GUILTY MI - Jane Bashara, 56, dies in contract killing, Grosse Pointe Park, 25 Jan 2012 #5

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WildChild, you are doing a fantastic job. Very helpful!
 
by Gina Damron 11:10 AM

Tibaudo testified he contacted the prosecutor's office and said he couldn't take the calls anymore.

From February to June, Bashara made 30-40 calls and came to his store, Tibaudo testified. He said he was afraid.

Tibaudo said the calls from Bashara came between February and June 2012.

Tibaudo testified MSP put some kind of device on his phone to record his conversation and he called Bashara on June 18, 2012.

by Gina Damron 11:10 AM
 
((Amy Lange-FOX2 Reporter))

Steve told them he would call Bob but wanted the call recorded - MSP put some device on the phone.

June 18, 2012 - phone conversation will be played

Conversation - Steve wants to know when Bob is going to pay his bill.
Bob says he has a bad fridge.
Steve says you owe me $502
Bob says he will give him a check today - just take care of the fridge

Steve says WCPO is coming to the store.
Bob says your friend Joe Gentz has got me ****ed up big time

Bob says I didn't realize this guy was a loose canon
Bob says there is only one person I want you to talk to - JD - my investigator - a private eye working for me.
If you would talk to him I would be more appreciative.
Bob says this prosecution is terrible - what they're doing.

Steve says something about Bob accusing him of throwing him under the bus.
Bob says he's done nothing wrong. I don't think you threw me under the bus at all.

Steve says what about Joe Gentz's people coming down here and questioning me and ****ing up my business

Bashara says I have nothing to do with them or the prosecution.
As far as I'm concerned Joe Gentz is a terrible terrible man who killed my wife because I wouldn't loan him money

I'm an innocent man - they might charge me.
Steve says he could be charged as an accessory for introducing the two of them.

Bashara says I'm as big of a victim as you - bigger because I lost my wife - and this ******* killed her and to get off he's trying to blame me. And they're believing him - they think he's sane but he's fruitier than a loon - you didn't tell me that.

Bob tells Steve again he wants him to talk to JD - his investigator

Bob complains prosecutors flew down to Florida to interview a golfing buddy of his.

Steve says if the **** does hit the fan and he wants to unleash some properties to let him know.
Bob says he's not selling his properties.

Steve made arrangements to meet Bob and Steve asked for a recording device.
Steve went over with Mr. Doodles - his rat terrier (now deceased) and a refrigerator

3:58 6/19/12 - recording
 
George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 2m2 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Prosecutors playing audio of a June 18, 2012 conversation between Tibaudo and #bobbashara

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
In this conversation, Bob and Steve haggling over $502 Bob owes.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 58s59 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "Your friend Joe Gentz has got me ****ed up, big-time."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 36s36 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
In recorded conversation, Steve is complaining to Bob that police/prosecutors are coming to his store.

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 13s13 seconds ago
Jury hears recorded conversation between #bobbashara&Tibbaudo
Bob refers to Gentz as 'loose cannon'

Hank Winchester ‏@HankLocal4 · 18s19 seconds ago
Recorded calls: Steve & #bobbashara on tape. Bob: Your friend Gentz has me *advertiser censored**** Up. I didn't realize he was loose canon.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 16s17 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "This prosecution is terrible." He claimed they asked tenants if they were having sex with Jane.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 15s16 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "I want to pay you for an appliance that works...but it never worked. Get me a fridge, and I'll be happy to pay you."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “As far as I’m concerned, Joe Gentz is a terrible, terrible man who killed my wife…because I wouldn’t loan him money.”

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 1m1 minute ago
Recorded conversation btwn #bobbashara&Tibaudo "Joe Gentz is a terrible,terrible man who killed my wife...I'm an innocent man"@WWJ950

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “I’m an innocent man, and they may charge me.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 27s27 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “I’m as big a victim here are you are. Bigger, because I lost my wife.”

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 13s13 seconds ago
Tibaudo called him back and the call was recorded and is being played in court.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 54s54 seconds ago
Tibaudo tells him the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office has been by his store.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 19s19 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob's claiming he has an investigator on the case named J.D. "He's my guy."

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 37s37 seconds ago
Bashara to Tibaudo: You’re friend Joe Gentz has got me ****ed up big time.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 37s37 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "All my mortgages are paid."
No, they weren't. Far from it......
 
Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 21s22 seconds ago
Later in the conversation Bashara said, “As far as I’m concerned Joseph Gentz is a terrible, terrible man who killed my wife.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 14s15 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
On Jane’s death: “It’s terrible, Steve, it’s terrible. (Prosecutors) flew down to Florida to talk to a buddy She's a golfing buddy of mine.”

