According to Gorman, the attack went on non-stop for over a week until Gorman’s attorneys were able to send out Cease & Desist letters to both Monarch and Steinborn. Thereafter the attacks immediately stopped.
Litigation would follow, including a countersuit filed by Monarch’s attorney/business partner Aaron Kelly that named Gorman’s wife, a homemaker that was never involved in Gorman’s business affairs. When Attorney Aaron Kelly was disqualified from the case, Kelly’s partner, Daniel Warner, entered his appearance.
Richart Ruddie, unbeknownst to Gorman at the time, was good friends with Monarch, Kelly, and Warner. Richart Ruddie, whom Monarch chose to use as a professional witness against Gorman in Monarch’s countersuit, is alleged by the Arizona Bar to have engaged in multiple scams with Warner/Kelly in a complaint filed this past Friday.
