In response to a Web Video of the Day I posted back in April, I just received this email from the maker of that video, who also appears in it:
Subject: MarryAnn URGENT, Criminal,Unlawful Slander of me take it off now!!!!!!!! Edmund Druilhet
MaryAnn Johanson,
I am Edmund Druilhet, Producer Madoff, Made off with America Feature Film Comming out in 2 months I have been seen on ABC, NBC,CBS CNBC,Insider, ET, and 20 more Prime time global news programs recently and also have a Law Enforcement show, "Fugitives From Justice" on Fox Affiliates This was in conjunction with Many federal agencys which protect America. In addition I am the reciever of the Congressional award 600 for Humanitarian Efforts and Film Making just last month see my video of ceremony here: http://satanofwallstreet.com/main/index.php/media/93-edmund-druilhet-gets-congressional-award
You have caused me incredible damage hurt and pain in my professional career and personal life by lieing about me by maliciously attacking me and I quote the proof below From My IMDB Page:
And when he does touch on Madoff, it’s all about the Jews and how evil they are. (See link Below)
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1933472/news#ni0736293
Question MaryAnn, where is the facts of me saying this anywhere in your source you Identified Film Stew.
http://www.filmstew.com/showBlog.aspx?blog_id=1528
I demand that you remove this with in 48 hours and appologise publicly and I might think about not suing you and adding you to my documentary which will be out after movie and my book in 3 weeks. Lieing to distroy someone is against the law in America, Even in 2010. I assure you you attacked the wrong guy.
My mother has Jewish Blood and I openly support Jews and Rabbis which will appear in my film very soon. I am deeply deeply Offended and I am aware of who you are working for.
I will turn this over to my Civil rights attorneys in order to get justice if I dont get a response and see removed in 48 hours and a public apology.
I attached 2 pictures so you dont confuse me with any other person, do not publish them. One is with a dear friend of 25 years And Top Zionist contributor
in the world Severin Wunderman in case you doubt my connections and love for truth. Copyright Edmund Druilhet.
Im very serious,
Edmund Druilhet
So I watched the video again, and in response, I sent Mr. Druilhet the following:
Mr. Druihet:
Obviously, I misinterpreted this exchange in your own trailer:
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INTERVIEWER: “Are we taking about a man who [has] literally screwed his own people?”
DRUILHET: “It seems to be the case.... Never before has someone taken so much money from the Jewish people. More than even Adolf Hitler.”
INTERVIEWER: “He massacred the monetary value of all of the property owned by most of the Jews in America, in a certain way. I mean, Spielberg, he was suckered in. You would think, never in the world would Spielberg get suckered in by somebody with a name like Madoff.”
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as yet another of the typical slurs against the Jews, about how they supposedly own America. True, those are the invisible and anonymous interviewer's words, but since they appear in a trailer of your own making, I don't think it was unreasonable to assume that you endorse what this interviewer says.
I see now that your trailer is instead engaging in exploring other strange ideas about the Jews, such as that they should somehow be immune to hurting other Jews, and that they should somehow be able to spot other Jews that wish to do them harm.
I'm truly sorry that I misinterpreted you.
I will edit my original post, and have posted a new post with an apology.
I can assure you, I work for no one but myself.
Clearly, I was quite wrong about Mr. Druihet’s intentions and beliefs, and I sincerely apologize for that.
pre-Disqus comments
posted by RogerBW (Sun Jan 10 10, 12:45PM)
I work for a legal information web site. We make the text of judgements and legislation available free to the public. A little while ago we got an email of similar textual quality to yours, approximately along the lines of:
"In [a case we had just uploaded] I was found to be a vexatious litigant. I am not a vexatious litigant, and if you continue to carry this case that says that I am I will sue you."
Well, yes...
posted by JoshB (Sun Jan 10 10, 1:43PM)
Edmund Druilhet clearly failed every English class he took since grade school.
posted by JoshDM (Sun Jan 10 10, 2:08PM)
Madoff, the premiere self-hating Jew.
posted by Kenny (Sun Jan 10 10, 7:43PM)
What a strange and oddly illiterate man. Is that slanderous? Perhaps he'll email me threatening to sue...
posted by Tim1974 (Mon Jan 11 10, 5:15PM)
I thought you handled this situation well. You stood up, admitted you misinterpreted what was presented, and didn't do what seems so common in today's society and that is "throw someone else under the bus." Nice job !
posted by Henry (Mon Jan 11 10, 8:43PM)
Seriously, Tim?
posted by Victor Plenty (Mon Jan 11 10, 9:21PM)
Henry, Tim is always Serious Business.
posted by Dr Rocketscience (Mon Jan 11 10, 11:07PM)
That's just... bizarre. Are you sure it's legit?
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jan 11 10, 11:29PM)
I don't doubt it. It's certainly precisely as rambling as his video.
posted by Nina Forest (Sun Jan 17 10, 9:11PM)
And you are criticizing someone for saying that Jews, after the horrible things that happened to them, and as a culture, for that matter, stick together? And after being told you would be sued for lying, you are still allowing the post of blogs that are insulting to Mr. Druilhet?
Nina Forest
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Jan 18 10, 2:41AM)
There's nothing illegal in ridicule.
And I'm criticizing Druilhet for suggesting that Jews are superhuman (ie, that they can or should have a sixth sense that non-Jews don't have that points out when someone is trying to scam them), which is almost as bad as suggesting that Jews are subhuman.
Clearly, Jews do not "stick together" any more than any other group of amorphously defined people.
posted by HA (Thu Feb 04 10, 12:27AM)
1. This moron can't spell, how is he supposed to write and direct a "feature film"?!
2. He is a FRAUD and THIEF...I lost THOUSANDS of $$'s "investing" in his FAKE film
3. Women BEWARE: He will make you think he is in love with you and will tell you that you're a "goddess" and pity you into giving him money.
posted by Carl Guiness (Fri Apr 16 10, 5:22PM)
Edmund Druilhet is an insane, incoherent, conspiracy theorist who believes that the CIA runs Google as an information-gathering front business, that NORAD is somehow responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Air Force and that the Air Force itself is incapable of even getting it's planes off the ground. He's a big proponent of the theory that the Hollywood unions (SAG, DGA, WGA, ETC...) have a Mafia-esque strangle hold on Hollywood designed to keep independent filmmakers from getting their projects made, and he's a cohort of Damien Chapa, a known Hollywood con-artist masquerading as a legitimate filmmaker who's two biggest successes have been roles in the 1994 adaptation of "Street Fighter" and as a Mexican gangster in "Blood In, Blood Out".
Druilhet sees himself as a Scion of truth and believes that this ridiculous Madoff project is going to be a multi-million dollar success that will blow the lid off of all of Madoff's "dirty dealings". His theories include that Madoff was laundering money for Eastern European criminal cartels and that he took the fall to keep his family safe from being murdered. Druilhet is funding this project with money from South Africa and Singapore, and I'm sure he's going to have a lot of explaining to do when his invisible investors get a load of how awful this film is.
And I wouldn't take his threats of lawsuits too seriously. From what I understand, he's in the hole so deep that he couldn't possibly pay a competent Attorney.
posted by Brett Skinner (Sun Jun 06 10, 6:28AM)
I don't trust this Edmund guy. I am interested in hearing from anyone else that has done a business deal with him or how they were approached to invest in a film of his.