I CHERYL PETROVICH, hereby declare as follows:
I am in Pro Per as Defendant. I make this declaration of my own knowledge. If called to testify, I would be able to testify truthfully to the matters stated herein.
I AM ASKING THAT THE RENEWAL OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER BE DISMISSED BASED UPON FORGERY FRAUD AND DEFRAUDING COMMITTED BY ATTORNEY MIKE GUASCO FOR THE PLAINTIFF AND REINSTATE THE END DATE OF THE ORIGINAL RESTRAINING ORDER DATE OF AUGUST 3, 2018, with prejudice and remove me from the police database. I have spent two and a half years suffering under the stigma and abuse of a restraining order that was false, and is proven false by the blatant fraudulent activities of Mr. Guasco and those who helped perpetrate it against me. THE ONLY PURPOSE IT SERVED WAS TO HARM ME AND PUNISH DR. LUKASZEWICZ. I WAS A 61 YEAR OLD WIDOW WITH MS, WHEN THIS WAS DONE TO ME (I AM NOW 64) It COULD BE CONSTRUED AS ELDER ABUSE AND ABUSE OF A DISABLED PERSON. THERE CAN BE NO CONTEMPT UNDER A FALSE RESTRAINING ORDER, SO MY BEING THROWN INTO JAIL UNDER A FALSE RESTRAINING ORDER COULD BE CONSTRUED AS FALSE IMPRISONMENT. MY HEALTH HAS SUFFERED AND I KNOW THAT STRESS CAN MAKE MS WORSE AND MAKE CANCER RETURN.
“think of who the forgery benefits.”
There was no statement by Dr. Lukazewicz in support of renewing the restraining order, only that of Mr. Guasco. So, in that light and the forged signature of Dr. Lukaszewicz, Dr. Lukaszewicz may not even be aware it took place.
I DESERVE TO HEAR FROM DR. LUKASZEWICZ HIMSELF, AWAY FROM PEOPLE WHO FORGE HIS SIGNATURE AND WHO MAY NOT REPRESENT HIS TRUE FEELINGS. I BELIEVE DR. LUKASZEWICZ HAS ONLY PARTICIPATED TO EVEN A LIMITED DEGREE THROUGH COERCION AND THREAT. I BELIEVE MANY THINGS HAVE GONE ON IN HIS NAME OF WHICH HE HAD NO KNOWLEDGE. WHAT HAS BEEN DONE IS A VIOLATION OF LAW AND CIVIL RIGHTS. I DESERVE TO HEAR FROM DR. LUKASZEWICZ, NOT FROM SOMEONE WHO FORGES AND SUBVERTS THE LAW.
Attached is EXHIBIT A, a true and correct copy of Handwriting expert, Curt Bagget’s analysis of the verified signature of Gregory Lukaszewicz (from real estate document recorded with the county of San Mateo) with Plaintiff on REQUEST TO RENEW RESTRAINING ORDER. Mr. Bagget’s conclusion was that Gregory Lukaszewicz’s signature was forged. Dr Lukaszewicz was NOT present at the hearing, which is in conflict with Mr. Guasco’s assertion that the Plaintiff was present at the hearing and indicated as such on the filed court document. It clearly shows an intent to mislead the court. (SEE EXHIBIT:B)
Attorney Guasco’s attempts to defraud the court by claiming in the filed court document to extend the original restraining order that Dr. Lukaszewicz was present in court when he was not, the forgery of Dr. Gregory Lukaszewicz’s signature and no discovery given of the evidence, nor was there any offer to allow examination of the so called evidence that was used as the central reason to extend the restraining order, ALL showed a clear intent to defraud on the part of Mr. Guasco. ALSO MR. GUASCO DID NOT EVEN OFFER ME, OR THE JUDGE TO LOOK OVER THAT EVIDENCE. OUTSIDE OF COURT, HE MERELY SHOWED ME A CORNER OF WHAT HE CLAIMED WERE MY EMAILS, BUT I SAW NOTHING MORE THAN A SMALL CORNER OF A PIECE OF PAPER, NOTHING MORE. NOTHING COULD BE CONSTRUED FROM THAT EXCEPT THAT MR, GUASCO WAS STILL TRYING TO HIDE HIS “EVIDENCE” THAT WAS USED TO RENEW/EXTEND MY ORDER. I CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY/HOW THE JUDGE, Danny Chou, LET THAT SLIP BY HIMSELF.
