[sixties-l] the Sixties: The Whole World's Watching an Admitted Child Abuser

From: Howard Smith (smythe@ojai.net)
Date: Mon Oct 08 2001 - 18:31:35 EDT

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    Marshall Krause is listed in the program as one of the writers and was
    scheduled to write the afterwards to the exhibit book - none of which
    changes who he is as a man nor lessen the seriousness of his behavior.

    Jeffrey Blankfort wrote:

    > I am a participating photographer in The Whole World's Watching and am
    > unaware that Marshall Krause is involved in this exhibit in any way. The
    > writer, unfortunately, doesn't provide the information.
    >
    > Jeff Blankfort
    >
    > > Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001
    > > Subject: The Whole World's Watching an Admitted Child Abuser
    > > :
    > >
    > > To Robbin Henderson, Executive Director:
    > >
    > > As you prepare to open your exhibit on the 60's & 70's, you may want
    > > to know who the real Marshall W. Krause is. I suggest you read the
    > > following about this man, an admitted child abuser. In addition to
    > > making your skin crawl, you might want to reconsider his participation
    > > in your event.
    > >
    > > The issues related to the Krause case and the Karen Winner
    > > investigation of Marin County Family Court have been reported in over
    > > 50 articles in every major bay area newspaper for the past 1-1/2
    > > years. Thosepapers include the Chronicle, the Examiner, the SF
    > > Weekly, the Pacific Sun, the Marin IJ, and the Novato
    > > Advance. Further the story has been covered in the the National Law
    > > Journal, the SF & LA editions of the Daily Journal legal news and the
    > > Marin Court Reporter. KCAL-9 TV in LA did a three part expose on this
    > > case last November.
    > >
    > > Before you include a man whose present has betrayed his past you must
    > > know:
    > >
    > > WHO IS MARSHALL W. KRAUSE
    > >
    > > Marshall W. Krause is the former Counsel, Board Member and Fundraiser
    > for
    > > the ACLU of Northern California; Past President of the Marin County
    > > Bar Association and partner (of counsel) in the firm of Krause &
    > > Baskin.
    > >
    > > In 1998 Mr. Krause pled "No Contest" to WIC Section 300 (a) & (b)
    > > charges of child abuse and endangerment for actions against his own
    > > daughter, Alanna Krause, in Los Angeles
    > > Juvenile Court. There is also a Domestic Violence Restraining against
    > > Mr. Krause, issued by Ventura County Superior Court in 1997 and
    > > renewed again in 2000.
    > >
    > > Welfare and Institutions Code 300, (a) and (b) states in relevant
    > > part: " (a) the minor has suffered, or there is substantial risk that
    > > the minor will suffer, serious physical harm inflicted non
    > > accidentally upon the minor by the minor's parent... and (b) there
    > > must be evidence that the child is exposed to a substantial risk of
    > > serious physical harm or illness."
    > >
    > > The LA ruling was based on numerous incidents of Mr. Krause's abuse,
    > > which occurred over many years and his inappropriate past and planned
    > > placement of a healthy child in a locked, out of state facility.
    > >
    > > All charges were investigated by LA social services, who reported that
    > > incidents of abuse had been brought to the attention of Marin Child
    > > Protective Services nine times and Marin Family Court (Commissioner
    > > Sylvia Shapiro), who had failed to take appropriate action.
    > >
    > > The LA investigation report was a month long, impartial examination of
    > > the Alanna Krause's charges against her father and included testimony
    > > and hundreds of pages of evidence.
    > >
    > > It reported the evaluation by Dr. Ed Oklan was lacking professionalism
    > > and it and the rulings by Commissioner Shapiro were based on "tainted"
    > > reports offered by Mr. Krause's family therapist, Lana Clark, LCSW,
    > > who had been involved in a "relationship of an intimate nature" with
    > > Krause at the time.
    > >
    > > Karen Winner reported that Commissioner Shapiro, the attorney she
    > > appointed for the minor, Sandra Acevedo, Ed Oklan, Lana Clark and
    > > Marin CPS all knew about the abuse and should be investigated for
    > > their conspiracy to cover it up.
    > >
    > > Note Federal law, Title 18 of the US Code, Obstruction of Justice:
    > > "Whoever knowingly... uses intimidation, force, threatens or corruptly
    > > persuades another person, or attempts to do so, or engages in
    > > misleading conduct, harasses another person and thereby delays,
    > > prevents or hinders another person, with the intent to influence,
    > > delay or withhold testimony, evade the legal process."
    > >
    > > In her Op-Ed piece for both the SF and LA Editions of the Daily
    > > Journal, Alanna Krause had this to say about her father, Marshall
    > > Krause:
    > >
    > > http:www.leadershipcouncil.org/Research/PAS/PAS4/pas4.html
    > >
    > > "My father is an abuser, and living with him was a mental and physical
    > > hell and definitely not in my best interests. Yet, in Marin Family
    > > Court, that seemed to be irrelevant..."
    > >
    > > "My father, a wealthy and well connected lawyer, used his influence
    > > and money to manipulate the system..."
    > >
    > > "The judge, Sylvia Shapiro-Pritchard, an admitted long-time friend of
    > > my father's, rubber-stamped any order my father requested. I wrote the
    > > judge letters, called her office and did everything I could to make
    > > myself heard. She ignored my pleas. I had no rights."
    > >
    > > "Finally, one day my father threw me into a stone wall at school and a
    > > teacher called Child Protective Services..."
    > >
    > > "...My father panicked. He had worked so hard to build a delicate set
    > > of lies to present himself as the well-meaning parent... The truth
    > > was his worst fear..."
    > >
    > > "Acting quickly, he had my therapist, his lover (Lana Clark), suddenly
    > > decide I was dangerously troubled and needed to be locked up. So I,
    > > an 11-year old straight-A student who
    > > had never tried sex, drugs or alcohol, nor ever been in a fight, found
    > > myself in an out of state lock down facility with 17-year old
    > > drug-dealing gang-banging street kids.
    > >
    > > I was beaten up, taunted and was blocked from communicating with the
    > > outside world. I was forced into therapy where they tried to
    > > brainwash me into believing my mother was insane, that my father's
    > > drug use didn't exist and that the abuse my father inflicted on me was
    > > all in my head."
    > >
    > > 17-year old Alanna Krause now lives in safety with her mother.
    > > She is a National Merit Scholar and scored a perfect 800 on her SAT
    > > verbal exam.)
    > >



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