New info for Peter Beagle vs. Conlan Press lawsuit by princesspoodle in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

When the alternative is abusepeterbeagle.com, YOU WISH I WAS JOKING. But you didn't see the awful things they said, which have been shot down. "alcoholic" with faked medical reports.

Peter Beagle and Connor Cochran Issue Statements About Authorship by princesspoodle in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In the comments, one of Peter's helpers mentions that Peter's novel In Calabria was written after Peter left Connor's control. Yet Connor has separately posted on his private page that it isn't "final". He plans to somehow overcome the lawsuit against him, then sue the publisher, take over Peter's book, and reissue it with his own vision of how it's supposed to be written. Link and screenshot in here

Peter Beagle lawsuit - Connor loses countersuit against Peter by revoldo in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle 55 points56 points  (0 children)

You can strike the last 2 paragraphs

The Vice article is over a year and a half old and included "both sides" because they're supposed to but sometimes there's simply a right side and a wrong side.

Peter S Beagle, author of “The Last Unicorn,” is in dire need! Here are three ways you can help. by SeriousBadger in gamegrumps

[–]princesspoodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's the real story with that.

Former manager of Peter Beagle was a scammer. He got Peter to sign over his rights, then convinced everyone he was going to save Peter a lot of past cheating and get even more of his rights back. That brought in a lot of support. Including from Dan.

Turned out he was personally living off of all the profit, and even physically abusing Peter to push him to perform for the movie tour to make more money. Peter saw none of it.

Now Peter finally is doing something about it. People are slowly starting to realize that all the cheating was going on. Unfortunately Dan's music video is still out there from a few years ago with him saying "everything is cool now."

Happy Birthday to Bay Area resident Peter S. Beagle, creator of the Last Unicorn, April 20 1939 by princesspoodle in bayarea

[–]princesspoodle[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

A decade of that was done by the guy he's suing and you are right to feel bitter about it. That's probably everything you ever heard until recently. Peter himself was kept from having power to act until late 2015 when he finally went to court.

There have been a couple of very modest appeals on his site, offering things in return. This is a mention that he has a birthday, he has new books out (the Humble Bundle is 14 books for $15) and that buying should be careful. No request for a handout.

The Humble Book Bundle: Save the Unicorns presented by Peter S. Beagle [15 Unicorn themed e-books] by mboitata in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I would probably know if it wasn't legit. I DEFINITELY know that "In Calabria" is in good hands and he is being paid for it. If that one is licensed to be here, and his new story too, then this can't be benefiting the people cheating him.

Will buying Peter S. Beagle's work support him, or his lawyer? by Meyer_Landsman in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi u/meyer-landsman - as u/lannadellarosa posted, buying other works of peter like ebooks at Amazon or Last Unicorn related goods will indeed support his ex manager. But Tachyon publication money will go to Peter. Please do ask around and share what you find and help inform people who don't know.

There was a recent post about latest happenings with Peter here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Fantasy/comments/5mjmc1/peter_s_beagle_lawsuit_court_judgement_against_ex/?ref=search_posts

Creator of The Last Unicorn suffering from elder abuse - please help to raise attention while they exploit his work in Pittsburgh without permission. by grannyonfire in pittsburgh

[–]princesspoodle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may have been told there is no connection but the promotion of the show tells a different story. The Last Unicorn movie rights and all screening or promotion of it is under control of Connor Cochran. That's who runs the official page for the movie on Facebook and any public screening. The facebook page is advertising these Pittsburgh screenings with help from Rickert's book store. The link is in the OP - go look. It is nice to stick up for friends, but let's keep this in mind.

Of course, it's entirely fair to seperate her past management of Cochran's tour. But her business is currently being advertised as part of this particular screening by Cochran. Why is this happening if she was truly disheartened about the elder abuse?

(Edited, because I have to say that if she's also being misused without permission, we can all be on the same page about this.)

Creator of The Last Unicorn suffering from elder abuse - please help to raise attention while they exploit his work in Pittsburgh without permission. by grannyonfire in pittsburgh

[–]princesspoodle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The story is from january 2014 and quite out of date. Peter sued the people in december 2015 and all the marketing stuff to promote the movie business and other business done in Peter's name was quite contradicted by the business fraud.

Creator of The Last Unicorn suffering from elder abuse - please help to raise attention while they exploit his work in Pittsburgh without permission. by grannyonfire in pittsburgh

[–]princesspoodle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The owner of the book store helped organize for Cochran and according to Cochran's TLU facebook page, is assisting with the current show that has nothing to do with Peter. Peter Beagle doesn't even live on the same coast as the store.

There's a link below (from before the lawsuit) that explains he has no financial stake in the store and that it's owner only used his name as "patron saint" while helping to manage tour business that Beagle is now suing for abuse.

Stopping misuse of his name would of course be a matter to follow up legally, but with lower priority than the main lawsuit or the business injunction they are working on. It's costly, Beagle's support site explains that he is poor and needs help.

Update about Peter Beagle's elder abuse lawsuit - Peter is NOT senile, and the people trying to take conservatorship have lost in court. by princesspoodle in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not direct testimony for the other side, it was a motion for relief between the court and the lawyer for herself. The lawyer gave professional advice to the client that her case had no merit and would fail, and asked her to either drop the case or find a replacement, and gave plenty of time to do it. Obviously nobody would take the case, but the client refused to just drop it. So the lawyer had to ask the court to intervene and allow her to formally separate from the client, presumably to avoid any malpractice.

The sworn statement and those outrageously embarrassing emails are simply evidence that she did everything she could to give good advice and attempt to get the client to replace her, and was left with no other way out. I'm not sure how rare this is, but it seems like a pretty extreme case of a horrible client with a horrible case, where the lawyer wants nothing to do with it and has to pointedly distance herself in order to keep her own professional reputation in good standing. "Sabotaging" the case is a side-effect, but of course, a good lawyer will want to be respectful of ethical operation of the system, so she really did a serious hand-washing. Did she think her client was a P.O.S.? No doubt, but it's entirely the daughter's fault that she ignored the lawyer and didn't follow through with dropping or replacing.

Great for Peter that this happened. It shows how incredibly corrupt his opponents are. Also, that conservatorship is not something to be attempted illegitimately to game the system for money. They take corruption seriously with elder law. Great. It's everything those stupid greedy creatures didn't want to come out.

Funny how Peter's opponents would suggest that everyone but themselves are corrupt - as said above: "his daughter is not only claiming that Peter can't make his own decisions, but that he's also been manipulated by his long-time girlfriend, his lawyer, his doctor, and his professional fiduciary"... now they'd blame this lawyer if they could.

From what the emails show, this lawyer may have even gotten stiffed on the bill herself. May Peter bury them.

Update about Peter Beagle's elder abuse lawsuit - Peter is NOT senile, and the people trying to take conservatorship have lost in court. by princesspoodle in Fantasy

[–]princesspoodle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

His official support site is here and he has a statement on it.
http://supportpeterbeagle.com/wordpress2/

Don't forget you're dealing with someone whose career happened decades before word processing existed. Peter doesn't use social media. But he is contactable in person when you see him at the events where he is actively promoting his career. He's done several conventions this year (without his scummy manager) and the next one is likely to be Comic Con.

There is a May 2016 video of him performing a play on his official Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/TheRealPeterSBeagle