Rebecca Zahau’s Boyfriend Warns He Might Sue Her Family’s Lawyer

I dont ever remember Anne Bremner indicating Shacknai’s business success had somehow improperly influenced the investigations. Every one was already thinking this without her talking about it. What a selfish and self centered man.

@Kate Olsen: Suicide notes have been written in the third person before. Not only that, but Rebecca’s note makes sense in the light of Asian beliefs, that suicide deaths free the spirits of those they’ve injured. So perhaps her note meant that her suicide was “payment” for injuring Max, and that perhaps he could return the favour to her by getting well so that she wouldn’t have his death on her hands.

@ECH: Just FYI. Max is deceased.

He killed her!! No boyfriend sues his dead girlfriends family just because they want to know how she died.

To Kare Olsen: Rebecca’s note makes sense in the light of Asian beliefs, that suicide deaths free the spirits of those they’ve injured.

What Asian belief are you talking about? There is no such a belief that suicide frees the injured’s spirit. Plus, is there any evidence that Rebecca injured Max?

I never read from anywhere that Anne Bremner implied Shacknai’s wealth had improperly influenced the investigations. Most people on the web made that implications themselves based on a number of facts. What probably irked Mr. Shacknai was that Anne Bremner released information such as the painted message on the door, Rebecca’s hemorrhages under the scalp, etc. These information fueled the public’s rage over the case and put a lot of pressure on the San Diego sheriff’s department and made possible a reopening of the case.

The BF is Guilty as HELL!!

He’s going to sue! LOLOLOL. If anybody should sue, it’s Rebecca’s family for killing her. Doesn’t this guy even care that she has been murdered? WOW.

Maybe the house is haunted?

I am also leaning toward the ex wife involved in this. She wanted to shame Rebecca as much as possible hence the naked hanging. Also agree women don’t write in block letters. It’s a contract killing.

Dan K. Webb? I believe he was a former US Attorney (from Chicago ?). Boy, this CEO sure has money to throw around getting the best legal help. Now, it’s more certain that there is really, really something to hide. Yessir! Americans, is there justice in America? I sure hope so.

Ok, so this expensive lawyer writes a letter that says “my client is going to use his money to destroy you if you don’t stop insinuating that he uses his money to threaten people and get the outcome that he wants”. Interesting, very interesting.

I don’t believe it was a suicide either. Why would she refer to herself as “she” in her own suicide note? Let alone binding and gagging herself. I also don’t think the boy’s death was an accident either. At the time of the hanging, the girlfriend had previously saved the boy by performing CPR and gotten him help. He was still alive in the hospital when the woman was hung. The note on the door read “she saved him. can you save her” Somebody was out to get this guy through his loved ones.

The more I find out about this case the more I suspect it was not a suicide. I think a private investigation is in order here.

I really don’t understand how ANYONE could believe this is a suicide. Really guys? Either investigators are bat sh- dumb or they’ve been paid to sway the public. My bet’s on the latter.

Not saying he killed anyone, but this is no suicide. You don’t have to be a detective to figure that one out.

@FD in Seattle – Max wasn’t dead when Rebecca killed herself. She probably hoped that her death would atone for her injuring Max, whether intentional or not. And to the people who asked about the Asian belief that suicide gives the dead person power to help living relatives. that’s pretty common. That’s why suicide is so common in Asian countries.

@Wally – You’d be surprised how many people kill themselves in the nude.

@ ECH: Are you Dina in disguise? As an Asian American myself, I’ve never heard about your Asian belief. Please stop spreading the rumors and try to be helpful to seek for justice.

Critically think about every post on every website. I realize this describes me too, but there are a lot of new posters everywhere this story is written and many of them attack the victim, even though after reading everything–including the leaked ME report–its incomprehensible to consider this a suicide. I don’t think her boyfriend was involved but he did hire a PRE firm and posting attacks on the family would match that job….

if shacknai and his team can sue to shut america up, he would. he has enough money to do so. if so, oj smpson shd sue nicole’s family for suing him. why dont he sue everyone on twitter and facebook and news comments too??? if my gf is found dead tied up gagged and humiliated, i will be using my money to find the killer, unless it were me, what a self deluded guilty as hell a-hole. Wally thank you- you said it right, no woman, asian or not, kill themselves naked with expert knots tying their limbs behind their back then hop over the balcony 3 feet tall?? will those who rule this a suicide demonstrate how rebecca turned houdini and threw herself off a balcony, after being hit 4 tmes on the head, duct taped and bloodied. ECH – you sound like shacknai team with made belief asian beliefs, spirts do not save the living nor the dead, do you know of any woman, asian or not, who killed herself, if a STEPchild was injured. no blood ties, no suicide, and this whole thing how money is trying to INTIMIDATE just makes america sick. FBI / GRAND JURY – WHERE ARE YOU? do america some justice

This is getting mighty interesting! Dateline, 48 hours where are you.

