On
Prostitution Charges Movie Producer Jordan
Free For $150000 Gets More Delay to March
28
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Jan 19 – A California based
movie producer, Dillon Jordan,
was arrested and presented on
July 15 on federal
prostitution charges. Inner
City Press live tweeted it, here
(picked up by the UK Daily
Mail) and below.
On November 12,
Jordan through counsel asked
Judge Cronan for "a 60-day
adjournment of the status
conference scheduled for
November 22," citing 130,000
pages and 50 emails.
Docketed on
November 15, Jordan got it:
"MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to Dillon
Jordan on re: [20] LETTER
MOTION filed by Dillon Jordan
addressed to Judge John P.
Cronan from Ilana Haramati,
Esq. dated November 12, 2021
re: Request for Adjournment of
Status Conference.
ENDORSEMENT: The status
conference scheduled for
November 22, 2021 is adjourned
to January 24, 2022 at 2:00
p.m. (Status Conference set
for 1/24/2022 at 02:00 PM
before Judge John P. Cronan.
)"
And now yet more
delay: MEMO ENDORSEMENT as to
Dillon Jordan (1) granting
[22] CONSENT LETTER MOTION
addressed to Judge John P.
Cronan from Ilana Haramati,
Esq. dated January 19, 2022
re: Request for Adjournment of
Status Conference.
ENDORSEMENT: This request is
granted. The status conference
scheduled for January 24, 2022
is adjourned to March 28, 2022
at 11:00 a.m. With the consent
of Dillon Jordan, by and
through his attorney Ilana
Haramati, time is excluded
pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
3161(h)(7)(A). The Court finds
that the ends of justice
served by excluding time until
March 28, 2022 outweigh the
interests of the public and
the defendant in a speedy
trial, by allowing time for
the parties to engage in
discussions concerning
possible disposition."
With Jordan free
on bail, he was arraigned on
July 29, in the SDNY. Inner
City Press live tweeted it, here:
Judge Cronan: I
previously worked for DOJ, at
SDNY until August 2017, then
the Criminal Division in DC
until confirmed by the Senate
in August 2020. I think I did
not overlap with AUSA Cecilia
Vogel. AUSA Vogel: We never
met.
Judge Cronan: I
don't think I had a case with
Mr. Mazurek. Maruzek: I don't
think so. But your face looks
familiar. Judge Cronan: Yours
too... I see no reason I
cannot preside over this. If
you want to make a motion,
please do so in 2 weeks.
Judge Cronan: Was
he presented in the Central
District of California?
AUSA Vogel: Yes,
on July 15, in the morning I
think. [Yes - Inner City
Press' thread picked up there
and in Singapore
Judge Cronan: Guns
surrendered? AUSA Vogel: Yes.
Judge Cronan: And Mr. Mazurek,
your client was unable to find
his passport? Mazurek: Yes, we
submitted a declaration. If we
find it, we'll present it to
Pre-Trial.
Judge Cronan:
Urinalysis? Mazurek: I don't
know. Mazurek: There's a
condition of non-association.
But the allegations end in
2017. So it may not be clear
who the people not to
associate with are. We'd like
a list.
AUSA Vogel: I can
discuss that will defense
counsel outside of this
proceeding.
Judge
Cronan: I think the co-signed
need to re-sign out here so
that the bail is issued from
this district. Let's turn to
the arraignment. Mazurek: Not
guilty to each of the 4
counts. Judge Cronan:
Conspiracy to violate the Mann
Act, enticement, money
laundering.
AUSA Vogel: A
prostitution business through
front companies. The bulk of
the discovery consists of
emails, from warrants,
including on two
co-conspirators. 50,000
emails. Financial records and
some recorded conversations
objection from confidential
sources
Mazurek:
The recordings, were they
consensual? Or under Title
III? AUSA Vogel: They were
consensual.
Judge Cronan: Any
post arrest statements? AUSA
Vogel: No. Judge Cronan: Are
you going to charge the
co-conspirators? AUSA Vogel:
Don't anticipate it
Replying
to @innercitypress Judge
Cronan: Discovery in next six
weeks.
Mazurek:
I'd like four to six weeks
beyond that to review the
discovery and confer with my
client. Judge Cronan: October
25 at 10 am. Adjourned
Inner City Press
will stay on the case(s).
It was the US
Attorney's Office for the
Southern District of New York
which announced the unsealing
of an Indictment charging
DILLON JORDAN, a/k/a “Daniel
Jordan,” a/k/a “Daniel Maurice
Hatton, a/k/a “Daniel Bohler,
with conspiracy to violate the
Mann Act, substantive Mann Act
and Travel Act violations, and
money laundering in connection
with operating a prostitution
business and laundering the
proceeds of that prostitution
business through two front
companies – a purported party
and event planning company and
an actual movie production
company. JORDAN was
arrested today in San
Bernardino County, California,
and will be presented today in
the Central District of
California.
