Excerpts & Blog Posts
“Jamie Rand Human Trafficker Of A Disabled Minor“
These are the hardest words I have ever written… I had to flog myself to get through this unsavory, vile, lawsuit. I take umbrage with these reprobates as I had mentally disabled minors in my family.
Jamie Rand and Louis Duke Mendel, the owner’s of Scores Strip Club are the main offender’s in these grisly inhuman acts. Jamie Rand’s Strip Club took advantage of a mentally disabled minor for money. Jane Doe was taken to other strip clubs first, but they refused to take advantage of a disabled minor, because they could see she was mentally compromised. Scores Strip Club didn’t care that this minor was mentally compromised, Jamie Rand cares only about the bottom line.
Jane Doe’s identification was clearly fake as the other clubs attested to that fact. The physical description was all wrong on the fake identification, even Jane Doe’s height. The other clubs could see that Jane Doe was not mentally capable of understanding her circumstances. Jamie Rand’s strip club exploited a young girl who mentally could not be her own advocate.
In Jamie Rand’s Club she was on stage in less than 30 minutes. Jane Doe began immediately exposing herself to Jamie Rand’s clientele. The staff at Scores gave this minor narcotics and liquor immediately, to keep Jane Doe intoxicated. Jane Doe a disabled minor who had been institutionalized for her mental disabilities.
Scores Strip Club still hadn’t completed their orientation of Jane Doe. Next Jane Doe was exploited sexually by being engaged in prostitution with Jamie Rand’s patrons. When Jane Doe tried to resist she was raped. Jamie Rand’s staff kept Jane Doe in a drug induced haze. Jamie Rand’s greed is what led to the exploitation of Jane Doe.
Now some people are wondering, why wasn’t somebody charged with this heinous crime? It’s very simple, Jamie Rand, is and was friends with the States Attorney at the time, one Andrew Warren. What kind of States Attorney socializes and hangs around with a human trafficker of a disabled minor… Andrew Warren, that’s who! Andrew Warren betrayed a disabled minor to a human trafficker for cases of wine, expensive dinners, and a bag of money.
Why hasn’t Jamie Rand and Louis Mendel faced any regulatory or criminal repercussions? Does anyone believe these reprobates Jamie Rand, Louis Mendel and their staff had the wool pulled over their eyes by a mentally disabled minor! The States Attorneys office refused to comment on this case. Andrew Warren made sure this case had no accountability and was never investigated properly; because Andrew Warren was bought and paid for by Jamie Rand.
Andrew Warren didn’t do his job, but a lawsuit has been filed in Hillsborough county on Jane Doe’s behalf against Scores Strip Club. Now that the public is protected by the removal of Andrew Warren as States Attorney. I hope the States Attorney’s office will correct Andrew Warren’s egregious behavior and protect all Jane Doe’s.
In an insult to humanity Jamie Rand’s wife writes children’s books under an alias. Julie Rand whose pen name is Julie Augensen for obvious reasons. One of her tomes is named “Ida Louise and The Lucky Sweater” Perhaps Julie Rand would be better suited writing a book about children’s monsters who are real.
( Hillsborough County Lawsuit Case #20-CA-000861 ; https://www.cohenmilstein.com/case-study/jane-doe-v-scores-et-al/ )
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”Jamie Rand - JJJoy Toy Ventures (A Rand Family Business)”
This spaghetti western stars Jamie Rand as Alias Willie Sutton, The Bank Robber, and Duke (Louis) Mendel as John Wayne. Duke is not his real name, and he’s no John Wayne. Mendel named himself Duke, perhaps he meant Dookie? John Wayne never shot anyone in the back, unlike Dookie, who stabs everyone in the back. In the words of John Wayne, “Get off your horse and drink your milk, Dookie.” Willie Sutton, aka Jamie Rand, when asked why he robbed banks, replied, “Because that’s where the money is.” Noble cowboys are absent in this tinhorn tale.
On about October 22, 2007, Dookie Mendel and Rand decided to refinance their version of the Chicken Ranch. On this dusty trail, Dookie Mendel and Rand directed that the loan proceeds be divvied up, with $178,000.00 (50%) going to Dookie Mendel and $178,000.00 (50%) going to Jamie Rand from the refinancing of Joy Toy Ventures, Inc., which owns Show Girls Men’s Club. The loan came from the now belly-up Colonial Bank, 50% into Jamie and Julie Rand's personal account, which he holds jointly with his wife (Another Rand Family Business). Jamie Rand brags that he and Julie were high school sweethearts. If that story were true, it means that Julie repeated the 9th grade five times!