“She saved him,can you save her”.
This almost appears to be a riddle. The reports indicate that she was a religious/spiritual individual.She did not believe in suicide because in the hereafter one goes to hell.

Whoever painted the message on the wall may have been mocking her religious beliefs.

t… One can hypothesize that she was a “christian”. The statement tells a story, she may have shared with him her faith in Jesus and he accepted Jesus into his heart=”saved”.Maybe the people in his immediate circle did not like his conversion. The other half of the message “can YOU SAVE her” is directed towards God. Can He “save” her from her impending death.

This whole case is very creepy and indeed twisted.

There is no Asian belief that suicide will give the dead person power to help their living relatives. Stop spreading the false information. Being an Asian myself, not Asian growing up in America but Asian growing up in Asia, I am amazed how people like ECH can make up something like this. You are taking advantage of the fact that most Americans don’t know much about Asian culture. You can post your statement in Asian forums and see how many people will tell you that is total BS.

Death Before Dishonor…
She mustve had something to do w/ it,
and that is all ASIAN culture.

My research shows that it is not uncommon for people to ties their hands (maybe feet too) before comitting suicide so as to avoid the reflex to fight. Tongue would hang out of the mouth upon hanging, so maybe put the shirt in her mouth to avoid this…Not sure why she was naked…Could have hit her head on her way down (or swinging). If one were to PAINT letters on a door it would prob be easier to use block letters. Sounds kind of normal for a suicide note to try to be poetic. Hasn’t this man been through enough…If she were murdered and the perp were trying to make it look like a suicide, why make it look like a murder (tying the hands, message, etc)

Do you mean to tell me that the brother found her, cut her down so she would fall one story, break a table it seems with her fall, and THEN call 911? I don’t get it. Is there any evidence that he went and checked her after he cut her down? Seems like she was left there naked to humiliate her even more. Very suspicious…all of it.

Agree totally with Pi Rockford. Mr Shacknai attacking the Zahau family reeks of guilt at most and knowledge of who murdered Rebecca at least. That he has not shown the least of compassion from the moment she was found, coupled with the extremely biased shoddy police investigation, has created this case spiraling out of control.

By the way, as soon as Max was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries, Rebecca and her sister went shopping. That’s right. They spend the child’s father’s money, then planned a party for a few days later. Sounds like odd behavior from someone who allegedly loved little Max like her own son.

Interesting comments TC. Don’t recall reading anything about Rebecca and her sister going shopping nor that her family benefited in any way from Jonah Shacknai’s money. Why are you bashing the victim here? Two lives were tragically taken. I question your agenda.

@TC when did she shoplift, how many years ago was that? Does that mean that because a person shoplifts they can not be religious or make changes in their lives? should I conclude that shoplifting leads to suicide from your logic? Since you seem to know so much about Rebecca please do tell what pr firm are you working for exactly?

@ Paul – A person with “serious problems” is one who browbeats a grieving mother and father and tries to ruin their livelihood because he/she/they want his money.

No one has said Rebecca deserved to die, whether it was by her own hand or not, but it’s odd that you and so many others here are not sad in the least that little Max is dead. You gloss over the child’s death. So if you want to talk about someone who didn’t get a life, it’s a little 6 year old boy who died under far more suspicious circumstances than some golddigging shoplifter.

Rebecca’s shoplifting has nothing to do with her murder. Justice has been perverted in the investigation of her death. That’s why people are outraged. The six years old died and it was a tragedy. But there is no sign of coverup in that death. I personally believe Rebecca was a gold digger. However, she’s no worse than other rich men’s young wives and she certainly does not deserve to die. I don’t believe her family is asking for donation to pursue the civil suit. They can open a civil suit at any time. And there will be plenty of lawyers jump on that case to work for free (and get their paycheck as a percentage of the final payout). The family needs money to hire private investigators to keep the criminal investigation going and hopefully new evidence will eventually make the police department reopen the criminal case. No private investigators/researchers will work for free because criminal cases won’t carry a big payout. It does not matter whether Rebecca shoplifted and had DUI on her record. The family deserves justice.

@ Karen – Rebecca’s criminal past definitely DOES have something to do with establishing her as an unstable person. Unstable people are more likely to commit suicide, a fact which is something her family wants denied. They also, along with her criminal-past ex-husband, are asking for donations under the GUISE of pursuing a private investigation, but they really want it for a criminal lawsuit. You see, an investigation has already been carried out at taxpayer’s expense, but they want to bleed everyone else dry so they can profit financially. That’s not what moral people do.

@Paul – Not only am I not angry nor defensive, but whenever someone projects something onto you that you’re not feeling, chances are they are the ones feeling it themselves. In other words, you’re awfully angry and defensive about the death of someone you presumably don’t know. Unless you’re hinting that you’re the criminal ex-husband or something. Hmmmm.

