The hits just keep on coming in the Prenda situation. The latest is a filing from Morgan Pietz, the lawyer fighting against Prenda, which includes an incredible 300 page deposition of John Steele's law partner, Paul Hansmeier, acting as a representative for AF Holdings, one of the shell companies that people have been arguing is really owned by those associated with Prenda.

The deposition actually happened back in February on a different case and it's quite a read. Acting as the lawyer for Hansmeier, by the way, is Brett Gibbs, and his role appears to be the resident pain in the ass, objecting to nearly every question. Hansmeier continues the standard operating procedure of Prenda Law in trying to tap dance his way around pretty much anything that looks really bad.

A quick summary: John Steele knows who Alan Cooper is, but won't tell anyone. No one seems to know who owns AF Holdings, but it's a trust, and that trust has no human beings as beneficiaries (zombies? aliens? we don't know). No one ever seems to get paid. AF Holdings makes no revenue, but holds money in a trust. Hansmeier represents AF Holdings but doesn't get paid. Mark Lutz is the sole employee and CEO for AF Holdings, but doesn't get paid. There is no clear financial relationship (i.e., no money being paid) between AF Holdings and the companies it supposedly gets its copyrights from. Since Lutz is the only employee, he handles the "not very complicated" books, but when asked to discuss how much cash AF Holdings has, well, that's too complicated.

These guys really think they've set up a system where they can basically hide everything. Eventually, a court is going to call bullshit on all of this. Perhaps on Monday...