CHRB clarifies Rosario complaint and Stauffer situation

[Beckron]

from Mike Marten with the CHRB:

Jay Privman called me on or about September 11 to tell me about Rosario, Glenney, and Stauffer and to ask whether the Board was investigating this matter. I made inquiries, and then I called Jay back and advised him the CHRB does not confirm or deny investigations until a complaint has been filed. I told him I would let him know if and when one was filed. We discussed how one year earlier he had approached the Board concerning another complaint and that we had given him the same response about not confirming or denying and the same assurances, only that time he wound up reading about it in the Blood-Horse before he received official word of the complaint from the CHRB. I promised him that I would not let that happen again.


No one else called me about this matter.


I received that complaint on Wednesday, September 16, from the investigator. I placed it in my file of cases to include in the weekly update. I wrote the weekly update on Friday, September 18, and sent it to the executive director and others to approve. Around 9 p.m. Friday, I spoke with Kirk Breed and he said we needed one more OK and that we should complete the update early Saturday morning. I reminded him that Jay Privman had approached us a week earlier and was waiting on confirmation. I said I was concerned that if Jay left for the track very early Saturday, he might get to the track and hear about the complaint from someone else – and be right back where he was a year ago. Kirk Breed authorized me to contact Jay.


I called Jay at a little after 9 p.m. Friday and told him we would be releasing this complaint first thing in the morning. I read the complaint to him. He asked me some other questions that I could not or would not answer. He thanked me and said he would write something in the morning.


Shortly after 7 a.m. Saturday I received authorization from Kirk Breed to release the weekly update, which I then provided to our Website manager, commissioners, investigators, executives, and stewards.



To this date, I have not discussed Vic Stauffer or John Glenney with anyone, including Jay Privman. When Jay asked me about Vic Stauffer, I said I had no knowledge of Vic Stauffer other than what Jay himself had related to me. Everything Jay wrote about Vic Stauffer he got on his own. My only statement is that the CHRB has filed a complaint against Joel Rosario for the reasons cited in the complaint and weekly update.



I hope this answers your questions.

[Curtiswright]

Jay Privman investigating possible wrongdoing by Vic Stauffer? And I thought they were such good friends!

[ScrapingThePaint]

I don't think Privman was at Glenney's barn on Sept 7th to overhear the conversation. I wonder who told him about it. Sounds like Privman and Vic aren't exactly BFF's? That makes Privman an interesting choice to break the story, to say the least.

[Syncopate]

I don't think Privman was at Glenney's barn on Sept 7th to overhear the conversation. I wonder who told him about it. Sounds like Privman and Vic aren't exactly BFF's? That makes Privman an interesting choice to break the story, to say the least.

Then it's all hearsay evidence. In other words, not admissible in a court of law & all spit in the wind. Isn't there some rule about being a journalist that you need at least 2 independent sources that can verify the story before you can release it ?

[JDinSD77]

Long history and bad blood make for questionable investigations.

[ScrapingThePaint]

Then it's all hearsay evidence. In other words, not admissible in a court of law & all spit in the wind. Isn't there some rule about being a journalist that you need at least 2 independent sources that can verify the story before you can release it ?

I don't think Privman posted the story until Marten confirmed that a complaint had been filed. And then he just reported what was in the complaint, as told to him by Marten.

I called Jay at a little after 9 p.m. Friday and told him we would be releasing this complaint first thing in the morning. I read the complaint to him. He asked me some other questions that I could not or would not answer. He thanked me and said he would write something in the morning.

Actually, I wasn't trying to read anything into anything. You have to admit that with all the media people who wander around Del Mar in the summer, it was ironic (or an interesting twist of fate) that Privman got wind of the story first, considering the "bad blood" with Vic and all.

[TheGoodWitch]

Oh-oh. Privman's "multi-tasking" again.
I know two people who have punched out Privman. Both are women.