Dominic Fopoli

So we devised a strategy.

So the strategy was...

file a lawsuit in Napa to basically get control of the collateral and to prevent stuff from disappearing.

Robert didn't roll that.

Well, what happened?

I had, in a four-month period, 19 court appearances in the Napa court, which is crazy.

I mean, the short answer is the Napa court issued an injunction against Robert saying, you can't sell inventory, which in effect should have shut down his winemaking and wine-selling operations.

Right, pretty much.

I went to my office Monday morning and I get a phone call from Imad.

I said, I want to give you a heads up.

I'm having all these issues with Robert.

Yeah.

We sat here on this deck and, you know, and talked.

How did you hear about what he did?

Somebody pulled up their phone and they showed me the article, what had happened.

I was just in shock.

And immediately, I mean, honestly, I started crying.

And it was a mix of guilt because I guess I didn't do enough to warn Ahmaud about him.