Lou Manzo

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348 appearances 3 recordings 1 series first heard May 2026 last heard 17 Sep

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Pablo Torre Finds Out · Ballmer's Secret I.O.U., Aspiration's "Web of Lies" and the Zenith of Fraud: Kawhi-Gate, Part XI · 5 Jun 2026 podcast

It doesn't matter the size of the investment, whether Ballmer put in $50 million, $5 million, whether he's worth $5 billion or $500 trillion.

What a put-right option does when it's between two individuals, it tethers them.

There's no other way that I can describe it because in order for the put to be worth anything, it has to be substantially possible for it to have an existing worth.

Otherwise, what are we doing?

So to me, this is absolute mind-blowing evidence that some could call circumstantial, but the existence of this put-right is very real.

That would show that a relationship between Ballmer and Sandberg was not started the Tuesday before.

What an interesting decision by bomber's lawyers to disclose this in a victim impact statement while also in the middle of a lawsuit with other investors who would have liked to have known this material side agreement existed as it would likely have impacted their own investment.

So Steve Ballmer is doing something, and we don't know why, though we certainly can speculate, as he's sending this impact statement to Judge Wilson prior to sentencing.

But the reality is that he's disclosing something that's very hurtful in another litigation that is currently ongoing.

And they go on to detail, David Hausanberg, quote, touted aspirations, successes, and profitability in the corporate ESG sector to Investor One's chief investment officer in person and over the phone, making materially false and misleading statements to Investor One in the process.

I just had a thought that you're going to be mentioned in a third filing because it will be from a talking head Pulitzer Prize winning podcaster that it came to light that there was this situation.

Once in a while, you have to be reined in because there is a story that can be told that this put-right option was not actually meant to materially mislead investors.

It was meant as a way to further cover up a salary cap circumvention, which would not be all that interesting to the SEC.

It is critically important to understand which road Steve Ballmer is going to choose to walk down because you can't have it both ways.

Either this put right was a material representation that was not disclosed

Or it was immaterial for SEC purposes, but material for salary caps or convention.

To me, it is very binary.

And I look forward to Steve somehow teaching me why it is something in the middle.

Mr. Sandberg sat with us for two in-person interviews, produced documents, and through his counsel, provided additional information that was relevant to our investigation.

In all our dealings with Mr. Sandberg, both directly and through his counsel, he provided information that was consistent with our review of contemporaneous documents and other evidence.

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