The plot thickens: they had a partner at the time, one Michelle Josowitz, who they cut out of the refinance money. Michelle didn’t take it lying down, as she usually did! Michelle filed a lawsuit against Dookie and Jamie Rand for embezzling the loan monies and skimming income proceeds.
These outlaws didn’t stop there; next on the list was a bank heist! Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand, through Joy Toy Ventures, made a measly 10 payments on the new loan from Colonial Bank. Dookie and Rand stopped making payments on this swindle and then short-sold the property to a new corporation, Plant City Properties LLC, for $400,000.00. Dookie and Jamie Rand saddled up for a short sale bank fraud. This company was created for the purpose of acquiring the same property in this short sale stick-up.
Plant City Properties was owned by Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand. Jamie Rand, an insider of Plant City Properties, is prohibited by law from short-selling his own property. On July 6, 2009, Jamie Rand, as Vice President and Treasurer on behalf of Joy Toy Ventures, executed and delivered an "As Is" Contract for Sale and Purchase, agreeing to sell the property to Plant City Properties.
On about July 30, 2009, Dookie Mendel, as President of Joy Toy Ventures and with the authority and direction of Jamie Rand, executed a Warranty Deed transferring the property to Plant City Properties. Mendel was more like Tonto here, and Kemosabe (Jamie Rand) sent him to town so he could sign the transfer, you know, the fall guy, while Kemosabe was hiding on the outskirts of town, orchestrating from afar. Nothing screams “legitimate business” like selling your failing property to yourself while the bank takes a large loss ten months after the new loan! Colonial Bank never sent a posse out for Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand because its doors were closed by the Federal Government.
Outlaw Rand personally brokered the fraudulent short sale to Plant City Properties and Colonial Bank. Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand orchestrated a $360,000.00 heist (approx) extension of credit to Joy Toy Ventures by Colonial Bank. Dookie and Jamie Rand misappropriated (stole the money). Dookie and Jamie Rand did not pay back the loan, instead getting Colonial Bank to agree to a write-off and short sale of the property to a Dookie and Jamie Rand owned LLC.
At the direction of these two varmints, Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand, Brokers Title, at settlement, split the loot 50% into Dookie Mendel's personal account and 50% into Jamie Rand's account, which he proudly shares with his wife, Julie Rand.
Josowitz accused Dookie Mendel and Jamie Rand of pocketing unauthorized, unreported, and improper distributions from Showgirls Men's Club (A JJJ Family Business). This included unearned payments to Julie by directing embezzled cash funds and income that was not reported on the books of the business. Julie has always been a cornerstone of the JJJ family business.
If anyone thinks my words are harsh, they aren’t harsh enough, as all these individuals were part of the exploitation of women for profit.
“No Man Can Take Advantage Of His Own Wrong”
A precondition always exists for a judge's appointment to the Federal bench. Judge McEwen, long before donning the Federal robes, was known as “The Judge”, but not for legal reasons… This bankrupt sports reporter spent so much time on the writing bench her nickname became “The Judge”. Judge McEwen’s Sports writing was fleeting, like a nun at a gentlemen’s club, well intentioned, but out of her element. Unfortunately, Judge McEwen’s legal ethics seem to derive more from the snack bar, than the Florida Bar.
The McEwens are a storied family in sports and legal circles, who were Tampa royalty. Tom McEwen and his brother Red hailed from the heartland of Florida, Hardee County, in the sleepy town of Wauchula. The name McEwen still resonates down at the Pioneer and Double J diners on US 17.
The press box at Amalie Arena bears the name Tom McEwen and the street along Raymond James Stadium, is christened Tom McEwen Blvd, serving as a perpetual tribute to the McEwen brothers influence. The McEwen brother’s helped elevate this mediocre Chapter 13 lawyer to a Federal Judgeship, but her sports reporting career was beyond redemption. The most astute decision Judge McEwen has made to date was to marry a McEwen, ensuring her rise to the bench. Preeminent lawyers become Judges to uphold the constitution and the law, bad judges seek the position to be somebody, while turning a blind eye to the violation of the law. The worst kind of judge is the one who allows the infringement of the law by appearing lawyers; and who think federal court orders can be used to legislate from the bench. Where the law stops so must the Judges reach! The reason people turn to the sports page is that it measures humanities accomplishments… while the front page measures humanities failures… Judge McEwen, will continue to be featured on the front page.
