On October 31, 2019 a
DEC
was filed
involving a dispute between
Beletsis, Daphne,
Rainey, Yvonne,
Karki, Bobby,
Leitch, John Dylan,
Thomas, Emmanuel,
and
Davis, Zachary Nash,
Garcia, Moises Tenorio,
Garcia, Rafael,
Guevara, Christopher,
Kahlon, Najpreet Singh,
Karki, Bobby,
King, Derek,
Leitch, John Dylan,
Leon, Stefan Matias,
Mclaughlin, Quinn,
Takayama, Jordan Keiichi,
Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc.,
Theta Iota Chapter Of Theta Chi Fraternity,
Thomas, Emmanuel,
Visacki, Brad,
for (23) Unlimited Other PI / PD / WD
in the District Court of Santa Cruz County.
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1 Michael C. Osborne (Bar No. 95839)
mosborne@cokinoslaw.com
2 Jaskiran K. Samra (Bar No. 296149)
jsamra@cokinoslaw.com
3 Elaine Kobylecki (Bar No. 299311)
ekobylecki@cokinoslaw.com
4 COKINOS | YOUNG
611 Gateway Blvd., Ste. 233
5 South San Francisco, CA 94080
Telephone: (628) 229-9180
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Attorneys for Defendant
7 THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC.
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ
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DAPHNE BELETSIS, et al., Case No. 19CV03287
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Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C.
13 OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT
v. THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC.’S
14 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL
THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC., et al. TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE:
15 DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY
Defendant. JUDGMENT
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Hearing Date: December 9, 2022
17 Time: 8:30 a.m.
Dept.: 10
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Action Filed: October 31, 2019
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I, MICHAEL C. OSBORNE, declare:
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22 1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in this Court and all courts in the State of
23 California. I am an attorney with Cokinos | Young, attorneys of record for Defendant Theta
24 Chi Fraternity, Inc., in the above-captioned matter. I make this Declaration based on my
25 personal knowledge. If called upon to do so, I could competently testify to the matters
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27 2. Attached as Exhibit J to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’
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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN
REBUTTAL TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARTY JUDGMENT
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Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from
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the deposition testimony of Zachary Davis.
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3. Attached as Exhibit K to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’
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Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from
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the deposition testimony of Rafael Garcia, Jr.
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4. Attached as Exhibit L to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’
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Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from
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the deposition testimony of Ray Vanlanot.
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5. Attached as Exhibit M to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’
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Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from
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Theta Chi Fraternity’s verified First Set of Amended and Supplemental Responses to
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Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories, Set Two.
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I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this declaration
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was executed on December 5, 2022, in South San Francisco, California, and that the foregoing is
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true and correct of my own personal knowledge.
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MICHAEL C. OSBORNE
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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN
REBUTTAL TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARTY JUDGMENT
1 PROOF OF SERVICE
2 Beletsis v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al.
Santa Cruz County Superior Court Action No. 19CV03287
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I declare that I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to this action or
4 proceeding. My business address is 611 Gateway Blvd., Suite 233, South San Francisco, CA
94080. On the below date, I caused the following document(s) to be served:
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DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT THETA
6 CHI FRATERNITY, INC.’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL TO
PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY
7 JUDGMENT
8 by electronically serving the above reference document(s) through Email to the
 person(s) set forth below. Executed by Amanda L. Sanchez
9 (asanchez@cokinoslaw.com) on December 5, 2022, at South San Francisco,
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by having personal delivery by Express Network of a true copy of the document(s)
11  listed above, enclosed in a sealed envelope, to the person(s) and at the address(es) set
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13 See Attached Service List
14 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on
December 5, 2022 at South San Francisco, California.
