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Multimedia Engineering Corp. v. Sleator Games Inc., Suffolk Superior Court, case number CV1996-03430.

44 Fanning asked how he could advertise Dzindzichashvili’s tapes This was recounted in Sleator’s answer to the lawsuit.

45 They told the judge Affidavit of Anthony Martin in Multimedia Engineering v. Sleator Games.

45 For Chess.net, Fanning used a core of Carnegie Mellon students The history of Chess.net was drawn from former employees, including McBarron, Ramme, and Dakhnovsky.

46 But Fanning also stopped making payments The story of the BMW was based on the car-financing documents, Dakhnovsky’s credit report, other paperwork from the time, and interviews with Dakhnovsky and another Chess.net employee privy to the dispute.

46 a lumber-supply company won a $1,934 default judgment Forester Moulding & Lumber v. John Fanning, Leominster District Court, case number 0061SC0457.

46 And billing records from 1997 show thousands of dollars The records were included in the case file for Household Bank of Nevada v. Coreen Kraysler, Hingham District Court, case number 9858CV0623.

47 The Hull condominium where they lived and the house he was rebuilding at 2 Summit Avenue were both in Kraysler’s name Hull assessor’s office records.

47 The mansion overlooking the Atlantic was condemned when Kraysler bought it for $450,000 Hull assessor’s office records.

47 The last straw at Chess.net came when Aydar demanded Interviews with former Chess.net employees.

47 a court entered a default judgment against him over a $17,529 bank debt. Later that year, he lost another judgment for $26,759 owed to collection agency Creditrust CAL-SPV1/Assignee of First USA Bank v. John Fanning, Hingham District Court, case number 9958CV0272, and Creditrust v. John Fanning, Hingham District Court, case number 9958CV0742.

47 The first debt would prove enough to deter Interviews with Jason Grosfeld, Ben Lilienthal, Sean Parker, and Yosi Amram.

47 Her condominium complex sued her in April 1999 for unpaid fees Trustees of Nantascot Place Condominium Trust v. Coreen Kraysler, Hingham District Court, case number 9958CV0292.

47 More serious was the 1998 collection case Household Bank of Nevada v. Coreen Kraysler, Hingham District Court, case number 9858CV0623.

49 “I’m a fighter” The quote is from “Fanning, the Elder,” by Justin Hibbard, in the August 2002 issue of Red Herring.

49 Fanning was charged with assault and battery Commonwealth v. Fanning, Hingham District Court, case numbers 9958CR0016–0017.

49 He needed stitches in two places Court tape of proceedings on February 7, 2002, in Commonwealth v. Fanning, above.

49 Lynch was charged with malicious destruction of property Commonwealth v. Lynch, Hingham District Court, case number 9958CR0018.

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