GUILTY MI - Jane Bashara, 56, dies in contract killing, Grosse Pointe Park, 25 Jan 2012 #5

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COURT TWEETS - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
GEORGE HUNTER - DETROIT NEWS REPORTER - ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN


Therese Giffin, AKA "Obedient Slave" resumes her testimony

Giffin spoke with Rachel Gillett about making Jane look bad on the Hinky Meter
She set up a fictitious screen name on the Hinky Meter: "Across The Lake"
In a letter to Rachel, Giffin wrote: “Hey I could say Jane had a boyfriend and when she wouldn't leave Bob for him, he’d kill her."

IM exchange” Giffin: “They charged Gentz with conspiracy. I worry for you.” Bob: “Really? Well then I guess I’m next."
In an IM, Giffin told Bob to stay away from Rachel after the killing. Bob wrote back: “I know, what can I say? I’m stupid.”
Bob on chat: "Why am I like this? I feel terrible that this has hurt her so." Her being Rachel.
Lisa Lindsay: "He's talking about how he cared for Rachel, but you had to remind him that he cared for his wife."
That was objected to by defense.

Bob: "The relationships were totally different."
Bob on IM: "I may need you here...especially in court if we get to that." Giffin: "In your big bear heart, you can care for me."
Bob: "Share my thoughts with (Rachel). Let her know I miss her." This was after Rachel said she didn't want Bob contacting her.
Bob on Rachel: "One does not just turn it off. Considering her and I have done nothing wrong, this whole thing sucks.”

Bob wrote in IM to Giffin that Rachel told him to leave her alone, and that he told her "please don't do the PPO."
Bob didn't leave Rachel alone, even after she got a PPO, according to Giffin
Bob on Rachel: “Why is it that I cannot get her out of my head? Like you said, she is not a beauty queen but to me something special.”
According to IMs, Bob continued pestering Giffin to contact Rachel. At one point, she writes that he's "obsessed."
When Giffin talked to Bob about being obsessed with Rachel, "he agreed."

According to LinkedIn, Therese Giffin was a Chicago police field training officer from 1986-97. Current job: Children's tennis instructor
From her LinkedIn profile: "Seasonal position teaching children tennis in a camp style atmosphere." This is for the Chicago Park District

Bob in a message to Giffin: “(Rachel) likes to relay songs to life. Give her the song, ‘Stand by Your Man,’ and tell her it’s from me.”
Giffin says Bob told her he went through Rachel's trash, and put a cross in her mailbox.

Bob called Giffin from jail and asked her to contract Rachel after PPO was filed.
Judge: "Didn't you know those calls were tape-recorded?"

Bob in a jailhouse phone call to Giffin: “I want you to give you-know-who hell. Her attorney is coming out and saying she’s in hiding."
Bob: "That's ridiculous. I'm the nicest guy in the world." Giffin sounded like she was about to cry during the phone call.
Bob wanted Giffin to call Rachel and "really let her have it" because she said she was fearful of him.
Bob, during another phone call: “I don’t know what’s happening to me. I didn’t expect this.”

Giffin: “He was talking about laying into her for turning on him, and not standing by his side.”
Judge: "What was your role, period in this situation? You were not the defendant's main slave? Were you in a position to control (Rachel)?"
Giffin: "No, we were just friends."
Giffin: "Rachel and I when it comes to slaves had different philosophies. Mine was that you always obey your master." Rachel didn't agree.
Bob's jailhouse phone calls are being played in which Bob tells Giffin to send "blistering" emails to Rachel for daring to turn on him.
Bob on Rachel: "She doesn't care. I've lost everything." Giffin: "I don't think she ever did care. It was monetary." Bob: "Tell her that."
Bob: "If you come over here and we work something out, I'll give you that Cadillac." Sounds like the same Cadillac Bob promised Gentz.

Judge: "How did you feel that you were taking this man's calls...and he wanted you to contact her?" Giffin: "It didn't bother me."
Judge: "Then why are you calling her '*****es' and all that?' Giffin: "Because she didn't stand by him. Bob and I were just good friends."

Giffin: “You’ll never guess who I got a phone call from, and who wants to question me more? The Wayne County prosecution.”
Bob then warned her everything they say is being recorded.

Bob: “I need to say something for you and for anyone listening. You have been a dear friend for 3 years."
Bob: "I'm going to come through all this. I'm not guilty of whatever transpired."
Judge asked why Giffin was playing along with Bob on the jailhouse phone. "Because we were good friends."