Inner City
Press live tweeted the
presentment(s), which resulted
in the release of Dillon
Jordan on $150,000 bond with
suretors (and apparently
victims) unknown, while
another defendant remained
incarcerated while suretors
were sought. Here is Inner
City Press' thread:
....Seems Dillon
Jordan will be getting out on
$150,000 bond. He says he
lives in Lake Arrowhead (gives
street address).
Dillon Jordan: Is
there anothe prisoner on this
call?
Yes.
Dillon Jordan
(scoffs): So random
Dillon
Jordan's lawyer is doing the
presentment in prostitution
case by video from his
car parked across from the
California courthouse, says he
forgot his ear buds.
Dillon Jordan,
behind a prisoner's screen, is
rolling his head around to
stretch. He has on big
headphones. The other
prisoner, a woman whom he
called "so random," has on a
COVID mask and no headphones.
While the
Judge is now supposed to be
coming out, Dillon Jordan's
lawyer Peter Swarth from his
car across from the courthouse
says he is running out of
power, would have to put to
down on the charge pad, might
lose picture.
Clerk: We'll keep
that in mind. Inner City Press
@innercitypress · 1h The
Honorable Magistrate Judge
Sheri Pym has arrived. All
rise! (?)
Dillon Jordon's
lawyer is no longer on. Now
he's back, but frozen. Clerk:
His battery was going out.
Judge Pym: Have
you seen or been read the
indictment from the SDNY?
Dillon Jordan: My attorney
read it to me a short while
ago. I wasn't given a copy
when I was arrested. Judge
Pym: Are you prepared to go
forward? Dillon Jordan: Yes.
Judge Pym: You're giving up
your rights to an identity
hearing? Dillon Jordan: Yes.
Judge Pym: Are
you here in Riverside lock-up?
Dillon Jordan: Yes. Judge Pym:
Has a copy of the indictment
been taken down? Clerk: No.
The Marshals usually take it
to them, but no.
Defense
lawyer Swarth is off again.
Meanwhile, copy of indictment
belatedly being brought to
Dillon Jordan in lock-up.
Judge Pym: Mr. Swarth, can you
hear us? Silence.
A
participant suggests that
Swarth get out of his car and
come into the courthouse.
Judge Pym: He's free to do so.
But he can't hear her.
Participant: I
just spoke to Mr. Swarth -
he's on his way up. You're in
Courtroom 3? Judge Pym: No,
Courtroom 4. Let's use this
time to do the other case. I
have a financial affidavit. I
find your are entitled to
Federal Defenders. [Reads 5f
Brady notice]
The other
"so random" defendant will be
spending the night in
detention - her Federal
Defender is asking for a day
to speak to suretors. And at
tomorrow's hearing the
defendant won't be present.
Trial set for late August...
2021.
Swarth has
arrived. Judge Pym says he's
on the plaintiff's /
prosecutors' side. He moves to
the jury box. On screen from
lock up, Dillon Jordan is
waving (not waiving) the
indictment around. Judge Pym:
Are you willing to face
charges in the SDNY? Jordan:
Yes.
Judge Pym:
I understand there is an
agreement, $150,000 bond.
Peter Swarth: I'd like 2 weeks
to find the two suretors.
Judge Pym: Do you know who
they are? Swarth: No. [So why
is the other defendant staying
in while suretors are sought,
but Dillon Jordan is out?]
AUSA: The
government does not object to
forthwith release. And New
York tells us there's no judge
assigned yet but will be
within two weeks. Swarth: My
phone was acting funny. Any
unusual conditions of release?
Judge Pym: No telemarketing?
Pre-Trial: That's right
Pre-Trial:
Can the government verify no
minors involved? AUSA: We're
checking with New York. I
emailed them. Pre-Trial:
Because is so, it would fall
under the Adam Walsh law.
Judge Pym:
Please call them in NY. ASUA
(goes on mute, returns) The
case agent says nothing that
is charged here involves
minors.
Judge Pym: I'm
going to order he be released
on a $150,000 appearance bond,
release forthwith. In 10 days,
by July 26, either 2 suretors
or secured by property.
Judge Pym:
When will the passport be
surrendered? Dillon Jordan: I
just need to find it. Judge
Pym: Travel restricted to
Central District of California
& SDNY. No contact with
victims or witnesses or
co-defendants.
Dillon Jordan: I
don't know who the victims
are.
Judge Pym: You
have firearms, can you turn
them over? Dillon Jordan: Yes.
To a friend or neighbor? No
problem. AUSA: The NY team
want him to surrender the
firearms to the NY case agent.
She is currently out here in
California. Judge Pym: So turn
the firearms over to case
agent.
Dillon Jordan:
Permanently? Or just during
the case? Swarth: During the
case. Judge Pym: Do you agree?
Dillon Jordan: Are the just
going to randomly search my
house at some point?
Judge Pym:
Yes. Do you know if
presentments in NY are in
person? Answer: Depends on the
judge. Judge Pym: Appear in NY
in person or by video in three
weeks. Adjourned.
The case is US v. Jordan, 21-cr-423
(Unassigned)
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