I believe a reasonable person would agree that Mr. Guasco misrepresented the facts about Dr. Lukaszewicz being present in court to give the forged signature gravitas; especially when Mr. Guasco never mentioned signing for Gregory Lukaszewicz and the signature used was clearly an attempt to look enough like the doctor’s so as to be accepted as genuine. Also, that signature forgery has appeared in former court filed documents in the original restraining order case. I think had Dr. Lukaszewicz been present, Mr. Guasco would not have been able to pass off the forged signature as genuine but of course, if Dr. Lukaszewicz had been present, no forgery would have been necessary. In the same document, Mr. Guasco proved himself a liar. Judge Chou's signature also looked forged, but it looked very similar to the signature of Marija M. Petrovic, Kaiser psychiatrist, who handwriting experts said prior that she was most likely the forger of Dr. Lukaszewicz's signature and that of Buty & Curliano attorney, Ondrej Likkar. I worked at the Federal Reserve Bank and the Treasury Dept. I am adept at spotting counterfeits and forgery of signatures is just a different form of counterfeiting.
If Dr. Lukaszewicz cared enough about it, he would have been present. I know that if I were concerned about someone as a danger to me, I would have been there, or at least signed the document myself. It could make one conclude that Mr. Guasco was concerned that Dr. Lukaszewicz would not support the idea of an extended/renewal of the restraining order.
The lack of open communication available to Dr. Lukaszewicz and myself, has served Mr. Guasco very well, in that he could have complete control of the situation, despite any desires to the contrary by the persons involved. I asked several times to go to mediation as is common at a certain point in restraining order cases. Mr. Guasco refused without hesitation, or consideration. He was obviously not asking his client his idea on the matter. I believe Mr. Guasco was worried that had Dr. Lukaszewicz and I had a chance to speak, any restraining order would have been a moot point and would not have served his own personal desires to prevent us from communicating.
As is evident by Mr. Guasco’s unethical behavior of using forged and deceptive documents he presented to the court (on many occasions) I feel that the entire idea of a restraining order has been tainted beyond all recognition of a true restraining order and the purpose of a restraining order.
I serve as no danger to Dr. Lukaszewicz, nor did I ever and I believe Dr. Lukaszwicz knows that. I even had a voice stress test done to prove it.(See Exhibit C) I also said I would do anything for him and wanted nothing from him. I was telling the truth with each question. Mr. Guasco even has a copy of the test, along with my entire court file that a prospective attorney I was interviewing delivered to Mr. Guasco (for some unknown reason) and my will, which included Dr. Lukaszewicz for ¼ and giving Dr. Lukaszewicz all powers of attorney, even healthcare. He could pull the plug on me, but I trust him to make the decisions for me that would properly serve me the best.
Mr. Guasco does not seem interested in the truth; he merely wants to keep me from ever seeing Dr. Lukaszewicz again. Mr. Guasco’s continued lies and prevention of the truth and individual desires seems to only do what he wants. It must be why he has Dr. Lukaszewicz’s name forged as if Dr. Lukaszewicz doesn’t exist. It makes me wonder how much else of Dr. Lukaszewicz’s life he has, or will have co-opted. I believe that Dr. Lukaszewicz has many times been circumvented and Mr. Guasco does what he decides for Dr. Lukaszewicz.
I suspected from the beginning that Mr. Guasco has a shadow client who wants their own desires for Dr. Lukaszewicz carried out, and keep me restrained indefinitely; even without good reason, or any reason at all except to have me removed from Dr. Lukaszewicz’s life.
I only guessed that Mr. Guasco had my file, because when the attorney I was interviewing said he shredded it for safety, another time he claimed it was an accident. I figured it was a lie, and contacted Mr. Guasco. He said it was in his safe to keep it safe. He did not offer to give it back. I found out before the legal matter, that people around Dr. Lukaszewicz were confiscating his mail from me, (prior to a restraining order) which is disturbing to me and probably illegal.. I believe that Dr. Lukaszewicz has much of his life monitored now as if he were a prisoner. I also believe that Mr. Guasco understands I would never harm Dr. Lukaszewicz, yet he tries to paint me as such and has even asked me to be placed in the police database in an attempt to prove his point, which is a maneuver Mr. Guasco appears to utilize to provide a false appearance of truthfulness, or gravitas on his part.
