deposit check included. I called and told him I would begin work once I received his check.) I told him that $150 hardly covers the 97 hours I had spent in reading time alone, line by line, correcting the text in pencil as I went, and that he owes me for 197 hours total, including working on the formatting and inserting corrections in the computer copy up to a certain point, which I documented for him. That’s when he turned around and went to the small press in Spring Hill that publishes and carries ONLY books written by southerners, “in the southern perspective”—Civil War, “Christian” (fundamentalist!), etc.—and tried to engage the president of the press’s services for $1 a page! It’s amazing to me that someone would prostitute themselves that way! It’s all I can do to keep myself from emailing her and telling her so! ☺ I do not understand his “power” over people! I learned my lesson early on with him—there were just too many red flags about him right from the get-go.
More information, probably, than you want to know, but I am livid! Feel free to use this information with your case if you think it might add to the growing evidence that his whole M.O. is being a shyster and a con artist and a crook! To me, he seems like he is one of these “new gilded-age” monsters who feels that only his ilk deserves to live and thrive!
Please contact me again or stay in touch. I can let you know how I proceed with my situation with him.
Thank you very much for your time.
The translator told me she found papers from your case scattered about the room where he keeps all his old cases and files, that he does not archive and store his files (and thus they are at his fingertips), and that the filing situation was a mess. She said she didn’t read much about your case, except that he had some notes written on one paper about Ronald Reagan, and his “brother” Stephen Preston. (I don’t think they are brothers, by the way—his background is far different from Kline’s; he attended Yale and Harvard, works for a super-large law firm located in Boston/Washington; their career paths have been too different, I think. Because if Stephen Preston is so brilliant, then why not Kline? I think Kline is just a super-right wing WASP, promoter of the Tea Party and their candidates, and everything hideously conservative, “traditional,” and probably fundamentalist (since his father was a minister), about this country!
I think Kline Preston is a menace to society. He ought to be yanked off the streets and thrown in jail. I wonder if he learned his oppressive tactics from consorting with the Russians! Nah . . . he’s probably always been that way—he’s a native Nashvillian! And after all, he’s got a IV behind his name!
No lawyer yet—thinking about my strategy. I don’t yet know the names of the other women who’ve left his employ abruptly since August.
I haven’t had much time yet, Sharyn. I am still in the first stages of shock over my situation with him (although I’ve not moved on to being super pissed!). I virtually sat here for a month, working night and day on this document for him. Then he requested I send him the completed part so he could check my progress, claiming he “needed” to see what the formatting was doing, and I told him that he didn’t need my corrected document for that; he could check the document they’ve got in the computer at the office! The nightmare formatting is of course present in the document in their computers! His translator told me NOT to send him any work because he would take it and run with it, and not pay me. So . . . I sat here and spent a few hours adding up my time sheets and doing up a statement for him for my accumulated hours, and then sent him an email telling him why I was sending him just two pages of the finished document. (Initially, he paid me a $150 deposit on my work, after sending me the hard-copy document overnight without the requested deposit check included. I called and told him I would begin work once I received his check.) I told him that $150 hardly covers the 97 hours I had spent in reading time alone, line by line, correcting the text in pencil as I went, and that he owes me for 197 hours total, including working on the formatting and inserting corrections in the computer copy up to a certain point, which I documented for him. That’s when he turned around and went to the small press in Spring Hill that publishes and carries ONLY books written by southerners, “in the southern perspective”—Civil War, “Christian” (fundamentalist!), etc.—and tried to engage the president of the press’s services for $1 a page! It’s amazing to me that someone would prostitute themselves that way! It’s all I can do to keep myself from emailing her and telling her so! ☺ I do not understand his “power” over people! I learned my lesson early on with him—there were just too many red flags about him right from the get-go.
More information, probably, than you want to know, but I am livid! Feel free to use this information with your case if you think it might add to the growing evidence that his whole M.O. is being a shyster and a con artist and a crook! To me, he seems like he is one of these “new gilded-age” monsters who feels that only his ilk deserves to live and thrive!
Please contact me again or stay in touch. I can let you know how I proceed with my situation with him.
Thank you very much for your time.
Sincerely,
Klare K.
On Sun, 4/20/14, Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@aol.com> wrote:
Subject: Re: Sharyn, resending my statement in a Word doc
To: "Klare" <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2014, 7:34 AM
Klare- We gotta find out did he pay
taxes for his employees or is he writing off unpaid bills
(like to you) on his taxes?
He's a crook and that's an easy way to catch him.
Well figure out something- he's got to stop. I've Already.
Learned he took a lot of cases and did nothing. In my case
he had a conflict of interest - the Russian stuff is creepy
but his connections with Putin's gov have got to see him as
a nuisance.
I was told in January 2012 he had a porn problem is that
still the case - when he changed offices no longer magazines
in bathroom - the guys sick!
