This report is reprinted here with the permission of John Dowd. The contents are Copyright 1989, 1999 by John M. Dowd, Esq. and the Baseball Archive. Any public or commercial use, distribution or duplication of these materials without written permission from The Baseball Archive is a violation of federal copyright law. Use of this site constitutes agreement with these terms. III. Results of Investigation C. The Rose-Janszen-Chevashore/Val Betting -- April, May 1987 2. Janszen and Marcum Attend 1987 Spring Training with Pete Rose In the middle of February 1987, Rose invited Janszen and Marcum to come to his home in Florida while he was at Spring training. Janszen and Marcum accepted the invitation. Gioiosa, however, was not invited.[201] They stayed for six weeks at Rose's rented house in Tampa, Florida.[202] Janszen had quit his job at the Queen City Barrel Company and was essentially living off the proceeds of his steroid business.[203] Rose confirmed that Janszen and Marcum stayed at his house for free during Spring training.[204] Rose also testified that they stayed at his house for six weeks for "nothing ... and I got [Janszen] a rent-a-car for nothing.''[205] Following afternoon Spring training sessions, Rose and Janszen routinely would go to Tampa Bay Downs Racetrack.[206] There, Rose introduced Janszen to Mario Nunez, a/k/a the Cuban, who was the maitre d' for the restaurant at Tampa Bay Downs. Rose also introduced Janszen to Steve Chevashore, and Chevashore's uncle, Howard Bernstein.[207] Janszen watched Rose bet large amounts of money on horse racing. According to Janszen, Rose had Chevashore cash his winning tickets to evade his tax liability.[208] Rose, however, denied that Chevashore ever "ran" bets for him at the track. Rose also testified that he bet very little money at Tampa Bay Downs and that the most he lost there was "seven hundred bucks.''[209] At Pete Rose's request, Janszen began placing Rose's bets with Steve Chevashore on various sports action, including' basketball, hockey and, later, baseball.[210] Since Janszen had never previously placed bets, Rose and Chevashore explained the mechanics and language of betting to him.[211] Chevashore informed him that there were special "key words" that he should use when placing a bet over the phone in the event the phone was being tapped.[212] Specifically, Chevashore explained that Janszen should never use the word "bet" or ever refer to Pete Rose when placing a bet for him.[213] Instead, Janszen was directed to say "my friend," and Chevashore would accordingly know that this friend was in fact Pete Rose.[214] With this understanding, the Rose-Chevashore connection was cemented, using Janszen as Rose's runner. According to Chevashore, Rose specifically instructed him that Janszen would handle all of his gambling business:
Rose, Janszen and Chevashore had an understanding that the size of the bets Janszen was placing for Rose would always be for $2,000, "no matter what the game was, no matter when the game was being played.''[216] Janszen explained that he did not have the financial capability to place these bets himself.[217] Rose denied that Paul Janszen ever placed bets for him on baseball, football or basketball games, or did anything other than possibly place a bet for him at the racetrack.[218] As the Janszen-Chevashore relationship continued, Janszen learned the identity of the bookmaker whom Chevashore used to place Rose's bets. Janszen never knew his last name, but his nickname was Val, and he was located in Staten Island, New York.[219] In April 1987, Rose asked Janszen to continue placing the bets with Steve Chevashore in Florida. At this time, Rose was betting on baseball, basketball and hockey.[229] Rose's betting activity is corroborated not only by the other evidence previously described, but also by documentary evidence such as betting sheets showing bets on baseball games in Rose's own handwriting;[221] Janszen's betting notebook;[222] and the numerous telephone calls to Chevashore from Janszen's home and Rose's home.[223] In mid-April 1987, Chevashore directed Janszen to place Rose's bets directly with Val in New York:[224]
Janszen's betting notebook for this time period contains the word "Val," and telephone records during this time period began to show calls to Val in New York.[226] Thereafter, Janszen, and occasionally his girlfriend, Danita Marcum, contacted Val directly to place the bets:
One incident which occurred during this period illustrates that Janszen indeed did not have the financial capability to place large bets for himself. The incident occurred when Marcum, at Janszen's request, called Val to place bets on the games of May 14, 1987. Janszen asked Marcum to put "three" on the Cincinnati-Montreal game for him, in addition to the bets being placed for Rose. Marcum got confused and bet "three dimes" ($3,000). When the error was discovered, Marcum called Val, the bookmaker, directly to try to change the bet. In a taped conversation between Paul Janszen and Steve Chevashore on December 27, 1988, Chevashore confirmed the incident, and that Rose was betting on the Cincinnati-Montreal game:
