Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 1 of 65 1 AM Y L. BO M SE (No. 218669 ) 2 3 4 5 6 SH AR O N D . M AY O (No. 150469 ) JEE Y O UNG Y O U (No. 241658) AR NO LD & PO R TER LLP Th re e Em barcade ro Ce nte r, 10th Floor San Francis co, California 9 4111-4024 Te leph one : (415)471-3100 Facs im ile: (415)471-3400 Em ail: am y.bom s e @ aporte r.com s h aron.m ayo@ aporte r,com je e young.you@ aporte r.com 7 Attorne ys for Plaintiffs 8 9 BETH H . PAR K ER (No. 104773) PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D AFFILIATES O F CALIFO R NIA 551 CapitolM all,Suite 510 Sacram e nto, California 9 5814-4581 Te leph one : (9 16)446-5247 Facs im ile: (9 16)441-0632 Em ail: be th .park e r@ ppacca.org H ELENE T. K R ASNO FF(pro hac vice app. forth com ing) PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D FED ER ATIO N O F AM ER ICA 1110 Ve rm ontAve nue , NW , Suite 300 W as h ington, D C 20005 Te leph one : (202)9 73-4800 Em ail: h e lene .k ras noff@ ppfa.org 10 UNITED STATES D ISTR ICT CO UR T 11 NO R TH ER N D ISTR ICT O FCALIFO R NIA 12 SAN FR ANCISCO D IVISIO N 13 PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D FED ER ATIO N O F 14 15 16 17 18 19 AM ER ICA, INC., PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D : SH ASTA-D IABLO , INC. dba PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D NO R TH ER N CALIFO R NIA; PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D M AR M O NTE, INC.; PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D O FTH E PACIFIC SO UTH W EST;PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D LO S ANGELES;PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D /O R ANGE AND SAN BER NAR D INO CO UNTIES, INC.; PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D O FSANTA BAR BAR A, VENTUR A AND SAN LUIS O BISPO CO UNTIES, INC;PLANNED PAR ENTH O O D PASAD ENA AND SAN GABR IELVALLEY , INC.; 20 21 Cas e No. COMPLAINT FOR DAMAGES AND FOR DECLARATORY AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL Plaintiffs , v. CENTER FO R M ED ICALPR O GR ESS;BIO M AX 22 PR O CUR EM ENT SER VICES, LLC;D AVID 23 D ALEID EN (ak a “R O BER T SAR K IS”);TR O Y NEW M AN;ALBIN R H O M BER G;PH ILLIPS. 24 CR O NIN;SAND R A SUSAN M ER R ITT (ak a “SUSAN TENNENBAUM ”);GER AR D O AD R IAN 25 LO PEZ ;and UNK NO W N CO -CO NSPIR ATO R S, inclus ive , 26 27 D e fe ndants . 28 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 2 of 65 INTRODUCTION 1 1. 2 Th is com plaintde tails a com plex crim inale nte rpris e conce ive d and e xe cute d by 3 anti-abortion e xtre m is ts . Th e e xpre s s aim ofth e e nte rpris e — w h ich s tre tch e d ove r ye ars and 4 involve d fak e com panie s , fak e ide ntifications , and large -s cale illegaltaping— w as to de m onize 5 Planne d Pare nth ood, h aras s and intim idate its de dicate d s taff, and inte rruptits ope rations , allw ith 6 th e ultim ate goalofinte rfe ring w ith w om e n’s acce s s to legalabortion. 2. 7 Plaintiff Planne d Pare nth ood Fe de ration ofAm e rica, Inc., th rough its 59 m e m be r- 8 affiliate s , including th e Plaintiffaffiliate s (collective ly h e re afte r “Planne d Pare nth ood”), provide s 9 profe s s ional,h igh -q uality re productive and in s om e cas e s prim ary h e alth care s e rvice s to m ore 10 th an tw o and a h alfm illion w om e n, m e n, and young pe ople e ach ye ar. Planne d Pare nth ood is one 11 ofth e country’s large s tprovide rs ofre productive h e alth care for w om e n, th e m ajority ofw h om are 12 from low e r-incom e com m unitie s . Planne d Pare nth ood provide s , every year, ove r 2.9 m illion 13 birth controls e rvice s and inform ation, h undre ds ofth ous ands ofPap te s ts , ne arly h alfa m illion 14 bre as te xam inations , ne arly 4.5 m illion te s ts for s e xually trans m itte d illne s s e s (including H IV), 15 and a range ofcritically ne ce s s ary tre atm e nts including s afe , legalabortion. A s m allnum be r of 16 Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s h ave offe re d w om e n th e option ofdonating fe taltis s ue for m e dical 17 re s e arch . 3. 18 19 Fe taltis s ue donation is e ntire ly legaland plays a vitalrole in m e dicalre s e arch . Virtually e ve ry pe rs on in th e Unite d State s h as be ne fite d from re s e arch th atre lie s on fe taltis s ue . 20 Vaccine s for polio, h e patitis , rube lla, ch ick e n pox, s h ingles , rabie s , and an e xpe rim e ntalvaccine 21 for Ebola, h ave be e n de ve lope d th rough re s e arch involving fe taltis s ue . Fe talce lls are criticalfor 22 s tudying conditions th ataffe ctth e h e alth offe tus e s and ne w born infants , brain injurie s in th e 23 w om b th atlead to ce re bralpalsy, and e ye conditions th atlead to m acular de ge ne ration. 24 R e s e arch e rs also h ave us e d fe taltis s ue to de ve lop tre atm e nts for patie nts w ith H IV, e nd-s tage 25 bre as tcance r, diabe te s , Park ins on’s D is e as e , m ultiple s cleros is , cance r, cardiovas cular dis e as e , 26 ALS (Lou Ge h rig’s D is e as e ), Alzh e im e r’s and glaucom a, am ong m any oth e rs . Th e National 27 Ins titute s ofH e alth s pe ntapproxim ate ly $76 m illion to s upportfe taltis s ue re s e arch e fforts in 28 2014. 1 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 3 of 65 1 4. M any w om e n w h o h ave m ade th e de cis ion to h ave an abortion appre ciate th e 2 opportunity to furth e r m e dicalre s e arch th rough tis s ue donation. Th e re is no financialgain for 3 w om e n or h e alth care provide rs involve d in tis s ue donation, and th e fe w Planne d Pare nth ood 4 affiliate s th ath ave facilitate d fe taltis s ue donation h ave done s o s olely for th e be ne fitofm e dical 5 re s e arch . 6 5. D e fe ndants ’cons piracy focus e d on Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s ’facilitation of 7 fe taltis s ue donation. As partofth is cons piracy, D e fe ndants s e tup a fak e com pany called Biom ax 8 Procure m e ntSe rvice s , LLC (“BIO M AX”), w h ich dis h one s tly h e ld its e lfoutas a legitim ate fe tal 9 tis s ue procure m e ntcom pany. Ce rtain individualD e fe ndants pre te nde d to be office rs and 10 e m ploye e s ofBIO M AX. Th e y cre ate d ps e udonym s , m anufacture d fak e ide ntification, s tole one 11 w om an’s ide ntity, and us e d a cre ditcard w ith a fak e nam e . D e fe ndants us e d th os e fak e corporate 12 and pe rs onalide ntitie s to gain acce s s to private confe re nce s including th os e h e ld by Planne d 13 Pare nth ood and th e NationalAbortion Fe de ration (“NAF”). To s e cure adm is s ion into th e s e 14 confe re nce s , D e fe ndants and th e ir age nts s igne d binding agre e m e nts m ak ing prom is e s th e y h ad no 15 inte ntion ofk e e ping. O nce adm itte d, D e fe ndants w ore h idde n vide o cam e ras and s e cre tly tape d 16 h undre ds ofh ours ofconve rs ations w ith Plaintiffs ’s taff. 17 6. Ne xt, D e fe ndants leve rage d th e “profe s s ional”re lations h ips th e y m ade atth e 18 confe re nce s to s e e k acce s s to individualPlanne d Pare nth ood doctors and affiliate s , lying th e ir w ay 19 into private m e e tings –and e ve n ins ide s e cure Planne d Pare nth ood office and clinicals pace in 20 Colorado and Te xas . D e fe ndants pe ppe re d Planne d Pare nth ood s taffw ith re q ue s ts for m e e tings , 21 lying ate ve ry s te p aboutw h o th e y w e re and w h atth e y w e re doing. Planne d Pare nth ood s e nior 22 m e dicaland oth e r s taffm e m be rs m ade tim e to m e e tw ith D e fe ndants in good faith . Th e s e doctors 23 and oth e r s taffw e re com plete ly unaw are th atth e y w e re be ing s e cre tly tape d and th atth e y w ould 24 late r be fe ature d in m alicious vide os . 25 7. D e fe ndants th e n w e ntpublic w ith a vicious online vide o s m e ar cam paign, re leas ing 26 a s e rie s ofY ouTube vide os purporting to s h ow th atPlanne d Pare nth ood violate d fe de rallaw 27 re late d to tis s ue donation. In fact, th e s e vide os w e re h e avily m anipulate d, w ith criticalconte nt 28 de libe rate ly de lete d, and dis conne cte d portions s e w n toge th e r to cre ate a m is leading im pre s s ion. 2 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 4 of 65 1 According to e xpe rtfore ns ic analys is , D e fe ndants “h e avily e dite d th e s h ortvide os s o as to 2 m is re pre s e nts tate m e nts m ade by Planne d Pare nth ood’s re pre s e ntative s .” As a cons e q ue nce , th e 3 e xpe rts conclude d th atth e vide os “cannotbe re lie d upon for any officialinq uirie s ”and “also 4 lack e d cre dibility as journalis tic products .” 5 8. None th e les s , th e de ce ptive vide os did th e ir inte nde d dam age . M illions ofpe ople 6 w h o vie w e d th e m anipulate d vide os and inflam m atory accus ations w e re m ade to be lie ve th at 7 Planne d Pare nth ood h ad violate d th e law and acte d im prope rly. Th e re w as a dram atic incre as e in 8 th e th re ats , h aras s m e nt, and crim inalactivitie s targe ting abortion provide rs and th e ir s upporte rs 9 and, in particular, Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs afte r th e re leas e ofD e fe ndants ’vide os . Th e 10 doctors and s tafftarge te d in th e vide os h ave be e n th e s ubje ctofonline attack s , h aras s m e ntatth e ir 11 h om e s and in th e ir ne igh borh oods , and de ath th re ats . 12 9. In addition, Fe de raland s tate gove rnm e nts w e re s purre d to initiate inve s tigations 13 by CM P’s fallacious claim s . To date , officials in te n s tate s (O h io, W as h ington, Pe nns ylvania, 14 Ge orgia, Indiana, M as s ach us e tts , M ich igan, M is s ouri, Florida and South D ak ota)th atconducte d 15 inve s tigations into claim s th atPlanne d Pare nth ood profite d from fe taltis s ue donation h ave cleare d 16 Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s ofallw rongdoing. Anoth e r e igh ts tate s (California, Iow a, 17 D e law are , Idah o, M inne s ota, Ne w H am ps h ire , Virginia and Colorado)h ave de cline d to e ve n 18 inve s tigate Planne d Pare nth ood — finding noth ing to s ubs tantiate claim s ofw rongdoing. 19 10. D e fe ndants ’false s tate m e nts , bre ach e s ofcontractualagre e m e nts , illegalre cordings 20 and th e vide o s m e ar cam paign cons titute a cons piracy to de m onize and intim idate Plaintiffs and to 21 inte rfe re w ith Plaintiffs ’and oth e r Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s ’ope rations . Th is cons piracy h as 22 cos tPlaintiffs m illions ofdollars and putth e s afe ty and s e curity ofPlanne d Pare nth ood’s 23 pe rs onne land patie nts ats e rious ris k , as w itne s s e d m os th orrifically in th e s h ootings ata Planne d 24 Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte r in Colorado Springs on Nove m be r 27, 2015. 25 11. Th is action is brough tto e xpos e th e falsity and illegality ofD e fe ndants ’m e th ods 26 and to re cove r dam age s for th e ongoing h arm to Planne d Pare nth ood e m anating from th e vide o 27 s m e ar cam paign. 28 3 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 5 of 65 JURISDICTION AND VENUE 1 2 12. Th is action aris e s unde r th e R ack e te e r Influe nce d and CorruptO rganizations Act, 3 18 U.S.C. §19 64, 18 U.S.C. §1028 (fraud and re late d activity in conne ction w ith ide ntification 4 docum e nts ), 18 U.S.C. §1341 (m ailfraud)& §1343 (w ire fraud), 18 U.S.C. §2511 (inte rce ption 5 and dis clos ure ofw ire , oral,or e lectronic com m unications ), as w e llas various s tate law s . Th is 6 Courth as s ubje ctm atte r juris diction ove r th is action unde r 28 U.S.C. §§1331, 1343, 2201, and 7 2202. Th is Courtalso h as juris diction ove r th is action purs uantto 28 U.S.C. §1367 (s upplem e ntal 8 juris diction). 9 13. D e fe ndants Th e Ce nte r for M e dicalProgre s s (“CM P”), Biom ax Procure m e nt 10 Se rvice s , LLC (“BIO M AX”), D avid D aleide n (ak a “R obe rtSark is ”)(“D ALEID EN”), Troy 11 Ne w m an (“NEW M AN”), Albin R h om be rg (“R H O M BER G”), Ph illip S. Cronin (“CR O NIN”), 12 Sandra Sus an M e rritt(ak a “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”)(“M ER R ITT”), and Ge rardo Adrian Lope z 13 (“LO PEZ ”)are s ubje ctto pe rs onaljuris diction in California be caus e th e y h ave dire cte d, 14 participate d in, and provide d m ate rials upportfor a s ch e m e to de ce ive Plaintiffs and th e ir s taff 15 w ith in th is D is trictand th rough outCalifornia. Each D e fe ndanth as active ly participate d in th e 16 cons piracy to de fraud Plaintiffs w ith th e inte ntto injure Plaintiffs w ith in th is D is trictand 17 th rough outCalifornia. 18 19 14. D e fe ndants CM P, BIO M AX, D ALEID EN, M ER R ITT, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN and LO PEZ are s ubje ctto pe rs onaljuris diction in th is D is trictbe caus e th e s e D e fe ndants : (1)are 20 bas e d in, are incorporate d in, or re s ide in th e s tate ofCalifornia;and (2)h ave conducte d bus ine s s 21 and/or purporte d to conducttrans actions w ith in th is D is trict, and s uch conducth as caus e d injury to 22 Plaintiffs in th is D is trict. 23 15. Ve nue is prope r in th e North e rn D is trictofCalifornia unde r 28 U.S.C. §139 1(b)(2) 24 be caus e D e fe ndants ’conductin th is D is trictcons titute s a s ubs tantialpartofth e acts and om is s ions 25 giving ris e to Plaintiffs ’claim s . D e fe ndants s e tth e ir tortious cons piracy in m otion in th is D is trict 26 w h e n th e y cam e to San Francis co in April2014 to fraudulently gain adm ittance to th e NAF’s 27 annualm e e ting w h e re th e y m e tm any ofPlaintiffs ’re pre s e ntative s and s e tup follow -up m e e tings . 28 16. Plaintiffs h ave s uffe re d s ignificanth arm in th is D is trictas a dire ctre s ultof 4 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 6 of 65 1 D e fe ndants ’w rongfulconduct. For e xam ple, D e fe ndants ’publication ofth e illegally and 2 w rongfully obtaine d re cordings include im age s ofand re fe re nce s to Planne d Pare nth ood clinics in 3 th is D is trict, e xpos ing th e s e clinics , th e ir s taff, and th e ir patie nts to unfair and dam aging publicity 4 th atdis rupte d patie ntcare and re q uire d cos tly m e as ure s e ns ure s afe ty and s e curity atth e clinic. 5 PlaintiffPLANNED PAR ENTH O O D NO R TH ER N CALIFO R NIA, w h ich s e rve s patie nts in th e 6 San Francis co Bay Are a and m uch ofNorth e rn California, h as alre ady s uffe re d cons ide rable h arm , 7 including dam age to its ope rations , finance s , and ability to de live r patie ntcare . INTRADISTRICT ASSIGNMENT 8 9 17. As s ignm e ntto th e San Francis co D ivis ion is appropriate be caus e a s ubs tantialpart 10 ofth e e ve nts and om is s ions giving ris e to Plaintiffs ’claim s occurre d in San Francis co County, 11 w h e n D e fe ndants fraudulently gaine d adm ittance to NAF’s 2014 annualm e e ting in San Francis co. PARTIES 12 13 18. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, 14 INC. (“PPFA”) is a not-for-profitcorporation duly organize d and validly e xis ting in Ne w Y ork . 15 PPFA s upports 59 inde pe nde ntly incorporate d affiliate s th atcollective ly ope rate m ore th an 650 16 h e alth ce nte rs th atprovide care to approxim ate ly 2.5 m illion w om e n and m e n e ach ye ar. PPFA’s 17 m is s ion is to provide com pre h e ns ive re productive h e alth care s e rvice s , to provide e ducational 18 program s re lating to re productive and s e xualh e alth , and to advocate for public policie s to e ns ure 19 20 acce s s to h e alth s e rvice s , including s afe , legalabortion. 19 . PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD: SHASTA-DIABLO, INC., dba 21 Planned Parenthood Northern California (“PLANNED PARENTHOOD NORTHERN 22 CALIFORNIA” or “PPNC”) is a not-for-profitorganization and one ofs e ve n California 23 Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPNC de live rs clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to 24 patie nts at20 h e alth ce nte rs in th e San Francis co Bay Are a and North e rn California. In 2014, th e 25 affiliate h ad 9 6,683 patie nts and 189 ,401 totalpatie ntvis its . PPNC provides prim ary care 26 s e rvice s , as w e llas a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , including: contrace ptive s e rvice s , 27 s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, H IVe ducation and te s ting, pre gnancy 28 te s ting and options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy contrace ptive s and s upplie s , and s afe , legalabortion. 5 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 7 of 65 1 20. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE, INC. (“PPMM”) is 2 a not-for-profitorganization and one ofs e ve n California Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPM M 3 de live rs clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to patie nts at34 h e alth ce nte rs in parts of 4 North e rn California, th e South e rn Bay Are a, Ce ntralCalifornia and Ne vada. In 2014, th e affiliate 5 h ad 236,173 patie nts and 447,549 totalpatie ntvis its . PPM M provide s prim ary care s e rvice s , as 6 w e llas a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , including: contrace ptive s e rvice s , s e xually 7 trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, H IVe ducation and te s ting, pre gnancy te s ting and 8 options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy contrace ptive s and s upplie s , and s afe , legalabortion. 9 21. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF THE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST 10 (“PPPSW”) is a not-for-profitorganization and one ofs e ve n California Planne d Pare nth ood 11 affiliate s . PPPSW de livers clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to patie nts at10 h e alth 12 ce nte rs in San D ie go, Im pe rial,and R ive rs ide countie s . In 2014, th e affiliate h ad 141,318 patie nts 13 and 276,648 totalpatie ntvis its . PPPSW provide s a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , 14 including: contrace ptive s e rvice s , s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, 15 H IV/AID S e ducation and te s ting, pre gnancy te s ting and options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy 16 contrace ptive s , cance r s cre e ning for ce rvicaland bre as tcance r, colpos copy and cryos urge ry, tubal 17 ligation and vas e ctom ie s , and s afe , legalabortion. 18 19 22. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES (“PPLA”) is a not- for-profitorganization and one ofs e ve n California Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPLA de live rs 20 clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to patie nts at19 h e alth ce nte rs in Los Ange les and 21 s urrounding countie s . In 2014, th e affiliate h ad 149 ,387 patie nts and 273,641 totalpatie ntvis its . 22 PPLA provide s s om e prim ary care s e rvice s , as w e llas a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , 23 including: contrace ptive s e rvice s , s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, H IV 24 e ducation and te s ting, pre gnancy te s ting and options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy contrace ptive s and 25 s upplie s , and s afe , legalabortion. 26 23. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD/ORANGE AND SAN 27 BERNARDINO COUNTIES, INC. (“PPOSBC”) is a not-for-profitorganization and one of 28 s e ve n California Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPO SBC de live rs clinical,e ducational,and 6 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 8 of 65 1 couns e ling s e rvice s to patie nts atnine h e alth ce nte rs in O range and San Be rnardino Countie s . In 2 2014, th e affiliate h ad 9 5,540 patie nts and 177,375 totalpatie ntvis its . PPO SBC provide s prim ary 3 care s e rvice s , as w e llas a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice including: contrace ptive 4 s e rvice s , s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, H IVe ducation and te s ting, 5 pre gnancy te s ting and options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy contrace ptive s and s upplie s , and s afe , legal 6 abortion. 7 24. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SANTA BARBARA, 8 VENTURA & SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTIES, INC. (“PPSBVSLO”) is a not-for-profit 9 organization and one ofs e ve n California Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPSBVSLO de live rs 10 clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to patie nts atfive h e alth ce nte rs in Santa Barbara, 11 Ve ntura, and San Luis O bis po Countie s . In 2014, th e affiliate h ad 34,258 patie nts and 67,644 total 12 patie ntvis its . PPSBVSLO provide s a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , including: 13 pre gnancy diagnos is and couns e ling, contrace ptive s e rvice s , s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e 14 s cre e ning, diagnos is and tre atm e nt, H IV/AID S te s ting and couns e ling, s upports e rvice s for 15 pre gnantw om e n, e arly pre gnancy e valuation and m anage m e nt, cance r s cre e ning for ce rvicaland 16 bre as tcance r, colpos copy and cryos urge ry, tuballigation and vas e ctom ie s , and s afe , legal 17 abortion. 18 19 25. PLAINTIFF PLANNED PARENTHOOD PASADENA AND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY, INC. (“PPPSGV”) is a not-for-profitorganization and one ofs e ve n California 20 Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . PPPSGVde live rs clinical,e ducational,and couns e ling s e rvice s to 21 patie nts atfour h e alth ce nte rs in Pas ade na and s urrounding parts ofLos Ange les County. In 2014, 22 th e affiliate h ad 27,59 2 patie nts and 47,261 totalpatie ntvis its . PPPSGVprovide s prim ary care 23 s e rvice s , as w e llas a fullrange ofre productive h e alth s e rvice s , including: prim ary care s e rvice s , 24 contrace ptive s e rvice s , s e xually trans m itte d dis e as e s cre e ning and tre atm e nt, H IVe ducation and 25 te s ting, pre gnancy te s ting and options , e ducation, e m e rge ncy contrace ptive s and s afe , legal 26 abortion. 