If "that GUY", is Half or Nit ..... I got a phone call from him and I can tell you this much. There is no love lost in his dealings with DB. If DB was on fire, I doubt he would piss on him to put it out!
In that exchange on the video, DB makes it look like they are besties. Nothing could be further from the truth. Oh, they had met in RP long before the resurrection of Esmeralda, but it was a casual encounter. Yes, he made comments on the video about how good it would be if IPX had a good plan to get Esmeralda finished. That would be good for the Point. In the video DB says, we'll talk later in a private session. THAT SESSION WENT POORLY.
He and his wife are condo "owners" from Gus. No condo, no deposit returned. And he was told in private that no one would get their original down payment back, with or without the interest due. Now, to answer
That's what he tried to do.... in order to honor their condo purchase, he told him they would need to put up more $. It sounded to me like DB wanted the full purchase price if they wanted their condo built.
Of course, John said hell no! And hasn't spoken to DB since. Did any of the other 120 or so bite? Doubtful.. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. They had long ago realized they would never see that money or their condo.
John said that legal action has never been a realistic option for them, because it would be under Mexico's jurisdiction. He may rethink this, and get advice based on the IPX purchase. But the Sandy Beach LLC that's part of the whole scheme is a Mexican corp. And everything is basically done through them. That is part of the charges by the corp commission: that investors THOUGHT the were directly investing in Esmeralda, when in reality their notes clearly state the $ went to IPX for any and all their business related expenses.
So, I want to publicly apologize to John and Kathy Witt for the negative and unkind comments my post generated. Theirs is not one of the asses I am out to kick. They are among the first skeletons left in the wake of this disaster.