Everett’s Local News Source for over 30 Years! Vol. 31, No.25 -FREEwww.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, June 24, 2022 Attorneys question Leader Herald publisher Resnek in defamation lawsuit Asked if he had proof mayor took kickbacks — “No, I don’t” By James Mitchell Open a 2-year CD with one of the region’s highest rates. O n June 3, attorneys for Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s 419 BROADWAY. EVERETT, MA 02149 771 SALEM ST. LYNNFIELD, MA 01940 WWW.EVERETTBANK.COM Member FDIC | Member DIF SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com defamation lawsuit began questioning Everett Leader Herald newspaper publisher/reporter Joshua Resnek in a videotape deposition at the Boston law offi ces of Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP. During questioning, Attorney Jeff Robbins established a timeline of Resnek’s employment status and fi nancial woes, which suddenly disappeared just months prior to his new job as publisher of the Everett Leader Herald. According to the deposition, Resnek stated that he and his wife, Carolyn Resnek, had fi led for bankruptcy protection on two occasions, in 2001 and again in 2017, due to Internal Revenue Service and Massachusetts Department of Revenue liens, judgments by creditors and attachments to property. Resnek described his fi nancial state as, at one time, broke and sleeping out of his car after losing millions of dollars in personal wealth and real estate holdings due to the recession. Resnek and his wife signed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy protection on April 18, 2017. Resnek was then shown a signed document showing that he and his wife were discharged from bankruptcy on Sept. 26, 2017. Two months later, on November 29, 2017, Resnek would file as manager for Dorchester Publications LLC with the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Corporations division, leaving off the owner’s name, Matthew Philbin. Resnek stated that he wasn’t told to fi ll that part of the document in – but admitted that his “partner” Matthew Philbin was the owner of the newspaper. Resnek claimed that he wasn’t an employee of Dorchester Publications LLC, had no written agreement – just an oral one – receiving a 1099 IRS form from Philbin. When asked if he reached this oral understanding with Philbin before or after he was discharged from bankruptcy, Resnek said he didn’t remember. In the most disturbing testimony given by Resnek, he was asked about the derogatory name he gave the mayor in his many articles and editorials, “Kickback Carlo.” “You’ve called him “kickback Carlo, correct?” asked Robbins. “Yes,” replied Resnek. “Do you have any evidence that he’s ever taken a kickRESNEK | SEE PAGE 2
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