27 26. DEFENDANT CENTER FOR MEDICAL PROGRESS (“CMP”) is an e ntity 28 th ath olds its e lfoutas a ch aritable trus tbas e d in Irvine , California. CM Pm ade false 7 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 9 of 65 1 re pre s e ntations to th e public and to m ultiple gove rnm e ntbodie s , including th e State ofCalifornia 2 and th e Inte rnalR e ve nue Se rvice (IR S)to obtain tax e xe m pts tatus as a “ch aritable organization.” 3 CM P’s th re e re gis te re d office rs are D e fe ndantD ALEID EN (CEO ), D e fe ndantR H O M BER G 4 (CFO ), and D e fe ndantNEW M AN (Se cre tary). 5 27. DEFENDANT BIOMAX PROCUREMENT SERVICES, LLC (BIOMAX) is a 6 California Lim ite d Liability Com pany h e adq uarte re d in Norw alk, California. BIO M AX w as 7 form e d on O ctobe r 11, 2013, and h e ld its e lfoutas a legitim ate tis s ue procure m e ntcom pany. In 8 re ality, th e com pany w as and is a s h am com pany th atCM P, D ALEID EN and oth e rs form e d to 9 fraudulently gain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce s and m e e tings as a core partofth e 10 s ch e m e to de fraud and de m onize Planne d Pare nth ood th atis th e s ubje ctofth is law s uit. 11 28. DEFENDANT DAVID DALEIDEN is an individualw h o, on inform ation and 12 be lie f, re s ide s in Y olo County, California. H e is a k now n anti-abortion e xtre m is tw ith tie s to th e 13 dis cre dite d anti-abortion group Live Action, for w h ich h e pre vious ly s e rve d as “D ire ctor of 14 R e s e arch ”according to publis h e d re ports . Us ing th e fak e nam e “R obe rtD aoud Sark is ,”h e h e ld 15 h im s e lfoutas Procure m e ntM anage r and Vice Pre s ide ntofO pe rations for BIO M AX to 16 fraudulently gain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce s and m e e tings , as w e llas oth e r private 17 m e e tings and confe re nce s w h e re Planne d Pare nth ood s taffw ould be , and to oth e rw is e pe rpe trate 18 th e w rongdoing th atis th e s ubje ctofth is law s uit. According to publis h e d re ports , D ALEID EN 19 h as , ove r th e las te igh tye ars , re pe ate dly facilitate d anti-abortion activis ts gaining acce s s to 20 Planne d Pare nth ood facilitie s unde r false pre te ns e s , taping s taffand e ve n patie nts w ith outth e ir 21 k now ledge , e ve n prior to e m bark ing on th e cons piracy th atis th e s ubje ctofth is law s uit— th e s o22 called H um an CapitalProje ct. H e is ide ntifie d as CM P’s Ch ie fExe cutive O ffice r. 23 29 . DEFENDANT TROY NEWMAN is an individualw h o, on inform ation and 24 be lie f, re s ide s in W ich ita, K ans as . NEW M AN is a dange rous and re ck les s e xtre m is tw h o ope rate s 25 th e dis cre dite d anti-abortion group O pe ration R e s cue and is as s ociate d w ith Live Action. 26 O pe ration R e s cue ope rate s a w e bs ite th atinclude s ph otos and h om e addre s s e s ofabortion doctors 27 acros s th e nation s o th e y ge ttarge te d and h aras s e d. Notonly is NEW M AN th e Se cre tary ofCM P, 28 according to publis h e d re ports , NEW M AN and O pe ration R e s cue provide d “cons ultation s e rvice s 8 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 10 of 65 1 and m ate rials upport”to D ALEID EN and th e oth e r co-cons pirators . NEW M AN h as publicly 2 s tate d th ath e “advis e d D aleide n, providing cons ultation s e rvice s and m ate rials upport,”and th at 3 th e “H um an CapitalProje ct”w as conducte d “in cons ultation w ith O pe ration R e s cue .” According 4 to NEW M AN, th e “ge ne s is ”ofth is cons piracy be gan in h is office in W ich ita. NEW M AN h as 5 also boas te d th ath e re m ains in controlofth e re leas e ofCM P’s illegally-obtaine d re cordings , and 6 th at, “ata tim e ofour ch oos ing, w e w illre leas e m ore dam ning e vide nce ofth e abortion carte l’s 7 illegal,gh as tly, and re pugnantbutch e ry.” 8 9 30. DEFENDANT ALBIN RHOMBERG is an individualw h o, on inform ation and be lie f, re s ide s in or ne ar Sacram e nto, California. R H O M BER G is a w e ll-k now n anti-abortion 10 e xtre m is tw h o re pe ate dly h as h aras s e d and accos te d w om e n and re productive h e alth care provide rs 11 atPlanne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs and e ve nts . In 19 9 1, h e w as arre s te d for dis rupting a 12 re ligious s e rvice h e ld in h onor ofGove rnor Pe te W ilson, claim ing itw as “s acrilegious ”for a 13 Cath olic Cath e dralto h old a nonde nom inationals e rvice for a pro-ch oice politician. R H O M BER G 14 is th e Ch ie fFinancialO ffice r ofCM P, and h as participate d in and s upporte d th e illegalactivitie s 15 ofD ALEID EN and th e oth e r co-cons pirators . 16 31. DEFENDANT PHILLIP S. CRONIN is an individualw h o, on inform ation and 17 be lie f, re s ide s in or ne ar Ve ntura County, California. CR O NIN w as th e re gis te re d age ntfor 18 BIO M AX from O ctobe r 11, 2013 th rough July 7, 2015. CR O NIN participate d in th e ope rations of 19 BIO M AX, including financing BIO M AX’s illegaland fraudulente ntry into s e cure abortion 20 confe re nce s . CR O NIN, for e xam ple, paid for BIO M AX’s re gis tration to NAF’s 2014 annual 21 m e e ting, h e ld in San Francis co, w ith h is pe rs onalcre ditcard. 22 32. DEFENDANT SANDRA SUSAN MERRITT is an individualw h o, on 23 inform ation and be lie f, re s ide s in or ne ar San Jos e , California. M ER R ITT pre s e nte d h e rs e lfas 24 BIO M AX’s purporte d CEO and as s um e d th e fak e nam e “Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”going s o far as to 25 procure w h at, on inform ation and be lie f, is a fak e California drive r’s lice ns e . Sh e s e tup a ph ony 26 Face book page , w h e re h e r “lik e s ”include H illary Clinton, Th e R ach e lM addow Sh ow , and Ste m 27 Ce llR e s e arch . 28 33. DEFENDANT GERARDO ADRIAN LOPEZ is an individualw h o, on 9 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 11 of 65 1 inform ation and be lie f, re s ide s in or ne ar Long Be ach , California. LO PEZ atte nde d m ultiple 2 PPFA confe re nce s w ith D ALEID EN, and h as re pre s e nte d h im s e lfto Plaintiffs and oth e rs as 3 BIO M AX’s “Procure m e ntTe ch nician.” 4 34. UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS W h o Participate d in th e Cons piracy to 5 D e fraud. D e fe ndants D ALEID EN, NEW M AN, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN, M ER R IT, LO PEZ , 6 BIO M AX, and CM Pdid notactalone . O th e r co-cons pirators , dis cus s e d be low , as s um e d fak e 7 nam e s and ide ntitie s or oth e rw is e as s is te d in th e s ch e m e to de fraud and h arm Plaintiffs . 8 9 35. “Brianna Allen”is th e as s um e d nam e ofth e w om an w h o h as h e ld h e rs e lfoutto Plaintiffs and oth e rs as Sus an Te nne nbaum ’s as s is tant. A ne w s re portdocum e nte d th at“Brianna 10 Allen”is in factth e nam e ofone ofD ALEID EN’s h igh s ch oolclas s m ate s w h o is pro-ch oice , h as 11 noth ad com m unications w ith D ALEID EN for s e ve ralye ars , and h as no conne ction w ith CM P, 12 BIO M AX, or any as pe ctofth e e ve nts dis cus s e d h e re in. 13 36. “R e be cca W agne r”h as re pre s e nte d h e rs e lfto Plaintiffs and oth e rs as a Contract 14 Adm inis trator for BIO M AX. 15 37. “Sofia M ire les ”us e d h e r cre ditcard to fraudulently re gis te r BIO M AX 16 re pre s e ntative s M ER R ITT (pos ing as “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”)and “Brianna Allen”to atte nd th e 17 As s ociation ofR e productive H e alth Profe s s ionals Confe re nce in D e nve r in Se pte m be r 2013. 18 19 38. Alter Egos: Plaintiffs are inform e d and be lie ve and on th atbas is allege th atth e re e xis ts , and atalltim e s h ere in m e ntione d th e re e xis te d, a unity ofinte re s tand ow ne rs h ip be tw e e n 20 D e fe ndants s uch th atany individuality and s e parate ne s s be tw e e n th e s e D e fe ndants h ave ce as e d. 21 D e fe ndants e s tablis h e d BIO M AX as a fak e com pany for th e purpos e ofpe rpe trating a fraud on 22 Plaintiffs and oth e r abortion provide rs . D e fe ndants h ave atalltim e s e xe rcis e d dom inion and 23 controlove r BIO M AX and CM P, and h ave acte d w ith totaldis re gard for th e s e parate legals tatus 24 ofBIO M AX and CM P, in orde r to prom ote th e ir w rongfuland illegalconduct. Adh e re nce to th e 25 fiction ofth e s e parate e xis te nce ofBIO M AX and CM Pas s e parate e ntitie s dis tinctfrom e ach 26 oth e r, D ALEID EN, NEW M AN, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN, M ER R IT, LO PEZ and th e 27 UNK NO W N CO -CO NSPIR ATO R S, w ould pe rm itan abus e ofth e corporate privilege and w ould 28 s anction fraud and prom ote injus tice . 10 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 12 of 65 1 FACTS 2 Planned Parenthood’s Record Of Providing Safe, High-Quality, Essential Health Care 3 39 . Approxim ate ly one outofe ve ry five w om e n in th e Unite d State s h as re lie d on a 4 Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte r for care ats om e pointin h e r life tim e . Planne d Pare nth ood’s 5 track re cord for providing s afe , h igh -q uality, e s s e ntialh e alth care to w om e n –and particularly, 6 w om e n from low incom e fam ilie s and unde rs e rve d are as –is unparalleled. 7 40. From O ctobe r 1, 2013 th rough Se pte m be r 30, 2014 alone , Planne d Pare nth ood 8 h e alth ce nte rs s aw 2.5 m illion patie nts , w h o collective ly re ce ive d 9 .5 m illion s e rvice s , including 9 th e provis ion ofm ore th an 2.9 m illion birth controlinform ation and s e rvice s , m ore th an 270,000 10 Pap te s ts , m ore th an 360,000 bre as te xam s , and m ore th an 4.2 m illion s e xually trans m itte d 11 infe ction te s ts and tre atm e nts , including H IVte s ts . 12 41. A s ubs tantialm ajority ofPlanne d Pare nth ood’s patie ntpopulation is low or m iddle 13 incom e . Th re e q uarte rs ofPlanne d Pare nth ood’s patie nts (75%)w ith k now n incom e live w ith 14 incom e s of150 pe rce ntofth e fe de ralpove rty leve lor les s (th e e q uivalentof$36,375 a ye ar for a 15 fam ily offour in 2015). M ore th an h alfofPlanne d Pare nth ood’s h e alth ce nte rs are in h e alth 16 profe s s ionals h ort, rural,or m e dically unde rs e rve d are as . In California, approxim ate ly 9 5% of 17 Planne d Pare nth ood patie nts are low incom e . 18 19 42. A s m allnum be r ofPlanne d Pare nth ood affiliate s h ave offe re d w om e n s e e k ing abortions th e option ofdonating fe taltis s ue for m e dicalre s e arch . Th e s e Planne d Pare nth ood 20 h e alth care provide rs , w ith th e fullinform e d and s e parate ly obtaine d cons e ntofth e patie ntw h o 21 h as ch os e n to h ave an abortion, facilitate donation offe taltis s ue w h ich re s e arch e rs us e to s tudy 22 and de ve lop pote ntialtre atm e nts for dis e as e s s uch as cance r, diabe te s , birth de fe cts , Park ins on’s, 23 Alzh e im e r’s and m ore . Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s w h o h ave facilitate d fe taltis s ue donation 24 program s h ave done s o in fullcom pliance w ith allapplicable fe de raland s tate law . 25 Anti-Abortion Extremists’ Campaign Of Violence, Intimidation, And Harassment Against Planned Parenthood 26 27 43. CM Pand th e individuals as s ociate d w ith itare th e late s tin a long h is tory of 28 e xtre m is ts w h o targe tPlanne d Pare nth ood, its h e alth care provide rs , and its patie nts . Th is 11 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 13 of 65 1 h aras s m e ntruns th e gam utfrom aggre s s ive pick e ting (th rus ting false m e dicallite rature atclie nts , 2 block ing clinic e ntrance s , forcing clie nts to pas s th rough a gauntletofprote s tors to acce s s th e 3 h e alth ce nte rs ), pe rs onalattack s on provide rs including pick e ting th e ir re s ide nce s and pos ting th e ir 4 nam e s and addre s s e s on w e bs ite s , to violence agains tclinic and abortion provide rs . Extre m is ts 5 h ave us e d ch e m icals to block w om e n’s acce s s to abortion, e m ploye d butyric acid to vandalize 6 clinics , and s e ntanth rax th re atlette rs to frigh te n clinic s taffand dis rupts e rvice . Atleas te igh t 7 doctors w h o provide d abortions to w om e n h ave be e n k illed ove r th e ye ars , and m any m ore h ave 8 re ce ive d de ath and oth e r violentth re ats . 9 44. D e fe ndants are ve te rans ofe xtre m is tanti-abortion groups w ith a de adly h is tory of 10 th re ate ning and inciting violence agains tabortion clinics and provide rs . CM P’s Se cre tary 11 NEW M AN h as be e n th e Pre s ide ntofO pe ration R e s cue s ince 19 9 9 . In 2003, NEW M AN is s ue d a 12 pre s s re leas e claim ing th atth e m urde r ofan abortion doctor, D r. Joh n Britton, w as “jus tifiable 13 de fe ns ive action.” H e and h is organization are tie d to th e k illing ofanoth e r abortion doctor, 14 Ge orge Tiller. O pe ration R e s cue h aras s e d D r. Tiller for a de cade until2009 , w h e n D r. Tiller w as 15 m urde re d. H is k iller re ce ive d s pe cific inform ation aboutD r. Tiller’s w h e re abouts from O pe ration 16 R e s cue , according to publis h e d ne w s re ports . Th e w ords “O p R e s cue ”w e re found on an e nve lope 17 ins ide th e car ofD r. Tiller’s k iller. O pe ration R e s cue m e m be r Jam e s K opp adm itte d to th e 19 9 8 18 m urde r ofabortion doctor Barne ttSlepian. NEW M AN’s fre q ue ntas s ociate and co-auth or, Ch e ryl 19 Sullenge r, pleade d guilty to cons piring to blow up an abortion clinic in 19 88 and s e rve d tw o ye ars 20 in U.S. fe de ralpris on. M s . Sullenge r is curre ntly e m ploye d by O pe ration R e s cue as a s e nior 21 policy advis or. 22 45. Th e attack s and h aras s m e ntofm e dicalprovide rs and patie nts h ave be e n s o s e ve re 23 and pe rs is te ntth atfe de raland s tate legis lature s h ave fe ltcom pe lled to e nactlegis lation to proh ibit 24 th e us e offorce or th re ats to inte rfe re w ith th os e providing or s e e k ing re productive h e alth s e rvice s 25 and to prote ctth e privacy ofre productive h e alth s e rvice provide rs or patie nts . 26 46. Notw ith s tanding th e s e legis lative e fforts , anti-abortion activis ts continue to h aras s 27 and obs tructPlanne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs nationw ide . In 2013, th e re w e re 264 incide nts of 28 tre s pas s ing, 420 incide nts ofh ate m ailor h aras s ing calls, and 39 6 incide nts ofobs truction 12 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 14 of 65 1 com m itte d agains tabortion provide rs in th e U.S. and Canada.1 A nationw ide s urve y ofw om e n’s 2 h e alth clinics found th atin 2014, clinics re porte d h igh e r leve ls oftarge te d intim idation ofclinic 3 s taff, as w e llan incre as ing num be r ofclinics im pacte d by th e s e tactics .2 In California alone in th e 4 las tfive ye ars th e re w e re 442 s e curity incide nts ath e alth ce nte rs re porte d acros s th e s tate 5 including 11 bom b th re ats and 37 incide nts ofvandalis m . 47. 6 Anoth e r tactic e m ploye d by e xtre m is tanti-abortion groups lik e O pe ration R e s cue is 7 th e “s ting ope ration.” Th e s e s tings , w h ich purportto “e xpos e ”s om e w rongdoing atPlanne d 8 Pare nth ood, h ave cons is te ntly be e n de bunk e d. 48. 9 O ne s uch dis cre dite d ope ration involve d th e ve ry s am e bogus claim now be ing 10 pe ddled by th e s e D e fe ndants –allege d illegalprofitfrom th e s ale offe taltis s ue . In 2000, Life 11 D ynam ics , founde d by M ark Crutch e r, is s ue d a re portth atclaim e d th ata Planne d Pare nth ood 12 affiliate profite d from fe taltis s ue s ales . Butth e re portw as th orough ly dis cre dite d. Life 13 D ynam ics ’k e y w itne s s , a purporte d w h is tleblow e r, adm itte d unde r oath th ath e h ad fabricate d h is 14 claim s and be e n paid m ore th an $20,000 by Life D ynam ics . Th e FBI conclude d th atth e clinic h ad 15 brok e n no law s . D e fe ndantD ALEID EN h as e xplaine d th ata conve rs ation w ith Crutch e r ins pire d 16 h im to launch h is s ch e m e . 49 . 17 NEW M AN, th e founde r ofO pe ration R e s cue , also h as a h is tory ofm ak ing 18 s urre ptitious re cordings ofdoctors , and th e n publis h ing th os e re cordings online . Las tye ar, 19 NEW M AN publis h e d a book on “h ow to do unde rcove r inve s tigations to find th e h idde n s e cre ts 20 th e abortion indus try w ants no one to k now .” H is book prais e s th os e w h o “h ave no problem 21 w h ats oe ve r s tre tch ing th e truth to a godles s e ne m y w h o is be nton de s troying innoce ntlive s – 22 e s pe cially ifitcan be us e d to s ave babie s .” 50. 23 NEW M AN’s book s pe cifically de s cribe s tactics lik e “m ak ing up s torie s ”and 24 1 NationalAbortion Fe de ration, NAFViolence and Disruption Statistics: Incidents of Violence & Disruption Against Abortion Providers in the U.S. & Canada (2014), h ttp://proch oice .org/w p26 conte nt/uploads /violence _ s tats .pdf. 2 Fe m inis tM ajority Foundation, 2014National Clinic Violence Survey (Jan. 2015), 27 h ttp://w w w .fe m inis t.org/rrigh ts /pdf/2015NCAPs urve y.pdf. 25 28 13 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 15 of 65 1 conducting “s tings .” H e w rite s th atO pe ration R e s cue h as be e n conducting s uch s tings “for 2 ye ars .” H e s ugge s ts “s e nd[ing] a te am into [a] clinic w ith a h idde n vide o cam e ra… . Th is re q uire s 3 a te am th atis good atrole-playing, as w e llas s pe cialize d vide o cam e ras th atare unde te ctable 4 during th e pe rs onalinte rvie w . W e h ave us e d cam e ras th atlook lik e ballpointpe ns and s m all‘spy 5 cam e ras ’th atcan be h idde n in a purs e .” 6 51. Th e s e “s ting”ope rations , and th e vide o footage th e y ge ne rate are th e n pos te d on 7 anti-abortion w e bs ite s and circulate d on Y ouTube , Face book , and oth e r s ocialm e dia. Th e vide os 8 re liably e licite xtre m e re actions and lead to furth e r th re ats ofviolence . In one e xam ple, O pe ration 9 R e s cue s taffm e m be rs pre te nde d to be patie nts to m ak e s e cre tre cordings ofan abortion provide r 10 in M aryland. Th e re cordings are s tillpos te d on Y ouTube , yie lding com m e nts s uch as “Pleas e 11 s om e one jus ts h ootth e f***e rs !! Th ats th e only w ay th e y s toppe d tiller.” In anoth e r e xam ple 12 from 2013, NEW M AN pre te nde d to be a re porte r s o th ath e could inte rvie w an abortion provide r 13 w h o w as planning on providing abortion care ata K ans as clinic. Eve n th ough th e provide r s tate d 14 “I h ad be e n h oping notto be m e ntione d by nam e ”be caus e s h e w as s care d of“crazy pe ople w ith 15 guns ,”NEW M AN s e cre tly tape d th e conve rs ation and publis h e d itonline , along w ith th e 16 provide r’s nam e . 17 52. Planne d Pare nth ood h as be e n th e m ain targe tofD ALEID EN’s cove rtvide o-taping 18 ope rations ove r th e ye ars . D uring h is five -ye ar e m ploym e ntas th e “dire ctor ofre s e arch ”w ith th e 19 dis cre dite d anti-abortion organization Live Action, th e organization produce d and publis h e d 20 s e ve rals im ilar unde rcove r and m is leadingly e dite d vide os attack ing Planne d Pare nth ood. In one 21 s uch “s ting,”Live Action atte m pte d to infiltrate Planne d Pare nth ood and atleas tth re e oth e r 22 progre s s ive advocacy groups by s e nding a w om an to th e organizations pos ing as an ow ne r ofan 23 abortion clinic, us ing a fak e nam e , pre s e nting fak e bus ine s s cards , w ith a fak e w e bs ite for h e r 24 clinic, to as k q ue s tions aboutpolicy topics re late d to abortion. Th e “s ting”did notuncove r any 25 w rongdoings atPlanne d Pare nth ood. O fh is role atth e organization, D ALEID EN boas te d th ath e 26 “h e lpe d cons tructm os tofth e unde rcove r proje cts th at[Live Action] did.” Defendants Hatch Their Scheme To Defraud Planned Parenthood 27 28 53. O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants D ALEID EN and NEW M AN h atch e d a 14 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 16 of 65 1 s ch e m e in 2012 to s e cre tly “e m be d”D ALEID EN and oth e r re cruits w ith in th e re productive h e alth 2 com m unity and “e xpos e ”Planne d Pare nth ood as violating th e law . As NEW M AN h as publicly 3 de s cribe d: Th e ge ne s is h appe ne d th re e ye ars ago in m y office in W ich ita, K ans as , w h e re w e dis cus s e d th e factth atw e alre ady k ne w th at Planne d Pare nth ood w as bre ak ing th e law in traffick ing in h um an organs afte r th e ir abortions , and s o w e de cide d and s e toutto go ah e ad and e xpos e th atand cre ate an inve s tigative journalis m organization th atw ould e m be d ours e lve s into th e abortion carte land to catch th e m offs cript. 4 5 6 7 8 9 54. As NEW M AN furth e r de s cribe d: “w e be gan dis cus s ing allofth e various te ch niq ue s th ath e [D ALEID EN] w ould h ave to us e in orde r to infiltrate Planne d Pare nth ood… . 10 Alte rnate ide ntitie s h ad to be s e tup. Alte rnate com panie s h ad to be s e tup.” 11 55. NEW M AN, D ALEID EN and th e ir UNK NO W N CO -CO NSPIR ATO R S s e tup tw o 12 false e ntitie s : CM Pand BIO M AX. O n M arch 7, 2013, D e fe ndants form e d CM Pas a California 13 corporation. 