2006-11-29 00:41:12 -
Mark Roesler, 51 made it from
roofer in his own business, to super rich and powerful, within a few
decades. He has three offices world wide. He created his famous 'rules
for success,' yet he was caught by a sincere and passionate Marilyn
Monroe collector. Mark Bellinghaus stopped the rise of former OJ Simpson
civil case expert witness Mark Roesler, and turned it into the biggest
scandal in exhibition history, ever.
By Hans Siegfried Schmidt
Mark Roesler is hit, like a fighter plane in the air, spinning out of
control and trying to avoid a crash. He was caught by the world's
biggest expert on Marilyn Monroe memorabilia.
During my last interview with Mr. Bellinghaus, I discovered a story behind the story so to speak. The exhibit fraud, that now is
awaiting it's trial on May 7, 2007 is one scandal. The
other one is what kind of people have supported and initiated it, and
literally tried to sell it to the public.
The 'all in one-package deal' did not work this time. The scandal is
unheard of in exhibition history and it seems to be the biggest - ever.
Mark Roesler is connected to the who's who of entertainment. He is also a lawyer of Hugh Hefner.
www.cmgworldwide.com/offices/la.html
But that wasn't mentioned when Mr. Roesler conducted a helpful
interview with Mr. Hefner, last year, in order to get more attention to
one of his latest creations. 'Marilyn Monroe--the exhibit,' the now
failed and stopped for good, and outed as a total hoax exhibit, started
out in Mark Roesler's office building in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Mark Roesler was greeting arriving guests in person. He would shake
hands and invite the many invited people into his office building, where
the Marilyn Monroe exhibit idea was literally born.
www.cmgworldwide.com/offices/indy.html
Mr. Bellinghaus stated, that he witnessed Mr. Robert W. Otto, a Chicago
based self proclaimed Monroe historian, who is now also awaiting his
trial for fraud charges, in the company of Mark Roesler, the Marilyn
Monroe estate lawyer, head of his own company, the CMG in Indianapolis.
He would win a Marilyn Monroe wig, but lost out on Marilyn Monroe's
piano. If you read and follow the auction rules, Mr. Roesler, as he is
literally connected with the owner of the estate of Marilyn Monroe, Anna
Strasberg. One could argue that this was a clear case of shill bidding.
He drove up the bids, on items which he, himself was getting paid for.
That is shill bidding.
But this is the smaller crime which Mark Roesler has been caught in
committing. It does not take a genius to put one and one together, as
Roesler and Otto were seen in public together. There are many witnesses
and this automatically suggests, that the fraud exhibit was planed for
at least five years. June DiMaggio was created as the 'authenticity' of
over 90% of the fakes on display and her book, which is a joke in the
Marilyn Monroe community already, is just another try to screw the
public with a vicious flood of lies.
Bellinghaus tried to warn the public, but after book project manager Ken
Knoll, Mary Jane Popp and her lawyer Christine Craft protested to
amazon.com,
the entire comments were removed from the famous book site. Sounds
familiar? Yes, indeed, as Mr. Bellinghaus was able to find the most
outrageous proof for fraud. The 1974 Clairol hair rollers were also
pulled from the running exhibition, in March 2006, three months prior to
the exhibit's closing. But the fact that they were gone, made the whole
scandal even more obvious. This is how it now looks in terms of June
DiMaggio's 'memoir.'
Mark Roesler is still backing up June Alpino, as this lady was never
officially adopted. She named herself simply 'DiMaggio,' to get more
attention.
Her 'uncle Joe,' as she refers to baseball great Joe DiMaggio, was never her real uncle, not even by adoption.
But that does not stop Mark Roesler to support and stand behind the most
ridiculous book scandal since James Frey's 'A Million Little Pieces.'
www.markroesler.com/press/viewheadline.php?id=3560
It is getting even better, as he is still showing an interview on his
website, which was taped right after the press opening on the Queen
Mary.