How can the word of a man who withholds and manufactures evidence, lies to the court, and supplies an attorney to keep me quiet, be trusted, or believed? Mr. Guasco, who works with hospitals, has been arrested twice, along with his wife Jennifer, who was arrested multiple times for controlled substances and forgery. I cannot help feel there could possibly be a connection of all those elements, even in my case. I do not trust Mr. Guasco. The forgery can be construed as identity theft. It may be why Mr. Guasco uses Dr. Lukaszewicz’s signature by forgery. It all seems so predatory. I would appreciate it if Dr. Lukaszewicz could speak on his own behalf without fear of retribution. I am worried about why Mr. Guasco is doing this to Dr. Lukaszewicz, a successful doctor. He knows he has been creating this entire legal matter out of a personal agenda. No matter what, I cannot in any good conscious allow this foreshadowing of more serious possibilities to come, to keep going on and become increasingly worse.
Attorney Moira Hogan told me during an interview to hire an attorney. that Mr. Guasco was a, “very, very bad person”, and that I should stay away from him.
Mr. John W. Bussman, attorney, said he Mr. Guasco serves an inordinate amount of TROs and frivolous lawsuits for Kaiser,that it has been the major topic of discussion amongst attorneys in Southern, CA area. I was such a victim. In the blog, he is talking about Mr. Guasco. (See Exhibit C)
I believe Mr. Guasco uses the TRO as a weapon to harm the innocent, not as a safety measure to protect the innocent from harm. It creates a mental guilt in the minds of judges, thereby giving the defendant the psychological disadvantage. Mr. Guasco uses Kaiser employees as a convenient stable of witnesses, or plaintiffs. It makes on wonder if they are forced to participate, or compensated. I know of 2 contracted security guards at Kaiser SSF who got permanent jobs at Kaiser after their participation in their roles of false testimony against me; they are Edward Souza (Janitorial) and Emanuel De Guzman (Communications).
Mr. Guasco’s verified actions to deliberately defraud weakens his assertions that any part of his statements in the restraining order is, “true and correct.” Mr. Guasco appears to think that truth is merely a choice in court documents and hearings, not a rule, or standard.
All the court hearing anomalies could very easily make one conclude that without Gregory Lukaszewicz present, no declaration of his in support of the current request to extend and his forged signature, that Dr. Lukaszewicz may NOT have even known about the hearing to request to extend the restraining order and may well have been content with letting it run out on Aug. 3, 2018.
It would also appear by his actions that Mr. Guasco took it upon himself, for reasons unknown, to extend the restraining order against me himself. Mr. Guasco, to me, seemed to have his own agenda where Dr. Lukaszewicz was concerned. Mr. Guasco’s intensity, and vitriolic tirades against me seemed too intense and personally involved for a mere client/patient relationship on the part of Mr. Guasco. It is my opinion that either Mr. Guasco has his own agenda concerning his frequent forgeries and seeming control of Dr. Lukaszewicz’s own desires as to be raising the voice of concern for the freedom of Dr. Lukaszewics to make his own decisions.
The lack of cooperation in this matter by Dr. Lukaszewicz shows he either did not know about it, or was showing his objection to it.
Outside the courtroom, Mr. Guasco yelled at me twice that Dr. Lukaszewicz did not want a relationship with me. It was unnerving, because although I care about Dr. Lukaszewicz, I have never mentioned a relationship with him, but Mr. Guasco seems fixated on the idea and at one point recently, even said I was trying to force a relationship with Dr. Lukaszewicz, when I have not communicated freely with Dr. Lukaszewicz for nearly 3 years.
The last time I saw Dr. Lukaszewicz (October 9, 2015) we spoke about our becoming friends, but he said that he could not be a friend of a patient. I knew that a waiting period was involved, to become a friend of one’s doctor, so since he brought it up. I dropped him as my doctor to begin the process. I guess that did not settle well with some people, so I became the subject of intense harassment and baseless accusations by those employed at Kaiser. It happened on many occasions, but when I needed emergency gallbladder surgery and asked if Dr. Lukaszewicz if he could observe because I was frightened, which he did after it was postponed 4 days until Dr. Lukaszewicz’s half day, it was shortly after that I was served with a TRO.