14 56. In its Articles ofIncorporation –filed w ith th e California Se cre tary ofState – 15 D e fe ndants s tate th atCM Pis a “nonpartis an”organization and th at“no s ubs tantialpartofth e 16 activitie s ofth e Corporation s h allcons is tofcarrying on propaganda, or oth e rw is e atte m pting to 17 influe nce legis lation.” CM Pm ade s im ilarly false re pre s e ntations in s e e k ing tax-e xe m pts tatus 18 w ith th e IR S. In claim ing tax-e xe m pts tatus , D ALEID EN s w ore unde r pe nalty ofpe rjury th at 19 CM Pdoe s not“atte m ptto influe nce legis lation.” Th is w as false : CM P’s w e bs ite h om e page 20 advocate s for Congre s s to tak e legis lative action to de fund Planne d Pare nth ood. CM Palso false ly 21 ide ntifie d its e lfas a not-for-profitunde r th e IR S’s cate gory for “D is e as e s , D is orde rs , M e dical 22 D is cipline s : Biom e dicine , Bioe ngine e ring.” Th e re is a diffe re ntIR S cate gory th atactually applie s 23 to anti-abortion groups lik e CM P. 24 57. CM P’s application for tax exe m pts tatus provide s an addre s s of5325 Elkh orn 25 Blvd., Sacram e nto CA –w h ich is noth ing m ore th an a Pos talAnne x+ m ailbox re ntal. Pos tal 26 Anne x+ adve rtis e s its re ntalm ailboxe s as giving its cus tom e rs a “profe s s ionalappe arance ”rath e r 27 th an th e appe arance ofa “h e re today, gone tom orrow … ope ration.” 28 58. O n O ctobe r 11, 2013, D e fe ndants form e d Biom ax Procure m e ntSe rvice s , LLC, as a 15 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 17 of 65 1 California corporation purporting to be a “tis s ue procure m e ntcom pany.” D e fe ndants th e n 2 proce e de d to de ve lop fictitious m ate rials de s igne d to de ce ive Plaintiffs and oth e rs into th ink ing 3 th atBIO M AX w as a legitim ate com pany th at“provide s tis s ue and s pe cim e n procure m e ntfor 4 acade m ic and private bios cie nce re s e arch e rs ”and h ad a “com m itm e nt[] to provide th e h igh e s t5 q uality s pe cim e ns w ith e fficie nt, profe s s ionals e rvice to facilitate w orld-ch anging dis cove rie s .” 6 Th e y m ade up a fictitious CEO , “Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”de s cribing h e r in BIO M AX’s adve rtis ing 7 m ate rials as a “pas s ionate patie ntadvocate and e ntre pre ne ur w ith a vis ion to bridge th e gap 8 be tw e e n routine m e dicalpractice and cutting e dge m e dicalre s e arch ”and as s om e one w ith 9 e xpe rie nce w ork ing “in s urgicaloffice s and patie ntadvocacy.” “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”is nota re al 10 pe rs on, butw as a role playe d by M ER R ITT. M ER R ITT pre s e nte d a fak e “Sus an Te nne nbaum ” 11 California drive r’s lice ns e to Plaintiffs ’s taffand oth e rs on m ultiple occas ions . 12 59 . In orde r to gain acce s s to private Planne d Pare nth ood and NAFconfe re nce s , as 13 w e llas to Planne d Pare nth ood m e e tings and facilitie s , D e fe ndants aggre s s ive ly and fraudulently 14 prom ote d BIO M AX as a legitim ate tis s ue procure m e ntorganization. O n inform ation and be lie f, 15 NEW M AN and D ALEID EN re cruite d and traine d m ore cons pirators to pas s th e m s e lve s offas 16 legitim ate office rs and e m ploye e s ofBIO M AX. D ALEID EN told a Fox Ne w s re porte r th at 17 “[t]h e re w as a lotofinte ns ive training and pre paration th atw e ntinto pre paring th e m to actually go 18 unde rcove r.” D e fe ndants ultim ate ly re cruite d atleas tfour co-cons pirators , s om e ofw h om us e d 19 20 fak e nam e s , including “Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”“Brianna Allen,”and “R e be cca W agne r.” 60. Th rough outth e cours e ofth is cons piracy, D e fe ndants h ave re ce ive d s upportand 21 dire ction from th e anti-abortion group Life Le galD e fe ns e Foundation (“LLD F”). Cath e rine Sh ort, 22 one ofth e founde rs ofLLD F, s e rve d as CM P’s re gis te re d age nts ince CM P’s ince ption. O n July 23 14, 2015, th e day D e fe ndants w e ntpublic w ith th e ir cons piracy w ith th e pos ting ofth e firs t 24 de fam atory vide o and public s tate m e nt, LLD Fis s ue d a pre s s re leas e bragging th atitw as “finally 25 able to re ve alits s upportofa tw o-ye ar unde rcove r ope ration,”and took cre ditfor “h aving be e n 26 w ith th e proje ctfrom its ince ption,”and re fe rre d to Planne d Pare nth ood doctors as “contract 27 k illers .” 28 16 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 18 of 65 Defendants Fraudulently Gain Access To The 2014 San Francisco NAF Conference 1 61. 2 Be ginning in or aboutSe pte m be r 2013, D e fe ndants m ove d forw ard w ith th e ir 3 fraudulents ch e m e . M ER R ITT and unk now n co-cons pirator “Brianna Allen,”pos ing as 4 re pre s e ntative s ofBIO M AX, re gis te re d unde r ph ony nam e s and atte nde d th e R e productive H e alth 5 Profe s s ionals Confe re nce in D e nve r, Colorado. M ER R ITT and h e r “colleague ”s urre ptitious ly 6 tape d atleas tone Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s taffm e m be r from PlaintiffPPPSW . M ER R ITT 7 and unk now n co-cons pirator “Brianna Allen”re gis te re d for th e confe re nce us ing a cre ditcard 8 be longing to “Sofia M ire les .” 62. 9 Sh ortly th e re afte r, in Nove m be r 2013, D e fe ndants (th rough unk now n co- 10 cons pirator “Brianna Allen”)contacte d th e NationalAbortion Foundation (“NAF”)to re q ue s t 11 Exh ibitor s pace atits April2014 annualconfe re nce in San Francis co. NAFis a m e m be rs h ip 12 organization w h os e m is s ion is to e ns ure w om e n’s acce s s to s afe , legalabortion. 63. 13 Th e NAFconfe re nce h as be e n h e ld annually s ince 19 77, and provide s uniq ue 14 opportunitie s for abortion and oth e r re productive h e alth care provide rs to m e e t, learn aboutth e 15 late s tre s e arch , and to ne tw ork w ith outfe ar ofh aras s m e nt, intim idation, and violence . Com panie s 16 th atapply to e xh ibitatNAF’s annualm e e tings include h e alth care productm anufacture rs , s e rvice 17 provide rs , and re productive righ ts advocate s . Atte nde e s include clinicians , facility adm inis trators , 18 couns e lors , re s e arch e rs , e ducators , and th ough tleade rs in th e pro-ch oice fie ld, w h o h ave long19 s tanding com m itm e nts to h e alth care , w om e n’s righ ts , and re productive ch oice . Stafffrom PPFA 20 and Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s re gularly atte nd th e NAFannualconfe re nce s . 21 64. Give n th e h orrific h is tory ofviolence and intim idation pe rpe trate d by anti-abortion 22 e xtre m is ts agains tabortion provide rs , NAFh as de ve lope d e xtraordinary s e curity m e as ure s for its 23 confe re nce s , including: 24  NAF’s full-tim e s e curity s taffare involve d in th e s e lection proce s s for h ote ls in orde r to 25 e ns ure th atconfe re nce s ite s m e e ts tricts e curity guide line s . 26  NAFs taffm e e tw ith h ote lm anage m e nt, h ote ls e curity, locallaw e nforce m e nt, FBI and/or 27 ATFage nts , and fire /re s cue pe rs onne lto dis cus s s e curity is s ue s pote ntialth re ats , and th e 28 s e curity ne e ds ofNAFm e m be rs . 17 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 19 of 65 1  NAFprovide s on-s ite s e curity te am s atits confe re nce , and conducts s tricts e curity ch e ck s 2 ofide ntification badge s to e ns ure th atno unauth orize d individuals gain acce s s to 3 confe re nce e ve nts . 4  NAFh as s tricts e curity re q uire m e nts de s igne d to e ns ure th atth e date s and locations of 5 th e ir m e e tings re m ain private . 6  NAFre q uire s atte nde e s to s h ow ph oto ide ntification be fore gaining acce s s to th e annual 7 confe re nce . 8  NAFre q uire s allatte nde e s and e xh ibitors to s ign s trictconfide ntiality agre e m e nts . 9 Exh ibitors m us ts ign w ritte n agre e m e nts re pre s e nting th atth e y are legitim ate organizations 10 w ith goals th atare cons is te ntw ith th os e ofNAF, and prom is ing to h old any inform ation 11 re ce ive d atth e m e e ting in confide nce . 12  NAFre q uire s allatte nde e s to s ign a non-dis clos ure agre e m e ntth atproh ibits m ak ing vide o, 13 audio, ph otograph ic, or oth e r re cordings ofth e m e e tings or dis cus s ions atth e confe re nce . 14 65. D ALEID EN, M ER R ITT, and an UNK NO W N CO -CO NSPIR ATO R lie d th e ir w ay 15 into th e NAFconfe re nce in San Francis co, w h ich w as h e ld from April5 to April8, 2014. Th e y 16 atte nde d as Exh ibitors , pos ing as BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s “Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”CEO (i.e., 17 M ER R ITT), “Brianna Allen,”Te nne nbaum ’s as s is tant, and “R obe rtSark is ,”Vice Pre s ide ntfor 18 O pe rations (i.e., D ALEID EN). Th e y k now ingly e nte re d into NAF’s confide ntiality and non19 dis clos ure agre e m e nts , de s cribe d above , w ith outany inte ntion to com ply w ith th os e agre e m e nts 20 and, on inform ation and be lie f, took s urre ptitious vide o and audio re cordings ofconfe re nce 21 atte nde e s w ith outth e ir k now ledge or cons e nt. 22 66. O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants inte nde d to –and did –e xploitth e ir 23 fraudulently obtaine d acce s s to th e NAFconfe re nce to de ve lop “profe s s ional”re lations h ips and 24 s e cure conne ctions for future e fforts to infiltrate Planne d Pare nth ood. D e fe ndants aggre s s ive ly 25 and s pe cifically targe te d m ultiple Planne d Pare nth ood doctors , from California and e lse w h e re , 26 fraudulently prom oting th e m s e lve s as legitim ate atte nde e s . For e xam ple, D e fe ndants aggre s s ive ly 27 purs ue d PPFA Se nior D ire ctor ofM e dicalR e s e arch , D r. D e borah Nucatola, forging on false 28 pre te ns e s a re lations h ip th atth e y w ould late r leve rage to s e cure additionalm e e tings w ith h e r and 18 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 20 of 65 1 oth e r Planne d Pare nth ood s taffm e m be rs . 2 67. D r. Nucatola and oth e r Planne d Pare nth ood s tafftrus te d th e D e fe ndants ’ 3 re pre s e ntations aboutw h o th e y w e re bas e d upon th e ir pre s e nce atth e NAFconfe re nce . Planne d 4 Pare nth ood re as onably re lie d on NAF’s e xte ns ive s cre e ning and s e curity m e as ure s de s igne d to 5 e ns ure th atallconfe re nce participants w e re legitim ate and w e re atte nding th e confe re nce s to 6 e nh ance th e q uality and s afe ty ofre productive h e alth care s e rvice s . Bas e d upon NAF’s s cre e ning 7 and s e curity m e as ure s allege d h e re in, Plaintiffs ’s taffh ad a re as onable e xpe ctation th atth e 8 profe s s ionalconve rs ations th e y e ngage d in during th e confe re nce w e re confide ntial,private and 9 10 notbe ing lis te ne d to or re corde d by anti-abortion activis ts . 68. D e fe ndants aggre s s ive ly purs ue d Planne d Pare nth ood s taffatth e NAFconfe re nce , 11 e ngage d th e m in conve rs ations on false pre te ns e s , and s e cre tly film e d Plaintiffs ’s taffand oth e rs . 12 D e fe ndants trie d to baitPlanne d Pare nth ood s taffw ith propos als th atw e re illegaland 13 inappropriate . In one cas e , D ALEID EN as k e d a Planne d Pare nth ood s taffpe rs on “Can w e give 14 you $2,000 for fe taltis s ue donations ?” Th e s taffm e m be r told D ALEID EN th ath e w as be h aving 15 inappropriate ly. 16 69 . O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants obtaine d confide ntialdocum e nts and m e dia 17 from NAF. Th is include s a th um b drive th atw as provide d to atte nde e s atth e annualm e e ting. 18 Th e th um b drive containe d confide ntiale lectronic docum e nts and oth e r m ate rials, including th os e 19 re late d to pre s e ntations th atw e re give n atNAF’s annualm e e ting (e.g., s lide s h ow s , vide os , and 20 pre s e ntation s oftw are ). Th e th um b drive also containe d an e xte ns ive lis tofNAFfaculty, 21 including Planne d Pare nth ood s taff, as w e llas faculty biograph ie s . Th is m ate rialw as not 22 available to th e public, and itcontaine d h igh ly s e ns itive inform ation. 23 70. D e fe ndants h ave bragge d aboutth e ir e fforts to s urre ptitious ly re cord th e ir Planne d 24 Pare nth ood targe ts . W h e n as k e d by a Fox Ne w s re porte r h ow h e cam e up w ith th e te ch nology, 25 NEW M AN note d h ow s im ple itw as to ge tth e e q uipm e ntth e y ne e de d: “It’s as s im ple as a 26 Google s e arch and a cre ditcard.” 27 71. Any re cordings th atD e fe ndants m ade and th e inform ation th atth e y obtaine d during 28 th e San Francis co NAFconfe re nce s are am ong th e m ate rials s ubje ctto th e Te m porary R e s training 19 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 21 of 65 1 O rde r in NAFv. The Center for Medical Progress,et al. (8/3/15 O rde r, D ock e tNo. 27, N.D . Cal. 2 Cas e No. 3:15-cv-03522-W H O ). Defendants Target Dr. Nucatola 3 4 72. Afte r th e San Francis co NAFconfe re nce , D e fe ndants parlaye d th e “profe s s ional” 5 re lations h ips th e y forge d atth e h igh ly s e cure NAFconfe re nce to targe tPlanne d Pare nth ood s taff. 6 Us ing false pre te ns e s , th e ir firs tm ove w as to leve rage th e ir s tatus as a NAFe xh ibitor to arrange a 7 m e e ting w ith D r. Nucatola to dis cus s th e ir “tis s ue procure m e ntcom pany.” D r. Nucatola trus te d 8 th atD ALEID EN and h is coh orts w e re legitim ate bas e d on th e ir atte ndance atth e NAFconfe re nce . 9 Sh e re as onably re lie d on NAF’s e xte ns ive s e curity m e as ure s to e ns ure th atconfe re nce atte nde e s 10 w e re com m itte d to e nh ancing th e q uality and s afe ty ofre productive h e alth care s e rvice s , not to 11 vicious ly attack Planne d Pare nth ood and oth e rs . Sh e w ould ne ve r h ave agre e d to m e e tw ith or 12 s pe ak w ith D e fe ndants ifs h e h ad k now n w h o th e y w e re . 13 73. O n July 25, 2014, D r. Nucatola m e tw ith D ALEID EN (pos ing as “R obe rtSark is ”) 14 and M ER R ITT (pos ing as BIO M AX’s CEO “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”). D r. Nucatola inte nde d for th e 15 m e e ting, w h ich occurre d ata South e rn California re s taurant, to be a confide ntialcom m unication. 16 Sh e inte nde d th atth e com m unications be confine d to only th e partie s to th e m e e ting and 17 re as onably be lie ve d th atth e com m unications w e re s o confine d. D r. Nucatola inte ntionally 18 arrange d for th e ir m e e ting to occur in a private booth ins ide th e re s taurant. D r. Nucatola s atw ith 19 h e r back to th e corne r w allofth e re s taurant, a pos ition th ate nabled h e r to be able to obs e rve th e 20 pre s e nce ofoth e rs . Th e m us ic and am bie ntnois e in th e re s taurantw e re ve ry loud and D r. 21 Nucatola h e ld th e re as onable be lie fth atno oth e r individuals in th e re s taurantw e re in a pos ition to 22 ove rh e ar or oth e rw is e obs e rve th e ir conve rs ation. Th e s ubje ctm atte r ofth e com m unications 23 involve d dis clos ure ofPlaintiffs ’inte rnalope rations , w h ich by th e ir nature are confide ntialand 24 proprie tary. D e fe ndants none th e les s s urre ptitious ly and illegally re corde d th e conve rs ation 25 w ith outD r. Nucatola’s k now ledge or cons e nt, late r pos ting a de ce ptive and h e avily m anipulate d 26 cut-and-s plice ve rs ion ofth e re cording in th e ir firs tonline vide o, dis cus s e d be low . Defendants Lie Their Way Into PPFA’s Private Conferences 27 28 74. Afte r s e cre tly re cording D r. Nucatola, D e fe ndants continue d to e xploitth e ir 20 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 22 of 65 1 contacts from th e h igh ly s e cure NAFconfe re nce to gain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood s taff. 2 75. PPFA organize s and conve ne s re gular confe re nce s to give its affiliate s , s taff, and 3 volunte e rs th e opportunity to gath e r toge th e r, to s h are de ve lopm e nts in s e ve ralfie lds ofh e alth 4 care , to dis cus s be s tpractice s , and to s upportth e de dicate d h e alth care profe s s ionals w h o provide 5 e s s e ntials e rvice s to s o m any patie nts nationw ide . 6 76. M aintaining a s afe and s e cure s pace for s uch e ve nts is ofcriticalim portance . Th us , 7 PPFA tak e s s ignificants te ps to e ns ure th atth e s e confe re nce s and re late d e ve nts are lim ite d to 8 h e alth care provide rs and oth e r profe s s ionals com m itte d to providing h igh -q uality re productive 9 10 h e alth care . 77. Th rough fraudulentre pre s e ntations , D e fe ndants infiltrate d th re e m ajor PPFA 11 confe re nce s . Ate ach confe re nce , D e fe ndants pos e d as re pre s e ntative s ofBIO M AX, th e s h am 12 tis s ue procure m e ntcom pany, in orde r to gain acce s s as “Exh ibitors .” Th e y did s o as partofth e ir 13 s ch e m e to e xploitth e trus tofw e ll-inte ntione d, h igh ly profe s s ionalatte nde e s , to s urre ptitious ly 14 re cord private pre s e ntations and m e e tings , to e s tablis h re lations h ips w ith Planne d Pare nth ood s taff 15 and ultim ate ly to produce a s m e ar cam paign agains tPlanne d Pare nth ood. 16 Defendants Lie Their Way Into The North American Forum On Family Planning (Miami), October 2014 17 18 19 78. O n or aboutSe pte m be r 16, 2014, D e fe ndants re gis te re d th e m s e lve s as Exh ibitors for th e PPFA North Am e rican Forum on Fam ily Planning (th e “Forum ”). Th e Forum , w h ich w as 20 h e ld in M iam i from O ctobe r 12 to O ctobe r 14, 2014, is a m ajor s cie ntific and e ducational 21 confe re nce for m e dicaland s ocials cie ntis ts , clinicalprovide rs , and s taff. Planne d Pare nth ood 22 im pos e d s e ve rals e curity m e as ure s to prote ctth e s afe ty and privacy ofconfe re nce participants . 23 Planne d Pare nth ood re q uire d allatte nde e s , including Exh ibitors , to s h ow valid ide ntification w h e n 24 re gis te ring atth e confe re nce and to w e ar s pe cialbadge s de s igne d to ide ntify atte nde e s w h o w e re 25 pre s e ntfor re as ons cons is te ntw ith Planne d Pare nth ood’s m is s ion. In addition, Planne d 26 Pare nth ood lim ite d dis tribution ofth e Forum ’s program inform ation to confe re nce atte nde e s to 27 prote ctth e s e curity ofprovide rs and faculty atth e confe re nce . 28 79 . To atte nd th e Forum , Exh ibitors w e re re q uire d to agre e to s pe cific Te rm s and 21 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 23 of 65 1 Conditions . Planne d Pare nth ood e xplicitly conditione d any Exh ibitor’s participation on agre e m e nt 2 to Te rm s and Conditions th atinclude d: 3  “Th e purpos e ofPPFA’s s pons ors h ip program is to furth e r th e e ducation ofth e re gis trants . 4 Th e e xh ibits and s pons ore d m e e tings m us tbe e ducationaland inform ative , e m ph as izing 5 inform ation aboutproducts and s e rvice s us e fulto th e re gis trants ’practice and be ne ficialto 6 th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts .” 7  Any “Exh ibitor”atte nding th e confe re nce h ad to “agre e … to com ply w ith allapplicable 8 fe de ral,s tate and locallaw s and re gulations in pe rform ance ofits re s pe ctive obligations 9 purs uantto th is Agre e m e nt, including, w ith outlim itation, law s re late d to fraud, abus e , 10 privacy … [and] confide ntiality.” 11 80. D ALEID EN (pos ing as “R obe rtSark is ”)and h is co-cons pirator LO PEZ re gis te re d 12 as Exh ibitors for th e Forum . D e fe ndants e lectronically confirm e d th atth e y h ad re ad th e Exh ibitor 13 Te rm s and Conditions , th atth e y unde rs tood th e m , and th atth e y w e re in com pliance w ith th e m . 14 D e fe ndants h ad no inte ntion ofcom plying w ith th e agre e m e nt’s provis ions , and th e y k now ingly 15 bre ach e d th e Te rm s and Conditions . 16 81. For s e curity and oth e r re as ons , PPFA re q uire s th ate xh ibitors atth e Forum be 17 k now n to PPFA. D e fe ndants w ould noth ave be e n adm itte d as e xh ibitors butfor th e ir prior 18 fraudulently-obtaine d atte ndance atth e 2014 NAFconfe re nce and th e contacts w ith PPFA s taff 19 th atth e y h ad be e n able to m ak e atth e NAFconfe re nce by false ly re pre s e nting th e ir ide ntitie s and 20 purpos e . 