Connecting KKR, Regal Cinemas, Philip Anschutz to Pete Bennett
IN the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific was a murder connected Santa Fe Industries somehow my witnsess was murdered in Concord CA. Somehow Judge Peter Spinetta sided with my counsel who turned on in me in the courtroom.
The credibilty of the offices of the Contra Costa District Attorney between the mid-70s to when DA Mark Peterson should be questioned.
My story is about witness murders, private equity, mergers and acquisitions linked back to the Matter of Bennett v. Southern Pacific lost in 1989. It was a winnable case as long the witnesses testified.
KKR's largest investment of the 1990s would be one of its least successful. In January 1998, KKR and Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst agreed to the $1.5 billion buyout of Regal Entertainment Group.[92] KKR and Hicks Muse had initially intended to combine Regal with Act III Cinemas, which KKR had acquired in 1997 for $706 million[93] and United Artists Theaters, which Hicks Muse had agreed to acquire for $840 million in November 1997. Shortly after agreeing to the Regal takeover, the deal with United Artists fell apart, destroying the strategy to eliminate costs by building a larger combined company.[94] Two years later, in 2000, Regal encountered significant financial issues and was forced to file for bankruptcy protection; the company passed to billionaire investor Philip Anschutz.[95]
