gonçalo amaral in trouble *UPDATE - LIBEL TRIAL POSTPONED*

One thing we do know, HB, is that Cabrita dumped Gonc. Why, is not clear yet. It could be money - though there should be enough in that Fund of Morais'.

It could be that Cabrita has learned something so awful that, as an officer of the court, he simply cannot represent Gonc any more.

It could be over this ridiculous business of Gonc attacking ACED over the report made for the trial over his cover-up of torture; maybe Cabrita is disgusted with Gonc's efforts to stifle little things like the rule of law, free speech, democracy, etc.

Personally, I suspect that G & P and TVI may have settled; Cabrita has advised Gonc to do likewise, and has had a very rude reply.

So he has decided he's had enough?

All this rubbish about travel is fooling no-one except those who like being treated like mushrooms.

Yes, it is.

Paranoia rules....

When I graduated I did an internship with a media strategy organisation and they had a very impressive computer system (that was used by all the big media organisations) to keep tabs on specific topics of interest. I'm pretty certain that any mention of the 'dogs' now brings up a red flag on a database somewhere with staff members primed to place negatively skewed responses to this. (possibly the person spec asks for cat lovers)

In the name....do they actually believe garbage like that? No wonder they are swallowing all this rubbish about Gonc not having the bus fare to Faro.

I don't believe all this crap about travel.

Cabrita had got all the paperwork he needed for the libel trial.
Gonc is living in Lisbon. Now remind me where the trial is being held, Oh yeah I remember LISBON!

Cabrita dropped him like a hot brick, for some reason. I'm sure it won't be long before we know that reason

I am not sure we will ever know the real reason.

However I expect that it will be put about that it is because of the evil might of Team McCann.

My second worst fault is cynisism.

My first is excessive modesty.

Otherwise I am perfect.

On a serious level, the spinning of this is absolutely pathetic. They are a disgrace to the art of pitchforking. How can one take them seriously any more.

Poor quality stuff, isn't it - guess Gonc just can't afford the spinners any more.

I am in stitches at them pretending they understand the concept of the Big Lie, when it's them who have swallowed it whole and like it so much they are begging for more

You know what's odd? The hangers-on like Sargento, Carvalho and Cristovao can't be short of a bob or two - they've all built TV careers on smearing the McCanns and others.

You'd think they would sub Gonc the bus fare to Faro - heck, the plane fare, if he is so busy he can't spare the time to sit on a bus.

And the Gonc fund is in Sargento's name - why doesn't he release some to help his old friend?

After all, according to the Gonc Spinners, he only has to turn up in court, flash his earring at the judge, spout a bit about Perfidious Albion and his honor, and all will be well.

So it isn't as if they won't get it back...

So why aren't they helping him out?

Oh wait - you don't suppose they know Gonc is up sh*t creek without a paddle, do you?

Morais still refusing to answer perfectly polite, simple questions about this, I see.

Never mind, it'll all come out in the wash. Tick tock!

All is not necessary what it seems, and what is being seen on the surface regarding GA may be a part of a planned strategy on his part. In addition, I doubt very much that "the new lawyer" is new to the case at all!

Well, Morais can't say a word at the moment because all is not necessary (sic) what it seems......

She can't blow the strategy out of the water, can she? Gonc's been waiting a long time for this and he has the perfect plan in place.

She's just waiting to hear what it is.

She may, of course, be in disgrace herself now, following her endorsement of the disgusting attacks on that woman, which caused Paiva to step in.

It's entirely possible she doesn't know much about it.

Not that it matters, the truth is all going to come out.

What, is it now only 21 sleeps at the most till the downfall of Gonc? Hope the forkers are stocking up on Kleenex - it's not going to be pretty.

If Gonc had a plan in place, or was confident and so forth, everyone would have been told by Morais or one of his other propaganda members before today.

Indeed, Lily, it would have been spinned with a great flourish that Gonc had got a fantastic new legal team, blah blah blah...

Instead, there is just this deepening silence, and ridiculous attempts at spinning, involving the expense of travelling the huge, unimaginable distance from Lisbon to Faro

And this doesn't help his image:

Cerebralis Cerebralis
Amaral will have a top notch lawyer for this case,only the very best #mccann will feel very worried at the moment ! proud-of-the-pj.blogspot.com/2009/05/bring-…

*sigh* That's from 2009, and it's just a load of cobblers from Claudia.

So, who is this 'top-notch lawyer' then? I would have thought Gonc would be telling the world all about this 'top notch lawyer' who is working for him for nothing.

Well, he must be, as Gonc can't afford the bus fare to Faro.

This is desperately poor spinning.

The Gonc Propaganda Bureau must really have contempt for his fans if this is how they are treating them?

I hope Cabrita hasn't bogged off with that Ace card, the Portimao Beast has up his ????

