(The depositions are heavily redacted and missing pages because the lawsuit is subject to a protective order.) In May, partial transcripts of depositions given by Motley and Beaty were filed with the court by the jewelers’ lawyers. District Court for the Southern District of New York has produced other documents that reveal what until now has been closely held information about the heist. No ‘additional precautions’īesides the body-cam transcript, the legal skirmishing in the U.S. “It’s like, why is this guy dogging me?” Motley wondered. Motley said that the man staring at him had a beard and drove a silver SUV. Two people familiar with the investigation of the heist have said that one of the men seen in or around the event center July 10 could have been involved in the crime. The Times previously reported that suspicious men were seen at the expo hall, including one sporting an earpiece and a surgical mask whom organizers removed from the premises. “There was somebody kind of looking at me weird, kind of dogged me, staring right in the eyes, just sitting there, doors were open, as we were getting loaded,” he said. Motley, 44, was hung up on something unsettling that he’d noticed a day earlier at the San Mateo County Event Center, which hosted the jewelry show. Long before the value of the loot was contested in dueling lawsuits, the drivers hunkered down in the Flying J parking lot and tried to come to grips with what had only then just occurred. Beaty and Motley also did not respond to interview requests. The Sheriff’s Department, which is conducting the inquiry with the FBI, did not respond to requests for comment. She said Brink’s deferred to law enforcement regarding the investigation of the heist, adding, “We look forward to answers that will bring the criminals to justice.” The Times sent Brink’s several questions, which company spokeswoman Dana Callahan responded to via email. “Brink’s has had all the information all along - we just didn’t have the information.” Kroll, attorney for the affected jewelers. “A few weeks after the theft, Brink’s raced to court to sue the victims, and they made a number of allegations that have been contradicted by evidence developed in the case,” said Gerald L. The complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court about two weeks after the jewelers were sued in New York, alleged negligence and other claims. The victimized jewelry companies have alleged in a lawsuit they filed against Brink’s and other parties that the merchandise was valued at about $100 million. It turns out the pilfered goods could be worth more than 10 times the amount cited by Brink’s. The complaint alleged that the stolen shipments had a declared total value of $8.7 million - much higher than a figure initially cited by Beaty, who told deputies the vehicle was transporting cargo worth $2.7 million. The company’s lawsuit has sought to limit any payout it could have to make to the jewelers. He also said that Motley could have awakened him before heading off to eat without violating Department of Transportation regulations for commercial drivers’ off-duty time. It was included in a May legal filing made by lawyers representing 11 jewelry companies that were sued by Brink’s in New York court in August.Īmong the revelations in the transcripts and other recent filings: Beaty said that before he and Motley left San Mateo, he told several colleagues about a man who watched him at the jewelry show, but no one followed up with him about the matter. The new details of the drivers’ actions after the heist - as well as the public disclosure of their names - come from a transcript of body-camera footage recorded by the deputies. It took just 27 minutes to steal tens of millions in jewelry and gemstones from a Brink’s trailer in Lebec, Calif. California Mystery shrouds colossal Brink’s heist at I-5 truck stop: Who stole millions in gems, gold?
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