Be careful - he really should not be allowed to practice
law. Thanks- sharyn
Sent from my iPhone
On Apr 20, 2014, at 3:39 AM, Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
wrote:
From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: April 20, 2014, 5:37:53 PM CDT
To: Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@aol.com>
Subject: Re: resending my statement . . .I don't know. I don't know if his translator would know about any of those things. I could ask her. She is getting ready to go home to Russia next week, because she has no health insurance, working for him has given her an ulcer, and she can get free medical care at home. She won't stand up to him in an overt way (which has given her the ulcer), so I don't know what she's discovered. She's only been there since November.
I'll ask her. I have told her not to do anything this week that could raise his suspicion or get her fired before she goes. I truly hope she will find another job upon her return. I have given her all the info on every agency in town that she can get help from. He "tested" her translation skills back in 2011--13 hours' worth, with the promise of pay--never paid her, wouldn't answer her emails, didn't hire her, she never heard from him again. UNTIL--she saw an ad by him seeking a translator in 2013, so she applied (!) and got hired. He didn't recognize her! He still hasn't figured it out! She just needed a job.
Soooo... I told her that I learned from intellectual property lawyers that the statute of limitations never runs out on i.p. theft and nonpayment of services rendered/procuring services with intent to defraud, SO TO GO FOR IT! I hope she will.
One last question, if you would: Is he married or divorced? He uses a cell phone that has a woman's name on it (Tiffany) and the translator has told me he only has pics of his kids in the office.
The office he is in now--I wonder if he moved because of trying to up his "image". The translator says it is weirdly laid out, very cramped, he had two people--translator and paralegal--sitting on top of each other in a very cramped space, and that their equipment is so antiquated it is hard to work on it. I can't figure this guy out! He shows on his website that he's won a couple of MULTIMILLION DOLLAR SETTLEMENTS, YET WHERE IS THE MONEY? Lawyers usually get a big chunk of those settlements! Is he hiding it in offshore accounts??? What has he done with it? Buried it in the backyard?
If you call "writing off" $150, then I guess he has! I don't know--I'll ask more questions.
Thank you. Please, if you could, are he and the wife still together? Curious--it just kind of tells me more about him.
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From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: April 21, 2014, 2:11:14 AM CDT
To: sharynbovat@aol.com
Subject: One more question, please...
Sharyn,P.S. What does RICO mean? I've seen the term before but can't recall what it means. Racketeering?
You said that you had a conflict of interest with him, but in your blog, which I realize is old, you said you gave him $5,000 and he wouldn't do anything for you. Did you get your $5,000 back? It would help to know that. If he's ripped off his current translator and me, I would love to know how many other people he's ripped off in various ways.
Thank you!
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From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: April 25, 2014, 3:13:10 AM CDT
To: SharynBovat@aol.com
Subject: Hello, Sharyn...
I'm sorry to keep bothering you. I just have questions and was hoping you would answer them.
I'm on the up and up--I'm not a spy! There is no love lost between me and Kline Preston!
I have two questions that I hope you will answer.
I asked you if he returned your retainer money. You didn't respond.
And then, I am wondering why you think he is into racketeering. (Was reading about RICO a little last night.)
I read your entire blog site about your whistleblower suit last night, word for word. I read your whole appellate brief. Were you successful in your whistleblower case against Nissan?
I'm just interested because I feel hung out to dry by Preston, I've been keeping my mouth shut about my "source" for the information I have learned about him, not wishing to "out" the translator. I am just hoping she gets on her plane safely this weekend and gets back to Russia! It is truly mystifying to me why she would even consider coming back here to work for him! That's crazy! Masochistic? Just in need of a job, I guess...
I learned that his books are published by "Kline Preston Publishing, Inc." That means self-published, and they are on Amazon. So maybe e-books. Although you can look at the inside of them. I was looking for the publishing information. He even preannounces on Amazon that he is publishing the 4-part Russian Federation Civil Code. So I guess that is what he means by the "deadline." He shouldn't have preannounced them! I wonder who is translating Parts III and IV for him?? His translator is gone for about three weeks.
Looking at his website again, he fully backs Putin and believes Russia holds fair elections and that Putin was FAIRLY ELECTED! Putin put himself back in office--that was always his plan. Everyone knows that! I can't believe what he professes and believes in!
Anyway... I guess he is just for some reason very interested in Russia and Russian business. ?? I think he spends all of his money getting these books to some small press, where they are done up and then they're uploaded to Amazon. I don't know how the Amazon thing works. Wonder if they do the printing of them? I doubt he sells many of them!
I don't know what I am going to do. I have sent him an email a day, asking him what my assurances are that if I send him the document, he will pay me. He of course doesn't answer. He doesn't answer any of his phone numbers either.