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 48s49 seconds ago
Much of the conversation dealt with a fridge Bashara bought that didn't work. Bashara said he'd pay bill if Tibaudo got him one that worked.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 32s32 seconds ago
Bashara said “I never said anything about you throwing me under the bus," in the call. "I don’t believe you would do that.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “So many people are throwing me under the bus.”

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 57s57 seconds ago
#bobbashara "If I knew how bad this Joe was, I would never have brought him into my world"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 49s49 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “Quite frankly, if I knew how bad this Joe (Gentz) was, I never would have brought him into my world.”

Hank Winchester ‏@HankLocal4 · 27s27 seconds ago
#bobbashara on tape: his conversations with Steve Tibaudo sound like a clip from The Three Stooges. It's all over the place.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 26s27 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Audio over. Tibaudo said he met with Bob the next day at Bob's apartment building. Mr. Doodles, his dog, came, too.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 27s28 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
This conversation was also recorded. Prosecutors about to play it in court...
 
((Amy Lange: FOX 2 Reporter))

Talking business - how Steve has been so sick - using a sleep apnea machine - Bob says he's laying down using his right now.
Steve says they both have to lose some weight - Bob says he's lost 30 pounds.
Lost of discussion about what time Bob is going to come by and pay his debt.

Now talking about Joe again.
Steve says this looks bad for him because he introduced the two of them.

Steve says if the **** does hit the fan and he wants to unleash some properties to let him know.
Bob says he's not selling his properties.
Steve made arrangements to meet Bob and Steve asked for a recording device. Steve went over with Mr. Doodles - his rat terrier (now deceased) and a refrigerator.

3:58 6/19/12 - recording

Bob is telling Steve Joe came to his house looking for money - looking for him. I have him - ****ing I put his power in me name - his power in my name to get his Edison bill cleared up. - gave him odd jobs. Then he ****ing comes to my house runs across my wife and ****ing blows up and kills her

Steve says I didn't know you had all that **** going on down there - the ****ing basement - the dungeon.
Bob says that's my own personal business.

(((FROM TWITTER REPORTER AMY LANGE: Sorry I'm not updating you so much of this in inaudible - the transcript has them bickering about moving the 400 pound fridge and whether or not Bob got it from Steve - Steve says there is no sticker on the back - it's not his merchandise. This recording is really hard to hear. On another note - I'm glad we found out the name of Steve's dog - Mr. Doodles - a rat terrier. Total aside - I have a jack-rat terrier named Maggie - she's the bomb)))
 
George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 5m5 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
This conversation was also recorded. Prosecutors about to play it in court...

Hank Winchester ‏@HankLocal4 · 4m4 minutes ago
Tibaudo gets emotional again talking about his dog, Mr. Doodles. The dog's death clearly greatly affected Steve. @Local4News #bobbashara

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 4m4 minutes ago
During that conversation, Bashara told Tibaudo that "This ******* killed her." Bashara called Gentz fruiter than a loon.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 3m3 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: ‘I’m ****ing under the gun. (Gentz) came to my house, looking for me; looking for money.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 3m3 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: ". He…blows up and kills her. Then he throws me under the bus and names me to get off."

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 3m3 minutes ago
Bashara and Gentz met through Tibaudo, who was trying to help out a friend of Gentz's and found out Gentz was being evicted.

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 2m2 minutes ago
Jury listening to another recorded conversation between #bobbashara and Tibaudo "(Gentz) came over to my house looking for money"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 5m5 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Bob, in a cheerful voice, greets Steve's dog: "Doodles, hiiiiiii."

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 2m2 minutes ago
Another taped conversation is being played. This was from June 19, 2012 is much harder to hear.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "I would never **** you. I'm an honest businessman."

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 2m2 minutes ago
This audio is barely audible. Jury is having to read transcript from screens. Tibaudo has tears as he hears reference to his dog Mr.Doodles.
 
marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 2m2 minutes ago
This audio is barely audible. Jury is having to read transcript from screens.Tibaudo has tears as he hears reference to his dog Mr.Doodles.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 2m2 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Tibaudo to Bob: "I didn't know what was going on down there. The basement, and the dungeon and all that."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
This portion of the audio is quite scratchy and hard to hear.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 3m3 minutes ago
It was recorded when Tibaudo went to talk about the refrigerator.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 2m2 minutes ago
Tibaudo: Bob this ain’t my unit.
Bashara: Yeah. I got this from you.
Tibaudo: No, you didn’t.
Bashara Really, I did.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 2m2 minutes ago
Tibaudo - It got a sticker on it? There’s no sticker on the back. You didn’t get this from me. This ain’t my merchandise.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
This is quite a long stretch of inaudible audio.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 20s20 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Okay, now Bob and Steve are arguing over a refrigerator.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 11s12 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob is trying to convince Steve to talk to JD, his investigator.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 55s56 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: "I was really popular, what can I say?"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · now  Detroit, MI
Bob: “You think I would do that to the mother of my children?”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 18s19 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Steve: “OMG, Bob, what are you doing in that crazy #$$king lifestyle?”
Bob's answer was inaudible.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 17s17 seconds ago
Much of the conversation about Gentz. "He’s testifying against me. He’s cutting a deal against me. I’m telling you,” Bashara said.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 9s9 seconds ago
Later on Tibaudo asked "Oh my god, Bob what are you doing in that crazy f---ing lifestyle?”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 2m2 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
This is a recording of a lot of empty conversation. Jurors look like they're getting restless, shuffling in seats, looking at each other.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 56s57 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
A female comes into the recording: "Big Bob!"

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 28s29 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
They've paused the recording, and attorneys approaching the bench. I don't know what this is meant to show........

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 24s25 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
They played recording w Tibaudo before, but that was when Bob tried to get him to kill Gentz. I don't recall all this being played.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 3m3 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Steve, to woman: "You one of Bob's girlfriends or something?"
Woman: "Yeah, right."

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 2m2 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “So are we set…about getting this thing, um, taken care of?”
Steve: “Who, Gentz?”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 33s33 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Steve: “Anybody can get to anybody….so I can get somebody to get to him.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 29s30 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “You arrange it.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 59s59 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “You arrange it….Steve, I’m serious. Something’s gotta happen in the next two weeks.”
 
((11:42 Amy Lange FOX2 Reporter)) Okay back to this recording....

Bob is asking Steve to talk to his investigator - says he'll throw him a couple hundred bucks to do it.

Steve says somebody told me you're losing your buildings - are you going to lose all of them?
Bob says that's ****ing ********.
Steve says if you got an opportunity let me know

Steve says you don't know how many people know you.
Bob says - I was very popular what can it say? I was at everything I was helping people out.
You think I'm going to hire him to kill the mother of my children.
I didn't know how goofy he was when I hired him.

Steve says I'm Sicilian - we don't go around wearing wires.

((AMY LANGE: Some of the jurors appear to be entertained. reading along with this transcript))

Now Bob is telling Steve - Gentz is cutting a deal against him.
How hard can it be (referring to getting rid of Joe)
Steve says you know they killed Eddie's brother in the county jail...

Lots of noise moving the fridge

Steve - oh my god, Bob, what are you doing in that crazy ****ing lifestyle?
Bob - **** that

More inaudible stuff......

Bob - about getting this thing taken care of
Steve - Gentz?
Steve Anybody can get to anybody
So if I can get somebody to get to him - You never know Anything's possible Bob I don't know - I don' t do that kind of thing.
Bob - You arrange it.
I don't do it
I gotta go Bob

Steve- I'll see what I can do
Bob - Steve I'm serious - something's gotta happen in the next two weeks.
Why - are they moving him?
No

Now talking about what Bob owes for the fridge........
 
((Amy Lange FOX2 Reporter))

Bob says he's going to bring his guy (his investigator) over to talk and asked Steve to work on the other thing for him.

Now Bob is on the phone with the investigator, JD, and is putting him on the phone with Steve.
Steve talks about how he put Joe in touch with Bob.
Says he just figured he was slow or had some problem with his brain or an injury (about Joe)

Steve says Joe worked for him briefly but used the N word and you can't do that at his business.

Steve says he's going to get off the phone and collect his dog and get the hell out of here - I think I got to go to the hospital or something. He advises Bob to wipe down the phone in case he's contagious.
Now he's calling for Scrappy - the dog - Mr. Doodles aka Scrappy Do
Steve is getting very emotional again. They had to stop the recording to make sure Steve was okay.

He choked up a little and said he was just remembering what the dog was doing then.
Now talking on the recording about how the dog got mad at him for changing the channel.
This also has Steve wiping his eyes. Steve says he had a device in his pocket to record all of this and it was very awkward.
 
George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 33s33 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Steve: “Anybody can get to anybody….so I can get somebody to get to him.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 29s30 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “You arrange it.”

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 59s59 seconds ago  Detroit, MI
Bob: “You arrange it….Steve, I’m serious. Something’s gotta happen in the next two weeks.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Audio is now being played of Steve talking to Bob's investigator, JD. Steve discussing Gentz.

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 2m2 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Steve Tibaudo started crying again when he heard himself on tape calling his dog.

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 1m1 minute ago
Tibaudo's late dog is talked about on tapes from 2012.
He, again, breaks down on stand remembering his dog that he had to put down.