21 82. D e fe ndants pre s e nte d th e m s e lve s atre gis tration as re pre s e ntative s ofBIO M AX. 22 D ALEID EN –w h o ide ntifie d h im s e lfas “R obe rtSark is ”–pre s e nte d a fak e California drive rs ’ 23 lice ns e to Planne d Pare nth ood’s re gis tration pe rs onne lto gain acce s s to th is and oth e r PPFA 24 confe re nce s : 25 26 27 28 22 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 24 of 65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 83. Th is ide ntification is ph ony. O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants produce d or caus e d to be produce d th is ph ony ide ntification docum e ntand oth e r s im ilarly ph ony ide ntification docum e nts us e d by th e ir co-cons pirators , lik e M ER R ITT (pos ing as “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”), to gain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood m e e tings and private s pace s : 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 84. H aving fraudulently gaine d acce s s to th e Forum , D ALEID EN, LO PEZ , and M ER R ITT provide d fraudulentadve rtis ing m ate rials aboutth e s h am BIO M AX com pany atth e confe re nce . D e fe ndants cre ate d and dis tribute d ph ony bus ine s s cards , s h ow n h e re , atth e Forum , as th e y did atoth e r Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce s and m e e tings : 23 24 25 26 27 28 23 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 25 of 65 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 85. Lik e w is e , on inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants pre s e nte d and dis s e m inate d adve rtis ing m ate rials th atw e re ph ony and de s igne d to de ce ive Plaintiffs ’s taffand oth e r 10 re productive h e alth care profe s s ionals atth e PPFA confe re nce s . An e xce rptfrom BIO M AX’s 11 fak e adve rtis ing m ate rialis s h ow n be low : 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 86. D e fe ndants ’broch ure s containe d th e follow ing s tate m e nt: “BioM ax Procure m e nt 26 Se rvice s , LLC is a biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntorganization h e adq uarte re d in Norw alk, CA. 27 BioM ax provide s tis s ue and s pe cim e n procure m e ntfor acade m ic and private bios cie nce 28 24 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 26 of 65 1 re s e arch e rs . O ur com m itm e ntis to provide th e h igh e s t-q uality s pe cim e ns w ith e fficie nt, 2 profe s s ionals e rvice to facilitate w orld-ch anging dis cove rie s .” Th is s tate m e nt–w h ich also 3 appe are d on BIO M AX’s fak e w e bs ite untilitw as lock e d –is a com plete false h ood. 4 87. D e fe ndants aggre s s ive ly purs ue d Planne d Pare nth ood doctors atth e Forum , 5 including doctors e m ploye d by Plaintiffs , to de ve lop “profe s s ional”contacts . O n inform ation and 6 be lie f, D e fe ndants also s urre ptitious ly and illegally re corde d private conve rs ations w ith atte nde e s 7 w h o re as onably e xpe cte d th e ir com m unications atth e confe re nce s to be private and k e pt 8 confide ntial. D e fe ndants , pos ing as re pre s e ntative s ofa purporte dly legitim ate bus ine s s , 9 re pe ate dly approach e d Planne d Pare nth ood s taffaboutfe taltis s ue donation, s e e k ing to e licit 10 s tate m e nts th e y could us e outofconte xtor oth e rw is e m anipulate in th e s m e ar cam paign vide os 11 D e fe ndants late r w ould re leas e . 12 88. D e fe ndants leve rage d th e ir fraudulently obtaine d atte ndance atth e Forum to e xploit 13 th e trus tofconfe re nce atte nde e s and to s e cure additionalm e e tings also on false pre te ns e s . For 14 e xam ple, jus tdays afte r th e Forum , D ALEID EN –pos ing as “R obe rtD aoud Sark is , Procure m e nt 15 M anage r/VPO pe rations ”for BioM ax Procure m e ntSe rvice s , LLC –contacte d doctors from th e 16 Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s in Arizona and California, re pre s e nting th atD r. Nucatola h ad 17 advis e d th ath e re ach outto th e m . 18 19 89 . In an e m ailin w h ich h e cc’d “our founde r & CEO , Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”D e fe ndant D ALEID EN attach e d th e ph ony BIO M AX broch ure de s cribing th e com pany as a “biological 20 s pe cim e n procure m e ntorganization”th at“provide s tis s ue and s pe cim e n procure m e ntfor 21 acade m ic and private bios cie nce re s e arch e rs ”and w h os e “com m itm e ntis to provide th e h igh e s t22 q uality s pe cim e ns w ith e fficie nt, profe s s ionals e rvice to facilitate w orld-ch anging dis cove rie s .” 23 D ALEID EN also attach e d a ph ony “W e lcom e Le tte r”from “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”and re q ue s te d 24 various s pe cim e ns , including “intactlive r.” 25 9 0. Eve ry w ord ofD ALEID EN’s corre s ponde nce w as a lie . ButPlaintiffs ’and oth e r 26 affiliate s ’s taffre as onably trus te d re gis te re d Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce e xh ibitors lik e 27 “R obe rtSark is ,”w h o h ad agre e d to Planne d Pare nth ood’s Te rm s and Conditions providing th at 28 th e y w e re atth e confe re nce to provide “products and s e rvice s us e fulto th e re gis trants ’practice 25 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 27 of 65 1 and be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts .” 2 9 1. Alth ough Planne d Pare nth ood Arizona doe s notfacilitate fe taltis s ue donation, th e 3 Arizona ph ys icians re s ponde d profe s s ionally and courte ous ly to “R obe rtSark is .” Th e y agre e d to 4 dis cus s a pote ntialprofe s s ionalpartne rs h ip th atw ould prom ote m e dicals cie nce . Lik e allof 5 Plaintiffs ’s taffw h o h ave be e n victim s ofD e fe ndants ’m alicious and illegalconduct, th e y ne ve r 6 e ngage d in –or agre e d to e ngage in –any unlaw fulor im prope r activity. 7 8 9 Defendants Target Planned Parenthood Health Care Professional Dr. Gatter 9 2. In th e m onth s afte r th e NAFand PPFA confe re nce s de s cribe d above , D e fe ndants also be gan purs uing D r. M ary Gatte r, th e M e dicalD ire ctor ofCalifornia Planne d Pare nth ood 10 affiliate PPPSGV. D ALEID EN (w h o again false ly ide ntifie d h im s e lfas “R obe rtD aoud Sark is ”) 11 and M ER R ITT (w h o again false ly ide ntifie d h e rs e lfas BIO M AX CEO “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”) 12 re q ue s te d a m e e ting in corre s ponde nce to D r. Gatte r follow ing up on conne ctions m ade during th e 13 NAFand PPFA confe re nce s . D ALEID EN e xpre s s e d an inte re s tin dis cus s ing PPPSGV’s 14 ope rations and a pos s ible partne rs h ip for fe taltis s ue donations . D e fe ndants s e ntnum e rous e m ails 15 to D r. Gatte r, providing com plete ly false com pany inform ation and a ph ony draftcontract. 16 9 3. D r. Gatte r and a PPPSGVcolleague , w h o also m e tw ith D e fe ndants , re as onably 17 trus te d th e re pre s e ntations m ade by D e fe ndants aboutw h o th e y w e re bas e d upon th e ir purporte dly 18 legitim ate pre s e nce atth e confe re nce s . Th e y re lie d on th e e xte ns ive s cre e ning and s e curity 19 m e as ure s ofNAFand Planne d Pare nth ood to e ns ure th atallconfe re nce participants w e re 20 legitim ate and w e re atte nding th e confe re nce s to e nh ance th e q uality and s afe ty ofre productive 21 h e alth care s e rvice s . 22 9 4. O n Fe bruary 6, 2015, D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT m e tw ith D r. Gatte r and h e r 23 colleague ata Pas ade na re s taurant. D r. Gatte r and h e r colleague inte nde d for th e m e e ting to be a 24 s trictly confide ntialcom m unication. Th e y inte nde d th e ir com m unications to be confine d to only 25 th e partie s to th e m e e ting and re as onably be lie ve d th atth e com m unications w e re s o confine d, for 26 re as ons th atinclude : (a)th e re w e re no oth e r patrons in th e re s taurantduring th e m e e ting;(b)th e 27 group w as s e ate d atth e back ofth e re s taurant;(c)D r. Gatte r and h e r colleague s toppe d th e ir 28 conve rs ation w h e ne ve r th e re s taurant’s w aits taffapproach e d and th e y did nots pe ak in loud 26 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 28 of 65 1 voice s ;(d)D r. Gatte r s tate d atone pointin th e conve rs ation, w h e n a w aite r approach e d, th ats h e 2 w ante d to be “dis cre e t”;and (e )D r. Gatte r note d th e loud m us ic playing in th e back ground, w h ich 3 w ould h ave m ade itim pos s ible for any oth e r patrons , h ad th e re be e n any, to ove rh e ar th e 4 conve rs ation. Th e s ubje ctm atte r ofth e com m unications involve d dis clos ure ofPlaintiff 5 PPPSGV’s inte rnalope rations , w h ich by th e ir nature are confide ntialand proprie tary. D e fe ndants 6 none th e les s s urre ptitious ly and illegally re corde d th e conve rs ation w ith outD r. Gatte r’s or h e r 7 colleague ’s k now ledge or cons e nt, late r pos ting a de ce ptive and h e avily m anipulate d cut-and8 s plice ve rs ion ofth e re cording, dis cus s e d be low . 9 Defendants Fraudulently Gain Access To PPFA’s Medical Directors’ Council (MeDC) Conference (Orlando), February-March 2015 10 9 5. 11 M e anw h ile, D e fe ndants continue d to active ly s e e k acce s s to additionalprivate 12 PPFA confe re nce s , furth e r e xpanding th e ir fraudulents ch e m e . O n Fe bruary 6, 2015, th e s am e day 13 as th e m e e ting w ith D r. Gatte r, D e fe ndants re gis te re d for th e PPFA M e D C Confe re nce , to be h e ld 14 in O rlando, Florida from Fe bruary 25 to M arch 2, 2015. Th e y re gis te re d as Exh ibitors and as 15 atte nde e s atth e e ve nt’s re ce ption and group dinne r, w h ich w e re firm ly re s tricte d to re gis te re d 16 confe re nce participants . 9 6. 17 PPFA re q uire d Exh ibitors to agre e to s pe cific Te rm s and Conditions in orde r to 18 atte nd th e M e D C confe re nce , including th e follow ing provis ions : 19  “Th e purpos e ofM e D C’s s pons ors h ip program is to furth e r th e e ducation ofth e 20 re gis trants . Th e e xh ibits and s pons ore d m e e tings m us tbe e ducationaland inform ative , 21 e m ph as izing inform ation aboutproducts and s e rvice s us e fulto th e re gis trants ’practice and 22 be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts .” 23  “Exh ibitor … agre e [s ] … to com ply w ith allapplicable fe de ral,s tate and locallaw s and 24 re gulations in pe rform ance ofits re s pe ctive obligations purs uantto th is Agre e m e nt, 25 including, w ith outlim itation, law s re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy … [and] 26 confide ntiality.” 27 9 7. Th e Te rm s and Conditions furth e r s tate d th atExh ibitors and oth e r confe re nce 28 atte nde e s w e re re q uire d to s h ow ide ntification w h e n re gis te ring atth e confe re nce and to w e ar 27 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 29 of 65 1 s pe cialbadge s atalltim e s . Such badge s w e re ne ce s s ary for adm ittance to confe re nce s e s s ions , 2 and w e re us e d by atte nde e s to ide ntify oth e r atte nde e s w h o h ad re gis te re d and w e re purporte dly 3 pre s e ntfor re as ons cons is te ntw ith PPFA’s m is s ion. 9 8. 4 D e fe ndants , purporting to atte nd as re pre s e ntative s ofBIO M AX, com plete d th e 5 Exh ibitor re gis tration for D ALEID EN (pos ing as “R obe rtSark is ”)and h is co-cons pirator LO PEZ . 6 Th e y e lectronically agre e d to th e Exh ibitor Te rm s and Conditions . O nce again, th e y h ad no 7 inte ntion ofcom plying w ith th e s e Te rm s and Conditions and violate d th e m re pe ate dly and w ith 8 m alicious inte nt. 99. 9 H aving fraudulently gaine d acce s s to th e M e D C confe re nce , D e fe ndants 10 aggre s s ive ly purs ue d Planne d Pare nth ood doctors , again to de ve lop “profe s s ional”contacts th at 11 could be leve rage d in to future m e e tings atPPFA affiliate h e ath care ce nte rs . O n inform ation and 12 be lie f, D e fe ndants s urre ptitious ly and illegally re corde d private conve rs ations w ith outoth e r 13 atte nde e s ’k now ledge or cons e ntand baite d confe re nce participants in h ope s ofs e curing s e cre tly 14 tape d s tate m e nts w h os e m e aning could be tw is te d to s upportD e fe ndants ’s m e ar cam paign. 100. 15 O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants atte m pte d to force th e ir w ay into s e s s ions 16 th atExh ibitors w e re notpe rm itte d to atte nd. D e fe ndants w e re s ucce s s fulin infiltrating atleas tone 17 confe re nce s e s s ion th atExh ibitors w e re proh ibite d from atte nding. 101. 18 19 Im m e diate ly follow ing th e confe re nce , D e fe ndants e m ailed a PPO SBC doctor w ith th e s am e fraudulentBIO M AX broch ure and introduction lette r th e y h ad pre vious ly s e ntto oth e r 20 Planne d Pare nth ood s taffs e e k ing a private m e e ting unde r th e s am e false pre te ns e s . 21 22 Defendants Infiltrate The Third PPFA Conference: The PPFA National Conference (Washington D.C.), March 2015 102. 23 D e fe ndants infiltrate d a th ird Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce , th e PPFA National 24 Confe re nce in W as h ington, D .C., w h ich w as h e ld from M arch 16 to M arch 20, 2015. As w ith th e 25 oth e r Planne d Pare nth ood confe re nce s , in orde r to atte nd th e PPFA NationalConfe re nce , 26 Exh ibitors w e re re q uire d to agre e to s pe cific Te rm s and Conditions , including th e follow ing 27 provis ions : 28  “PPFA re s e rve s th e righ tto aw ard e xh ibits pace only to th os e Exh ibitors w h os e e xh ibits 28 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 30 of 65 1 w illbe s tm e e tth e ne e ds ofconfe re nce participants . PPFA m ay e xclude s pons ors and/or 2 s pons ors h ip m ate rials th atitde e m s incons is te ntw ith PPFA policie s or for any oth e r re as on 3 PPFA de e m s in its be s tinte re s ts .” 4  “Exh ibitor … agre e [s ] … to com ply w ith allapplicable fe de ral,s tate and locallaw s and 5 re gulations in pe rform ance ofits re s pe ctive obligations purs uantto th is Agre e m e nt, 6 including, w ith outlim itation, law s re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy … [and] 7 confide ntiality.” 8 103. 9 O n or aboutFe bruary 17, 2015, D e fe ndants re gis te re d for th e PPFA National Confe re nce and e lectronically confirm e d th atth e y h ad re ad th e Exh ibitor Te rm s and Conditions , 10 th atth e y unde rs tood th e m , and th atth e y w e re in com pliance w ith th e m . Th e y also re gis te re d to 11 atte nd th e confe re nce ’s m ajor fundrais ing dinne r e ve nt. In th e re gis tration, D e fe ndants 12 fraudulently re pre s e nte d th e m s e lve s and BIO M AX as follow s : “BioM ax Procure m e ntSe rvice s , 13 LLC is a biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntorganization h e adq uarte re d in Long Be ach , CA. 14 BioM ax provide s tis s ue and s pe cim e n procure m e ntfor acade m ic and private bios cie nce 15 re s e arch e rs . O ur com m itm e ntis to provide th e h igh e s t-q uality s pe cim e ns w ith e fficie nt, 16 profe s s ionals e rvice to facilitate w orld-ch anging dis cove rie s .” None ofth e s e re pre s e ntations are 17 re m ote ly true . 18 19 104. AllExh ibitors and oth e r confe re nce atte nde e s w e re re q uire d to s h ow ide ntification w h e n re gis te ring and to w e ar s pe cialbadge s atalltim e s . Such badge s w e re ne ce s s ary for 20 adm ittance to ce rtain confe re nce s e s s ions , and w e re us e d by atte nde e s to ide ntify oth e r atte nde e s 21 w h o h ad re gis te re d and purporte dly w e re pre s e ntfor re as ons cons is te ntw ith PPFA’s m is s ion. 22 O nly Exh ibitors w h o re gis te re d, agre e d to th e confe re nce Te rm s and Conditions , and obtaine d an 23 officialPPFA confe re nce badge w e re pe rm itte d ins ide th e confe re nce ’s e xh ibith all. 24 105. H aving fraudulently gaine d acce s s to th e PPFA NationalConfe re nce , D e fe ndants 25 follow e d th e s am e s criptth e y us e d atth e Forum in M iam i and th e M e D C confe re nce in O rlando, 26 h ounding Planne d Pare nth ood doctors and, on inform ation and be lie f, s urre ptitious ly and illegally 27 re cording private conve rs ations w ith outth e atte nde e s ’k now ledge or cons e nt, s e e k ing to e licit 28 s tate m e nts th atcould be m is leadingly e dite d as partofth e ir s m e ar cam paign. 29 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 31 of 65 Defendants Target A Planned Parenthood Health Center In Colorado 1 2 106. D e fe ndants ne xttarge te d th e s taffofPPFA affiliate Planne d Pare nth ood R ock y 3 M ountain (“PPR M ”). O n April7, 2015, D e fe ndants fraudulently gaine d e ntrance into a Planne d 4 Pare nth ood confe re nce room in a s e cure w ing ofits D e nve r adm inis trative office s . D e fe ndants 5 s ubs e q ue ntly gaine d e ntrance into th e s e cure patie nttre atm e ntand laboratory are as ofPPR M ’s co6 locate d h e alth ce nte r, as w e llas its m e dicalre s e arch program office . O n inform ation and be lie f, 7 D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT arrange d a m e e ting w ith s taffby pos ing as BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s 8 s e e k ing partne rs h ip opportunitie s for fe taltis s ue donations . Th e y h ad m ade contactw ith a PPR M 9 ph ys ician th rough th e ir fraudulently obtaine d acce s s to th e NAFand Planne d Pare nth ood 10 confe re nce s dis cus s e d above . 11 107. A PPR M ph ys ician agre e d to m e e tw ith D e fe ndants to dis cus s th e fe taltis s ue 12 donation for m e dicalre s e arch s h e unde rs tood th e y w ould be propos ing. Sh e unde rs tood th e April 13 7, 2015 m e e ting, in a private confe re nce room and clinicals pace , to be a m e e ting w ith 14 re pre s e ntative s from a legitim ate com pany th atfacilitate d legalfe taltis s ue donations . PPR M s taff 15 w ould ne ve r h ave pe rm itte d D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT into th e s e cure , non-public are as ofth e ir 16 facility ifD e fe ndants h ad notfraudulently re pre s e nte d th e m s e lve s . Furth e rm ore , PPR M s taff 17 inte nde d th e ir com m unications to be confine d to only th e partie s to th e m e e ting and re as onably 18 be lie ve d th atth e com m unications w e re s o confine d. Th e s ubje ctm atte r ofth e com m unications 19 involve d dis clos ure ofPPR M ’s inte rnalope rations , w h ich by th e ir nature are confide ntialand 20 proprie tary. Significantportions ofth e conve rs ations occurre d ins ide a private confe re nce room 21 and th e private clinicals pace atth e PPR M facility. D e fe ndants s urre ptitious ly re corde d th e 22 conve rs ations , w ith outcons e nt. Defendants Target A Planned Parenthood Heath Center In Texas 23 24 108. O n April9 , 2015, jus ttw o days afte r fraudulently obtaining acce s s to PPR M ’s 25 private and s e cure facility in Colorado, D e fe ndants took th e ir cons piratoriale xpe dition to a 26 Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte r in Te xas . Th e re th e y us e d fraudulentm e ans to infiltrate th e 27 private office and clinicals pace ata H ous ton h e alth ce nte r ope rate d by Planne d Pare nth ood Gulf 28 Coas t(“PPGC”). 30 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 32 of 65 1 109 . Bas e d on pas tand curre ntth re ats atth e facility, PPGC h as im plem e nte d e xte ns ive 2 s e curity protocols to e ns ure th e s afe ty and privacy ofits patie nts and s taff. For e xam ple, PPGC 3 pos ts s e curity office rs atth e clinic’s e ntrance and re q uire s allvis itors to pas s th rough a m e tal 4 de te ctor be fore e nte ring th e facility. 5 110. Cons is te ntw ith its re gular s e curity protocols, PPGC re q uire d D ALEID EN and 6 M ER R ITT to provide valid gove rnm e ntide ntification to e nte r th e clinic. D ALEID EN provide d a 7 fak e California drive r’s lice ns e in w h ich h e is false ly ide ntifie d as “R obe rtSark is ,”and M ER R ITT 8 provide d a fak e California drive r’s lice ns e in w h ich s h e is false ly ide ntifie d “Sus an Te nne nbaum .” 9 PPGC s canne d and copie d th e s e lice ns e s , ch e ck ing th e nam e s agains ta databas e ofk now n anti- 10 abortion e xtre m is ts and h aras s e rs . D e fe ndants ’us e of false ide ntitie s e ns ure d th atth e databas e 11 w ould notide ntify th e m as th e frauds te rs th e y are . In fact, h ad D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT 12 h one s tly ide ntifie d th e m s e lve s , PPGC lik e ly w ould h ave ide ntifie d th e m as k now n anti-abortion 13 activis ts and tak e n s te ps to s top D e fe ndants ’fraudulentand de fam atory cam paign. 14 111. PPGC also re q uire d th e s e pre te nd BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s to s ign a s trictNon- 15 D is clos ure and Confide ntiality Agre e m e nt(“ND A”)as a pre condition for D e fe ndants ’e ntrance 16 into th e clinic and private m e e ting w ith s taff. Unde r th e ND A, D e fe ndants agre e d th at“all 17 inform ation dis clos e d by PPGC “s h allbe de e m e d confide ntial”oth e r th an ce rtain narrow carve 18 outs s uch as inform ation in th e public dom ain. D e fe ndants s igne d th e agre e m e nt, w h ich provide s : 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. … “Confide ntialInform ation”s h allbe de e m e d to include (i)allw ritte n inform ation ofth e D is clos ing Party [i.e . PPGC], and (ii)alloralinform ation ofth e D is clos ing Party, w h ich in e ith e r cas e is ide ntifie d atth e tim e ofdis clos ure as be ing ofa confide ntialor proprie tary nature or is re as onably unde rs tood by th e R e cipie nt to be confide ntialunde r th e circum s tance s ofth e dis clos ure . 3. R e cipie nts h allm aintain th e D is clos ing Party’s Confide ntialInform ation s trictly confide ntial,s h allnotus e th e Confide ntialInform ation for any purpos e oth e r th an to e valuate , ne gotiate and cons um m ate th e Trans action and s h allnotdis clos e to any th ird party or us e any Confide ntialInform ation for any oth e r purpos e follow ing th e date ofdis clos ure ofs uch Confide ntialInform ation … . 26 4. R e cipie ntw illnotcopy any Confide ntialInform ation ofth e D is clos ing Party, e xce ptas auth orize d in w riting by th e D is clos ing Party, and s h allprote ctany s uch auth orize d copie s in accordance w ith th is Agre e m e nt. 27 112. 25 Afte r s igning th e ND A, D ALEID EN, pos ing as “R obe rtSark is ,”and M ER R ITT, 28 pos ing as BIO M AX CEO “Sus an Te nne nbaum ,”m e tw ith PPGC s taff. Th e s e s taffunde rs tood th e 31 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 33 of 65 1 m e e ting, in th e private m e dicaloffice and clinicals pace , to be w ith a legitim ate com pany th at 2 facilitate d legalfe taltis s ue donations , and inte nde d th e m e e ting to be a confide ntial 3 com m unication. 