Anyway, no one is arguing about the family’s right to a private investigation, but they should be the ones to pay for it. The public has already paid for one investigation into Rebecca’s death. The family doesn’t like it, so they want another one. Fine. Let them cough up the money. Rebecca had parents, sisters, in-laws, friends, and ex-husband. Don’t they care enough to come up with the cash?

The point of this article isn’t whether or not the family has the right to an investigation. It’s about whether or not they have the right to slur innocent victims, including a dead childm in the press because they’re angry their cash cow is dead and her ex-boyfriend won’t line their pockets with more money. That’s the crux of the matter.

RIP, little Max.

Shacknai is guilty of murder and he wants to use his money to make it go away. That sounds bad, but what is worse is everyone that is taking his money. You have to be an idiot to think he had nothing to do with this woman’s murder. Since he hasn’t even been named a suspect then he must have paid off or scared the right people. I am giving the family money, I want to see this creep fry!!

Yes, bring in the FBI; the police department has been bribed.

Even an 8 year old can tell this is not suicide; only fools believe it is.

Everything is possible: Tying hands and feet, putting a noose around your neck, stuffing a T-shirt in your mouth, but hanging yourself naked for all to see, no, I don’t believe a woman would ever do that.

God, this is obviously a murder, NOT a suicide!! Who on earth would go through all this trouble (and naked, of all things) to die?!

By the way, TC, you sound damn suspicious and it’s creeping everyone out. Of course everyone’s grieving the little boy’s death too, why are you so against Rebecca..? And no one said they hate Jonah Shacknai…..people are pointing fingers at the case, not at him especially.

It’s sad to think that Rebecca Zahau thought that Jonas Shacknoi loved her when in fact it appears he loves himself more and is willing to do about anything to shut her family up and try to sweep this under the rug. If he really loved Rebecca Zahau, he would at all cost try to really find out what happened to her, perhaps he knows. But his actions show that he trully has something to hide. You do not sue her family to keep them quiet and threaten leagal action. Something is totally amiss here and I smell a dirty weathy rat.

Interestingly “OJ” are the first two letters in JOnah Shacknai’s name. Just sayin.

It really amazes me how uninformed people are regarding suicide. Suicide among Asians are the lowest and being Asian I have never heard of some ot these ridiculous theories, perhaps in a made up Charlie Chan movie in the 1950′s. Statistics show that women rarely choose the method of hanging as suicide and even rarer in the nude. There was a poll taken and approximatel 88% of the public believes this was murder and not suicide. On one of the investigative channels, they had an expert forensic saying he believed she was strangled based on the condition of the body and the murderer made it try to look like suicide. The victim and family needs justice but it will not in the Billionare Jonas Shacknai or others that he has in his very deep pockets. Very sad and disappointing situation

Who is this TC with so much “insider” info about what money changes hands between Shacknai and Rebecca’s relatives – including her “criminal ex-husband”? WTH? TC are you bought off to do the devil’s PR work and easily sold your soul for pittance during this recession?
People are discussing discrepancies between publicized & withheld evidence, and the police presentation. You’re the only one emotionalizing the guilt, trauma etc like some deeply personal offense – reserved for one of two deaths ONLY. As supposedly an unconnected member of public, your neutrality is laughable.

I think TC is either closely related to Jonah or is Jonah himself. Also, ECH and TC are the same person. The comments from both ECH and TC bore the same characteristics, formatting, conversation style, etc.

Anyway, TC revealed some insider infomation. The media did not mention Rebecca went to shopping and partying after Max was hospitalized. If Rebecca’s sister said that, the media did not show that conversation to the public. TC also mentioned that Rebecca was using Jonah’s money doing this shopping and partying after Max’s tragedy. How do you know that if you are not close to Jonah or are Jonah himself? TC knew about Rebecca’s shoplifting one or two years ago. He knew about Rebecca’s ex husband’s criminal record. He also knew that Rebecca complained about Max in her email to her sister although she claimed that she loved Max more than her own. He said that Rebecca had extensive plastic surgery done that she resembled nothing like her old self. He indicated that Rebecca’s family received money from Jonah. None of these were ever revealed by the media. That’s why I am saying TC/ECH must be close to Jonah or is Jonah himself. Otherwise, he won’t have this information.

I also doubt TC/ECH is the hired PR staff. His messages were way too emotional to be someone who was not part of the family. The PR people would have posted more calm, less emotional messages, as overzealous posts would only hurt their agenda. In TC’s last statement, he said, “this grieving father would probably give his entire wealth away if it would bring little Maxie back”. As FancyDrew said, “referring to Max as “Maxie” is familiar and only something you do when you know a person well.” I have to say I felt his agony and pain after reading this. If there was evidence Rebecca killed the child intentionally, I would not sympathize her at all. However, I just don’t see any proof that Max’s death was a murder committed by Rebecca. For one thing, why would a golddigger kill her boyfriend’s son before she’s even married? Even if she was not put in jail, the mere fact the kid died in her care would probably got her kicked out of the perspective of a marriage.

