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I just saw "Green Book" win the best movie Oscar. Aside from the fact that I don't think it should have won for cinematographic reasons, it should not have won because it's based on a fraud and lies. The movie does not depict what actually happened or the true relationship between Tony Vallelonga and Don Shirley.
August 17, 2018 I heard they were coming out with a movie based on Donald Shirley's life. It looked interesting so I researched Don Shirley. I saw that he died. I checked findagrave.com to see if anyone had made his memorial. They hadn't so I set upon doing research about Don Shirley, his life, his relatives, his family. That night I put up his memorial and added the memorials of his dead relatives. I added their obituaries so you could clearly see their surviving relatives. Below is the memorial I created August 17, 2018. I included public obituaries from two major media sources. The obituaries showing his living relatives were publicly available since he died in 2013. One search and you would have seen Maurice, Edwina and Edwin Shirley III. One Google and you get two email addresses and home addresses.
Any Google search would have pulled up all of his dead and living relatives easily. Mahershala Ali, Nick Vallelonga did not try to contact the relatives intentionally. Nick knew that Don Shirley told Tony he did NOT give him permission to write a book or make a movie about their time together. Nick has been in the movie industry since 1972. He clearly looked upon this as a business opportunity. The relatives also stated that Don Shirley was not a close friend of Tony Vallelonga. I don't know if Tony lied to his family or they knew this and decided to change the story line to make their deceased father look like some sort of civil rights hero?
Below is the tree I made August 17, 2018. They could have found it on Ancestry with one search. I've since made it private. Below is the pedigree view of Don Shirley's tree. I posted the full tree at geneanet.org
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Below is the normal view of his tree. All those people on the bottom are alive. Don Shirley had many close relatives. He had no children of his own but he was very close with his brothers, nieces, nephews. Nick Vallelonga did not contact his relatives because he knew they would say no as Don had said no. The relatives most certainly would not want this fake narrative made into a movie.
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From Wikipedia:
"Shirley family reaction
Shirley's relatives condemned the film, stating they were not contacted by studio representatives until after development, and that it misrepresented Shirley's relationship with his family. Don's brother, Maurice Shirley, said "My brother never considered Tony to be his 'friend'; he was an employee, his chauffeur (who resented wearing a uniform and cap). This is why context and nuance are so important. The fact that a successful, well-to-do Black artist would employ domestics that did NOT look like him, should not be lost in translation."
More from Maurice Shirley and his nephew Edwin Shirley III.
Mahershala Ali responded with an apology to Shirley’s nephew, Edwin Shirley III, saying that "I did the best I could with the material I had" and that he was not aware that there were "close relatives with whom I could have consulted to add some nuance to the character." Writer-director Peter Farrelly said he was under the impression there "weren't a lot of family members" still alive, that they did not take major liberties with the story, and that relatives he was aware of had been invited to a private screening for friends and family.
Look at who is behind the film, a bunch of white guys. A bunch of white guys happy to use famous and well respected Dr Donald Shirley as a character to create a false narrative that makes a white guy appear to be a civil rights "hero."
In the below pic for best picture the only two black people are actors. Looks like white people taking advantage of a well known black person for money and fame. They could have at least hired black people besides just some actors.
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
UPDATE: 03/15/2023 Dave is still ripping people off and scamming in Georgia and California. Nothing has changed.
Dave likes to tell people he's the grandson of very wealthy Frederick Rand Weisman who married Marcia Simon of the Norton Simon museum. He's not. He's just a first cousin once removed. Below is his family tree. He's Jewish from Russia, Austria, Poland paternal and Danish Norwegian from Sweden, Norway maternal.
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
May 23, 2017: Someone emailed me that Dave was in the military. They said that means he's a great guy. While I'm thankful for people in the military it doesn't give people the right to commit fraud and steal from people. I think the person who emailed me that was Dave ;-)
October 2016: Some good news. Since I posted this blog article I have saved at least five people from being swindled by Dave Weisman. They said they saw my blog, did some research of their own, contacted their lawyers then refused to do business with Dave. So happy to be able to help people not get swindled. That is why I used to out stock scams.