4 113. PPGC’s s taffinte nde d th e ir com m unications to be confine d to th e partie s to th e 5 m e e ting and re as onably be lie ve d th atth e com m unications w e re s o confine d. Th e s ubje ctm atte r of 6 th e com m unications involve d dis clos ure ofPPGC’s inte rnalope rations , w h ich by th e ir nature are 7 confide ntialand proprie tary and fits q uare ly w ith in th e ND A th atD e fe ndants voluntarily s igne d. 8 PPGC s taffpe rm itte d D e fe ndants into th e private facility to dis cus s a pos s ible profe s s ional 9 re lations h ip, nots o th atD e fe ndants could s e cre tly re cord th e conve rs ations us ing h idde n cam e ras . 10 Butye tagain, D e fe ndants s urre ptitious ly re corde d th e conve rs ations w ith out PPGC s taff’s 11 k now ledge or cons e nt. 12 114. D e fe ndants violate d th e ND A w h e n, in Augus t2015, th e y pos te d a vide o re cording 13 th e y h ad s e cre tly re corde d atth e ir m e e ting atPPGC. 14 Defendants Gain Admission to the 2015 Baltimore NAF Conference By Fraudulent Representations 15 16 115. D e fe ndants also fraudulently infiltrate d NAF’s 2015 annualm e e ting in Baltim ore , 17 M aryland, w h ich w as h e ld from April18-21, 2015. Th e ir fraudulently obtaine d acce s s to th is 18 m e e ting w as m onth s in th e m ak ing. O n Se pte m be r 23, 2014, D ALEID EN –us ing h is fak e nam e 19 “Sark is ”and, on inform ation and be lie f, false ly claim ing to h ave an M .S. in BiologicalScie nce – 20 s ubm itte d a propos alonline to NAFth atBIO M AX w ould conducta pane ldis cus s ion on 21 “providing fe taltis s ue for m e dicalre s e arch ,”going s o far as to propos e th atD r. Nucatola, th e ve ry 22 ph ys ician h e h ad lie d to and s e cre tly re corde d, be on th e pane l. D ALEID EN’s “propos e d pane l 23 dis cus s ion”conce rne d “h ow provide rs can inte grate tis s ue donation s e rvice s into th e ir clinical 24 practice to contribute to m e dicalre s e arch and augm e ntpatie ntch oice and provide r s atis faction.” 25 Th e propos alw as re je cte d by th e NAFAnnualM e e ting Planning Com m itte e . 26 116. Ne ve rth e les s , on Fe bruary 10, 2015, “Brianna Allen”e m ailed NAFlook ing for 27 “inform ation for e xh ibiting atth e 39 th NAFm e e ting in Baltim ore th is April”be caus e BIO M AX 28 “de finite ly w ant[s ] to h ave a booth again. Th ank s !” 32 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 34 of 65 1 117. O n M arch 25, 2015, D e fe ndants e nte re d into NAF’s Agre e m e ntfor Exh ibitSpace , 2 m ak ing th e s am e false re pre s e ntation to th e e ffe ctth atBIO M AX w as in th e bus ine s s of“fe tal 3 tis s ue procure m e nt”and “h um an bios pe cim e n procure m e nt.” D e fe ndants again false ly agre e d to 4 re pre s e ntth e ir bus ine s s “truth fully”and “accurate ly”atth e annualm e e ting, and furth e r agre e d not 5 to dis clos e any inform ation th e y learne d atth e m e e ting abs e ntNAF’s w ritte n cons e nt. D e fe ndants 6 re gis te re d “Sus an Te nne nbaum , CEO ,”“R obe rtSark is , Procure m e ntM anage r/VPO pe rations ,” 7 “R e be cca W agne r, ContractAdm inis trator,”and LO PEZ , “Procure m e ntTe ch nician”as th e 8 BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s atte nding th e confe re nce . O n th e firs tday ofth e m e e ting, on 9 inform ation and be lie f, four individuals ide ntifying th e m s e lve s as Te nne nbaum , Sark is , W agne r, 10 and LO PEZ pre s e nte d th e m s e lve s atth e re gis tration de s k purporting to be re pre s e ntative s of 11 BIO M AX. Be caus e no one is adm itte d to th e annualm e e ting abs e ntpre s e nting a valid 12 ide ntification, on inform ation and be lie f, D ALEID EN and h is co-cons pirators pre s e nte d false 13 ide ntification to NAFre gis tration pe rs onne lin orde r to gain acce s s to th e e xh ibith alland m e e ting 14 s e s s ions . 15 118. Be fore gaining e ntrance to th e m e e ting, LO PEZ , on be h alfofBIO M AX, s igne d th e 16 non-dis clos ure agre e m e nts in w h ich th e y prom is e d (1)notto m ak e vide o or audio re cordings of 17 th e m e e tings or dis cus s ions , (2)to only us e inform ation learne d atth e annualm e e ting to “e nh ance 18 th e q uality and s afe ty ofs e rvice s provide d by NAFm e m be rs and oth e r participants ,”and (3)not 19 20 to dis clos e inform ation learne d atth e m e e ting to th ird partie s w ith outNAF’s cons e nt. 119 . Upon gaining adm ittance to NAF’s annualm e e ting, D e fe ndants s urre ptitious ly 21 tape d conve rs ations w ith atte nde e s and particularly targe te d th e s taffofPPFA and its affiliate s . 22 120. Any re cordings th atD e fe ndants m ade and th e inform ation th atth e y obtaine d during 23 th e Baltim ore NAFconfe re nce are am ong th e m ate rials s ubje ctto th e Te m porary R e s training 24 O rde r in NAFv. The Center for Medical Progress,et al. (8/3/15 O rde r, D ock e tNo. 27, N.D . Cal. 25 Cas e No. 3:15-cv-03522-W H O ). 26 27 28 33 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 35 of 65 1 Defendants Go Public with Their Fraudulent Smear Campaign To Malign Planned Parenthood and to Mislead the Public 2 3 121. D e fe ndants ’long-planne d cons piracy to de m onize Planne d Pare nth ood cam e to 4 fruition w ith w h atth e y called “Th e H um an CapitalProje ct”–a s e rie s ofh e avily-e dite d and 5 de ce ptive s h ortvide os th atth e y claim e d prove d th atPlanne d Pare nth ood h ad violate d fe de rallaw 6 re late d to fe taltis s ue donation. Th e s e s h ortvide os w e re com pos e d in partofclips from th e 7 fraudulently obtaine d vide o footage ofPPFA s taffand affiliate s ’h e alth care profe s s ionals. Th e 8 vide os w e re pos te d on th e ir CM Pw e bs ite and w ide ly dis s e m inate d on Y ouTube and Face book . 9 122. D e fe ndants accom panie d e ach vide o w ith a pre s s re leas e fe aturing outrage ous 10 accus ations s uch as as s e rtions th atPlanne d Pare nth ood e ngage s in “illegaltraffick ing ofaborte d 11 fe talparts ,”“Planne d Pare nth ood’s crim inalcons piracy to m ak e m one y offofaborte d baby parts 12 re ach e s to th e ve ry h igh e s tleve ls ofth e ir organization,”and th atPlanne d Pare nth ood h ad 13 com m itte d “atrocitie s agains th um anity.” O n inform ation and be lie f, th e s e s tate m e nts w e re 14 s pe cifically inte nde d to m otivate anti-abortion e xtre m is ts to tak e action –violent, h aras s ing, or 15 oth e rw is e –agains tPlaintiffs , th e ir clinics , and th e ir s taff. 16 123. Th e conte ntofth e s e vide os w as w rongfully and illegally obtaine d. M ore ove r, 17 according to e xpe rtfore ns ic analys is , D e fe ndants ’h e avily e dite d s h ortvide os and trans cripts do 18 notpre s e nta com plete or accurate re cord ofth e e ve nts th e y purportto de pict. R ath e r, th e h e avily 19 e dite d s h ortvide os “s ignificantly dis tortand m is re pre s e ntth e conve rs ations de picte d.” Th e y 20 contain “e dite d conve rs ations w h e re s om e s pok e n w ords are e lim inate d and s om e s pok e n w ords 21 are adde d outofconte xt.” (GPS Fus ion, “CM PVide o Analys is ,”Augus t25, 2015 (h e re afte r 22 “GPS Fus ion R e port”)). In oth e r w ords , D e fe ndants ’s h ortvide os “s ubs tantive ly and s ignificantly 23 alte r th e m e aning ofth e dialog”th atactually occurre d. In addition, e xpe rtanalys is de te rm ine d 24 th atD e fe ndants ’“trans cripts ”contain “num e rous e rrors ,”“dis cre pancie s ,”and “s ubs tantive 25 om is s ions ,”and in s om e cas e s w e re “gros s ly e dite d.” Id. Eve n th e purporte d “fullfootage ”w as 26 m anipulate d and incom plete , according to e xpe rtanalys is . 27 124. Th e e xpe rtanalys tre ach e d th e follow ing conclus ion: 28 [I]tis im pos s ible to ch aracte rize th e e xte ntto w h ich CM P’s undis clos e d e dits and 34 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 36 of 65 1 2 3 cuts dis tortth e m e aning ofth e e ncounte rs th e vide os purportto docum e nt. H ow e ve r, th e m anipulation ofth e vide os doe s m e an they have no evidentiary value in a legal context and cannot be relied upon for any official inquiries unles s s upplem e nte d by CM P’s originalm ate rialand fore ns ic auth e ntication th at th is m ate rialis s upplie d in unalte re d form . The videos also lack credibility as journalistic products. 4 See GPS Fus ion R e portat2.1 (e m ph as is adde d). 5 First Secret Video: Dr. Nucatola 6 7 125. O n July 14, 2015, D e fe ndants pos te d th e firs tde ce ptive ly e dite d s h ortvide o of 8 PPFA s taff. Th e vide o us e s s trate gically s e lecte d clips from th e m e e ting D e fe ndants h ad w ith D r. 9 Nucatola, w h ich th e y s e cre tly film e d. Th rough de ce ptive e diting, D e fe ndants pre s e ntan e ntire ly 10 false picture ofD r. Nucatola’s vie w s and s tate m e nts . According to th e e xpe rtanalys is , e ve n th e 11 long-form vide o D e fe ndants pos te d is unre liable: “blatantm anipulation ofth is vide o re nde rs it 12 us e les s as ‘evide nce ’and m e ans itcannotbe re lie d upon in officialinq uirie s as a cre dible re cord 13 ofe ve nts .” Id. 14 126. Th e vide o w as de ce ptive ly e dite d to m ak e itlook as ifD r. Nucatola (and Planne d 15 Pare nth ood affiliate s )w e re “s e lling”fe taltis s ue for profit. Th is is e ntire ly untrue , and D e fe ndants 16 w illfully ignore d (and e dite d out)facts th atm ak e th is clear. For e xam ple: 17  D uring th e tape d m e e ting D r. Nucatola s tate d th at“nobody s h ould be s e lling tis s ue . Th at’s jus tnotth e goalh e re .” Th is s tate m e ntw as om itte d by D e fe ndants from th e ir e xce rpte d tape .  Te n tim e s during th e conve rs ation, D r. Nucatola s aid Planne d Pare nth ood w ould nots e lltis s ue or profitin any w ay from tis s ue donations . Allte n ins tance s w e re cutoutofth e vide o re leas e d by D e fe ndants .  Atone point, D r. Nucatola s tate d th atre im burs e m e ntcos ts for a tis s ue s pe cim e n could range from $30 to $100. Th is s tate m e ntw as im m e diate ly clarifie d by D r. Nucatola, w h o e xplaine d th atth e re im burs e m e ntam ount w as bas e d on th e clinic’s cos ts –a practice th atis e ntire ly law ful. D r. Nucatola e xplaine d: “Itjus th as to do w ith s pace is s ue s , are you s e nding s om e one th e re w h o’s going to be doing e ve ryth ing, is th e re s h ipping involve d, is s om e body going to h ave to tak e itout… [I]t’s re ally jus tabout ifanyone w e re e ve r to as k th e m , w e llw h atdo you do for th is $60, h ow can you jus tify th at?… . So itne e ds to be jus tifiable.” Th is im portantpas s age w as om itte d by D e fe ndants .  D r. Nucatola re pe ate dly s tate d th atPlanne d Pare nth ood affiliate s do not profitfrom tis s ue donation. For e xam ple, s h e s ays : “To th e m , th is is nota s e rvice th e y s h ould be m ak ing m one y from , it’s s om e th ing th e y s h ould be 35 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 37 of 65 able to offe r th is to th e ir patie nts , in a w ay th atdoe s n’tim pactth e m ”; “affiliate s are notlook ing to m ak e m one y by doing th is . Th e y’re look ing to s e rve th e ir patie nts and jus tm ak e itnotim pactth e ir bottom line ”;“w e ’re notlook ing to m ak e m one y from th is , our goalis to k e e p acce s s available”; and “th is is nota ne w re ve nue s tre am th ataffiliate s are look ing at, th is is a w ay to offe r th e patie ntth e s e rvice th atth e y w ant, do good for th e m e dical com m unity and s tillh ave acce s s .” Nota s ingle one ofth e s e com m e nts w as include d in D e fe ndants ’e xce rpte d s h ortvide o. Th e y w e re purpos e ly cutto cre ate th e false im pre s s ion th atD r. Nucatola w as s aying th e e xactoppos ite ofw h ats h e actually s aid. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 127. Th e re action to th is inflam m atory and m is leading vide o w as im m e diate . W ith in an 8 h our and a h alfofth e pos ting, D r. Nucatola w as force d to s h utdow n h e r Tw itte r account. 9 Inflam m atory com m e nts on righ t-w ing blogs and w e bs ite s targe ting D r. Nucatola h ave s ince 10 prolife rate d. Com m e nts lik e : “[D r.] Nuce te la w ilh ave h e r ow n w ing in H e ll,”“s h e de s e rve s 11 e ve ryth ing s h e h as com ing to h e r,”and s h e w ill“s uffe r for e te rnity in a roas ting pit”are 12 com m only dire cte d to h e r. Anonym ous inte rne tpos te rs h ave e ve n leve led de ath th re ats agains t 13 D r. Nucatola: “D r. D e borah Nucatola s h ould be s um m arily e xe cute d. I’lldo itm ys e lfifno one 14 e lse doe s ”;“I’llpay te n th ous and dollars to anyone in ne e d ofa de fe ns e fund for th e m urde r ofD r. 15 D e borah Nucatola . . . .” 16 128. Afte r pos ting th e vide o online , D ALEID EN be gan giving pre s s inte rvie w s in w h ich 17 h e ope nly adm itte d to th e cons piracy. In a July 16, 2015 inte rvie w w ith BillO ’R e illy on Fox 18 Ne w s , h e s tate d th ath e and h is co-cons pirators h ad “s pe ntth re e ye ars w ith actors ”w h o “pos [e d] 19 as re pre s e ntative s ofa m iddlem an biote ch com pany”(i.e., BIO M AX)in orde r to fraudulently 20 infiltrate PPFA and Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . D uring th e inte rvie w , D ALEID EN prom is e d “a 21 lotm ore [vide os ] to com e .” H e s tate d h is and h is co-cons pirator’s plan to re leas e one 22 m is leadingly e dite d vide o e ach w e e k . 23 129 . M e anw h ile, NEW M AN appe are d on various ne w s m e dia to brag abouth ow h e and 24 D ALEID EN w e re “dis cus s ing allofth e various te ch niq ue s ”th atw e re and w ould be us e d in th e 25 infiltration, as w e llas th e proce s s for s e tting up offak e ide ntitie s and fak e com panie s . As h e told 26 one re porte r: “Butth is is jus tth e be ginning, w e h ave m oles and s pie s de e p ins ide th e abortion 27 carte l. And ata tim e ofour ch oos ing, w e w illre leas e m ore dam ning e vide nce ofth e abortion 28 carte l’s illegal,gh as tly, and re pugnantbutch e ry.” 36 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 38 of 65 Second Secret Video: Dr. Gatter 1 2 130. O n July 21, 2015, D e fe ndants pos te d on th e ir w e bs ite a m is leadingly e dite d vide o 3 containing s e gm e nts ofth e Fe bruary 6, 2015 m e e ting w ith D r. Gatte r. Again, th e s h ortvide o is 4 m is leadingly e dite d. In s ix s e parate ins tance s , th e conte ntw as s plice d toge th e r to cre ate th e 5 appe arance ofa s e am les s conve rs ation. Portions ofth e s e cre tly re corde d tape th atdo notfit 6 D e fe ndants ’fiction w e re cutfrom th e s h ortvide os . For e xam ple, afte r D e fe ndants re pe ate dly 7 urge d D r. Gatte r to de m and m ore m one y as partofa fe taltis s ue donation contract, s h e re s ponde d 8 “w e are notin th is for th e m one y.” In re s pons e to D e fe ndants ’“re q ue s ts ”th atPlanne d Pare nth ood 9 doctors m ak e illegaladjus tm e nts to th e ir m e dicalproce dure s , D r. Gatte r flatly re je cte d th e ide a, 10 s tating “Th at’s notgoing to h appe n.” D r. Gatte r also s tate d clearly th atany Planne d Pare nth ood 11 involve m e ntin fe taltis s ue donation w ould h ave to com ply w ith fe de rallaw : “[I]t’s abs olute ly a 12 re q uire m e ntth atw e us e only th e officialfe de ralgove rnm e ntform for tis s ue donation, th atw e 13 don’tm odify itin any w ay.” Allofth e s e portions ofth e s urre ptitious re cording w e re e dite d outof 14 th e w ide ly dis tribute d s h ortvide o. 15 131. D e fe ndants pre fe rre d ins te ad to focus on a s ingle out-of-conte xts tate m e nt 16 D r. Gatte r m ade –in je s t–th ats h e “w ant[s ] a Lam borgh ini,”to s ugge s tth atD r. Gatte r is gre e dy 17 and e ve n com m itting a fe de ralcrim e . Th atD r. Gatte r w as jok ing is m ade crys talclear by th e 18 com m e nts h e m ade ne xt: “I w ouldn’te ve n k now h ow to drive a Lam borgh ini.” D e fe ndants 19 20 e dite d th ats tate m e ntout, too. 132. Lik e D r. Nucatola, th is vide o e xpos e d D r. Gatte r to vicious pe rs onalattack s and 21 de ath th re ats . Since th e vide o’s re leas e , D r. Gatte r h as be e n called a “baby butch e r,”“e vil,”and a 22 “vicious de m onic force ”w h o de s e rve s “a h angm an’s noos e .” Lik e D r. Nucatola, s h e h as be e n 23 de s cribe d online as a “de m on,”and com pare d to AdolfH itler and Jos e ph M e nge le. Th re ats of 24 violence follow e d: “SICK F***ING B**** SH O ULD BE ABO R TED H ER SELF.” Anoth e r 25 pos te r proclaim e d “K ilallleftard m aggots .” Anoth e r: “FILTH Y O LD R O ACH !!! PLANNED 26 PAR ENTH O O D NEED S TO BE BLO W N INTO H ELL!!!” Anoth e r: “[T]h is bitch ne e ds to be 27 k illed.” Since th e publication ofth e vide os , D r. Gatte r h as be e n h aras s e d by anti-abortion 28 prote s tors ath e r h om e . Th e group also leftgris ly pos tcards in D r. Gatte r’s m ailbox, and on 37 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 39 of 65 1 inform ation and be lie f, th e m ailboxe s ofh e r ne igh bors . 2 133. Th e ne xtday, July 22, 2015, D ALEID EN, inte rvie w e d by Se an H annity ofFox 3 Ne w s , boas te d th ath e and h is co-cons pirators “probably h ave h undre ds to e ve n th ous ands ofh ours 4 totalofvide otape ove r th e pas ttw o-and-a-h alfye ars ,”w h ich w ould “continue to be re leas e d in th e 5 days and m onth s to com e .” PPRM Video 6 7 134. O n July 30, 2015, D e fe ndants pos te d on th e ir w e bs ite anoth e r m is leadingly e dite d 8 s h ortvide o us ing footage s urre ptitious ly tak e n ins ide th e PPR M h e alth ce nte r in D e nve r. Th e 9 re leas e d vide o e ntire ly m is re pre s e nts w h atPPR M s taffs aid. O n 13 s e parate occas ions , PPR M 10 s taffs aid th atany arrange m e nts re late d to fe taltis s ue donation ne e d to be re vie w e d by attorne ys 11 and follow alllaw s . ButD e fe ndants e dite d allofth e s e s tate m e nts outofth e ir de ce ptive s h ort 12 vide o. Furth e rm ore , according to e xpe rtanalys is , th e publicly re leas e d s h ortvide o and trans cript 13 contain m ultiple s e gm e nts th at“w e re de e m e d to be s us picious .” See GPS Fus ion R e port. For 14 e xam ple, th e analys is found th atD e fe ndants ’trans criptattribute s th e s tate m e nt“It’s a baby”to 15 PPR M clinic s taff. PPR M s taffdid notm ak e th ats tate m e nt: itw as ins te ad m anufacture d by 16 D e fe ndants “e ith e r th rough trans cription e rror or inte ntionalfabrication.” Id. Furth e rm ore , th e 17 e xpe rtfound th atD ALEID EN and h is co-cons pirator re pe ate dly atte m pte d to “bait[] Planne d 18 Pare nth ood s taffinto m ak ing une th icals tate m e nts ,”and as k e d “q ue s tions th ats e e m de s igne d to 19 20 e licit‘soundbite s ’pe rtaining to fe talvis ce ra.” Id. 135. As w ith D rs . Nucatola and Gatte r, th e PPR M s taffm e m be r targe te d by D e fe ndants 21 be cam e an im m e diate targe tofanti-abortion e xtre m is tth re ats follow ing th e vide o’s re leas e . 22 O nline de ath th re ats e ns ue d: “I look forw ard to a tim e w h e n abortionis ts can be . . . publicly 23 h ange d.”And: “[T]h e y s h ould allbe s h ot.” O n Augus t9 , 2015, s h e w as m e tby a group of50 24 e xtre m is ts ath e r h om e , h olding s igns s tating “Planne d Pare nth ood s e lls baby parts .”Th e group 25 leftflie rs around h e r ne igh borh ood w ritte n in m as s ive , bold print, accus ing h e r ofm urde ring 26 ch ildre n. PPGC Video 27 28 136. O n Augus t4, 2015, D e fe ndants pos te d on th e ir w e bs ite a m is leadingly e dite d s h ort 38 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 40 of 65 1 vide o us ing footage from th e April9 , 2015 m e e ting ins ide th e PPGC office and clinic s pace in 2 Te xas . O nce again, D e fe ndants e dite d outany s tate m e ntth atw as notcons is te ntw ith th e ir false 3 narrative . For e xam ple, th e PPGC s taffm e m be r w h o m e tw ith D e fe ndants s tate d on four s e parate 4 occas ions th atabortion m e th ods are nots ubs tantive ly ch ange d be caus e ofa patie nt’s de cis ion to 5 donate tis s ue . D e fe ndants e dite d outallfour s tate m e nts from th e ir w ide ly dis s e m inate d s h ort 6 vide o. Sim ilarly, in nine ins tance s , th e s taffm e m be r confirm s th atth e re is no “profit”re late d to 7 fe taltis s ue donation. Allnine ofth e s e s tate m e nts are e dite d outofth e s h ortvide o. In addition, 8 th e analys is found th atD e fe ndants ’trans criptom itte d portions in w h ich th e PPGC s taffm e m be r 9 s trongly and e xplicitly re je cts D e fe ndants ’baiting. W h e n D e fe ndants cynically offe r 10 “participation bonus e s to doctors ”re late d to tis s ue donation, th e s taffm e m be r force fully re s ponds : 11 “No w ay.” Id. D e fe ndants om itte d th e s e te lling portions , ins te ad painting a picture ofPlanne d 12 Pare nth ood’s policie s and practice s th atis w h olly incons is te ntw ith re ality. According to e xpe rt 13 analys is , e ve n th e allege dly “fullfootage ”ofth e vide o re corde d atth e PPGC h e alth ce nte r w as 14 “s ubs tantially m anipulate d.” See GPS Fus ion R e port. 15 137. Lik e th e oth e r targe ts ofD e fe ndants ’vide os , th e PPGC s taffpe rs on targe te d h as 16 be e n th rus tinto th e public s ph e re , w h e re s h e h as be e n de s cribe d as “gh oulis h ,”an “e vilw itch ,” 17 and a “m ons te r.” Countles s com m e nte rs on D e fe ndants ’Y ouTube page h ave th re ate ne d violence 18 agains tth e s taffpe rs on and Planne d Pare nth ood in ge ne ral: “th e y s h ould be publicly e xe cute d.”; 19 “Sick bas tards s h ould be k illed. Allofth e m .”;“Th e s e pe ople ne e d e xe cute d and th e ir body parts 20 s old for ch arity.”;“I re ally h ope itge ts bom be d and e ve ry abortion s upporte r ge ts publicly lynch e d 21 by lynch m obs .” 