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06/30/2003
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10:34 PM ET
More Top Management
Personnel Depart Royal Sports, Olympic Sports Deal Looking More Grim
Christopher Costigan
www.sports911.com
 911
learned on Monday evening that Royal Sports top linesmaker has left the
organization and is not exactly a happy camper. A few weeks ago, Marketing
Manager, Marty Monroe, left to pursue a position with a new sportsbook opening
July 15, BetPanAm.com.
Monroe was said to
be so fed up with the deteriorating situation at Royal Sports, he left with the
realization he may never get the money owed to him. The week 911 was on
assignment in
Curacao,
Monroe
had been locked out of the Royal office.
Meanwhile, the sportsbook continues to downsize, but Royal’s ability to pay
without some desperately infused capital looks grim at this point in time.
In
other news on the Royal front, 911 has learned that a deal with Olympic Sports
may finally come to an abrupt end.
According to our sources, Olympic Sports owner, Spiro, has been in discussion
with Royal Sports for nearly four months now. The deal is reportedly for just
over $4 million dollars and some of the payments by Spiro were already sent.
Royal was to move a part of its operation into Olympic’s facilities on June 1,
but that never happened.
Meanwhile, Royal is now in discussions with another interested party out of
Toronto, Canada according to our sources. Olympic is probably unaware of this
other party (until now of course). Spiro apparently is under the
impression that they had a “done deal”. Little does he know who exactly he is
dealing with over there in Curacao.
Who
is Spiro dealing with exactly?
Robert Castiglioni (also known as “Big Cheese”), an Italian vineyard owner
turned 1-900 porn kingpin, was made “temporary” CEO of Royal Sports shortly
after the dismissal of long time figurehead, John Bakker. Castiglioni helped
develop technology which allowed Curacao to profit from 1-900 sex lines. There
are many on the island who suspect Castigioni actually has the ability to
eavesdrop on personal phone calls and email correspondence.
Castiglioni
made the headlines last summer with the release of a “home grown” porn tape that
would even make Tommy Lee and Pamela Anderson blush. The tape, which has
received wide distribution throughout Curacao and is only now making its way
into the United States, depicts Castigliano engaging in poolside sex with one of
Royal Sports female employees.
In
this never-before-seen correspondence 911 has obtained exclusively, Castiglioni
informs Royal management of “black mail” attempts against him that surfaced as a
result of the “poolside romp”.
From: Roberto Casiglioni
Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002
7:25 PM
To: John Bakker; Marty Monroe; Scotty Johnson; (name redacted)
Subject: Confidential
Gentleman,
As
verbally stated I did proceed in disclosing the elements of the double violation
of my private life occurred last Tuesday night, July 9, and the following
blackmailing action I am indirectly being subject to, to Board’s
representative.
The content and timing of this intolerable situation, together with existing
hints, do prove that there is a direct relation between what has been decided
and approved with individual remarks yesterday afternoon.
Being this the case, I believe this is the kind of situation where the only
double solution is to apply the “United we stand” motto, and proceed. We shall
not be afraid and we have to prove to whoever entered this kind of illegal step
that no one here has fear.
Not proceeding at this time would automatically imply that whoever is
blackmailing from inside this company does have power. But if this is the case,
this power is illegal and destructive for the company itself. This is the time
for Management to stand up and prove that Management is the only entity to
decide how this Company has to be managed.
My
strong advise is to immediately proceed with decisions taken in their most
complete way.
Thanks,
Roberto
Shortly after this email had been drafted, John Bakker found himself ousted from
the Royal camp, with unconfirmed accusations resonating that it was he
who set up the poolside video camera.
Blackmail appears to be a common staple within the Royal organization as seen in
this excerpt from another email written by Mr. Bakker:
According to ongoing rumors within the company, I expect to be approached within
next Monday, being also the deadline for me to file a complaint for this
blackmailing attempt.
In
another development, 911 has learned that Royal is in desperate need of cash at
the moment. Reports have surfaced that they owe management personnel upwards of
$100,000 in back pay.
911
has individuals planted throughout the Royal organization and will monitor this
situation accordingly.
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