Looks like they'll have to bring this witness back tomorrow, if the judge is to adhere to her schedule of ending today at 4 p.m.
Done for the day. Giffin will return to the stand tomorrow morning.

Bob tried to hang around while Giffin left the witness stand.
A deputy said, in a firm voice: "Come on, Bob!"

Judge told Giffin: "You're going to have to wait on that plane."
Giffin was crying as she walked out of the room......
 
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COURT TWEETS - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
ELISHA ANDERSON - REPORTER ‏@elishaanderson


Bob Bashara repeatedly messaged Giffin about Rachel Gillett. Gillett had cut off contact with him.
Giffin said Bashara repeatedly asked him to get messages to Gillett for him.
Bashara drove by her house and went through her garbage.
Bashara asked Giffin to give Gillett a song "Stand by Your Man" and tell her it's from Bashara.
After Gentz had been arrested for solicitation of murder (trying to orchestrate a hit on Joseph Gentz), he called Giffin from jail.

Portions of those phone calls played in court. In one, Giffin said she doesn't have air conditioning in her van.
Bashara offered her his 1981 Cadillac for free and a home in Michigan. "Get rid of that minivan," Bashara told her on a call.

Bashara continues to ask Giffin to contact Gillett. Gillett is talked about repeatedly on their conversations.

Break until tomorrow.
Giffin will get back on the stand in the morning.
She is crying as she leaves the room.
She had plans to fly out tonight......
 
  • #303
COURT TWEETS - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
AMY LANGE - ‏FOX2 NEWS REPORTER


K back in court - waiting for the afternoon testimony to start - Therese Giffin will be back on the stand.
She is the former Chicago police officer who was involved in the BDSM lifestyle with Bob Bashara and lied for him after his wife was murdered.
She says she honestly believed he was innocent at that time.
The judge asked if she really was just hoping to move into the top spot among Bob's slaves. She said no
Giffin has been granted immunity in exchange for her testimony.

We still haven't started - a deputy just came out to get Michael McCarthy - said Bob wanted to speak with him
McCarthy is back out - still waiting...

I know some of you are wondering about the delay - I have no clue. All of the attorneys are here.
I know there was another witness here expected to testify - another woman who had been to the dungeon with Bob but there's no way they will get to her. They will haven't finished with Therese Giffin

Okay - Judge Vonda Evans just took the bench.
Bob Bashara is on his way back out - still sporting his sunglasses.
 
  • #304
COURT TWEETS - TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2014
AMY LANGE - ‏FOX2 NEWS REPORTER


Resuming testimony with Therese.
Prosecutor Lisa Lindsey asking her about putting out false information that Jane may have had a boyfriend on the HinkyMeter.
She recalls also talking to Rachel Gillett about that - she had made a fictitious screen name to do it - "Across the Lake"
Therese says to Rachel via IM - I could say Jane had a boyfriend and had killed her...

In February 2012 - Lindsey wants to know if Bob had talked to her about Gentz.
At some point he talked to her about Joe being arrested.
Bob sent her an IM - they have made an arrest of the man who did this - I am glad but still very depressed about all this

(I think I just saw the Judge roll her eyes)

Bob had said something about it being Joe and another guy, but he never told Therese why he thought another guy might be involved
in the IM they are about the read - she is obedient slave.
Bob says asks how she is doing
she says - not good they charged Gentz with conspiracy - I worry for you
Bob says really well then I guess I'm next what does that mean - not manslaughter
She says - with charging him with first degree murder and conspiracy means the other will also be charged with first degree
Bob - Joe should be charged with first degree

Bob had told Therese that Gentz was a handyman who had been to the house.
Bob was following along in the media about the allegations that Joe said Bob had forced him to murder Jane at gunpoint.
Bob told her he didn't even own a gun.
Bob was also worried about competency and believed the man was crazy when the results of competency testing came back

Bob was still talking about wanting to see Rachel and Therese told him Rachel did not want to see him.
She is now reading from and IM where Bob is asking if R in on the IM
Therese says no she isn't on. Bob says well I just went there and lights on but no answer - I was passing by on way home.
Therese says stay away from there and her. Bob says - what can I say I'm stupid
(then he calls her a *****)
She asks if there in any word from Oregon
He says he got a letter from her attorney telling him not to contact her.