July 8, 2016: Some people called me and gave me some info. I have edited this article to reflect that new information. Someone also asked me to post all the criminal and civil lawsuits I could find for him. I've updated that as well. It's still not complete. The people who called were private investigators trying to find Dave's assets. Seems he just ripped off a new person in Georgia and another in California. _____________
David Allen Weisman better known simply as Dave Weisman is quite the scoundrel and scammer here in Los Angeles, California. He was born October 1962 in Los Angeles, California to father Roger David Weisman (1934-2015) and mother Roberta Eileen Fox (1938-1979). He has a brother John William Weisman 1964 and a sister Lesley Anne Weisman 1959 deceased. I'm including birth years so you can tell the different family members apart. There are a few David Weismans.
David Weisman graduated from James Monroe High School in Sepulveda, North Hills, California 1980. I don't see that he attended UCLA though I'm still looking. Here is the direct link to the page with the class photo. You can also find it in classmates.com http://www.angelfire.com/co4/monroehighschool3/1980_wasser_wilkening.html
David Allen Weisman, Dave Weisman, Monroe High School 1980
Dave Weisman has/had some wives. They are in order Cherie R Gilleon, * Martin and * Klein. He has two kids which I will not mention by name as they are not adults and would not want to be mentioned. He's currently involved in a lawsuit by his current wife. Dave Weisman has a long history of domestic violence. If you search lacourt.org, you will see the many restraining order cases, divorces, lawsuits involving his wives. Per the lawsuits, court room testimony Dave Weisman is physically and psychologically abusive to his wives, girlfriends.
David A Weisman started a website for The DAX Foundation in 2007. The top image is the web archive version of the site. Dave Weisman stated the DAX Foundation has a benefactor named "Mr. Dax." Mr. Dax supposedly gave the foundation $75,000,000. Dave Weisman is allegedly just the director of the foundation.
The truth is Dave Weisman is "DAX." There is no money in the foundation. Dave Weisman wants people to think he's wealthy, successful but not a braggart. If you look at the top pic, that is allegedly Mr. Dax. That is clearly Dave Weisman! Dave made the website to help his business image and to attract women who are involved in animal rescue. He offers to give millions from the Dax Foundation to their animal rescue organization. He never gives more than a few hundred dollars.
A big news item in 2007 involved the Dax Foundation. The Dax Foundation was going to sell Orson Welles' Oscar for "Citizen Cane." Because the Oscar was won before they made it mandatory to sell it back to the Oscars for $1, that Oscar could be sold. Dave Weisman dated Orson Welles' daughter Beatrice Welles who had the Oscar. He just wanted to use the Oscar to get positive publicity for his Dax Foundation. Below is a messy, embarrassing video interview where Dave pretends he's not really Dax. The Oscar did not sell because no buyer "met the terms of the sale." Read that, the Oscar didn't sell as they never had any intention of selling. The Oscar was listed for sale to generate media interest so Dave Weisman could tout himself as Dax.
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Dave Weisman has been involved in his share of litigation. I'll try to do this chronologically starting 2008. He has been ripping people off since the 1990's. I will add that info later.
Dave Weisman and his friends were involved in a real estate, swindle deal gone bad in 2008. To paraphrase it Dave Weisman asked Michael Blank as company Jango Capital to invest in real estate with his friends. Blank invested money to buy a property and fund the loan. "Somehow" the property was recorded in someone else's name with no lien. Case is Jango Capital v David A Weisman. Every time Dave gets sued he turns it around and counter sues for something incredibly ridiculous. He's lost all the cases.
Dave Weisman had a preposterous defense in that case. He claimed Michael Blank gave the expensive piece of property to his friends as a gift. Dave lost the case of course. A judgment was recorded against Dave Weisman. Weisman tried to run and hide from the judgment by putting real estate owned in other people's names. Dave was sued again and they took the properties. Dave has millions in judgments against him which will never go away.
A more recent controversial news item concerning Dave Weisman has to do with multiple lawsuits for fraud and theft starting in 2009 and continuing to this day. In the lawsuit Delta Aliraq v Dave Weisman the plaintiff states that Dave Weisman embezzled millions of dollars. Dave Weisman lost the case and now has a judgment against him. Dave again tried to hide property. Plaintiff is now trying to obtain the property.
Delta Aliraq sued Dave Weisman and his ex-wife * Martin under RICO. Dave paid his ex-wife alimony and child support out of Delta Aliraq's bank account. When Delta Aliraq realized this they asked Dave what was the purpose of the payment. Dave said he was paying the person who is a "lawyer legal fees for helping with the company." Dave made the checks out to "Chris Martin Esq," "Christian Martin," "Law Office of Chris Martin..." Here is the complaint.
