The case of US developer Darin Smith has been much in the news recently. He's accused of taking money from US investors for lands in his Biospharms projects, and not giving them title for those properties.
Some of those investors have sued him - and last week one of them won in the Supreme Court - only to find a death threat posted against their children the very next day.
We asked Darin Smith's attorney Darrel Bradley about the loss of the lawsuit and the volatile climate surrounding this case:...
Darrell Bradley, Attorney for Darin Smith
"The issue is that you did not win on the merits of the case. You try to serve the man, you say you serve the man, the man says you didn't received the claim and you enter judgement not on any merit or not arguing the facts of the matter. You got a technical judgement and you the man couldn't get that set aside. What we would say in reply to that is that we want to have our day in court."
Jules Vasquez
"We know that death threats have appeared on the entrance of Los Tambos Village, death threats against those who complained against your client Mr. Smith, who accused him of fraudulent activities."
Darrell Bradley, Attorney for Darin Smith
"Our understanding is that, and again I don't want to speak too much into it because I represent him in relation to winning two of the claims, but our understanding is that those threats are perpetrated against my client. So that in relation to something that the attorney for one of the persons who is suing him pass, there were certain threats made against him and members of his family in terms of paintings and so forth. That's very worrisome. My client has lived in Belize for a number of years. The development has been in existence for a number of years. There are many people who lives there. My understanding is that there are 52 units or 52 so called farms on this premises and there are many people who have bought farms into this development. They've lived there for years and they have absolutely no complaint. There is a small amount of people who have exercised their constitutional rights in relation to filing a claim and we will wait for a day in court. I don't think that there is any alarm to be had."
There are multiple lawsuits still pending in court.
Bradley says that the vast majority of those who have invested in Biospharms have no complaint against Darin Smith. There are multiple lawsuits still pending in court.
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