As it turned out, the Reds came from behind to beat the Expos 10-9, so Janszen did not lose the $3,000. Janszen continued to place bets on baseball and other sports with Val on behalf of Rose until the middle of May 1987 when Val refused to take any more bets from Pete Rose because of Rose's unpaid debts.[229] Janszen testified that he then made arrangements at the request of Rose to place bets with Ron Peters.[230] Throughout the time Rose was placing bets with Val, the New York bookmaker, through Chevashore and Janszen, he was constantly delinquent on his gambling debts, which were due for payment on Mondays.[231] The conversation below between Janszen and Chevashore establishes the Rose-Chevashore-Val connection and Rose's failure to pay his debts on time:
Chevashore's statement to Janszen about Rose giving a check for $7,500 which was "no good" finds support in the records of Rose's personal account at the First National Bank of Cincinnati. While the bank records do not show a $7,500 check actually "bouncing," they do reveal that two checks totaling $7,500 were paid by the bank on March 31, 1987, which caused the account to be overdrawn. While the checks were not returned by the bank, Rose's account was charged a $10 "NSF" fee for each item.[237] The $7,500 represents two checks written to cash by Pete Rose and cashed at Tampa Bay Downs: one dated March 26, 1987 for $5,000; and the other dated March 29, 1987 for $2,500.[238] Rose acknowledged these were his checks.[239] Rose explained that when something like this happens, the bank would call his accountant, Bob Chaiken, who would immediately put money into the account.[240] In the taped conversation between Janszen and Chevashore, Chevashore discussed a mid-May 1987 conversation with Rose in which Rose acknowledged betting, but claimed he stopped during the Reds trip to New York on May 4-6, 1987:
Chevashore, however, acknowledged that Janszen could not have been betting on his own, for several reasons:
Chevashore went on to express his frustration at Rose's failure to pay his debts:
Rose's claim to Chevashore that Rose stopped betting after the Reds trip to New York in early May 1987 is not corroborated by any evidence developed in this investigation. Indeed, in the very conversation in which Chevashore talked about Rose's claim that he stopped betting while in New York, Chevashore also confirmed the betting placed by Danita Marcum with Val on May 14, 1987 (subsequent to the New York trip), when Marcum placed bets for Rose, and a mistakenly large bet for Janszen, on the Reds-Expos game.[244] From April 7, 1987 until May 13, 1987, Rose lost $67,900 as a result of his bets with Val.[245] Rose, however, only gave Janszen a small amount of money to cover these losses. Janszen and Marcum testified that Janszen took cash from his safety deposit box and sent it via Federal Express to Val to keep the action going for Rose.[246] Janszen also borrowed money to pay off Rose's gambling debts with Val.[247] Janszen was always concerned that Val would expose Rose and his gambling on baseball if the debts were not paid.[248] Janszen estimated that he paid Val approximately $30,000 of his own money on Rose's behalf, believing Rose would pay him back.[249] According to Janszen, Rose told him that:
The last bet placed with Val through Janszen was on May 13, 1987. Val was "furious" about Rose's unpaid debt as he had only received "bits and pieces of money" owed him. From the outset, Val had made numerous telephone calls to Janszen in attempts to collect what he was owed, as payments from Rose were neither timely nor complete.[251] Val finally told Janszen that he would not take any more action until Rose had settled up on his debt.[252] Rose called Janszen the very same night that Janszen received the ultimatum from Val.[253] Rose wanted to give Janszen some teams on which to place bets.[254] Janszen informed Rose that Val would not take the action, but Rose insisted that Janszen call Val.[255] Val, in fact, did refuse to take the action, which would have had Rose winning six out of seven games.[256] The next day, Rose called Janszen thinking he had won, but Janszen told him Val had refused to take the action.[257] Rose became furious, and told Janszen that he would have been "up" had Val taken the action.[258] After this incident, Janszen continued to receive calls each day from Val and Chevashore about paying Rose's debt.[259] Janszen recalled an occasion at Rose's home when Rose received a call from Chevashore demanding payment.[260] Rose told Chevashore that Janszen was betting for himself in Rose's name and to seek payment from Janszen.[261] Rose then turned to Janszen and told him not to worry, Chevashore was afraid of him.[267] Thereafter, Janszen's mother received a threat on Janszen's life, which is confirmed in the taped conversation between Janszen and Chevashore.