Dave Weisman has a criminal record. These are just two cases here in Los Angeles, California. Search was for "David Weisman" with David Weisman's birth date. You can go to lacourt.org, click criminal, click case summery, put in the case numbers and see the cases. "Dave Weisman" is a common name here so use the birth date of October 11, 1962.
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Dave Weisman has been arrested on two or three separate occasions in Los Angeles County alone. Here are two of his latest arrests.
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Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
Dave Weisman here tells people he's related to and an heir of the very wealthy Frederick R. Weisman family. He's a first cousin once removed. He's related to the poor side of the family.
Dave A Weisman has a very long history of psychological, physical abuse of women and of defrauding investors, stealing money. I meant to put this page up years ago but didn't want to deal with any fallout. I regretted that because if his current wife knew all of this back then, she never would have married him and been abused by him. I also decided to put it up now as he continues to defraud people. If I put this up in 2006, he probably wouldn't have been able to rip off Aliran and Jingo Capital. Hopefully people will Google him before doing any business with him. There are a ton of civil lawsuits you can find here lacourt.org. I found three pages of lawsuit listings. There are more in Pacer. I just posted some of these below.
Someone asked for some photos so they can recognize Dave. I met him back in 2006. He's 54 born in 1962, 6'1", 190 lbs, brown hair with green eyes per his last two arrests. Here are some pics I borrowed from the public internet and am using under the fair use of copyright act. I removed the other people. These pics are from 2013-2015. He actually has a bit more grey hair now. When he lets his stubble come in, it's white and grey.
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
Dave Weisman, David Allen Weisman, David A Weisman, DAX Foundation, Los Angeles, California, criminal record, lawsuits, marriages, birth date, family, restraining orders, scammer, thief, all around bad person
Dave Weisman allegedly had a woman by the name of Andrea Sheffield write his Wikipedia page for him and the Dax Foundation. That page used to be here until Wikipedia deleted it.
"I reviewed the Cal Business portal and sec of state documents for Dax and see that it is a valid and active california corporation with three directors. I also viewed the corporation's IRS Letter of Determination request from 2007 and it lists the company as a valid corporation seeking private foundation status. The company has verifiable links to several charitable animal, human, and arts programs. It also conducted business in 2007 selling an academy award. I reviewed the website and believe that the comment that the foundation offers taildocking and declawing was placed maliciously and I removed them until a source is provided. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Morninggloria (talk • contribs) 17:42, 8 November 2009 (UTC)"
A wise person responded. Notice the application is dated 2007 yet it includes financial information from 2008, 2009, two years into the future. Dave is really shitty at forgeries.
"AndreaSheffield, or whoever (Dave) you are, the page is down. You voted to keep it then you deleted it. The top of that pdf document says "Application for Recognition of Exemption." It is not a determination letter. It's an application that is not signed. In fact, it's dated October 2007 yet they included financial information from all of 2008 and 2009, fishy. A determination letter is a one page signed letter on IRS letterhead which states "you are now recognized as a non-profit corporation." Even before you get that letter you get a letter confirming receipt of your application. For you to look at that "application" and call it a determination letter is crazy. Arte de America (talk) 23:07, 8 November 2009 (UTC)"
There was lengthy discussion on Wikipedia about deleting the Dax Foundation page. The main reason was because it was not a real corporation or IRS approved non-profit at that time. After the discussion about whether it existed or not Dave Weisman then formed the corporation. He never did anything with it and it was suspended.
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"Andrea Sheffield" who was most likely Dave praised Dave to the high heavens for helping Africans with water. After everyone stated the corporation didn't exist and it was not an approved charity "Andrea" posted this to prove that it was real. Andrea said she found it online in the IRS charity search. This is a free online application for recognition of exemption with the IRS. Anyone can fill this out and print it out. This form is still open in the fillable form. Not all browsers will show this. Notice the text is in blue. That's because it was downloaded while they were still filling it out. It doesn't exist at the IRS.gov.
Dave most likely faked this to make it seem legit. Sure, Dave put over $50,000,000 into the organization within two years, I mean "Dax." You really have to be crazy to fake a Federal tax document. Not only did Dave lie and state over $50,000,000 was put into the organization but he also said the money was spent on charitable causes. Look at all the salaries he allegedly paid. Look at all these other costs. Dave said he signed this. Dave Weisman = definition of pathological liar, sociopath. The lies he will tell just to try to get women to like him and men to give him their money, revolting.