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PROOF OF SERVICE
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2 Douglas E. Fierberg Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Jonathon N. Fazzola DAPHNE BELETSIS and YVONNE RAINEY
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The Fierberg Nation Law Group, PLLC
161 East Front Steet, Suite 200 Tel: (202) 351-0510
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Traverse City, MI 49684 Fax: (231) 252-8100
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dfierberg@tfnlgroup.com,
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jfazzola@tfnlgroup.com,
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kfarese@tfnlgroup.com
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Sawyer & Labar, LLP DAPHNE BELETSIS and YVONNE RAINEY
10 1700 Montgomery St. Suite 108
Tel: (415) 262-3820
San Francisco, CA 94111
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labar@sawyerlabar.com
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13 John D. Hourihan Attorneys for Defendant
Stratman, Schwartz & Williams-Abrego QUINN MCLAUGHLIN
14 P.O. Box 258829
Tel: (510) 457-3440
Oklahoma City, OK 73125
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John.hourihan@farmersinsurance.com
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Daniel R. Friedenthal Attorneys for Special Appearing Defendant
17 Friedenthal, Heffernan & Brown, LLP THETA IOTA CHAPTER OF THETA CHI
1520 W. Colorado Boulevard, Second Floor FRATERNITY
18 Pasadena, CA 91105 Tel: (626) 628-2800
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jbrown@fhblawyers.com
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1 Michael C. Osborne (Bar No. 95839) mosborne@cokinoslaw.com 2 Jaskiran K. Samra (Bar No. 296149) jsamra@cokinoslaw.com 3 Elaine Kobylecki (Bar No. 299311) ekobylecki@cokinoslaw.com 4 COKINOS | YOUNG 611 Gateway Blvd., Ste. 233 5 South San Francisco, CA 94080 Telephone: (628) 229-9180 6 Attorneys for Defendant 7 THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC. 8 SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA 9 COUNTY OF SANTA CRUZ 10 11 DAPHNE BELETSIS, et al., Case No. 19CV03287 12 Plaintiff, DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. 13 OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT v. THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC.’S 14 ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL THETA CHI FRATERNITY, INC., et al. TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: 15 DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY Defendant. JUDGMENT 16 Hearing Date: December 9, 2022 17 Time: 8:30 a.m. Dept.: 10 18 Action Filed: October 31, 2019 19 20 I, MICHAEL C. OSBORNE, declare: 21 22 1. I am an attorney licensed to practice law in this Court and all courts in the State of 23 California. I am an attorney with Cokinos | Young, attorneys of record for Defendant Theta 24 Chi Fraternity, Inc., in the above-captioned matter. I make this Declaration based on my 25 personal knowledge. If called upon to do so, I could competently testify to the matters 26 contained in this Declaration. 27 2. Attached as Exhibit J to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’ 28 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARTY JUDGMENT 1 Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from 2 the deposition testimony of Zachary Davis. 3 3. Attached as Exhibit K to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’ 4 Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from 5 the deposition testimony of Rafael Garcia, Jr. 6 4. Attached as Exhibit L to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’ 7 Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from 8 the deposition testimony of Ray Vanlanot. 9 5. Attached as Exhibit M to Defendant’s Additional Evidence in Rebuttal to Plaintiffs’ 10 Evidence, served and filed December 2, 2022, is a true and correct copy of an excerpt from 11 Theta Chi Fraternity’s verified First Set of Amended and Supplemental Responses to 12 Plaintiffs’ Special Interrogatories, Set Two. 13 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that this declaration 14 was executed on December 5, 2022, in South San Francisco, California, and that the foregoing is 15 true and correct of my own personal knowledge. 16 17 ____________________________________ MICHAEL C. OSBORNE 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: MOTION FOR SUMMARTY JUDGMENT 1 PROOF OF SERVICE 2 Beletsis v. Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., et al. Santa Cruz County Superior Court Action No. 19CV03287 3 I declare that I am over the age of eighteen years and not a party to this action or 4 proceeding. My business address is 611 Gateway Blvd., Suite 233, South San Francisco, CA 94080. On the below date, I caused the following document(s) to be served: 5 DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. OSBORNE IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT THETA 6 CHI FRATERNITY, INC.’S ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE IN REBUTTAL TO PLAINTIFFS’ EVIDENCE RE: DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY 7 JUDGMENT 8 by electronically serving the above reference document(s) through Email to the  person(s) set forth below. Executed by Amanda L. Sanchez 9 (asanchez@cokinoslaw.com) on December 5, 2022, at South San Francisco, 10 California. by having personal delivery by Express Network of a true copy of the document(s) 11  listed above, enclosed in a sealed envelope, to the person(s) and at the address(es) set 12 forth below. 13 See Attached Service List 14 I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 5, 2022 at South San Francisco, California. 15 16 17 Amanda L. Sanchez 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PROOF OF SERVICE 1 SERVICE LIST 2 Douglas E. Fierberg Attorneys for Plaintiffs Jonathon N. Fazzola DAPHNE BELETSIS and YVONNE RAINEY 3 The Fierberg Nation Law Group, PLLC 161 East Front Steet, Suite 200 Tel: (202) 351-0510 4 Traverse City, MI 49684 Fax: (231) 252-8100 5 dfierberg@tfnlgroup.com, 6 jfazzola@tfnlgroup.com, 7 lcloutier@tfnlgroup.com kfarese@tfnlgroup.com 8 9 Ivo Labar Attorneys for Plaintiffs Sawyer & Labar, LLP DAPHNE BELETSIS and YVONNE RAINEY 10 1700 Montgomery St. Suite 108 Tel: (415) 262-3820 San Francisco, CA 94111 11 labar@sawyerlabar.com 12 guzman@sawyerlabar.com 13 John D. Hourihan Attorneys for Defendant Stratman, Schwartz & Williams-Abrego QUINN MCLAUGHLIN 14 P.O. Box 258829 Tel: (510) 457-3440 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 15 John.hourihan@farmersinsurance.com 16 Daniel R. Friedenthal Attorneys for Special Appearing Defendant 17 Friedenthal, Heffernan & Brown, LLP THETA IOTA CHAPTER OF THETA CHI 1520 W. Colorado Boulevard, Second Floor FRATERNITY 18 Pasadena, CA 91105 Tel: (626) 628-2800 19 Fax: (626) 628-2828 20 dfriedenthal@FHBLawyers.com jbrown@fhblawyers.com 21 nruiz@FHBLawyers.com 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2 SERVICE LIST