I do not think that a dedicated physician and surgeon would spend years working extremely hard to on my health issues, trying to make me feel better about myself to face the public without a feeling of inadequacy, create a code with me in mind for a surgical type of procedure to be done to alleviate pain and the various limiting physical issues caused by my health diagnosis of lymphedema/lipedema, call me to tell me about a conference that was near where I lived, knowing I might attend as a layperson (but,with some medical background) and ask if we could exchange notes on what we found in separate lectures, then later come at my request to observe my surgery to just trash it all by saying I gave him unwanted gifts and saying something romantic to him? No, I do not believe it; especially in his case. It makes no sense. He graciously accepted the gifts, thanked me modestly for them and that was it.
Dr. Lukaszewicz, by coming to my surgery at my request was apparently just too much for someone to take, so the TRO was served to me. That is not like him, and I believe the scientist i0n him would have not wanted to have his dedication to making me better set back progress to square one. He is a professional and trained to be of a higher standard than the average person. Even if the untrue statements in the TRO accusations were true, a sophisticated, doctor trained to give bad news to patients and their families would have discussed the matter, not inconvenienced himself with a legal matter of this nature, and harm his own patient in the process. I feel it is demeaning to Dr. Lukaszewicz to have been obviously forced and at other times circumvented in this degrading matter was a means to satisfy the insecurities of someone else, or other entity. Dr. Lukaszewicz is forthright, compassionate, honest and kind. This restraining order has been anything but.
Mr. Guasco seems much too desperate to keep me restrained, beaten down and humiliated, even to the point of gambling with his career as an attorney, by submitting forgeries of Dr. Lukaszewicz multiple times in the course of this restraining order. Why the desperation? Why all the deceptions if I truly was of some harm, guilt, or desire on the part of Dr. Lukaszewicz to have me restrained??
I believe Mr. Guasco even supplied me with an attorney, Charlie Smith IV, to keep me quiet and submissive. He was NOT through a Bar Assn Program; they are for criminal cases. They said I was not in their program, and neither was the attorney. Who paid him? I did not. That reasonably only leaves Mr. Guasco. Who benefited by my having that attorney? It was not me. He did not even tell me there was to be a trial; no preparation, no file with him, merely 2 legal pads and two pencils. The opposing (Kaiser) attorney had a cart of files. It was like moot court, but with less attempt at showing any skill at it. “My” attorney asked the witness the same inane question 3 times and a couple of Dr. Lukaszewicz that made no point, plus he made one flaccid objection that went nowhere. That attorney was not meant to help me; It was all for show at my expense. He did nothing to stop me from going to jail.
One thing the attorney, who was forced upon me, asked me in private was, “Why won’t you blame Dr. Lukaszewicz for anything?” I said, “because I care about him and trust him, and besides, he is a victim too.”
It is for this (and other) reasons which led me to believe that the restraining order was actually a punishment for both Dr. Lukaszewicz and myself and that any participation on his part in it was forced by his employer, or someone who actually wanted the restraining order as punishment for his attentiveness toward me, but remained in the background, but strenuously enforced by Mr. Guasco, possibly even keeping him closely watched.
I believe that restraining order was an attempt to foster a hatred between myself and Dr. Lukaszewicz, due to the restraining order and all of the subsequent misery that followed. (To us both). Someone is afraid of what freedom and actual communication might do to our relationship. People deserve to live life as they desire, and not have people controlling it for you.
I AM REQUESTING THAT THE ORIGINAL END DATE FOR THE RESTRAINING ORDER BE LEFT AT AUGUST 3, 2018, and remove me from the police database.
I know that the original TRO and restraining order were also based upon signature fraud and lies, along with gaslighting, coercion, and mental abuse but I am dealing with this clearer concise matter at hand with some background later for context and to show continued fraudulent intent and actual behavior of Attorney Mike Guasco, attorney for Kaiser Permanente Hospital/Petitioner,
My opinion is Mr. Guasco put his own client in possible legal danger by using unsubstantiated evidence and false claims against me, Committing fraud in a restraining order case that bears his name and then forging his name is suspect. It shows a lack of respect and dignity for a client he is supposedly trying to protect. It could put him in possible legal peril without a thought for his welfare. I know the claims against me in the TRO were baseless and untrue. I had no representation to speak for me in court, and my MS was making me ill. I think that Mr. Guasco's lack of concern as to the possibility of Dr. Lukaszewicz having to suffer legal consequences.
