full article at link:
http://www.torontosun.com/2015/02/11/rob-fords-pal-was-willing-to-do-a-book-deal-author-says
edit to add few more quotes
Councillor Rob Ford and Doug Ford did not return calls for comment.
(awww, not talking to Joe anymore??)
MacBain said while he never met or spoke with Lisi directly, he did meet with Basile in his law office twice.
“After some back and forth, I was advised that Lisi was prepared to make a deal for $500,000,” said MacBain. “On that basis, I asked a major publisher to sign a non-disclosure agreement and met with him on
Jan. 30, 2014.”
(RoFo was spotted with Lisi a week before this at Steak Queen)
MacBain told Newstalk 1010 reporter Dave Bradley Wednesday that
five local business people had offered to front $50,000 each and that he, Basile and the “mutual friend” that brought them all together would evenly divide a 15% “agent” fee.
But in the end there was no deal and MacBain said no money ever exchanged hands.
“Negotiations stalled at that point and,
by the time Lisi’s lawyer got back to me and told me he was ready to finalize the deal, the police had already gone to California to get Apple to release transcripts of all communications between Lisi and Rob Ford,” said MacBain. “The publisher had reached the conclusion that Lisi and his lawyer were playing us and was no longer interested in the book deal. I made a final offer of $250,000 when I met with Basile in his office on Friday, March 28, 2014.”
(will we ever find out what they got from that phone?)