Someone asked me to post all of Dave Weisman's lawsuits. I posted two of the LA County criminal ones above. There were more. I'll now post the LA County civil ones.
The fraud no contract is this case. Tom Seletos is Dave Weisman's current straw man. Woman are too wise to get sucked into that today. This person must not be too swift.
UPDATE on Thomas John Seletos.
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He was born June 21, 1989 in Los Angeles, California. His real estate license 01897435 is listed at his parent's address at 17946 Index St, Granada Hills, CA 91344. TOMSELETOS.COMhttp://tomseletos.kwrealty.com Phone (818)923-3023 Cell (818)923-3023 tseletos@gmail.com
His grandfather has the same name and was a broker. His grandfather is Thomas John Seletos born December 3, 1925 in Illinois broker's license 00064155. His grandmother is Ethel L Stewart born 1928. His father is John Thomas Seletos born May 3, 1954 in Los Angeles broker's license 00890261. His mother is Marion Ann Zanotti March 31, 1958 Los Angeles. Tom's sister is Tamara Ann Seletos November 25,1986 in Los Angeles. Tom married Mauri Wood born July 14, 1991 in Texas. They were married July 9, 2016. Here is a list of all the things they want you to buy for them. http://registry.theknot.com/thomas-seletos-mauri-wood-july-2016/14537256 Mauri Wood's Pinterest is just photos of everything she wants to own. Tom's parents, grandparents own real estate. I see their civil litigation. I am stating who is who so you can understand the legal cases as the names are so similar. Tom's great grandfather is John Seletos 1899 from Greece, Greek. His great grandmother is Stella petris 1907.
Tom's father John Thomas Seletos is a board member of the Granada Hills South Neighborhood Council. He's also a member of the Granada Hills Lodge No. 378 Free & Accepted Masons of California. Masons are about being good people. Does the father know what his son is doing?
If Tom loses this lawsuit, he will lose his real estate license. He'll never be able to work in real estate or finance for the rest of his life. When the criminal case against Tom Seletos and Dave Weisman gets going they both won't be able to get a license ever besides seeing prison time. That is why I think Tom must be naive to have gone into business with Dave as his straw man. He is just as guilty as Dave.
I heard recently through the grapevine that Tom pretends to be Mormon but he's not. Tom pretends to be Mormon to gain the trust of Mormons so he can try to rip them off. Talk about sleazy behavior.
I just realized based on this civil lawsuit filing, documents, I could probably report Tom to the DRE myself. I'll do more research before I do that.
Case Number: BC608439 ULRS INC VS THOMAS SELETOS ET AL
Filing Date: 01/27/2016 Case Type: Fraud (no contract) (General Jurisdiction) Status: Pending
The other complex tort is this case
Case Number: BC481423 KAIS ALMARZOUK ET AL VS DAVRO LLC ET AL
Filing Date: 03/28/2012 Case Type: Other Compl-not Tort or Complex (General Jurisdiction) Status: Other Judgment 03/18/2015
The dissolution of marriage is this case
Case Number: BD457498 *** WEISMAN VS DAVID WEISMAN
Filing Date: 12/15/2006 Case Type: Dissolution of Marriage (General Jurisdiction) Status: Dismissed - Lack of Prosecution 08/26/2008
One restraining order is from ex-wife C* Case Number: BD457498 C* WEISMAN VS DAVID WEISMAN
Filing Date: 12/15/2006 Case Type: Dissolution of Marriage (General Jurisdiction) Status: Dismissed - Lack of Prosecution 08/26/2008
The divorce and TRO were not dismissed. That's misleading.
There is a current divorce and two TRO's against Dave Weisman by soon to be ex-wife #3.
Here is a New York federal lawsuit from an investor against David A Weisman and Eagle Broadband from 2004. I would guess it's fraud. It was settled. Company had to pay investor.
Palisades Master Fund, L.P. v. Eagle Broadband, Inc. et al Assigned to: Magistrate Judge James C. Francis Demand: $3,130,000 Case in other court: State Court-Supreme, 603626-04 Cause: 28:1332ss Diversity - Stockholders Suits
This is just LA County. I bet I find cases in other states, cities and counties. Dave Weisman has been a pathological liar, sociopath, all around horrible guy for his entire life.