When questioned about the Janszen-Chevashore-Val connection, Rose denied that he ever placed bets of any kind with Chevashore and Val.[264] Rose testified that he knew Chevashore only as "Stevie," the nephew of a friend of his by the name of Howard Bernstein.[265] He testified that his only dealings with "Stevie" were to sit with him at his uncle's table at Tampa Bay Downs racetrack.[266] Rose denied knowing anyone by the name of Val.[267] Additionally, Rose denied ever placing any bets with Paul Janszen at any time.[268] When confronted with the fact that telephone records show numerous telephone calls from his home and his hotel rooms in Chicago and Pittsburgh, to Val in New York, Chevashore in Tampa, Florida, and Ron Peters in Franklin, Ohio, Rose denied making any of the calls.[269] Rose added that while they were in Chicago, the hotel was filled and Paul Janszen stayed in the "suite part" of his room.[270] Rose stated that, if there were telephone calls to Ron Peters, "I'll guarantee you that Paul Janszen was in the room.[271] Rose said that Janszen was probably in Rose's home more frequently than Rose was.[272] Footnotes: 201) Janszen Dep. at 33. 202) Janszen Dep. at 34. 203) Janszen Interview, February 24, 1989, at 5. Exhibit 83. 204) Rose.Dep. at 57. 205) Rose Dep. at 57, 101. 206) Janszen Dep. at 34-35. 207) Janszen Dep. at 35. Marcum was also introduced to these individuals. Marcum Dep. at 12. 208) Janszen Dep. at 41-42; Janszen Interview, February 26, 1989, at 3. 209) Rose Dep. at 52. 210) Janszen Dep. at 44-45. During this investigation, Paul Janszen and Danita Marcum voluntarily submitted to polygraph examinations on the question of whether they placed bets on the Cincinnati Reds and baseball for Pete Rose. Danita Marcum passed the examination. In the opinion of the examiner, Paul Janszen failed the examination. However, we have been advised that Janszen showed deception in response to a question irrelevant to his betting for Pete Rose on baseball. In the opinion of the examiner conducting that examination, deception as to one question in a polygraph examination leads to only one conclusion, i.e., the witness has been deceptive. We subsequently learned that disagreements had occurred between Janszen and the examiner during the examination which upset Janszen. In addition, in view of the fact that Marcum had passed the examination and that the investigation had had developed other significant corroboration of Janszen's testimony; and because Janszen volunteered to undergo another examination, we employed one of the foremost polygraphers in the United States to conduct an examination of Janszen. Janszen submitted to polygraph examinations on two consecutive days and was asked the following questions:
On both days, Paul Janszen passed the examination and showed no deception. 211) Janszen Dep. at 36. 212) Janszen Dep. at 37. 213) Janszen Dep. at 37. 214) Janszen Dep. at 38. 215) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 5. 216) Janszen Dep. at 37. Steve Chevashore was contacted twice during this investigation. At the initial interview, on March 9, 1989, Chevashore verified that he was first introduced to Pete Rose by "Mario, the Cuban" at the racetrack in Tampa. Although Chevashore admitted cashing Pete Rose's betting stubs at the racetrack for him, Chevashore denied handling any other betting action for either Pete Rose or Paul Janszen. Chevashore was not comfortable during the interview, and concluded by telling the investigators: "You know, the guy owes money, he should pay it. That's all I can tell you. I'm sorry, I just can't say anything. I can only tell you, I hope you solve the problem without anyone getting hurt. I hope that everybody gets taken care of. I hope it goes like that." Steve Chevashore Interview, March 9, 1989, at 3. See Exhibit 43. On April 24, 1989, Chevashore was contacted again. He immediately informed the investigator that he could not speak to him because he had broken his arm "throwing a baseball." Chevashore further explained that he had not played baseball for 20 years prior to this injury and he offered no explanation as to why he suddenly went back to the game. Memorandum from Kevin Hallinan to John Dowd, April 25, 1989. See Exhibit 44. 