If this is best they can manage, I can see Amaral ditching his propaganda team pretty soon. No matter how much they are costing paying him.

It's poor stuff, isn't it? In the good old days, we would have had columns in CdM by now...

Sources close to Dr Goncalol say that he has employed a new, young team of lawyers, eager to take on fresh challenges....Dr Goncalol has temporarily moved into the residence of a supporter in Lisbon, so he can be on hand to give them the benefit of his years of experience...

Something a bit better than, Oh, he can't afford the bus fare to Faro, but the new guy's great, honest.

@Maggs

Sans. Poor Gonc. All alone in the world. No lawyer, no propaganda bureau nothing.

Never mind, maybe Timothy Treveleyan will assist him.

@ Bonny

Bennett does know everything he writes stays on his hard drive?

Good piece, Tony:

http://thehoundingofthemccans.blogspot.com/2012/01/who-helped-ruin-amaral-goncalo.html

Two days ago, Ricardo Paiva came online in defense of a female poster, and yes doubters, it was Inspector Paiva, ask him, and he will confirm. As I was saying, Ricardo came online to request the haters back off, explaining the Vitriol against this woman wasn't helping matters.

For his civility, he was bombarded with derisive posts by the Amaral supporters. It got so bad the officer had to remove his facebook page. And, I can only imagine how the bile was received by the Inspector's colleagues and friends. Keep up the good work 'Yea Haters Of The McCanns', another black mark against your hero, Amaral. As the saying goes, you are judged by the company you keep, or this case, the supporters you have.

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@GasparStatement Doubt UK will give accurate coverage of #McCann [sic - should read Gonc] libel case in Feb but there will be court observers & Portuguese sources.

'Portuguese sources'? Does he mean Morais? I am sure someone more reliable and honest than her will be available for unspinned news.

Anyway, who says there's going to be one? Smart money says Unca Am is going to cry off at the last minute, what with his lawyer problem. As in, not having one.

Doesn't Amaral's 'new' lawyers, have to advise the McCanns' Portuguese lawyer, they are taking over?

There is supposed to be a formal handover, paperwork, etc., Tony, but it seems that Cabrita just, well, did a runner.

Recap, from the next best thing to the horses' mouth - as Marcos Correia was expecting to have to deal with Cabrita, I venture to suggest he knows slightly more about it than a bunch of sheeples spinning away on MM:

http://justice4mccannfam.5forum.biz/t3769p15-poor-old-gonc

Marcos has clarified some of the questions.

The decision of Cabrita to renounce to defend the Beast Goncalo Amaral (BGA) is very bad for the BGA. What we have here is the lawyer that has always defended him, refusing to do it more.

Cabrita wrote a letter to the courts saying that he renounced to all the powers of attorney from the BGA. This means that Cabrita is quitting immediately to be the lawyer of the BGA. The BGA is without a lawyer now. According with the article 39 of the Portuguese Civil Procedure Code, the BGA has 20 days to find another lawyer, otherwise the court will ask to the Portuguese Bar to give him one officially IF the BGA couldn't be notified, since if he is notified and does not appoint another lawyer, the trial will go on without a lawyer representing him,
I don't see any advantage to the BGA with the rejection from Cabrita. Exactly the opposite. First, concerning the question of this could be a plan to postpone the trials, remember that the BGA has already two trials booked for the same day (9 February) - Madeleine parents in Lisbon and ACED Report in Faro. He was already entitled to postpone one.

The action of Cabrita renouncing to BGA - please note it was Cabrita that rejected the BGA and not the opposite - it is really a very big smack in the face of the pig BGA. Usually, lawyers do not renounce to a client except in justified situations, like the client pursuing an immoral cause, because renouncing to defending someone is seen publicly as an outrage to the image of the client, being justified only in situations in which the lawyer wants to distance himself from the client. When a lawyer doesn't want to represent a client anymore, usually for reasons as lack of payment, he usually does not renounce to the power attorney; instead he asks the client to choose another lawyer and then the client sign another power attorney to the new lawyer replacing the former. Remember that Leonor Cipriano has done both actions: she has renounced to Joao Grade dos Santos and then has signed a new full power of attorney in Marcos favour.
So, Cabrita renouncing to the BGA is the same as saying "I do not support you anymore", and that's really very bad to the image of the BGA since Cabrita has always been his lawyer.
And, remember, Marcos will also benefit with that, since he now know's that Cabrita is also not going to be in the trial of Faro!

So, this is really very good news, and I don't know why you aren't celebrating!!!

I think that was because we were all too gobsmacked....

Cabrita wrote a letter to the courts saying that he renounced to all the powers of attorney from the BGA. This means that Cabrita is quitting immediately to be the lawyer of the BGA. The BGA is without a lawyer now.

Let's see them spin that