Very interested in why you think RICO. What is he doing? Does Nonpayment of Services Rendered, Procuring Services with Intent to Defraud tie into that in any way at all?
I wish you would share a little more with me. MY ACTIONS TOWARD HIM are based solely on the translator telling me not to send him back the document without him paying me at the same time (and of course, his badgering of me to get an impossible task finished quickly). I don't see why she would have any reason to tell me these things about him if they weren't true... I do believe he has caused her great physical harm and mental anguish. At the same time, I can't help but wonder what would have happened had I sent him back the document. Would he have paid me? I really don't think so. I don't think he's that honest!
Well, if you feel like sharing with me your thoughts on RICO, I would be very interested in listening. Else I won't bother you anymore. However, did I tell you that he found me on Craigslist? I am a freelance copyeditor and run an ad there. I didn't know Kline Preston from Adam until he called me on March 12 to ask me to help him with Part I of this RFCC. Never heard of the guy! I don't run in Nashville "high society" circles. I've never met him.
Thank you, Sharyn.
Klare K.
From: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>
Date: April 21, 2014, 2:11:14 AM CDT
To: sharynbovat@aol.com
Subject: One more question, please...Sharyn,
You said that you had a conflict of interest with him, but in your blog, which I realize is old, you said you gave him $5,000 and he wouldn't do anything for you. Did you get your $5,000 back? It would help to know that. If he's ripped off his current translator and me, I would love to know how many other people he's ripped off in various ways.
Thank you!
P.S. What does RICO mean? I've seen the term before but can't recall what it means. Racketeering?
This one below is from me
This one below is from Me
On Sun, 4/27/14, Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@icloud.com> wrote:Subject: Sharyn Bovat Fears CIA Spending Taxpayer Money to Have Weird Emails Sent To Her- Wonders If New Pen Pal is really Kline Preston?To: "Klare" <dearklare@yahoo.com>Cc: "memphis@ic.fbi.gov" <memphis@ic.fbi.gov>, "Kline Preston" <kpreston@klinepreston.com>, "Mark Silverman" <4msilverman@gmail.com>, "Michael Dorris" <michael.dorris@credit-suisse.com>, "rweingarten@steptoe.com" <rweingarten@steptoe.com>Date: Sunday, April 27, 2014, 8:58 PMKlare -is that Your real name?I'm sick of your emails: please stop I hope if your concernsabout Kline are true then you NOW have the email address ofthe Memphis FBI-Pls email them & not me.Granted Klare K? Kline has FBI Friends but I too havefriends with FBI connections & my friends are ETHICAL.If Klare you really are "just" a vendor that's owed a fewthousand & your sending me over a dozen emails asking meprobing questions then you need a shrink. Unlike you myproblems are REAL.All I want is RESPECT and I'm tired of all the abuse!Have a great night!SharynBegin forwarded message:
On Apr 27, 2014, at 10:26 PM, Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com> wrote:
Thanks, Sharyn. If you really are in fear for your life from Kline Preston, then I would think you might be willing to be helpful to someone else who has been screwed over by him. My problem with him is Nonpayment of Services Rendered; Procurement of Services with Intent to Defraud. Not to mention that he has horribly abused his Russian translator. Perhaps he is trafficking in Russian women. Has that ever occurred to you? I guess not!
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On Apr 27, 2014, at 10:33 PM, Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@icloud.com> wrote:I was told Kline Preston had to " in my case cause he had aPORN problem and told the FBI & they did NOTHING - Kline Preston KNOWS about the Ryan Loskarn death too-Sent from my iPhoneFrom: Sharyn Bovat <sharynbovat@icloud.com>
Subject: Re: Sharyn Bovat Fears CIA Spending Taxpayer Money to Have Weird Emails Sent To Her- Wonders If New Pen Pal is really Kline Preston?Date: April 27, 2014 at 10:39:20 PM CDTTo: Klare <dearklare@yahoo.com>Cc: "sharynbovat@aol.com" <sharynbovat@aol.com>, "memphis@ic.fbi.gov" <memphis@ic.fbi.gov>, Kline Preston <kpreston@klinepreston.com>, Mark Silverman <4msilverman@gmail.com>, Michael Dorris <michael.dorris@credit-suisse.com>, "rweingarten@steptoe.com" <rweingarten@steptoe.com>Actually I was told the HaslamFamily that illegally profits fromPutin (Pilot Flying J buying Russian oilFrom Russian mafia- who Kline makesmoney from) also the Govs familyis involved with HUMAnTrafficking & that Steve McNairOf the Tennessee Titans was murderedIn a murder murder NOT a murderSuicide- involves a ProstituonRing the Feds know aboutAnd do NOTHINGMemphis FBI has some corruptAgents and that's why TN #1 violentCrime and #1 corruptionSent from my iPhone
