1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 PANAKOS LAW, APC Aaron D. Sadock (SBN 282131) 555 West Beech Street, Ste. 500 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 800-0529 Facsimile: (866) 365-4856 LAW OFFICES OF DANIEL A. KAPLAN Daniel A. Kaplan (SBN 179517) Alexandra R. Byler (SBN 294307) 555 West Beech Street, Suite 230 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone: (619) 685-3988 Facsimile: (619) 684-3239 Attorneys for Defendants SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA 10 COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO – CENTRAL DIVISION 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 JANE DOE NOS. 1-14, inclusive, individuals; Plaintiffs, v. GIRLSDOPORN.COM, a business organization, form unknown; MICHAEL J. PRATT, an individual; ANDRE GARCIA, an individual; MATTHEW WOLFE, an individual; BLL MEDIA, INC., a California corporation; BLL MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; DOMI PUBLICATIONS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; EG PUBLICATIONS, INC., a California corporation; MlM MEDIA, LLC, a California limited liability company; BUBBLEGUM FILMS, INC., a business organization, form unknown; OH WELL MEDIA LIMITED, a business organization, form unknown; MERRO MEDIA, INC., a California corporation; MERRO MEDIA HOLDINGS, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company; and ROES 1 - 500, inclusive, 28 CONSOLIDATED WITH: Case No. 37-2017-00043712-CU-FR-CTL Case No. 37-2017-00033321-CU-FR-CTL DECLARATION OF ANDRE GARCIA IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION Date: Time: Judge: Dept.: February 1, 2019 9:00 a.m. Hon. Joel R. Wohlfeil C-73 Complaint Filed: June 2, 2016 Trial Date: March 8, 2019 [IMAGED FILE] Defendants. 26 27 LEAD CASE: Case No. 37-2016-00019027-CU-FR-CTL /// -1DECLARATION OF ANDRE GARCIA IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION 1 2 I, Andre Garcia, declare: 1. I am over eighteen years of age. I am a defendant in this case. I have personal knowledge 3 of the facts stated in this declaration and, if called as a witness, could testify competently about 4 them. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 2. I have been an employee of defendant BLL Media, Inc. since May 2015. I am paid a set salary for the work I perform. 3. I have never operated, owned, controlled, or posted on any pornography websites on which Plaintiffs allege their videos were published. 4. I have never distributed the videos referenced in Plaintiffs’ operative complaints. 5. I have never used any of the videos referenced in Plaintiffs’ operative complaints for my own personal commercial benefit. 6. I have never received any monies or commercial benefit from any of the videos 13 referenced in Plaintiffs’ operative complaints, other than getting paid a set hourly wage for work 14 performed. 15 7. I have never entered into a contract with any of the Plaintiffs. 16 8. I maintain my own separate bank account. I do not share bank accounts with any of the 17 named defendants. My personal income is deposited into my bank account. No other defendant 18 deposits monies into my bank account to shield its income. 19 9. I have never held myself out as being liable for the debts of any of the other defendants. 20 10. I have never had an ownership interest in any of the named entity defendants. I have 21 never been an officer, director, member, or manager, of any named entity defendant. The only 22 named entity defendant that has ever employed me is BLL Media, Inc. 23 24 25 26 27 28 I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the information contained in this declaration is true and correct to the best of my knowledge. Executed this 16th day of November, 2018 at San Diego, California. /s/ Andre Garcia_ Andre Garcia -2DECLARATION OF ANDRE GARCIA IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR SUMMARY ADJUDICATION