Watch this with the knowledge what they really knew and what they tried
to get away with. Mary Jane Popp, an informercial actress, who self
published 'Marilyn, Joe & Me," with the help of her partner Mr.
Erick Sprunger, is the author of said book.
June DiMaggio's book was put on hold, after Mr. Bellinghaus spilled out facts and proof against it, on his first blog on
blogcritics.org.
blogcritics.org/archives/2006/02/06/132111.php
The success of this blog alone should prove to all of us, that one
single voice really can make a difference, if it is strong and
passionate, and supported by hard evidence.
Mark Bellinghaus did the smartest move anybody can think of; he simply
purchased the domain names of all the fraudsters involved and linked
them to his website
www.MMfraud.com,
which he created. He simply created an exposure of the fraud. Mr.
Bellinghaus, who also is a guest lecturer at University Of Southern
California on Marilyn Monroe, and worked with Christie's NYC for many
years, does a detailed and absolutely telling demonstration via his
website. He comapes the real Marilyn Monroe items, with the fakes. It is
simple to understand for anybody. It worked. This was a never before
seen method to expose an estimated $100 million dollar fraud, as Roesler
and partners were about to tour the world for the next twelve years,
and they made in admission fees in Long Beach, CA alone ca. $1.5 million
dollars. But Mark Roesler has many items to sell. 'He turned Marilyn
Monroe into a cheap bag-lady!' Bellinghaus fumes again, during our
interview.
Mark Roesler sued Mark Bellinghaus in an attempt to get hold of the domain of
www.MarkARoesler.com,
but that lawsuit was dismissed, right before Mr. Roesler was sued
himself, when the biggest lawsuit in terms of fraudulent belongings hit
the news, one day before the icon's birthday, on June 1, 2006.
Mr. Bellinghaus offered a fair trade. He let Roesler's lawyer know that
he would trade the domain name for the Marilyn Monroe wig, that Roesler
bought in 1999 at his client's auction at Christie's. The answer showed
the real face that lures behind the always suit wearing lawyer: He
simply used the "F" word as a response to the shocked collector, Mark
Bellinghaus.
MB: "Talking about "Kramer' Michael Richards, and his use of the "N'
word, when this star lawyer is using the 'F'-you words?! How about
that?'
Mark Roesler had a chance to disconnect himself from the exhibit fraud,
after their idea was rejected by the Hollywood Museum in mid 2005. He
wrote a letter, and signed it personally, which states, that the Robert
Otto collection is authentic and worth $8.75 million dollars. A list
that was used to insure the collection puts a suggested value three
hundred thousand dollars alone, for the 1974 (Monroe died in 1962!)
plastic hair curlers, which Bellinghaus was able to buy on eBay for
$7,99.
When the items arrived and were unpacked, four pairs of claimed Monroe
shoes were compared and the staff of the museum was shocked, as the each
and every pair of the shoes was a different size.
Yet Mark Roesler believed in his exhibit and would not go back to
Indianapolis and let go of his friend Robert W. Otto. He would push the
fake exhibit onto the Queen Mary and act as the authenticator and also
as one of the official sponsors of the exhibit. He would not speak to
reporters for months, when he was accused by Bellinghaus in his first
blog.
He now is trying to disconnect himself from the lawsuit, that also was filed against him.
There are written interviews in existence, which link him directly to
the exhibit fraud, as he would use some money from the proceeds for the
first opening stunt in Indianapolis, to dedicate a room in a hospital in
honor of his dead sister. This is were Mark Bellinghaus noticed, that
Roesler had a middle name. He saw the "A" on the big golden plaque, that
Roesler had installed on the rooms wall, with his own name on the
palque. Mr. Bellinghaus checked the availability immediately and the
domain wasn't taken.
Did after all, Marilyn Monroe have to do with all these strange coincidences and accidences, too?