217) Janszen Dep. at 37. 218) Rose Dep. at 84. 219) Janszen Dep. at 38. 220) Janszen Dep. at 44. 221) See Exhibit 16. 222) Janszen's betting notebook reflects betting on baseball from April 8 to May 12, 1987. See Exhibit 12. 223) Janszen Dep. at 44. This documentary evidence is discussed more fully in a later section. See Sections IV-V; see also Exhibit 45. 224) Janszen Dep. at 45. 225) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 27. 226) See section V; see also Exhibit 45. 227) Marcum Dep. at 19. 228) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 22-24. 229) Janszen Dep. at 58-60. 230) Janszen Dep. at 60. 231) Janszen Dep. at 38, 58-59. 232) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 6. 233) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 10-11. 234) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 25. 235) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 36-38. 236) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 39-40. 237) Pete Rose Account Statement at First National Bank of Cincinnati, April 13, 1987. See Exhibit 46. 238) Pete Rose Personal Checks #444, dated March 26, 1987, and #445, dated March 29, 1987. See Exhibit 47. 239) Rose Dep. at 172-174. 240) Rose Dep. at 177-178. On March 31, 1987 and April 3, 1987, two additional checks, each written to cash for $6,000 and causing the account to be overdrawn, were paid by Rose's bank which charged a $10 "NSF" fee for each item. Both of these checks were cashed at a dog track in Florida. Pete Rose Personal Checks #446, dated March 31, 1987, and #447, dated April 3, 1987. See Exhibit 48. Finally, Rose wrote a check to cash for $7,500 on April 6, 1987, which was cashed in New York. Pete Rose Personal Check #449, dated April 6, 1987. See Exhibit 48. Rose thought this check may have been for Mike Bertolini in New York. Rose Dep. at 180. 241) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 13-14. 242) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 15-16. 243) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 15. Janszen's telephone records from May 4-6 1987 when the Reds were in New York, confirm that there was indeed betting at that time. During that trip, Janszen placed five calls to Val and three calls to Chevashore from various New York locations, principally the Grand Hyatt Hotel where the Cincinnati Reds stayed. See Section V; see also Exhibits 45, 77. 244) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 22-23. 245) See Exhibit 12. 246) Janszen Dep. at 58; Marcum Dep. at 22. 247) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 40. 248) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 41. 249) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 41. 250) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 42. 251) Janszen Dep. at 59-60; Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43. 252) Janszen Dep. at 59-60. 253) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43. 254) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43. 255) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43. 256) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43. 257) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 43-44. 258) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 44. 259) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 44. 260) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 44-45. 261) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 44-45. 262) Janszen Interview, February 24-25, 1989, at 45. 263) Janszen-Chevashore Conversation at 2. 264) Rose Dep. at 52, 170. 265) Rose Dep. at 52. 266) Rose Dep. at 52. 267) Rose Dep. at 170-171, 260. 268) Rose Dep. at 84, 263-264. 269) Rose Dep. at 253-266. 270) Rose Dep. at 261. 271) Rose Dep. at 268. 272) Rose Dep. at 257. [ Previous Page ] [ Next Page ] |