He asks Therese again to contact Rachel - why am I like this? I feel terrible that this has hurt her so. (about Rachel) I truly care for her.
Therese - I know you cared for your wife. Yes I did, and no reply
he says absolutely but the relationships were totally different

Another IM - Bob says I may need you here - this is March 12, 2012
He says I may need you here
She says - and your big bear heart you can care for me and again in a different way from them
bob says I want you to know how much you mean to me
he says he hopes to expand on the friendship
He is still asking her to contact Rachel

Another IM - he is talking about Rachel again.
He's not trying to make her weak and how he and Rachel have done nothing wrong - this whole thing sucks
Then he asks her to write that letter they discussed and email it to my attorney

Also - just a side here - in all of this correspondence - he is Big Bob and she is Obedient Slave for their screen names

In another IM he is talking about asking Rachel not to do a PPO against him
More IMs - Bob continues to ask Therese to contact Rachel - even though he has told Rachel he will leave her alone
Therese tells him he is obsessed and is supposed to be getting over this.
He says he's so relaxed but needs to know what is what and careful with your words
She says sorry sir
he would say in one breath he was getting over Rachel and in the next breath ask her to contact Rachel

In her first contact with police, she told them he was trustworthy and Therese didn't think he could plan or do something like this.
It was Rachel who was living in a fantasy

Another IM - 3/29/2012 - bob says to Therese regarding Rachel.
She likes to relate songs to life - give her the song - stand by your man and tell her it's from me
he had put a cross in Rachel's mailbox - he just continues to try to contact her.

In June 2012 Therese learns Bob had been arrested for solicitation to murder Joe Gentz.
He had told her he had nothing to do with it - called her from jail and still is asking her to contact Rachel.
At this point she knows that there is a PPO in effect forbidding him to contact Rachel

Bob says on the phone from jail regarding Rachel - I want you to give you know who hell - she's in hiding. She fears for her life.
We're going after her. Therese says it's Effing ******** -she was never in any danger and says you did not do anything wrong and I will fight for you
Bob says he loves her. She tells him to stay strong - she was about to start crying - she was angry that he had been arrested and she thought he was innocent.
Therese appears to be about to cry now.....
This was on 6/29/12 - that phone call we just heard
In the call Bob wants her to contact Rachel and give her hell for telling everybody she was in danger

July 4., 2012 - another phone call -
Bob asks if she has heard from Rachel
Any word from you know who?
She says no - F her
Bob says he wants her to ream her - send her a blistering thing for turning on him and not standing by his side
(From Amy Lange: all I can think of is that Stand by Your Man song now - the one the Blues Brother sing in the movie - we've got Bob here with the Blue Brothers glasses and talking about standing by your man and - oh my)

Judge is asking a lot of questions about Therese's roll in all of this.
Therese says she and Rachel had different philosophies - and Therese believes you obey your master
Bob tells her to send Rachel an email - make it blistering.

Another phone call where Bob is lamenting that he's lost everything.
Therese says she doesn't think Rachel ever cared. Now she's complaining about not having air conditioning in her car
and Bob says - if you come here I will give you that Cadillac - free and clear - I've got an '81 Cadillac - runs like a champ.
Over the course of the summer while he's locked up he continues to ask her to contact Rachel - I want you to email her.
Therese says I'll tell her to go F herself

Bob is locked up and Police want to talk to Therese again - she tells Bob - (another phone call)
You'll never believe who I got a phone call from that wants to question me more - the Wayne Co Prosecutor.
Bob says ya it's because we're talking to each other on the phone
I need to say something for you and anyone listening - you have been a dear friend for three years - they want to talk to you because I said I want you to come to me but by that I mean - I want to help you get into a good school system - good home ownership and to help me manage my property
Do you think these idiots might think it's for another reason?
Yes - so for whoever is listening Therese is a great friend and I'm trying to help her out - she has helped me out.
Therese says we have a brother sister relationship. Therese says he was going to bring him to her as his slave and in this phone call she was just playing along with him to throw whoever was listening off. Therese says she was playing along with Bob.
Judge says "WHY?"

End of testimony for the day!!!!

Therese told the judge she has a plane to catch.
The Judge told her she has to stick around and come back tomorrow.
Therese was crying...
 
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Hank Winchester‏@HankLocal4 19h19 hours ago
Cookies & muffins in court! The wonderful @langeamyFOX2 is feeding all the hungry media. All I need now is a couch.


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Amy Lange‏@langeamyFOX2 19h19 hours ago
@HankLocal4 Anytime, love!
 
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