I am concerned about the forgeries of Dr. Lukaszewicz's signature of which Mr. Guasco seems to make free use. The purpose one might do such a thing could obviously be identity theft.
I believe Dr. Lukaszewicz has been a pawn in this. Also, the odd behavior he displayed at his court appearance, gives me concern as to if he had been drugged prior. He was speaking extremely rapidly, so much so, that Judge Novak had to stop him several times and ask him to speak more slowly. He giggled like a school girl, and made little sense. Maybe it was nerves, but a surgeon would be thought of as having a stronger grip on his nerves. In the time I knew him and spoke extensively with him, he never behaved in such an unusual manner.
Dr. Lukaszewicz’s signature was also forged prior in the initial restraining order documents, so he may have been reluctant about the original R.O. I believe he may have implicated through threat coercion, or duress, by Kaiser (his employer) or through domestic pressure.
From my own observations and research, the Kaiser hired law firm of Buty & Curliano, particularly Mr. Guasco, seem to have a very prominent role in the running of several Kaiser hospitals and many patients complain about their abusive nature.
Because Dr. Lukaszewicz’s signature had been forged in the original restraining order case, it begs the question: Was it Dr Lukaszewicz who wanted the restraining order (now,or prior) or did Mr. Guasco, Kaiser, or someone else actually want it and Dr. Lukaszewicz was forced to participate, even to a limited degree?
Did Dr. Lukaszewicz even know about the request to extend the restraining order? There is no indication that he did, or that he even wanted it extended at all.
There was no statement by Dr. Lukazewicz in support of renewing the restraining order, only that of Mr. Guasco.
The Law firm of Buty & Curliano, including Mr. Guasco, is a perk for Kaiser doctors, and they may use it however they desire, even by jealous domestic partners.
Forgery has played a prominent role in this case against me. I hired a handwriting expert on another occasion too. The forged signature of Dr. Lukaszewicz was on the same page as Mr. Guasco’s and in other places as well. Mr. Guasco’s assistant in this case, Marija M. Petrovic may be the, or one of the forgers, as was indicated by the first handwriting expert.Then too, Mr. Guasco’s wife, Jennifer, was arrested for forging a prescription...
FORGERY IS A SERIOUS CRIME! THIS CASE COULD BE DISMISSED ON THE FORGERY ALONE! BUT THE EVIDENCE UPON WHICH MR. GUASCO BASED HIS RENEWAL REQUEST WAS NOT FILED WITH THE COURT, GIVEN TO THE JUDGE, OR MYSELF (DISCOVERY) SO IT COULD BE EXAMINED, AND REFUTED. CLAIMING DR. LUKASZEWICZ WAS PRESENT, WHEN HE WAS NOT, THEREFORE,IT SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO DISMISS THE RENEWAL OF THE RESTRAINING ORDER!
The worry about Dr. Lukaszewicz’s forged signature used so casually and frequently is concerning where identity theft is concerned. Actually, forging a person’s signature IS considered IDENTITY THEFT! Who knows to what degree his forged signature will be used? Maybe his home could be signed away, or bank accounts, etc. What else? It is my opinion that it could be desired to have the forgery considered the real signature of Dr. Lukaszewicz for whatever reason...
Attached as EXHIBIT C, is a true and correct copy of: Order Renewing Civil Harassment Restraining order. Mr. Guasco checked off the box that said the protected person was at the hearing. The Plaintiff, Gregory Lukaszewicz was not present at any time. See EXHIBIT C, Statement of Daniel Petrovich, who was present at the hearing(s).
Mr. Guasco based his desire to renew the restraining order upon “evidence” that he neither filed with the court, nor gave a copy to Judge Chou, nor myself. Mr. Guasco ignored Discovery. He said that the evidence was 163 emails that he claims I wrote shortly prior to my brief incarceration, and said it showed my unrepentant nature. He said they could be construed as 163 contempts, and that he could use the same “evidence” over and over, ad infinitum, to keep renewing the restraining order. (But only if he kept denying Discovery, so the defendant could not refute them by content). Mr. Guasco cited a case in support of his theory he said was Collins (I missed the rest of the citation) None of the San Mateo County Law Librarians could find that case, nor anything like it that said the same evidence could be used over and over to keep someone restrained. That does not sound like reasonable American Law to me, nor did it to the County law librarians (I used to work for a San Mateo County Law Library, myself).