22 138. Since Augus t, D e fe ndants h ave continue d to re leas e m ore de ce ptive s h ortvide os , 23 containing clips from num e rous private PPFA and affiliate m e e tings and s pace s , including th e 24 Exh ibitH allofa private confe re nce , as w e llas a Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate ’s s e cure office and 25 laboratory s pace . D e fe ndants re leas e d “re cut”vide os ofold footage on January 6 and January 12, 26 2016. Allofth e conve rs ations involving PPFA or Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate pe rs onne lth at 27 appe ar in th e vide os w e re re corde d w ith outth e k now ledge or cons e ntofth e s ubje cts . In e ve ry 28 ins tance , D e fe ndants pos te d a de ce ptive ly e dite d s h ort-form vide o along w ith a pre s s re leas e by 39 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 41 of 65 1 D e fe ndants accus ing Planne d Pare nth ood ofbre ak ing th e law . 2 3 The Extensive Harm to Plaintiffs Caused by Defendants’ Conspiracy to Defraud 139 . D e fe ndants ’m is conducth as s ubs tantially dis rupte d Plaintiffs ’ope rations and th e ir 4 de live ry ofs e rvice s . Plaintiffs h ave h ad to e xpe nd s ignificantre s ource s to ide ntify and addre s s 5 th re ats to th e s afe ty ofits s taff, affiliate s , h e alth care provide rs , and patie nts ;to addre s s cybe r6 attack s on th e Planne d Pare nth ood w e bs ite ;and to de alw ith oth e r problem s th ath ave aris e n as a 7 re s ultofth e fraud, lie s , and oth e r m is conductpe rpe trate d by D e fe ndants . Afte r th e re leas e of 8 D e fe ndants ’vide os th e re w as a dram atic incre as e in th e th re ats , h aras s m e nt, and crim inalactivitie s 9 targe ting abortion provide rs and th e ir s upporte rs and in particular Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth 10 ce nte rs . Acros s th e country, th e re w e re 849 re porte d incide nts ofvandalis m agains tPlanne d 11 Pare nth ood in th e m onth s ofJuly 2015 and Augus t2015 alone –incide nts ofh aras s m e ntat 12 Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs incre as e d nine fold in July com pare d to re porte d incide nts in 13 June , and th e re porte d incide nts ofh aras s m e ntw e re e ve n m ore num e rous in Augus t. Th e re h ave 14 be e n atte m pte d ars ons atPlanne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs on July 19 , 2015 (Aurora, Illinois ) 15 and Augus t3, 2015 (Ne w O rleans ). And m os ttragically, on Nove m be r 27, 2015, an arm e d 16 gunm an k illed 3 pe ople and injure d anoth e r nine ata Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte r in 17 Colorado Springs . In California, th e re h as be e n a five -fold incre as e in th e num be r ofs e curity 18 incide nts s ince th e be ginning ofD e fe ndants ’vide o s m e ar cam paign. 19 140. Plaintiffs h ave e xpe nde d s ignificantre s ource s to ide ntify pote ntialth re ats to th e ir 20 clinics and s taffand to provide additionals e curity in orde r to e ns ure th e s afe ty ofth e ir s taff, 21 patie nts , facilitie s , and ope rations . Be caus e ofD e fe ndants ’actions , th e PPFA and affiliate s taff 22 w h o appe ar in th e vide os h ave be e n place d in s ignificantdange r, including be ing s ubje cte d to 23 de ath th re ats , and Plaintiffs ’cos ts to prote ctth e s e individuals is cons ide rable. PPFA h as 24 e xpe nde d s ignificantre s ource s to incre as e s e curity atallfuture confe re nce s as a dire ctre s ultof 25 D e fe ndants ’illegalintrus ion into s e ve ralPPFA confe re nce s . 26 141. Furth e rm ore , s h ortly afte r th e re leas e ofth e firs tillegaland fraudulently obtaine d 27 vide o, th e PPFA w e bs ite w as h ack e d, w ith th os e claim ing cre ditfor th e h ack m ak ing re fe re nce to 28 D e fe ndants ’cam paign. Th e PPFA w e bs ite is a crucialtoolin Plaintiffs ’e fforts to m ak e 40 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 42 of 65 1 re productive h e alth care acce s s ible to allw om e n: m ore th an h alfofPPFA’s affiliate s m ak e th e 2 w e bs ite available to th e ir patie nts to book online appointm e nts . O ve r 60 m illion pe ople acce s s th e 3 w e bs ite annually to gain valuable inform ation aboutth e ir re productive h e alth care . Th e h ack 4 re nde re d th e PPFA w e bs ite inope rable for s e ve ralw e e k s , cutting offth e h e alth ce nte rs th atre ly on 5 th e PPFA w e bs ite ne tw ork to s ch e dule and coordinate patie ntcare appointm e nts , and pre ve nting 6 w om e n and m e n from acce s s ing h e alth care inform ation. Plaintiffs los tincom e from th e los s of 7 ability to s e rve clie nts ove r th os e days and h ad to e xpe nd s ignificantIT re s ource s to bring th e 8 w e bs ite back and to m aintain itagains tfurth e r attack . 9 142. D e fe ndants ’actions h ave also led to th e los s ofve ndors , w h o h ave te rm inate d th e ir 10 re lations h ip w ith Plaintiffs follow ing th e re leas e ofth e vide os . Furth e rm ore , th e e ntire ly m e ritles s 11 controve rs y and th e violence th ath as accom panie d, and w as inte nde d to accom pany, th e 12 controve rs y h as m ade itdifficultfor s om e affiliate s to h ire s taff. 13 143. In th e afte rm ath ofth e re leas e ofD e fe ndants ’vide os , five s e parate Congre s s ional 14 Com m itte e s , and politicians in num e rous s tate s , h ave com m e nce d inve s tigations ofPlanne d 15 Pare nth ood’s ope rations . Each ofth e s e inve s tigations h as re q uire d Plaintiffs to e xpe nd 16 cons ide rable h ours re s e arch ing th e allegations , pre paring for inte rvie w s w ith fe de raland s tate 17 officials, and re s ponding to re q ue s ts for docum e nts . W h ile th e s e “inve s tigations ”are allm e ritles s 18 and politically m otivate d, th e y h ave re q uire d th ous ands ofh ours ofPlaintiffs ’tim e , h ours th at 19 20 s h ould h ave be e n s pe nton im proving h e alth care for w om e n acros s th e country. 144. D e fe ndants ’re leas e ofvide otape s and trans cripts (or any oth e r confide ntial 21 inform ation)obtaine d th rough fraudulentre pre s e ntations , and th e ir intrus ions into PPFA and oth e r 22 private re productive h e alth care confe re nce s and private m e e tings w ith PPFA and affiliate 23 pe rs onne l,h ave dam age d Plaintiffs and th e ir s taffin incalculable and irre ve rs ible w ays . 24 25 26 27 FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS (RICO) ACT, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1962(c) and 1962(d))) (By All Plaintiffs Against All Defendants) 145. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 144, inclus ive , as th ough 28 fully s e tforth h e re in. 41 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 43 of 65 1 146. Plaintiffs are e ach a “pe rs on”as th atte rm is de fine d in 18 U.S.C. §19 61(3). Atall 2 re levanttim e s , in violation of18 U.S.C. §19 62(c), D e fe ndants conducte d th e affairs ofan 3 as s ociate d-in-facte nte rpris e ide ntifie d h e re in, th e affairs ofw h ich affe cte d inte rs tate com m e rce 4 th rough a patte rn ofrack e te e ring activity. Furth e rm ore , in violation of18 U.S.C. §19 62(d), 5 D e fe ndants k now ingly agre e d and cons pire d to conductor participate in th e conductofs aid 6 e nte rpris e ’s affairs th rough a patte rn ofrack e te e ring activity. 7 147. Th e Ente rpris e h ad a h ie rarch icalde cis ion-m ak ing s tructure h e ade d by NEW M AN 8 and D ALEID EN. Both ofth e s e individuals dire cte d h ow th e s ch e m e w as to be pe rpe trate d. 9 W h ile th e fulle xte ntofth e cons piracy and its participants is notye tk now n, for purpos e s ofth is 10 claim , th e R ICO e nte rpris e is an as s ociate d-in-facte nte rpris e cons is ting of, atm inim um , 11 D e fe ndants CM P, BIO M AX, D ALEID EN, NEW M AN, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN, M ER R IT, 12 LO PEZ and UNK NO W N CO -CO NSPIR ATO R S “Brianna Allen,”“R e be cca W agne r”and “Sofia 13 M ire les ”(th e “Ente rpris e ”). Th e purpos e ofth e Ente rpris e w as to pe rpe trate a s ch e m e targe ting 14 Plaintiffs and oth e r Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s in orde r to dis ruptand burde n th e ir core m is s ion 15 to provide s afe q uality re productive h e alth care to w om e n and to de m onize th e m in a profe s s e d 16 atte m ptto “clos e allabortion clinics ”and to “s top th e infliction ofh um an m is e ry upon vulne rable 17 w om e n and th e ir innoce ntbabie s .” Th e fraudulentand illegalactions unde rtak e n by th e 18 Ente rpris e w as inte nde d to inflictth e type ofinjury and h arm s uffe re d by Plaintiffs . 19 148. Th e Ente rpris e is an ongoing and continuing bus ine s s organization cons is ting of 20 corporations , s uppos e d ch aritable trus ts , and individuals th atare and h ave be e n as s ociate d for th e 21 com m on or s h are d purpos e s of, am ong oth e r th ings , (1)de frauding Plaintiffs to unlaw fully obtain 22 acce s s to PPFA confe re nce s and affiliate office s and h e alth ce nte rs ;(2)com prom is ing Plaintiffs ’ 23 and th e ir e m ploye e s ’ability and righ tto h old and atte nd s e cure and confide ntialm e e tings ; 24 (3)carrying outan illegaland s urre ptitious vide otaping cam paign;(4)publis h ing de ce ptive ly 25 e dite d and gros s ly m is leading vide os and accus ing Plaintiffs ofbe ing a “crim inal”organization; 26 (5)placing Plaintiffs ’s taffand h e alth care provide rs in pe rs onalje opardy th rough publication of 27 th e ir im age s in gros s ly m is leading vide os and w ide ly dis s e m inate d vide os ;(6)unlaw fully 28 burde ning Plaintiffs ’s taffs ’cons titutionalrigh tto fre e dom ofas s ociation;and (7)unlaw fully 42 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 44 of 65 1 burde ning th e cons titutionalrigh tofw om e n to acce s s s afe , legalabortion in th e Unite d State s . 2 149 . According to D ALEID EN’s and NEW M AN’s ow n s tate m e nts , th e Ente rpris e h as 3 ope rate d for a pe riod oftw o-and-a-h alfto th re e ye ars , continue s to ope rate , and h as tak e n 4 h undre ds ifnotth ous ands ofh ours ofvide otape ofindividuals w h o provide or s upportth e 5 provis ion ofs afe , legalabortion, including ph ys icians . Th e Ente rpris e , acting th rough 6 D ALEID EN, h as re leas e d num e rous s urre ptitious ly tak e n and de ce ptive ly e dite d vide otape s , and 7 h as th re ate ne d and continue s to th re ate n th e re leas e ofm ore s uch vide otape s . 8 9 150. Atallre levanttim e s , on inform ation and be lie f, D ALEID EN, CM P, BIO M AX, NEW M AN, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN, M ER R IT, LO PEZ and th e UNK NO W N CO - 10 CO NSPIR ATO R S w e re aw are ofe ach oth e r’s conductin furth e rance ofth e s ch e m e , and w e re 11 k now ing and w illing participants in th atconduct. By NEW M AN’s and D ALEID EN’s ow n 12 adm is s ions , th e y dis cus s e d and agre e d upon w h at“te ch niq ue s ”th e y w ould us e . 13 151. Th e Ente rpris e affe cte d inte rs tate com m e rce by re gis te ring a fraudulentbus ine s s 14 and a purporte d ch aritable ins titution, by purch as ing th e righ tto s e tup an e xh ibitbooth atPPFA 15 confe re nce s , by re gis te ring as an Exh ibitor and paying th e as s ociate d fe e s , and by com m unicating 16 w ith and trave ling to m ultiple Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate office s and h e alth ce nte rs . Th e 17 Ente rpris e furth e r affe cte d inte rs tate com m e rce be caus e ith as dive rte d Plaintiffs from th e ir core 18 m is s ion ofproviding q uality re productive h e alth care s e rvice s and force d Plaintiffs to dive rt 19 re s ource s to prote ctth e ir h e alth ce nte rs and s tafffrom th re ats to th e ir pe rs onals afe ty and re late d 20 h arm and com batth e m is re pre s e ntations dis s e m inate d by D e fe ndants . 21 152. D e fe ndants participate d in th e conductofth e affairs ofth e Ente rpris e , and notjus t 22 th e ir ow n affairs . D ALEID EN h as give n pre s s inte rvie w s in w h ich h e boas te d aboutth e s ch e m e 23 and h is , CM P’s, and BIO M AX’s k now ing and w illing participation in th e s ch e m e . 24 153. D e fe ndants e xe rte d controlove r th e Ente rpris e and, in violation ofs e ction 19 62(c) 25 ofR ICO , D e fe ndants h ave conducte d or participate d in th e affairs ofth os e R ICO e nte rpris e s in at 26 leas tth e follow ing w ays : 27 a. By s e tting up a s h am com pany –BIO M AX –w h ich false ly h e ld its e lfoutas 28 a legitim ate tis s ue procure m e ntorganization; 43 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 45 of 65 1 b. By s e tting up a s h am “nonprofit”and “nonpartis an”ch aritable trus t, CM P; 2 c. By cre ating, trans fe rring and m aintaining false ide ntitie s and docum e ntation 3 to obtain acce s s to PPFA and oth e r re productive h e alth care organization m e e tings and Planne d 4 Pare nth ood affiliate office s and h e alth ce nte rs . d. 5 By cre ating and dis s e m inating false prom otionalm ate rials for a fak e tis s ue 6 procure m e ntcom pany; e. 7 By m ak ing false and m is leading re pre s e ntations to Plaintiffs and th e ir s taff, 8 conce rning BIO M AX and th e re as ons its age nts w ante d to atte nd PPFA and oth e r re productive 9 h e alth care organization m e e tings and to vis itto Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate office s and h e alth 10 ce nte rs ; f. 11 By e ngaging in an ongoing cam paign to s urre ptitious ly vide otape Plaintiffs ’ 12 s taffin violation oflaw . 13 154. Th e Ente rpris e e ngage d in a patte rn ofrack e te e ring activity, cons is ting of, am ong 14 oth e r crim e s , m ailand w ire fraud violations . D e fe ndants h ave publicly boas te d aboutth e illegal 15 nature and pe rvas ive ne s s ofth e s ch e m e . Th e rack e te e ring activitie s ofD ALEID EN, CM P, 16 BIO M AX, NEW M AN, R H O M BER G, CR O NIN, M ER R IT, LO PEZ and th e ir UNK NO W N CO 17 CO NSPIR ATO R S am ounte d to a com m on cours e ofconduct, w ith s im ilar patte rn and purpos e . 18 Each s e parate us e ofth e U.S. m ails and/or inte rs tate w ire facilitie s e m ploye d by th e co19 cons pirators w as re late d, h ad s im ilar inte nde d purpos e s , involve d s im ilar participants and m e th ods 20 ofe xe cution, and h ad th e s am e re s ults affe cting th e s am e victim s , including Plaintiffs . 21 155. Plaintiffs do notand cannotnow k now th e fulle xte ntofth e cons piracy. Ata 22 m inim um , h ow e ve r, D e fe ndants us e d th e U.S. m ails and inte rs tate w ire facilitie s for th e purpos e 23 ofe xe cuting th e ir unlaw fuls ch e m e , including, inter alia, th e follow ing, allofw h ich are ide ntifie d 24 w ith s pe cificity: 25  Se pte m be r 15, 2013 w ire trans m is s ion ofre gis tration for As s ociation of R e productive H e alth Profe s s ionals Confe re nce in D e nve r and th e as s ociate d paym e ntofre gis tration fe e s th rough a cre ditcard;  Se pte m be r 16, 2014 w ire trans m is s ion ofth e Exh ibitor re gis tration for th e PPFA North Am e rican Forum on Fam ily Planning, and th e as s ociate d paym e ntof re gis tration fe e s th rough a cre ditcard th at, on inform ation and be lie f, w as obtaine d 44 26 27 28 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 46 of 65 unde r a ph ony nam e ; 1  O ctobe r 17, 2014 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s taff–s e nding fraudulentpropos alfor tis s ue donation partne rs h ip, w ith ph ony BIO M AX broch ure and “w e lcom e lette r”containing ph ony de s cription of BIO M AX;  Nove m be r 5, 2014 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to PPM M s taffre q ue s ting a s ite vis itin Arizona;  D e ce m be r 11, 2014 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s taff–s e nding fraudulentpropos alfor tis s ue donation partne rs h ip, w ith ph ony BIO M AX broch ure and “w e lcom e lette r”containing ph ony de s cription of BIO M AX;  Fe bruary 6, 2015 w ire trans m is s ion ofth e Exh ibitor re gis tration for th e PPFA Planne d Pare nth ood M e D C Confe re nce , and th e as s ociate d paym e ntofre gis tration fe e s th rough a cre ditcard;  Fe bruary 11, 2015 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood s taff –s e nding fraudulentpropos alfor tis s ue donation partne rs h ip, w ith ph ony BIO M AX bios pe cim e n m ate rials trans fe r agre e m e nt;  Fe bruary 17, 2015 w ire trans m is s ion ofth e Exh ibitor re gis tration for th e PPFA NationalConfe re nce , and th e as s ociate d paym e ntofre gis tration fe e s th rough a cre ditcard;  Fe bruary 19 , 2015 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood s taff re q ue s ting a s ite vis itofa Planne d Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs w h e re s urgical proce dure s are pe rform e d to “gauge flow and logis tics in th e path lab”;  April14, 2015 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood s taff re q ue s ting a s ite vis itatPPPSGV;  M arch 6, 2015 introductory lette r from “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”to Planne d Pare nth ood s taffaboutBIO M AX, including ph ony re pre s e ntations about BIO M AX’s bus ine s s and purpos e ;  June 3, 2015 e m ailfrom BIO M AX re pre s e ntative to Planne d Pare nth ood s taff re q ue s ting lunch or dinne r m e e ting to dis cus s logis tics for m oving forw ard w ith a “partne rs h ip”for tis s ue collection in Ph oe nix, Arizona;and 22  Each oth e r e m ailallege d in th is Com plaint. 23 156. Th e fore going e m ails and w ire trans m is s ions w e re s e ntfor th e purpos e ofde ce iving 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 24 and de frauding Plaintiffs into be lie ving th atBIO M AX w as a legitim ate fe talprocure m e nt 25 organization w h os e inte re s ts w e re aligne d w ith th os e ofPlaintiffs , to fraudulently obtain 26 confide ntialand proprie tary inform ation re late d to Planne d Pare nth ood and oth e r re productive 27 h e alth care organization m e e tings , to obtain th e ide ntitie s ofPlaintiffs ’m e m be rs , to purch as e 28 e xh ibitbooth s pace in, and acce s s to, Planne d Pare nth ood and oth e r re productive h e alth care 45 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 47 of 65 1 organization m e e tings , and to obtain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood clinics and office s for private 2 m e e tings w ith Planne d Pare nth ood s taffth rough fraud and de ce it. In s e nding th e fore going false 3 and fraudulente m ails and w ire trans m is s ions , D e fe ndants inte nde d Plaintiffs to re ly on th e ir false 4 and fraudulentm is re pre s e ntations , and Plaintiffs did re ly on th os e m is re pre s e ntations in pe rm itting 5 D e fe ndants acce s s to th e ir m e e tings . 6 157. In addition, on inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants also produce d, trans fe rre d, and 7 pos s e s s e d w ith th e inte ntto us e , false ide ntification docum e nts in orde r to gain adm is s ion to PPFA 8 and oth e r re productive h e alth care organization m e e tings and Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate office s 9 and h e alth ce nte rs in 2014 and 2015 in violation of18 U.S.C. §1028(a), and cons pire d to do th e 10 s am e in violation of18 U.S.C. §1028(f). Spe cifically, BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s –including 11 D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT –pre s e nte d fak e ph oto ID s to gain acce s s to private m e e tings w h e re 12 Plaintiffs ’s taffw ould be in atte ndance , and to gain acce s s to Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate office s 13 and h e alth ce nte rs for private m e e tings w ith Planne d Pare nth ood s taff. O n inform ation and be lie f, 14 D e fe ndants produce d th e s e false ph oto ide ntification, and also k now ingly trans fe rre d, pos s e s s e d, 15 or us e d, w ith outlaw fulauth ority, a m e ans ofide ntification ofanoth e r pe rs on –to w it, fak e ph oto 16 ide ntification ofD ALEID EN’s h igh s ch oolclas s m ate Brianna Allen –w ith th e inte ntto violate 17 fe de raland s tate law . 18 19 158. Plaintiffs h ave be e n injure d in th e ir bus ine s s and prope rty by re as on ofth e s e violations . Plaintiffs h ave incurre d financiallos s e s as a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’fraudulent 20 conduct, including th e cos ts ofh iring additionals e curity to prote ctPlaintiffs ’office s , clinics and 21 s taff;cos ts re late d to th e h ack ing into PPFA’s w e bs ite , w h ich is us e d by patie nts ofaffiliate s 22 nationw ide to m ak e appointm e nts online ;cos ts re late d to re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 23 inve s tigations and inq uirie s ;cos ts re late d to los s ofve ndors ;cos ts re late d to los s ofopportunity to 24 tre atclie nts ;and th e cos ts ofth e vandalis m , ars on, and oth e r incide nts th ath ave ph ys ically 25 dam age d Planne d Pare nth ood facilitie s and dis rupte d th e de live ry ofcare to patie nts , alls te m m ing 26 from D e fe ndants ’cam paign oflie s . Planne d Pare nth ood w as th e prim ary inte nde d victim of 27 D e fe ndants ’m ulti-ye ar s ch e m e , and th e injurie s s uffe re d by Plaintiffs w e re both fore s e e able and a 28 naturalcons e q ue nce ofD e fe ndants ’actions . 46 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 48 of 65 1 159 . Unde r th e provis ions ofs e ction 19 64(c)ofR ICO , e ach ofD e fe ndants is jointly and 2 s e ve rally liable for th re e tim e s th e dam age s th atPlaintiffs h ave s us taine d, plus th e cos ts of 3 bringing th is law s uit, including re as onable attorne ys ’fe e s . SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF 18 U.S.C. § 2511) (By All Plaintiffs Against All Defendants) 4 5 6 160. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 159 , inclus ive , as th ough 7 fully s e tforth h e re in. 8 9 161. In violation of18 U.S.C. §2511(a)and (b), D e fe ndants inte ntionally inte rce pte d th e oralcom m unications ofPlaintiffs and th e ir s taffatconfe re nce s and private m e e tings as 10 de s cribe d h e re in. D e fe ndants also inte ntionally procure d oth e r pe ople to inte rce pt, and to 11 e nde avor to inte rce pts uch oralcom m unications . O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants did s o by 12 us ing conce aled e lectronic de vice s th atm ak e vide o and audio re cordings th attrans m its uch 13 re cordings th rough a w ire or by radio, and th e s e de vice s w e re trans porte d th rough inte rs tate 14 com m e rce w h e n purch as e d by D e fe ndants and/or w h e n trans porte d to Plaintiffs ’private 15 confe re nce s , to private m e e tings w ith Plaintiffs ’s taffm e m be rs , and to s e cure Planne d Pare nth ood 16 facilitie s . 17 162. O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants e nde avore d to us e and dis clos e th e conte nts 18 ofth e inte rce pte d oralcom m unications , in violation of18 U.S.C. §2511(c)and (d). Th e y did s o 19 w ith k now ledge th atth e inform ation w as obtaine d th rough th e inte rce ption ofprote cte d oral 20 com m unications . 21 163. D e fe ndants ’us e ofde vice s to inte rce ptoralcom m unications in Colorado and 22 Te xas , dis cus s e d above , took place ins ide th e private office and clinicals pace s ofPlanne d 23 Pare nth ood h e alth ce nte rs –th atis , on th e pre m is e s ofa bus ine s s or oth e r com m e rcial 24 e s tablis h m e ntth e ope rations ofw h ich affe ctinte rs tate or fore ign com m e rce . D e fe ndants 25 inte rce pte d oralcom m unications w ith th e purpos e ofobtaining inform ation re lating to Planne d 26 Pare nth ood’s ope rations . 27 164. Plaintiffs re as onably and jus tifiably e xpe cte d th atth e ir oralcom m unications , and 28 th os e ofth e ir s taff, w ould notbe s ubje ctto inte rce ption. 18 U.S.C. §2510(2). 47 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 49 of 65 1 165. Ne ith e r Plaintiffs , nor any ofPlaintiffs ’s taff, cons e nte d to D e fe ndants ’re cording 2 ofth e ir oralcom m unications . 3 166. In s urre ptitious ly inte rce pting th e com m unications , D e fe ndants acte d w ith th e 4 purpos e and inte ntofcom m itting crim inaland tortious acts . Such crim inaland tortious acts 5 include , butare notlim ite d to: a. 6 D e fe ndants inte rce pte d th e com m unications w ith th e purpos e offurth e ring 7 th e ir cons piracy to violate th e fe de ralR ICO s tatute , 18 U.S.C. §§19 62(c)and 19 62(d), (as 8 de s cribe d in th e firs tclaim for re lie f). b. 9 D e fe ndants inte rce pte d th e com m unications w ith th e purpos e ofinvading 10 th e privacy ofPlaintiffs ’s taff. 11 167. Plaintiffs h ave be e n dam age d by D e fe ndants ’violations . 12 168. As “pe rs ons ”(as us e d in 18 U.S.C. §2520 and 18 U.S.C. §2510(6))w h os e oral 13 com m unications w e re inte rce pte d in violation of18 U.S.C. §2511, Plaintiffs are auth orize d to 14 s e e k injunctive re lie f, civildam age s (including both actualand s tatutory dam age s ), punitive 15 dam age s , and re as onable attorne y’s fe e s and cos ts purs uantto 18 U.S.C. §2520. THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF (CIVIL CONSPIRACY) (By All Plaintiffs Against All Defendants) 16 17 18 19 20 169 . Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 168, inclus ive , as th ough fully s e tforth h e re in. 170. D e fe ndants and D e fe ndants ’co-cons pirators k now ingly and w illfully cons pire d 21 and/or agre e d am ong th e m s e lve s to de fraud Plaintiffs and to injure Plaintiffs w ith a patte rn of 22 fraudulentand m alicious conduct, including butnotlim ite d to: 23 a. By s e tting up a s h am com pany –BIO M AX –w h ich false ly h e ld its e lfoutas 24 a legitim ate tis s ue procure m e ntorganization; 25 b. By m ak ing false and m is leading prom is e s and re pre s e ntations to Plaintiffs 26 conce rning BIO M AX and th e re as ons its age nts w ante d to atte nd PPFA and oth e r re productive 27 h e alth care organization m e e tings and confe re nce s , and to m ak e vis its to Planne d Pare nth ood 28 affiliate office s and h e alth ce nte rs ; 48 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 50 of 65 c. By s e nding false inform ation to Plaintiffs and th e ir e m ploye e s about 3 d. By s e tting up a false w e bs ite ; 4 e. By e ngaging in an ongoing cam paign to s urre ptitious ly vide otape Plaintiffs ’ 1 2 BIO M AX; 5 s taffin violation oflaw ; f. 6 By cre ating, trans fe rring and m aintaining false ide ntitie s and docum e ntation 7 to obtain acce s s to PPFA and oth e r re productive h e alth care organization m e e tings and th e office s 8 and clinics ofPlanne d Pare nth ood affiliate s . 9 171. As a proxim ate re s ultofth e w rongfulacts h e re in allege d, Plaintiffs h ave dive rte d 10 and e xpe nde d s ubs tantialre s ource s to addre s s th e cons e q ue nce s ofD e fe ndants ’fraud, th e re by 11 s uffe ring pe cuniary los s . 12 172. D e fe ndants ’ongoing cons piracy to de fraud, as de s cribe d above , pre s e nts a 13 continuing th re atto Plaintiffs . IfD e fe ndants are allow e d to continue th e ir w rongfulacts , Plaintiffs 14 w ills uffe r furth e r irre parable injury and los s . 15 173. D e fe ndants and D e fe ndants ’co-cons pirators did th e acts and th ings h e re in allege d 16 purs uantto, and in furth e rance of, th e cons piracy and th e above -allege d agre e m e nt. In doing th e 17 th ings h e re in allege d, D e fe ndants acte d w ith m alice and oppre s s ion, w ith th e inte ntto caus e injury 18 to Plaintiff, th e re by w arranting an as s e s s m e ntofpunitive dam age s in an am ountappropriate to 19 20 21 punis h D e fe ndants and de te r oth e rs from e ngaging in s im ilar m is conduct. FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (BREACH OF CONTRACT) (By PPFA Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 22 174. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 173, inclus ive , as th ough 23 fully s e tforth h e re in. 24 175. O n Se pte m be r 16, 2014, on Fe bruary 6, 2015, and again on Fe bruary 17, 2015, 25 D e fe ndants D ALEID EN, M ER R ITT, LO PEZ , CM P, BIO M AX and “Brianna Allen”e nte re d into 26 w ritte n Exh ibitor Agre e m e nts w ith PPFA re late d to re gis tration for th e PPFA confe re nce s in 27 M iam i, O rlando, and W as h ington D .C. re s pe ctive ly. D e fe ndants re pre s e nte d th atBIO M AX w as a 28 49 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 51 of 65 1 legitim ate biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntorganization. D e fe ndants agre e d th atth e ir 2 contribution to th e confe re nce s w ould be us e fulto atte nde e s and be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir 3 clie nts and patie nts and th atth e y w ould com ply w ith allapplicable law s re late d to fraud, abus e , 4 privacy, and confide ntiality. 5 176. D e fe ndants h ave bre ach e d th e s e agre e m e nts . Contrary to th e Exh ibitor Te rm s and 6 Conditions to w h ich D e fe ndants agre e d: (a)BIO M AX’s participation atth e PPFA confe re nce s 7 w as notcons is te ntw ith Plaintiffs ’purpos e s and w as notus e fulto atte nde e s and be ne ficialto th e 8 inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts ;(b)D e fe ndants m is re pre s e nte d w h o th e y w e re in orde r to 9 fraudulently forge “profe s s ional”contacts , and to m ak e vide o, audio, ph otograph ic, or oth e r 10 re cordings w ith th e inte ntofh arm ing Plaintiffs ;and (c)D e fe ndants violate d num e rous law s 11 re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy, and confide ntiality. 12 177. Plaintiffs h ave pe rform e d allofth e conditions ofth e agre e m e nts on th e ir partto be 13 done and pe rform e d in accordance w ith th e te rm s ofth e agre e m e nts . 14 178. As a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’bre ach e s ofth e ir agre e m e nts w ith PPFA, Plaintiffs 15 h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s on 16 s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 17 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . 18 19 FIFTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (BREACH OF CONTRACT) (By PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW, PPMM, and PPOSB Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 20 179 . Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 178, inclus ive , as th ough 21 fully s e tforth h e re in. 22 180. O n Fe bruary 5, 2014 and again on M arch 25, 2015, D e fe ndantM ER R ITT e nte re d 23 into w ritte n Exh ibitor Agre e m e nts w ith NAFin w h ich s h e prom is e d th atBIO M AX w as a 24 biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntcom pany, th atBIO M AX’s e xh ibitfor th e annualm e e tings 25 w ould be cons is te ntw ith NAF’s purpos e s , th atBIO M AX w ould ide ntify and dis play its s e rvice s 26 truth fully and accurate ly, and th atany inform ation dis clos e d orally or vis ually atth e annual 27 m e e ting w ould notbe dis clos e d to any th ird party abs e ntNAF’s w ritte n cons e nt. 28 50 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 52 of 65 1 181. O n April5, 2014 and again on April18, 2015, D e fe ndants D ALEID EN, 2 M ER R ITT, LO PEZ , and “Brianna Allen”s igne d non-dis clos ure agre e m e nts in w h ich th e y 3 prom is e d notto m ak e vide o, audio, ph otograph ic, or oth e r re cordings atth e NAFannualm e e tings , 4 th atth e y w ould notdis clos e any inform ation learne d atNAF’s annualm e e tings to th ird partie s 5 abs e ntNAF’s cons e nt, and th atth e y w ould only us e inform ation learne d atNAF’s annual 6 m e e tings in orde r to e nh ance th e q uality and s afe ty ofs e rvice s provide d by NAFm e m be rs and 7 oth e r annualm e e ting participants . 8 9 182. D e fe ndants w e re aw are th atth e purpos e ofth e s e agre e m e nts w as to prote ctNAF and any confide ntialinform ation s h are d atits m e e tings , and to prote ctth e s afe ty and s e curity of 10 NAF’s s taff, its m e m be rs , and th e atte nde e s atNAF’s annualm e e tings . Atte nde e s atNAF’s 11 annualm e e tings , including Plaintiffs PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW , PPM M , and PPO SB, are inte nde d 12 th ird party-be ne ficiarie s to e ach and e ve ry contractde s cribe d in th e pre ce ding paragraph s . 13 183. D e fe ndants h ave bre ach e d th e s e agre e m e nts . Contrary to th e ir w ritte n Exh ibitor 14 Agre e m e nts , BIO M AX is nota biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntcom pany, BIO M AX’s e xh ibit 15 for th e annualm e e tings w as notcons is te ntw ith NAF’s purpos e s , and BIO M AX did notide ntify 16 its e lfor its s e rvice s truth fully and accurate ly. Contrary to th e ir w ritte n Exh ibitor Agre e m e nts , on 17 inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants h ave dis clos e d inform ation orally or vis ually atth e annual 18 m e e tings to th ird partie s w ith outNAF’s w ritte n cons e nt. Contrary to th e ir w ritte n agre e m e nts , on 19 inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants did m ak e vide o, audio, ph otograph ic, or oth e r re cordings atth e 20 NAFannualm e e tings , h ave dis clos e d inform ation learne d atNAF’s annualm e e tings to th ird 21 partie s w ith outNAF’s cons e nt, and h ave notus e d inform ation learne d atNAF’s annualm e e tings 22 in orde r to e nh ance th e q uality and s afe ty ofs e rvice s provide d by NAFm e m be rs and oth e r annual 23 m e e ting participants . 24 184. O n inform ation and be lie f, NAFh as pe rform e d allofth e conditions ofth e 25 agre e m e nts on its part, and pe rform e d in accordance w ith th e te rm s ofth e agre e m e nts . 26 185. As a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’bre ach e s ofth e ir agre e m e nts w ith NAF, Plaintiffs 27 h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s on 28 s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 51 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 53 of 65 1 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . 2 3 4 5 SIXTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (TRESPASS) (By PPFA Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 186. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 185, inclus ive , as th ough 6 fully s e tforth h e re in. 7 187. Plaintiffs pos s e s s e d a righ tto e xclus ive us e ofth e re alprope rty th e y leas e d for 8 Planne d Pare nth ood m e e tings . 9 188. As allege d h e re in, D e fe ndants inte ntionally e nte re d or caus e d anoth e r pe rs on to 10 e nte r th e afore m e ntione d prope rty th atw as in PPFA’s pos s e s s ion. 11 189 . As allege d h e re in, D e fe ndants fraudulently induce d PPFA’s conditionalcons e ntto 12 pe rm itD e fe ndants to atte nd PPFA confe re nce s . PPFA conditione d its cons e nton D e fe ndants ’ 13 agre e m e ntth atth e ir participation in th e PPFA confe re nce s w ould be us e fulto atte nde e s and 14 be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofPlaintiffs ’clie nts and patie nts , and th atD e fe ndants w ould com ply 15 w ith allapplicable law s re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy and confide ntiality. O n inform ation and 16 be lie f, D e fe ndants s ubs e q ue ntly e xce e de d th e s cope ofPlaintiffs ’cons e ntto e nte r by k now ingly 17 and inte ntionally, s urre ptitious ly vide otaping Plaintiffs ’s taffatth os e m e e tings w ith outth e ir 18 k now ledge or cons e nt. D e fe ndants ’participation atth e PPFA confe re nce s w as notcons is te ntw ith 19 Plaintiffs ’purpos e s and w as notus e fulto atte nde e s and be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts 20 and patie nts , th e re by furth e r e xce e ding Plaintiffs ’conditione d cons e nt. 21 19 0. D e fe ndants ’k now ing and inte ntionalconductallege d h e re in, w h ich e xce e de d th e 22 s cope ofPPFA’s conditione d cons e ntto e nte r PPFA’s m e e tings , cons titute s a tre s pas s . 23 19 1. As a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’tre s pas s , PPFA h ad s uffe re d –and continue to s uffe r – 24 e conom ic h arm and irre parable h arm th atinclude s , butis notlim ite d to: be ing force d to dive rt 25 re s ource s to com batD e fe ndants ’m is re pre s e ntations in inte ntionally dis torte d vide os tak e n w h ile 26 tre s pas s ing on Plaintiffs ’prope rty;and de aling w ith s e curity th re ats , prope rty dam age , 27 gove rnm e ntalinve s tigations , h aras s m e ntand intim idation, online h ack ing, and oth e r h arm s th at 28 h ave be e n th e dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’illegalconduct. 52 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 54 of 65 1 19 2. D e fe ndants ’actions cons titute m alice and oppre s s ion, as de fine d unde r California 2 CivilCode §329 4(c), as D e fe ndants fraudulently induce d Plaintiffs into gaining acce s s to 3 Plaintiffs ’m e e tings . D e fe ndants ’actions furth e r cons titute inte ntionalm is conductor gros s 4 ne glige nce , as de fine d unde r Fla. Stat. §768.72;and m alice and oppre s s ion, as de fine d unde r th e 5 law s ofth e D is trictofColum bia. Punitive dam age s are appropriate to punis h D e fe ndants and 6 de te r oth e rs from e ngaging in s im ilar m is conduct. 7 8 9 10 SEVENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATIONS OF CALIF. BUS. & PROFS. CODE § 17200, ET SEQ. FOR UNLAWFUL, UNFAIR, AND FRAUDULENT ACTS) (By All Plaintiffs Against All Defendants) 19 3. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 19 2, inclus ive , as th ough 11 fully s e tforth h e re in. 12 19 4. As allege d h e re in, D e fe ndants h ave com m itte d “unlaw ful”bus ine s s acts as de fine d 13 by California Bus ine s s and Profe s s ions Code §17200, by: (1)violating 18 U.S.C. §19 62(c);(2) 14 violating 18 U.S.C. §2511;(3)violating California Pe nalCode §§ 632 and 634;(4)violating § 15 10-402 ofth e Courts and JudicialProce e dings Article ofth e M aryland Annotate d Code ;and (5) 16 violating Se ction 9 34 Title XLVII ofth e Florida Crim inalProce dure Law . 17 19 5. Plaintiffs re s e rve th e righ tto allege oth e r violations oflaw w h ich cons titute 18 unlaw fulbus ine s s practice s . D e fe ndants h ave com m itte d “unfair”and “fraudulent”acts ofunfair 19 com pe tition, as de fine d by California Bus ine s s and Profe s s ions Code §17200, by e ngaging –and 20 continuing to e ngage –in conductth atis lik e ly to de ce ive m e m be rs ofth e public. Th is conduct 21 include s , butis notlim ited to: (1)cons piring to de fraud and de frauding Plaintiffs for th e s ole 22 purpos e ofgaining acce s s to Plaintiffs ’confe re nce s and th e ir s taff;(2)s e cre tly taping Plaintiffs ’ 23 s taffm e m be rs atconfe re nce s and m e e tings ;and (3)de ce iving th e public th rough 24 m is re pre s e ntations and m is leading s tate m e nts as to th e nature and legality ofPlanne d 25 Pare nth ood’s practice s . D e fe ndants e ngage d in s uch conductw ith th e inte ntofh aras s ing and 26 intim idating Plaintiffs , th e ir s taffand patie nts , dis cre diting life -s aving, legalfe taltis s ue donation, 27 and unde rm ining Planne d Pare nth ood’s m is s ion to provide e s s e ntialre productive h e alth care to 28 m illions ofpatie nts acros s th e Unite d State s . 53 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 55 of 65 1 19 6. An action for injunctive re lie fand re s titution is s pe cifically auth orize d unde r 2 California Bus ine s s and Profe s s ions Code §17203. 3 19 7. As a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’“unlaw ful,”“unfair,”and “fraudulent”acts , Plaintiffs 4 h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s on 5 s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 6 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . Plaintiffs h ave th us s uffe re d injury in factand h ave los tm one y and 7 prope rty as a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’unlaw ful,unfair, and fraudulentconduct. 8 9 19 8. D e fe ndants ’unlaw ful,unfair and fraudulentconductis ongoing. Th e y h ave publically s tate d th atth e y “h ave m oles and s pie s de e p ins ide th e abortion Carte l,”an e xplicit 10 th re atth atth e y inte nd to continue to e ngage in unlaw fuland fraudulentacts m e antto h arm 11 Plaintiffs th rough furth e r w rongfulinvas ions and m alicious lie s . 12 19 9 . D e fe ndants ’unlaw ful,unfair and fraudulentpractice s , as de s cribe d above , pre s e nta 13 continuing th re atto Plaintiffs . IfD e fe ndants are allow e d to continue th e ir w rongfulacts , Plaintiffs 14 w ills uffe r furth e r irre parable injury and los s . EIGHTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (FRAUDULENT MISREPRESENTATION) (By PPFA Against All Defendants) 15 16 17 200. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 19 9 , inclus ive , as th ough 18 fully s e tforth h e re in. 19 201. D e fe ndants h ave m ade num e rous false re pre s e ntations to PPFA in orde r to gain 20 acce s s to m e e tings to w h ich th e y oth e rw is e w ould ne ve r be pe rm itte d. D e fe ndants cre ate d a 21 fictitious com pany and pre s e nte d fak e ide ntifications to infiltrate and gain acce s s to PPFA’s 22 private confe re nce and to private m e e tings w ith Plaintiffs ’s taff. 23 202. W h e n D e fe ndants m ade th e s e re pre s e ntations , D e fe ndants k ne w th e m to be false . 24 D e fe ndants m ade th e s e re pre s e ntations w ith th e inte ntto de ce ive and de fraud PPFA and to induce 25 PPFA to actin re liance on th e re pre s e ntations in th e m anne r h e re in allege d, or w ith th e 26 e xpe ctation th atPPFA w ould s o act. 27 203. PPFA, atth e tim e D e fe ndants m ade th e s e re pre s e ntations and atth e tim e ofth e 28 actions h e re in allege d, w as notaw are ofth e falsity ofth e D e fe ndants ’re pre s e ntations and be lie ve d 54 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 56 of 65 1 th e m to be true . 2 204. In re liance on D e fe ndants ’m is re pre s e ntations , PPFA provide d D e fe ndants w ith 3 acce s s to PPFA’s confe re nce s . 4 205. As a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’w rongfulacts , PPFA h as s uffe re d and/or w ills uffe r 5 e conom ic h arm and irre parable h arm caus e d by th e im prope r acq uis ition, us e , and dis clos ure of 6 Plaintiffs ’confide ntialinform ation, including h arm to th e s afe ty, s e curity, and privacy ofPlaintiffs 7 and th e ir s taff, and h arm caus e d by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xtens ive re s ource s on 8 s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 9 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . IfD e fe ndants are allow e d to continue th e ir w rongfulacts , PPFA w ill 10 s uffe r furth e r irre parable injury and los s . 11 206. D e fe ndants ’actions cons titute m alice and oppre s s ion, as de fine d unde r California 12 CivilCode §329 4(c), as D e fe ndants fraudulently induce d PPFA into gaining acce s s to PPFA’s 13 m e e tings . D e fe ndants ’actions furth e r cons titute inte ntionalm is conductor gros s ne glige nce , as 14 de fine d unde r Fla. Stat. §768.72;and m alice and oppre s s ion, as de fine d unde r th e law s ofth e 15 D is trictofColum bia. Punitive dam age s are appropriate to punis h D e fe ndants and de te r oth e rs 16 from e ngaging in s im ilar m is conduct. 17 18 NINTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE § 632) (By PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW, PPMM, and PPOSB Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 19 207. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 206, inclus ive , as th ough 20 fully s e tforth h e re in. 21 208. O n inform ation and be lie f, D ALEID EN and h is co-cons pirators inte ntionally 22 re corde d confide ntialcom m unications m ade during th e NAF2014 annualconfe re nce in San 23 Francis co. Staffre pre s e ntative s from PPFA, PPSW , PPM M , PPO SBC and PPNC atte nde d th e 24 NAF2014 annualconfe re nce in San Francis co. 25 209 . D ALEID EN and h is co-cons pirators also inte ntionally re corde d confide ntial 26 com m unications m ade during private m e e tings w ith PPFA and Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate s taff 27 m e m be rs in w h ich th e y h ad a re as onable e xpe ctation ofprivacy, in violation ofCalifornia Pe nal 28 55 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 57 of 65 1 Code §632. 2 210. Plaintiffs and th e ir s taffh ad a re as onable e xpe ctation ofprivacy re garding th e ir 3 com m unications during th e 2014 NAFannualm e e ting. Th e ir e xpe ctation w as re as onable be caus e 4 (1)allatte nde e s atth e m e e ting, including D e fe ndants , w e re re q uire d to s ign non-dis clos ure 5 agre e m e nts w ith confide ntiality provis ions prior to e nte ring th e m e e ting and allatte nde e s re ce ive d 6 and w e re re q uire d to w e ar badge s de m ons trating th atth e y h ad s igne d s uch agre e m e nts ;(2)NAF 7 h ad in place a Se curity Program to e ns ure th atcom m unications conce rning and m ade during th e 8 annualm e e ting w ould be confide ntialand re s tricte d to NAFm e m be rs and trus te d oth e rs ;and (3) 9 10 th e nature and s ubje ctm atte r ofth e confe re nce s w e re h igh ly s e ns itive . 211. D e fe ndants ’re cordings ofPlaintiffs ’s taffw e re m ade w ith outPlaintiffs ’cons e ntor 11 th e cons e ntofth e ir s taff. 12 212. As a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’w rongfuland illegalinvas ions ofprivacy, 13 Plaintiffs h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s 14 on s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 15 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . 16 213. Plaintiffs are auth orize d by s tatute to bring a civilaction for $5,000 pe r violation or 17 th re e tim e s th e am ountofactualdam age s , as w e llas injunctive re lie f, purs uantto California Pe nal 18 Code §637.2. 19 20 TENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE § 634) (By PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW, PPMM, and PPOSB Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 21 214. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 213, inclus ive , as th ough 22 fully s e tforth h e re in. 23 215. NAFpos s e s s e d a righ tto e xclus ive us e ofth e re alprope rty th e y leas e d for th e 2014 24 NAFconfe re nce h e ld in San Francis co in 2014. 25 216. As allege d h e re in, NAFgrante d conditionalcons e ntto “R obe rtSark is ”(D e fe ndant 26 D ALEID EN), “Sus an Te nne nbaum ”(D e fe ndantM ER R ITT), “Brianna Allen,”CM P(th rough its 27 age nts D ALEID EN and M ER R ITT)and BIO M AX to atte nd th e NAF2014 confe re nce . 28 56 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 58 of 65 1 217. D e fe ndants D ALEID EN, M ER R ITT, “Brianna Allen”, CM Pand BIO M AX 2 e xce e de d th e lim ite d s cope ofNAF’s conditionalcons e ntby fraudulently re pre s e nting th e ir 3 ide ntitie s and purpos e for atte nding th e NAFconfe re nce , by failing to h old any inform ation 4 re ce ive d atth e confe re nce confide ntialand by m ak ing s e cre tvide o re cordings in violation of 5 NAF’s non-dis clos ure agre e m e nt. 6 218. D e fe ndants ’k now ing and inte ntionalconductallege d h e re in, w h ich e xce e de d th e 7 s cope ofNAF’s conditionalcons e ntto e nte r its confe re nce cons titute d a tre s pas s . 8 9 219 . O n inform ation and be lie f, D e fe ndants tre s pas s e d on NAF’s confe re nce s for purpos e ofviolating Pe nal632 as allege d h e re in. 10 220. Plaintiffs w e re injure d by D e fe ndants violation ofPe nalCode §634 and §632. 11 221. Plaintiffs are auth orize d by s tatute to bring a civilaction for $5,000 pe r violation or 12 th re e tim e s th e am ountofactualdam age s , as w e llas injunctive re lie f, purs uantto California Pe nal 13 Code §637.2. 14 15 16 ELEVENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF SECTION 934 TITLE XLVII OF THE FLORIDA CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW) (By All Plaintiffs Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 17 222. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 221, inclus ive , as th ough 18 fully s e tforth h e re in. 19 223. O n inform ation and be lie f, Plaintiffs allege th atD e fe ndantD ALEID EN and h is co- 20 cons pirators inte ntionally inte rce pte d and/or procure d oth e r pe rs ons to inte rce ptprivate oral 21 com m unications m ade during 2015 PPFA M e dicalD ire ctors CouncilConfe re nce in O rlando, 22 Florida, and th e 2014 PPFA North Am e rican Forum on Fam ily Planning Confe re nce in M iam i, 23 Florida, in violation ofSe ction 9 34 ofth e Florida Crim inalProce dure & Corre ctions Law . Staff 24 from allPlaintiffs atte nde d th e s e confe re nce s . 25 224. Plaintiffs and th e ir s taffh ad a re as onable e xpe ctation ofprivacy re garding 26 Plaintiffs ’com m unications during th e 2015 PPFA M e dicalD ire ctors CouncilConfe re nce and th e 27 2014 PPFA North Am e rican Forum on Fam ily Planning Confe re nce . Th e ir e xpe ctation w as 28 57 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 59 of 65 1 re as onable be caus e (1)allatte nde e s atth e m e e ting, including D e fe ndants , w e re re q uire d to agre e 2 to te rm s and conditions de s igne d to e ns ure th atallconfe re nce participants h e ld inte re s ts cons is te nt 3 w ith th os e ofPlanne d Pare nth ood and w ould dis clos e any conflicts ofinte re s t;(2)PPFA h ad in 4 place s e curity protocols re q uiring allconfe re nce participants to provide legalide ntification and 5 e ns uring th atcom m unications conce rning and m ade during th e confe re nce s w ould be confide ntial 6 and re s tricte d to legitim ate confe re nce participants and trus te d oth e rs ;and (3)th e nature and 7 s ubje ctm atte r ofth e confe re nce s w e re h igh ly s e ns itive . 8 9 10 225. D e fe ndants ’re cordings ofPlaintiffs ’s taff’s private com m unications w e re m ade w ith outth e ir cons e ntand/or th e cons e ntor auth orization ofallpartie s . 226. As a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’w rongfuland illegalinvas ions ofprivacy, 11 Plaintiffs h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s 12 on s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 13 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . 14 227. Plaintiffs are auth orize d by s tatute to bring a civilaction for e q uitable or 15 de claratory re lie f, actualdam age s , or liq uidate d dam age s com pute d atth e rate of$100 a day for 16 e ach day ofviolation or $1,000, w h ich e ve r is h igh e r, punitive dam age s , and re as onable attorne y’s 17 fe e s and cos ts , purs uantto Title XLVII ofFlorida’s Crim inalProce dure & Corre ctions Code 18 §9 34.10. 19 20 21 TWELFTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (VIOLATION OF § 10-402 OF THE COURTS AND JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS ARTICLE OF THE MARYLAND ANNOTATED CODE) (By PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW, PPMM, and PPOSB Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 22 228. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 227, inclus ive , as th ough 23 fully s e tforth h e re in. 24 229 . O n inform ation and be lie f, Plaintiffs allege th atD ALEID EN and h is co- 25 cons pirators w illfully inte rce pte d and/or procure d oth e r pe rs ons to inte rce ptprivate oral 26 com m unications during th e 2015 NAFannualm e e ting in Baltim ore , M aryland, in violation ofth e 27 M aryland W ire tapping and Electronic Surve illance Act, s e ction 10-402 ofth e Courts and Judicial 28 58 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 60 of 65 1 Proce e dings Article ofth e M aryland Annotate d Code . Staffre pre s e ntative s from PPFA, PPNC, 2 PPPSW , PPM M and PPO SB atte nde d th e NAFannualm e e ting in Baltim ore , M aryland. 3 230. Plaintiffs and th e ir s taffh ad a re as onable e xpe ctation ofprivacy re garding 4 Plaintiffs ’com m unications during th e 2015 NAFannualm e e ting. Plaintiffs ’e xpe ctation w as 5 re as onable be caus e (1)allatte nde e s atth e m e e ting, including D e fe ndants , w e re re q uire d to s ign 6 non-dis clos ure agre e m e nts w ith confide ntiality provis ions prior to e nte ring th e m e e ting and all 7 atte nde e s re ce ive d and w e re re q uire d to w e ar badge s de m ons trating th atth e y h ad s igne d s uch 8 agre e m e nts ;(2)NAFh ad in place a Se curity Program to e ns ure th atcom m unications conce rning 9 and m ade during th e annualm e e ting w ould be confide ntialand re s tricte d to NAFm e m be rs and 10 trus te d oth e rs ;and (3)th e nature and s ubje ctm atte r ofth e confe re nce s w e re h igh ly s e ns itive . 11 231. D e fe ndants ’re cordings ofPlaintiffs ’private com m unications , and th os e ofth e ir 12 s taff, atth e 2015 NAFannualm e e ting w e re m ade w ith outNAF’s cons e ntand/or th e cons e ntor 13 auth orization ofallpartie s . 14 232. As a dire ctre s ultofD e fe ndants ’w rongfuland illegalinvas ions ofprivacy, 15 Plaintiffs h ave be e n dam age d, including by be ing force d to e xpe nd additional,e xte ns ive re s ource s 16 on s e curity and IT s e rvice s , prope rty dam age , and re s ponding to m ultiple s tate and fe de ral 17 inve s tigations and inq uirie s . 18 19 233. Plaintiffs are auth orize d by s tatute to bring a civilaction for actualdam age s , or liq uidate d dam age s com pute d atth e rate of$100 a day for e ach day ofviolation or $1,000, 20 w h ich e ve r is h igh e r, punitive dam age s , and re as onable attorne y’s fe e s and cos ts , purs uantto M d. 21 Code Ann., Cts . & Jud. Proc. §10-410(a). 22 23 THIRTEENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (INVASION OF PRIVACY: INTRUSION UPON A PRIVATE PLACE) (By All Plaintiffs Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 24 234. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 233, inclus ive , as th ough 25 fully s e tforth h e re in. 26 235. Plaintiffs pre s e ntth is claim on be h alfofth e ir s taff. Plaintiffs h ave s tanding to 27 pre s e ntth is claim on be h alfofth e ir s taffbe caus e : (1)th e ir s taffw ould oth e rw is e h ave s tanding to 28 59 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 61 of 65 1 s ue in th e ir ow n righ t;(2)th e privacy and s afe ty is s ue s Plaintiffs s e e k to vindicate on be h alfofits 2 s taffare ce ntralto th e ir core purpos e ;and (3)ne ith e r th e claim as s e rte d nor th e re lie fre q ue s te d 3 re q uire s th e participation ofindividuals taffin th e law s uit. 4 236. Plaintiffs ’s taffh ad an obje ctive ly re as onable e xpe ctation th atth e conve rs ations 5 and inte ractions be tw e e n participants atth e PPFA confe re nce s (in M iam i, O rlando, and 6 W as h ington D .C.)and th e NAFconfe re nce s (in San Francis co and Baltim ore ), w ould be private 7 and notbe cove rtly re corde d by anyone , letalone by re pre s e ntative s from anti-abortion groups , or 8 publis h e d to th e public atlarge via th e inte rne t. Th os e e xpe ctations w e re re as onable be caus e (1) 9 in orde r to acce s s th e confe re nce s , D e fe ndants re pre s e nte d th atBIO M AX w as a legitim ate 10 biologicals pe cim e n procure m e ntorganization, and th atth e ir contribution to th e confe re nce s 11 w ould be us e fulto atte nde e s and be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts and th at 12 th e y w ould com ply w ith allapplicable law s re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy, and confide ntiality; 13 (2)allatte nde e s atth e m e e tings , including D e fe ndants , w e re re q uire d to s ign te rm s and conditions 14 or non-dis clos ure agre e m e nts w ith confide ntiality provis ions prior to e nte ring th e m e e ting and all 15 atte nde e s re ce ive d and w e re re q uire d to w e ar badge s de m ons trating th atth e y h ad s igne d s uch 16 agre e m e nts ;(3)NAFh ad in place a Se curity Program to e ns ure th atcom m unications conce rning 17 and m ade during th e annualm e e ting w ould be confide ntialand re s tricte d to NAFm e m be rs and 18 trus te d oth e rs ;and (4)th e nature and s ubje ctm atte r ofth e confe re nce s w e re h igh ly s e ns itive . 19 237. Plaintiffs ’s taffh ad an obje ctive ly re as onable e xpe ctation th atth e private bus ine s s 20 conve rs ations th e y h ad w ith D EFEND ANTS w h o w e re pos ing as BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s w ould 21 notbe cove rtly re corde d, lis te ne d to by anti-abortion activis ts , or publis h e d to th e public atlarge 22 via th e inte rne t. Th e e xpe ctation w as re as onable be caus e ofth e s e tting in w h ich th e conve rs ations 23 took place , th e false re pre s e ntations m ade to th e s taffm e m be rs aboutth e purpos e ofth e m e e ting 24 and th e ide ntity ofth os e th e y m e tw ith , and th e s ubje ctm atte r ofth e conve rs ations 25 238. By fraudulently inducing Plaintiffs ’cons e ntto pe rm itth e ir atte ndance atth e s e 26 private confe re nce s and m e e tings and by s urre ptitious ly vide otaping and re cording Planne d 27 Pare nth ood s taffth e re afte r, D e fe ndants inte ntionally intrude d upon th e privacy ofPlaintiffs ’s taff. 28 239 . D e fe ndants ’inte ntionalintrus ion upon th e privacy ofPlaintiffs ’s taffw ould be 60 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 62 of 65 1 h igh ly offe ns ive to a re as onable pe rs on in ligh tofth e m alice and oppre s s ion unde rlying 2 D e fe ndants ’m otive s and obje ctive s , th e nature ofth e invas ion (cove rts urve illance by e lectronic 3 re cording de vice s ), D e fe ndants ’intrus ion by de ce itand dis re gard for th e law , th e h is tory of 4 violence , h aras s m e ntand oppre s s ion pe rpe trate d by anti-abortion e xtre m is ts agains tanyone 5 conne cte d w ith abortion and e s pe cially abortion provide rs , and th e lik e lih ood th atpublication of 6 D e fe ndants vide o tape s w ould lead to s im ilar h aras s m e ntand violence agains tPlaintiffs ’s taff. As 7 a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’conduct, Plaintiffs ’s taffh ave s uffe re d and w illcontinue to s uffe r 8 irre parable injury. 9 10 FOURTEENTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF (INVASION OF PRIVACY: CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION ART. I § I) (By PPFA, PPNC, PPPSW, PPMM, and PPOSB Against DALEIDEN, MERRITT, LOPEZ, CMP, BIOMAX, and UNKNOWN CO-CONSPIRATORS) 11 240. Plaintiffs incorporate and re allege paragraph s 1 th rough 239 , inclus ive , as th ough 12 fully s e tforth h e re in. 13 241. Plaintiffs pre s e ntth is claim on be h alfofth e ir s taff. Plaintiffs h ave s tanding to 14 pre s e ntth is claim on be h alfofth e ir s taffbe caus e : (1)th e ir s taffw ould oth e rw is e h ave s tanding to 15 s ue in th e ir ow n righ t;(2)th e privacy and s afe ty is s ue s Plaintiffs s e e k to vindicate on be h alfofits 16 s taffare ce ntralto th e ir core purpos e ;and (3)ne ith e r th e claim as s e rte d nor th e re lie fre q ue s te d 17 re q uire s th e participation ofindividuals taffin th e law s uit. 18 242. Plaintiffs ’s taffh ad an obje ctive ly re as onable e xpe ctation th atth e conve rs ations 19 and inte ractions be tw e e n participants atth e PPFA confe re nce s (in M iam i, O rlando, and 20 W as h ington D .C.), th e NAFconfe re nce s (in San Francis co and Baltim ore )de s cribe d h e re in, 21 w ould be private from cove rte lectronic re cording by re pre s e ntative s from anti-abortion groups . 22 Plaintiffs ’s taff’s e xpe ctation w as re as onable be caus e (1)in orde r to acce s s th e confe re nce s , 23 D e fe ndants re pre s e nte d th atBIO M AX w as a legitim ate biologicals pe cim e n procure m e nt 24 organization, and th atth e ir contribution to th e confe re nce s w ould be us e fulto atte nde e s and 25 be ne ficialto th e inte re s ts ofth e ir clie nts and patie nts and th atth e y w ould com ply w ith all 26 applicable law s re late d to fraud, abus e , privacy, and confide ntiality;(2)allatte nde e s atth e 27 m e e tings , including D e fe ndants , w e re re q uire d to s ign te rm s and conditions or non-dis clos ure 28 61 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 63 of 65 1 agre e m e nts w ith confide ntiality provis ions prior to e nte ring th e m e e ting and allatte nde e s re ce ive d 2 and w e re re q uire d to w e ar badge s de m ons trating th atth e y h ad s igne d s uch agre e m e nts ;(3)NAF 3 h ad in place a Se curity Program to e ns ure th atcom m unications conce rning and m ade during th e 4 annualm e e ting w ould be confide ntialand re s tricte d to NAFm e m be rs and trus te d oth e rs ;and (4) 5 th e nature and s ubje ctm atte r ofth e confe re nce s w e re h igh ly s e ns itive . 6 243. Plaintiffs ’s taffh ad an obje ctive ly re as onable e xpe ctation th atth e private bus ine s s 7 conve rs ations th e y h ad w ith D EFEND ANTS w h o w e re pos ing as BIO M AX re pre s e ntative s 8 de s cribe d h e re in w ould notbe cove rtly re corde d, lis te ne d to by anti-abortion activis ts , or 9 publis h e d to th e public atlarge . Th e e xpe ctation w as re as onable be caus e ofth e s e tting in w h ich 10 th e conve rs ations took place , th e false re pre s e ntations m ade to th e s taffm e m be rs and th e s ubje ct 11 m atte r ofth e conve rs ations . 12 244. By fraudulently inducing Plaintiffs ’cons e ntto atte nd th e s e private confe re nce s and 13 m e e tings and by s urre ptitious ly vide otaping and re cording Planne d Pare nth ood s taffth e re afte r, 14 D e fe ndants inte ntionally intrude d upon th e privacy ofPlaintiffs ’s taff. 15 245. D e fe ndants ’inte ntionalintrus ion upon th e privacy ofPlaintiffs ’s taffw ould be 16 h igh ly offe ns ive to a re as onable pe rs on in ligh tofth e m alice and oppre s s ion unde rlying 17 D e fe ndants ’m otive s and obje ctive s , th e nature ofth e invas ion (cove rts urve illance by e lectronic 18 re cording de vice s ), D e fe ndants ’intrus ion by de ce itand dis re gard for th e law , th e h is tory of 19 violence , h aras s m e ntand oppre s s ion pe rpe trate d by anti-abortion e xtre m is ts agains tanyone 20 conne cte d w ith abortion and e s pe cially abortion provide rs , and th e lik e lih ood th atpublication of 21 D e fe ndants vide o tape s w ould lead to s im ilar h aras s m e ntand violence agains tPlaintiffs ’s taff. As 22 a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’conduct, Plaintiffs ’s taffh ave s uffe re d and w illcontinue to s uffe r 23 irre parable injury. PRAYER FOR RELIEF 24 25 W H ER EFO R E, Plaintiffs re q ue s tre lie fas follow s : 26 1. Th atjudgm e ntbe e nte re d in favor ofPlaintiffs and agains tD e fe ndants on e ach and 27 e ve ry claim in th is Com plaint. 28 2. Appropriate injunctive re lie fto w h ich Plaintiffs are e ntitled, including butnot 62 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 64 of 65 1 lim ite d to e njoining D e fe ndants and th e ir office rs , age nts , s e rvants , e m ploye e s , ow ne rs , and 2 re pre s e ntative s , and alloth e r pe rs ons , firm s , or corporations in active conce rtor participation w ith 3 th e m , from : 4  Ente ring or atte m pting to e nte r a PPFA confe re nce or affiliate h e alth ce nte r w ith outfully dis clos ing th e ir true ide ntity, th e ir purpos e for s e e k ing e ntrance , and w h e th e r th e y inte nd to tak e any vide o, audio, ph otograph ic, or oth e r re cordings once ins ide ;and  Film ing or oth e rw is e re cording any private m e e ting or conve rs ation w ith Plaintiffs ’s taffor ata Planne d Pare nth ood affiliate h e alth ce nte r facility w ith outth e inform e d cons e ntofallpartie s be ing re corde d. 5 6 7 8 3. 9 R e s titution ofallm onie s e xpe nde d by Plaintiffs as a re s ultofD e fe ndant’s 10 unlaw ful,unfair, and fraudulentbus ine s s practice s as provide d by California Bus ine s s and 11 Profe s s ions Code §17203. 12 4. Com pe ns atory dam age s in s uch am ounts as th e Courtde e m s jus tand prope r. 13 5. Statutory pe naltie s and dam age s in s uch am ounts as th e Courtde e m s jus tand 6. O n Plaintiffs ’CivilR ICO claim and California Pe nalCode claim s , th re e tim e s th e 14 prope r. 15 16 dam age s Plaintiffs h ave s us taine d as a re s ultofD e fe ndants ’conduct. 17 7. Punitive dam age s purs uantto applicable s tate law s . 18 8. Th atth e Courtaw ard Plaintiffs cos ts and dis burs e m e nts for th is law s uit, including 19 20 for re as onable attorne ys ’fe e s as pe rm itte d by law . 9. Such oth e r and furth e r re lie fas th is Courtm ay de e m jus tand prope r. 21 D ATED : January 14, 2016 R e s pe ctfully s ubm itte d, 22 AR NO LD & PO R TER LLP 23 By: 24 /s/ Amy L. Bomse Am y L. Bom s e 25 Attorne ys for Plaintiffs 26 27 28 63 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF Case 3:16-cv-00236-WHO Document 1 Filed 01/14/16 Page 65 of 65 DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 1 2 Plaintiffs de m and a jury trialfor allclaim s for re lie fprope rly trie d to a jury. 3 4 D ATED : January 14, 2016 R e s pe ctfully s ubm itte d, 5 AR NO LD & PO R TER LLP 6 By: 7 /s/ Amy L. Bomse Am y L. Bom s e 8 Attorne ys for Plaintiffs 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 64 CO M PLAINT FO R D AM AGES AND FO R D ECLAR ATO R Y AND INJUNCTIVE R ELIEF