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Gene Gene Gene The Dancing Machine
A Federal Judge's role must be an unwavering duty to the law and the Constitution. This judicial duty stands paramount, even when it requires judge’s to diverge from the wishes or interests of acquaintances, friends, or past colleagues.
The sanctity of the judiciary depends on its unyielding impartiality. It is this impartiality that forms the nucleus of justice, and a judge's commitment to it cannot waver. Regardless of how it might impact personal ties, this dedication must remain beyond reproach.
There has been no truer gentleman who's owns a Gentlemen's club in Tampa Bay than Eugene 'Gene' O'Steen.
Gene passed away in 2022 at the age of 83 and his funeral was a tip of the top-hat, for a life well lived. It was like the final scene of movie Big Fish where the myriad of colourful characters he always talked about showed up: Judges, thugs, politicians, strippers, beureaucrats, club owners, shady friends and ex-wives were all in attendance. It was Le Cirque du Gene, the Ring Leaders final performance...Gene, Gene the dancing machine. Gene was a friend to every man, including me.
South Tampa was a small town in the 1960’s and 1970s. Gene's family knew the Peek family very well and the Peek boys, were constant fixtures at the O’Steen home.
The small town grew up and so did these South Tampa residents. Gene, ever the raconteur prided himself on having a bureaucrats and judges in his back pocket. One of those judges was The Honorable Judge Cathy Peek McEwen. Billy Peek, ever the subtle one would delight in saying: “ Need a favor? My sissy, Judge McEwen can help." This was music (and money) to Gene's opportunistic ears.
Gene was a money lender on property and commercial bars and many of the buyers were financed through Gene. They would inevitably file bankruptcy and Gene became a creditor. Billy Peek was the intermediary if Gene or anyone close to him needed a favor in bankruptcy court. This compensation street to Davis Island, ran two ways smoothly…
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Rand The Reprobate
“In the dark and undaunted underbelly of the gentlemen’s club world… Jamie Rand lurks as a virtuoso of reprobates, a cunning strip club owner. Jamie Rand’s reputation proceeds him as he try’s desperately to be accepted by the blue chip world. Jamie the puppet master will always be an outcast because of his pedigree. Rand is not a real estate mogul, but rather a master of legal loopholes and shadowy contracts. Rand weaves a web of deceit and questionable dealings to quench his avarice greed.
In his world of cloaks and daggers, Jamie Rand the strip club owner maintains an unlikely friendship with the controversial State Attorney Andrew Warren, even strip club owners need friends, on speed dial. Rand uses his wealth to sway Dandy Andy bestowing him with expensive cases of wine, expensive dinners, as well as extravagant gifts. One thing strip club owners have is plenty of cash. It’s startling how little it takes to redirect Dandy Andy’s moral compass. Im sure being friends with a strip club owner did not translate into more votes for Andrew Warren? Governor DeSantis was so right about aborting Andrew Warrens career. This ambitious prosecutor allowed a cable to be attached to him that Jamie Rand the reprobate tugged on whenever he needed a favor.
This friendship thrives amidst a backdrop of temptation and moral ambiguity; Andrew Warren wrestles with the ethical dilemma of accepting favors from a man who openly flouts the law. Andrew Warren, never was and nor will he ever be a noble crusader. Rand the reprobates persona collides with Andrew's pursuit of justice, both men find themselves entangled in a complex lap dance of power, secrets, and allegiances.”
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Magic Michael Markham, the infamous Pasco Windshield Cowboy.
Who wouldn't aspire to jump from the lofty heights of a ' illegitimate' bankruptcy practice to... wait for it... a watermelon farmer? Oh, the razzle-dazzle! This daring leap—one that Magic Mikey hasn't quite mastered yet, you know an honest living.
When he's not gallantly pillaging and creating forged documents; our hero, Magic Mikey, is... teaching canaries how to sing.