Whoever TC/ECH is, I think one thing is clear from all his posts. He blames Rebecca for Max’s death. TC/ECH mourned little Max with deep grief in his posts. He indicated again and again that Rebecca was responsible for Max’s death (see the examples below):
- “perhaps her note meant that her suicide was “payment” for injuring Max”
- “She probably hoped that her death would atone for her injuring Max”
- “Interesting that the Zahau family have not expressed one iota of grief for little Max’s death”
- “Or maybe she was afraid evidence would tie her to Max’s death and land her in jail.”
-” it’s odd that you and so many others here are not sad in the least that little Max is dead. You gloss over the child’s death. So if you want to talk about someone who didn’t get a life, it’s a little 6 year old boy who died under far more suspicious circumstances than some golddigging shoplifter.”

TC/ECH’s messages are also conflicting. On one hand, he stated Rebecca was probably the cause of Max’s death and she was shopping and partying after Max’s tragic death, “callous and uncaring Kind of like Casey Anthony”. On the other hand, he was saying Rebecca’s suicide did not look suspicious. He said it was normal for suicide notes to be written in the third person. “Not only that, but Rebecca’s note makes sense in the light of Asian beliefs”. He also said that “you’d be surprised how many people kill themselves in the nude.” to justify the naked scene. But his two sides of the statements do not make any sense because a callous and uncaring golddigger will not commit suicide over a future step child out of guilt, especially if she injured the kid intentionally.

@Josie – You make very astute points about TC/ECH and anyone else attacking Rebecca. On one hand, she is a gold-digger. On the other hand, she intentionally hurt Max, thereby risking her future earnings before she was married and had legal claim over Jonah Shacknai’s money. Then, on the other hand, she felt very guilty about Max’s serious condition and decided to kill herself in the most humiliating way possible. Oh, and she must have learned how to tie knots in ropes in her spare time of shopping, partying and going to the gym.

Seriously, that is just so ridiculous! There is no logical reason that the SDPD would just close the case so quickly unless they were “encouraged” to do so, particularly when they spent so much of their investigation time trying to prove that it was physically possible to bind yourself and hang yourself. It’s physically possible to do a lot of things…that doesn’t mean it logically makes sense. There are too many unanswered questions here and if anything, by closing this investigation, the SDPD are making themselves and Jonah Shacknai seem far more suspicious than if they took the time to do a thorough investigation.

@ My2Cents – Rebecca’s sisters are the ones who said, to the press, that Rebecca took their younger sister shopping after Max was fatally injured.

FYI: TC is AESOP on radar online. Everyone knows it’s probably Dina trolling these threads.
According to TC or AESOP, Either Rebecca was a hard partying ,carefree,unaffected person or she was depressed and suicidal. Pick one please.

This Is the most rediculous thing” I have witnessed”….Involving a wealthy Guy @ a Beautifull woman…..I don’t know where to begin. Why on earth —would mr.shacknaii…threaten the attorney of Rebecca’s family…..are they not almost all women ?? the attorney Is —-where Is the Gentlemany Behaviour from shaciknaii Here ? Why —-while ‘Hiding” behind “all the president’s Men” — Is Jonah :throwig a “bom”……On the fragile Family……This —I wish for mr. shacknai to Understand —–Is Just deepenning thou Holl”…….Becouse It’s a statement ! You are “stating.” that You wouldn’t “tolerate”……………..what ? the Truth comming to Light ?? And we thought You were Interested ——–Isn’t that why He appealed for It to be Investigated again ?? So….It’s confusing”…..Usuallly —–when someone has somethig to Hide —would they Do that : threaten ! This Is a Giveaway. It shows the colours He (Jonah) tried to hide previosly…………Mr. shacknai…..shold Know —that We are the 99%…@ we are Not stupid…We can See……..It has Nothing to do with the kind / Hardworking…..Inteligent Attorny……But It does have to do with “emotional Intellligence”……I mean –2 days after the Unfortunate situation with Little Max……..And one can tell me that It’s noe Revange ??……The “Giveaway’ are a Lot in the comments……the subtle Blaming It on Rebecca……How Inconsiderate…How Insensitive…..How —Mismanagement of Our Emotions…..Blame. ….It’s nwilling to take responsibility…for what is happening ( dou to pain)…..to Us ——So…I will Just Point the finger to the next person….How Unbrave.@ Immature…….WE are Here to learn to take responsibility to things —–Not do Wrong to the Person we think might have Hurt our family memmber…………By Inflicting Pain to another ?? that Only double the Pain of e. one Involved…….It Is Not Inteligent………