Hank Winchester ‏@HankLocal4 · 1m1 minute ago
Steve says Bob whispered in his ear. "I need Joe killed. You arrange it" Steve says anything can be arranged if price is right. #bobbashara

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 1m1 minute ago
Tibaudo says #bobbashara whispered in his ear. Pros "what did he say?" "He wanted Joe killed" @WWJ950

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 46m46 minutes ago  Detroit, MI
Bob, in a cheerful voice, greets Steve's dog: "Doodles, hiiiiiii."
 
((by Gina Damron FREEP REPORTER))

In the recording Tibaudo could be heard calling for his dog, Scrappy. Tibaudo is getting emotional on the stand.

"I really thought he was being evicted out of one of Bob's properties and when I, I called Bob to ask him if that was his property and he could get a couple extra days, he said that, that wasn't his property. And then I told him well I think uh, uh Joe gets a check from the state from being disabled and, uh, he might be a good tenant with you 'cause he knows how to do plumbing and stuff like that," Tibaudo appears to tell J.D.

Tibaudo appears to get on the phone with the man, whose name is J.D.

Bashara talked to Tibaudo again about having him to with his private investigator.

In the recording Tibaudo could be heard calling for his dog, Scrappy. Tibaudo is getting emotional on the stand.

This recording was taken on June 19. 2012. Recording now done.

Assistant Wayne County Prosecutor Robert Moran is questioning Tibaudo again.

During the conversation, there was discussion about whether Tibaudo was wearing a wire. He said Bashara patted him down and asked if he was wearing a wire. Tibaudo said he told him it was against his religion to wear a wire, he's Sicilian.

Tibaudo testified that Bashara wanted to know if he could have Gentz killed.

Tibaudo said Bashara wanted to know if he could "broker the deal."

Tibaudo said that Bashara "wanted Joe gone."

Tibaudo testified that Bashara was going to stop by and talk with him at the furniture store

Tibaudo testified on June 22, 2012 he recorded another conversation with Bashara.

Tibaudo said Bashara asked him if he was wearing a wire during the meeting on June 22.

A picture of Bashara and Tibaudo was shown. They're standing outside of his store and the picture was taken on June 22, he said.

The conversation is one hour long, Moran said.
 
George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Tibaudo said Bashara patted him down. “He asked me if I was wearing a wire. “I said ‘It’s against my religion to wear a wire; I’m Sicilian"

marie osborne ‏@marieosbornewwj · 55s56 seconds ago
Photo shown in court of #bobbashara meeting with Tibaudo outside of his store.Tibaudo is wearing a wire@WWJ950

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B092N0lIMAAd9yM.jpg

George Hunter ‏@GeorgeHunter_DN · 1m1 minute ago  Detroit, MI
Asst. Prosecutor Moran said he has about another hour of audio to play.
Judge: "We'll do it after lunch."
Tibaudo: "Sounds like a winner."

Elisha Anderson ‏@elishaanderson · 39s39 seconds ago
Lunch break. When we return an hour long conversation to be played............
 
((Amy Lange FOX2 Reporter))

Steve says he's going to get off the phone and collect his dog and get the hell out of here - I think I got to go to the hospital or something.
He advises Bob to wipe down the phone in case he's contagious.
Now he's calling for Scrappy - the dog - Mr. Doodles aka Scrappy Do
Steve is getting very emotional again. They had to stop the recording to make sure Steve was okay.

He choked up a little and said he was just remembering what the dog was doing then.
Now talking on the recording about how the dog got mad at him for changing the channel.
This also has Steve wiping his eyes. Steve says he had a device in his pocket to record all of this and it was very awkward.

A big cumbersome thing . The recording is over.
Steve says Bob patted him down.
Steve said - No it's against my religion to wear a wire - I'm Sicilian.
This gets a chuckle from a juror

Steve says Bob wanted to know if he could have Joe killed.
Steve said ya we could get to the president of the price was right.
He says Bob wanted him to broker the deal - the murder of Joe Gentz

Steve says every time he met with Bob he would pat him down.
On the 22nd of June - he asked him again if he was wearing a wire

Showing a pic of Steve and Bob standing next to an Expedition outside Steve's Furniture.

Now they are going to play an hour long conversation recorded at that time. Judge says we will hear it after lunch. Back at 1:30
 
Thanks all for the updates. I just got in awhile ago. Internet keeps going down as they are digging around our house Grrrrrrr. Hopefully I can stay connected this aft. One of the Gals attending this Case with me on Wed. is popping in this aft. so I can bring her up to speed. So tweets from me may be Nil today. TIA for those retweeting.
 
:loveyou: all for keeping me updated! Crazy RL needs my attention.
 
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