In the sacred hallways of justice, Magic Mikey has lovingly nicknamed the Honorable McEwen “Judge Judy'. Oh, your honor! But Magic Mikey, ever the charmer, claims Judge McEwen has a blessed quill just for him—one that'll sign anything he slides under her pen. In the Cathedral of Federal Court, she's created a bankruptcy Judas, who now thinks he’s an apostle.
Magic Mikey openly boasts about his legal malfeasances! The magician sits in Judge McEwen’s courtroom trolling for work, (guaranteed winner according to the Windshield Cowboy) because the case is before this particular Justice. Magic Mikey readily confesses that his deception and sleight of hand never worked in Judge Colton’s or Judge Williamson’s court rooms, those judges followed the law.
Magic Mikey created a stipulation transferring 68 properties alone. A claim that properties transferred through a phantasmal stipulation. Buddy Ford testifies that he never agreed, nor had the power to decree such a miracle stipulation. Magic Mikeys hocus-pocus fabricating documents alone, while receiving divine favor from Judge McEwen. I feel like the wayward children of Israel questioning Moses morality, how dare I? Judge McEwen changes and rewrites history without facts, through Federal Court orders. The only question now is will Judge McEwen’s orders fall like the walls of Jericho or will Justice never prevail?
Judge McEwens subjective morality reminds me of the old Groucho Marx line “do you want to believe me or your eyes”. The Dishonorable Judge McEwen allows motions in her courtroom to be filed with unsigned settlement agreements and stipulations. The only document signed in this fiasco was Judge McEwen’s orders! Like Catherine of Aragon who was dismissed from the Kings Court….Judge Catherine Peek McEwen sine qua non, dismissed from Federal Court.
As the curtain falls on Magic Mikey’s grand finale, the rabbit comes out of the hat. Ta-Da! Fraud on the court by Magic Mikey. Wallah! Judge McEwen's orders….Such a rule-follower, that one.!
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Buddy Ford Is As Full As A Tick On A Coon Hound’s Back
“Sit right back and hear a tale about fateful trips. Gilligan’s Island, the classic TV show, featured Gilligan as the Skipper's little buddy and first mate. Tampa Bay's little buddy figuratively and literally is the submissive Buddy Ford. Like Gilligan, Buddy Ford had a yacht that would set sail for a 3-hour cruise, with all of little Buddy’s legal buddies all aboard. Judge McEwen shoved off several times on Buddy Ford's yacht. Judge McEwen told Buddy not to say anything to anyone about the 3-hour cruises, as she knew they were ethics violations. How could Judge McEwen not have a bias or be compromised by this socializing. But Tampa Bay's little buddy couldn’t help himself, always wanting to impress others. Buddy Ford can keep a secret, but it’s the people he tells that can’t keep a secret. Looks like the weather is getting rough!”
“Displayed prominently in Buddy Fords waiting room is a picture of our little buddy and Judge McEwen. This picture shines as a ray of hope on the debtors waiting to be rehabilitated. The debtors are the real castaways in this story.”
“Within the intricacies of life's grand game, there occasionally emerges an unassisted triple play of injustice—an individual, akin to a skilled fielder, executing a perplexing sequence of actions without any collaboration from others. This figure, acting like an enigma cloaked in shadows, masterfully orchestrates a series of unfair deeds, dismissing goodness and fairness with each choreographed step. Just as the unassisted triple play stands as a rare occurrence in baseball, this person's ability to perpetrate harm unaided leaves us in awe by the depths of their unjust nature, a reminder that not all plays on life's diamonds are brilliant.”
“Imagine a baseball team of unjust, unfair lawyers and a comprised umpire forming an unlikely baseball line up. Each member steps onto the field with their own unscrupulous tactics and lack of integrity eager to earn a fee. The unjust empire takes the mound making bias calls and consistently favoring the home team. At the plate the pitcher Magic Michael Markham, from the law firm of Johnson Pope, throws curveballs of deceit, aiming to bend the law. The unjust shortstop Buddy Ford blocks the path to justice obstructing any chance of a fair play. Jamie Rand the reprobate batter, swings with dishonesty, exploiting every opportunity to secure a tainted victory. Dick Dauval the batboy trying to make fouls balls, fair! The game leaves legal scholars yearning for a return to genuine fair play and respect for the rule of law.“