Page 6 THE REVERE ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2022 Carlo DeMaria, Jr. vs. Everett Leader Herald, Sergio Cornelio, Joshua Resnek, Matthew Philbin and Andrew Philbin, Sr. Quotes that aren’t quotes; notes that aren’t notes – Resnek admits to creating notes AFTER being sued By James Mitchell (Editor’s Note: Th is story was published in the Everett Advocate on July 15, 2022) The newsmaker In his third week of video testimony, on June 30, Everett Leader Herald journalist-editor-publisher Josh Resnek was asked when he first learned about the lawsuit against him. Resnek stated he had heard from a number of people “anecdotally,” including Councillor-at-Large Mike Marchese, although it was transcribed as Mark Marchese. Resnek stated that he called Matthew Philbin, the owner of the Leader Herald, who told him to “wait to be served.” Representing Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Attorney Jeff rey Robbins asked Resnek if he communicated with Philbin over the years about DeMaria; Resnek replied that they did, about their feelings and articles regarding the mayor, whether it by text, email or telephone. “Absolutely,” affi rmed Resnek. When asked how many times per week the two would email each other, Resnek stated roughly two or three times for roughly fi ve years. Robbins off ered Resnek an estimate of 500 emails a year between him and Philbin about the mayor. “But there would be hundreds of emails between you and him regarding Mr. DeMaria in some fashion, correct? asked Robbins. “Regarding the news,” said Resnek. “I know regarding the news, but regarding Mr. DeMaria?” asked DeMaria’s attorney. “Well, he is the news,” replied Resnek. “Okay. As far as the paper is concerned, Mr. DeMaria is the news?” Robbins asked again. “Yes, sir,” confi rmed Resnek. Robbins then asked Resnek how www.eight10barandgrille.com We Have Reopened for Dine-In and Outside Seating every day beginning at 4 PM many times he emailed or texted Philbin over the last fi ve years regarding potential stories about DeMaria; Resnek said at least a couple of hundred times, but not just about the mayor. The attorney then stated that he and Philbin hadn’t produced a single email between the two and only a single day of texts. Resnek claimed he didn’t know that and didn’t conduct a search of emails between himself and Philbin relating to DeMaria in connection with the lawsuit. Resnek then stated that some WE'RE OPEN! 8 Norwood Street, Everett (617) 387-9810 STAY SAFE! forensic people working for his attorney had taken 26,000 emails from his computer. (With respect to the electronic communications, as reported by the Everett Advocate last week, the defendants must turn over within two weeks all unredacted emails, texts and phone records by the Everett Leader Herald newspaper, Matthew Philbin and Andrew Philbin, Sr., and Joshua Resnek related to the current lawsuit. This would also include the identities of all purported sources, according to a judgment by Middlesex Superior Court Judge James Budreau dated June 30, 2022.) Notes that aren’t notes Robbins’ questioning returned back to Resnek’s notebook that contained his notes about the 2020 Corey St. property deal between DeMaria and Sergio Cornelio – making changes two or three times and still writing the wrong information after he learned he was being sued in Oct. 2021. “But you wrote down dates for things that were supposedly said to you that were completely incorrect, right? asked Robbins. “They proved to be incorrect, yes,” stated the Leader Herald’s journalist. Resnek was then asked about quotes in his notebook, such as “September delivery, September 2nd , 11:30,” which would be his claim of when he met City Clerk Cornelio outside his City Hall offi ce while delivering papers, which he admitted he wrote in his notebook after he was sued. “Ethics filing doubtful”, “I was broke at end” and “Sergio, he wants my job” were other examples of notes that Resnek admitted weren’t originally in the notebook but were written after being sued. “So now we know that it's not just dates that you went back in and changed, but it’s actually substantive material that you wrote – went back and wrote in after the lawsuit was fi led, correct?” Resnek answered, “Yes, sir,” then admitted that his information, such as the Sept. 11 date, was actually false. In previous testimony, Resnek claimed that the quotes were attributed to Matthew Philbin, but he has since recanted his statement, saying they were not “exact quotes” by his boss, calling the quotes “sum and substance” statements made by Philbin and all his witnesses collectively. Robbins asked Resnek if the quotes were from Cornelio given to Philbin; Resnek stated they were and were written by him but then admitted that there weren’t any notes of any quotes from Cornelio that he had stated in previous testimony. “They’re not exact quotes given to me by Mr. Philbin,” stated Resnek. “And they’re not quotes that Mr. Cornelio gave you either?” asked Robbins. “That is correct,” replied Resnek. On a search through the pages of the notebook, Resnek – along with Robbins and Resnek’s Attorney, Bernie Guekguezian – is shown notes that he admits, again, were written after the lawsuit was fi led. Robbins then asked Resnek if he knew that his notes used in preparation of his articles were going to be used as evidence in the lawsuit; he said he did. Resnek then admitted the evidence he was turning over to counsel for the lawsuit contained notes he created after the lawsuit was fi led against him. Unaware of the truth “You knew in 2020 that Mr. DeMaria and Mr. Cornelio were jointly involved in the Corey St. property, correct?” asked Robbins. “No, I didn’t,” responded Resnek. Resnek said that he wasn’t aware of the property deal until August or September of 2021. Robbins then showed Resnek Exhibit 28 with, an article written by Resnek in June 2020 with the headline “The mayor is doing a deal with a city offi cial” - The mayor’s Blue Suit. 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