One may easily believe so, as the media spectacle was bigger than the
Oscars, in a town where entertainment was born. But they all have been
pranked. By Mark Roesler, Robert Otto, Mary Jane Popp, June Alpino aka
June DiMaggio and of course Anna Strasberg, who is watching the ongoings
from the background and must have given her okay for the biggest insult
on all of us. Not only the Marilyn Monroe fans.
Mark Roesler is padding his own shoulder for what he did in the OJ
Simpson case. He was able to make $25 million dollars for the Goldman
family. Only problem is: they have not received a penny from that amount
in over ten years.
Mr. Roesler is trying to impress, an old rule in Hollywood, where
Marilyn and James Dean were reigning for just a short period of time.
Roesler is playing on his website a speech, that was taped in May of
2005. After the opening of the first exhibit fraud and before the second
one. He talkes about his childhood and the stars. We are almost
reminded of Mary Jane Popp's and June DiMaggio's portrayal of Marilyn
Monroe. Pathetic and fake. He sounds, as Bellinghaus nooticed on onother
blog article he wrote, as if he is about to accept a lifetime
achievement award. He is offering himself on said website as a speaker
for events. Bellinghaus was laughing about this idea, of having Mr.
Roesler come to your home and talk about his fake collection he
supported as a sponsor. He says: "Roesler and June DiMaggio are the
clear contender of the freakiest and the most obvious scam--seasond with
sweet talk and bad acting abilities. It was hard to watch Roesler's
speech for the entire time. He seems to be nervous and uncomfortable and
you can feel that. "You ain't seen nothing yet' by Bachman turner
Overdrive was really the best choice, as the first lyrics say:
I met a devil woman, she took my heart away
She said I had it comin' to me, but I wanted it that way
I think that any love is good lovin'
And so I took what I could get, mmm
Oooh, oooh, she looked at me with big brown eyes
And said
You ain't seen nothin' yet
B-B-B-Baby, you just ain't seen nothin' yet
Here's something that you never gonna forget
B-B-B-Baby, you just ain't seen nothin' yet
Roesler's 'devil woman' in Bellinghaus' opinion is clearly Anna Strasberg.
blog.ourmarilyn.com/
When Mark Roesler's quote was printed in the Los Angeles Times, he
literally outed himself as the most arrogant and the most despicalbe
person in this business. He insulted Marilyn Monroe fans from around the
world and also tried to shoot directly at Mr. Bellinghaus, as he
mentioned the collectors. But this shut backfired into his own face. His
gun did not work and now he is exposed in full to the public.
Mr. Bellinghaus pointed out more details about this man, who should look
for a new territory himsel;f, as he will not be able to keep any
credibility.
A simple, but outrageous statement at the end of Robert W. Welkos' interview--it turned into the end of Mark Roesler's career.
Maybe it is time for Mr. Roesler to create new 'Rules For Success,'
www.markroesler.com/rules/index.htm as Mr. Bellinghaus wrote on his blog, that he is missing the most important one: Be honest.
LA TIMES, March 23, 2006:
Mark Roesler, chairman and chief executive of CMG Worldwide Inc., the
Indianapolis-based company that licenses the names and likenesses of 250
celebrities, including Monroe, said he remains absolutely convinced
that Otto's collection is authentic and has appraised it as being worth
$8.75 million. He said he's not at all surprised by the allegations of
fraud.
"You always have jealous fan club members and collectors who question such things," Roesler said. "It goes with the territory."
After the recent Michael Richards scandal, the actor apologized in
person and on tv the very next day. But a year has gone by and the
biggest fraud in the history has been stopped, will be in court in lest
than six months. But Mark Roesler has failed to apologize to the fans of
Marilyn Monroe. He insulted all of us and he shoud instead of airing a
pathetic and over the edge bad speech, that is 19 months old o top of
that, air an apology for his action he has been caught in. Or this will
really be the end of the estate of Marilyn Monroe, as we know it. As we
accepted it for way too long.
Mr. Schmidt
