Valentin Nikityuk, Svetlana’s stepfather, always lived by his own rules. Supposedly his lawyer Erik Bornmann explained him the importance of telling the truth when you swear an affidavit, but maybe not because Erik, of all people, could not care less about the truth. Bornmann doesn’t care what is the best for his client, all he cared about back in 2011 was his job security for the next few years. Therefore the more lies, the better, the more idiotic and unbelievable they are, the better.
Let’s take a look at the Affidavit of Valentin Nikityuk sworn on October 18, 2010 for the purpose of getting Certificate of Pending Litigation on the house in Innisfil:
15. Following our arrival in Canada, Danilova and Danilov would, from time-to-time, instruct my wife and/or me to sign documents in English. These documents were not translated into Russian or explaining the purpose of the document. Danilova and Danilov would say, and I believed it to be true, that these documents were necessary for the immigration status. In 2011, my wife and I discovered that we had unknowingly signed Powers of Attorney in favor Danilova and/or Danilov in 2009 as described in paragraphs 22 and 23 below.
Then it all goes on in the Counterclaim:
52. Danilova and Danilov instructed the Nikityuks to execute powers of attorney for property in favor of Danilova and Danilov. These documents were in written in English. The Nikityuks executed the powers of attorney, but they did not understand the purpose of these documents. The Nikityuks signed the documents because Danilova and Danilov indicated that these documents had to be signed because of the Nikityuks’ immigration status. The Nikityuks believed and trusted Danilova and Danilov.
53. Danilova and Danilov used the powers of attorney to open bank accounts in the names of the Nikityuks without the Nikitvuks’ knowledge of the same.
Really? Have anybody try to open a bank account in Canada without owner’s knowledge? I am wondering if it’s possible.
54. From time to time, Danilova and Danilov instructed the Nikityuks to sign documents written in English without translating the content of the documents into Russian or explaining the purpose or effect of the documents. The Nikityuks signed these documents because Danilova and Danilov led them to believe that they were required to do so.
This Valentin’s “I signed this document but I did not understand it” goes on and on in this case, like Valentin would be a little capricious kid who didn’t understand what he was doing and what could be the consequences. But in fact it’s actually much worse: he just pretends to be an idiot, he understands very well what he is doing. Many years in Russia he worked for a KGB-controlled institution and he is very well trained in provocations, demagogy, propaganda, twisting words and facts etc. He is just a high-skilled professional liar and provocateur who probably can even cheat the lie detector. Combining his skills with his lawyer Erik Bornmann’s experience in dirty tricks, he can achieve unbelievable, like convincing Justice Mulligan that white is black and vise versa.
In the meantime, let’s look at a couple of other affidavits: Affidavit of Aurika Karasseva re Nikityuks PoA and Affidavit of Edward Merifield re Nikityuks PoA:
4. On September 15, 2009, Valentin Nikityuk and Alla Nikityuk attended at my office with Power of Attorney documents that had been prepared by someone other than myself.
5. I was asked to translate the Power of Attorney documents to Mr and Mrs. Nikityuk and to act as a witness to their signatures of the documents. I planned to asked an associate of mine, Mira Trakht, who is also fluent in the Russian and English languages, to act as the other witness, but when she was not available, I asked Edward Merifield, a lawyer who acts out of the same location, to act as the other witness.
6. Before Mr. and Mrs. Nikityuk signed their Powers of Attorney, I verified their identity, translated the entire documents to them, and satisfied myself that they fully understood what it was that they were signing.
Oops! And it works like this pretty much for every paragraph in that Counterclaim (more posts are coming). Your Honor, your favorite witness is a liar! With all your experience in Supreme Court, how could they cheat you like this so easy? Did they, really?