Also, the court of Judge Danny Chou was irregular as there were no formalities. No one had the room, “All rise for the Honorable Danny Chou” and I do not recall a court reporter. Why was that?
I do not believe I would have had time to write that many (163) emails without being caught and berated by Judge Novak and most likely would have extended my jail sentence and fines. That many emails would not have fit into the short time frame of which he spoke, plus Dr. Lukaszewicz never mentioned it prior, nor did Mr. Guasco. Was he saving them for just such an even as extending the restraining order? Had the court, myself, or Judge Chou seen the emails, the content would have spoken/refuted Mr. Guasco’s claims for themselves. It is why Mr. Guasco kept them from view, but merely spoke about them, and hurried off with them. It is perverting law! What a flagrant lie and insult to the dignity of the Court! He let me have one peek at a piece of paper with a date on it. It was absurd! I could tell nothing from one corner of paper! I also believe they were a part of an entrapment plan set up prior in 2015, when I was falsely accused of improper behavior and was trying to get answers when no one at Kaiser would help me..
It is disturbing that Mr. Guasco attempts to meld unequal events such as the emails to him, and the emails to Dr. Lukaszewicz, so as to put into the mind of the reader that it would not be out of question for me to have written that many emails (163) because of all my emails to him WERE ALL done to find answers, over a long 3 year period, not an attempt to frivolously communicate with Dr. Lukaszewicz, OR Mr. Guasco! I think that a reasonable person who could not get help for a very serious, life altering/endangering matter(s), would do as I and keep looking for answers. I am in Pro Per, it is my self-preservation I work on, not fun emails like someone might write on FaceBook, or other social media. Believe me, if I were hungry to socialize by written communication for fun, Mr. Guasco would not be the one I would choose.
When I wrote the 163 (?) emails in 2015 (as per Marija Petrovic’s count, but my email address I used disappeared, so I do not know the accuracy of the number) that Mr. Guasco is trying to resurrect as new and those to him after the TRO, my intention has been ONLY to clear my name. Mr. Guasco has a talent for making the innocent into something salacious and criminal. I have been writing to free myself from an invalid restraining order. Anyone in my situation would do the same.
Discovery is a key element in law, and I was denied it. I could have refuted Mr. Guasco’s so-called-evidence that was paramount in further keeping me restrained.
Mr. Guasco also makes many assertions about my feelings and intentions. He automatically attaches the worst to me, either because it suits his purpose, or it represents his own feelings were he in my place. From my experience with Mr. Guasco and the way he conducts himself, I can assure you that we are nothing alike; my behavior is based upon honesty and kindness.
I have done NOTHING wrong since my incarceration, and the prior were done out of mistake and compassion, and Judge Livermore appeared to have agreed with me, by calling it “most likely an invalid restraining order...I invite you to contest it.” I could not find an attorney to contest it for me, but it was a moot point anyway, since Judge Livermore retired and nothing more was said of it. I thought it was rather an important observation of Judge Livermore’s and completely correct. Mr. Guasco wanted it forgotten, so he wrote up points and authorities, based on the lies of the security guard Mr. Souza. Had I thought the things he said, I would have been at Dr. Lukaszewicz’s office every day. I was served them late on a Thursday afternoon at my home in Mendocino County. There was no way to file an answer by Monday morning 9 a.m. Mr. Guasco played a dirty game and I lost. That is how this restraining order has gone, keeping me at a disadvantage and in the dark.
I believe I was incarcerated for failing to pay fines and misunderstanding when I thought that when Judge Novak said, “this civil matter is now over” and asked Dr. Lukaszewicz’s office for an appointment. I believe that was the issue if I recall. It is difficult, because so many events were being set against me.
I tried to pay the fines and do community service, but the court refused. I was told that fines and community service were only for criminal matters. I told Judge Novak what I was told by the court and she yelled, “I DON’T CARE, JUST DO IT!” I am sorry, but it is like being told I MUST fly, when I don’t have wings! Then, she made it a criminal matter, because I didn’t pay my fines, or do community service (which later she removed Community service as a requirement) I made an honest attempt, but I was given an impossible mission! Then, I was jailed for not doing it! This is how it has been all along; contradictions, no help, lies, confusion, yelling at me and non-law. It was extremely difficult to take it seriously, until I was jailed.
Mr. Guasco used manufactured “evidence” against me, crafty maneuvers and blatant violations of law, and court procedure, yet he has the nerve to call me “unrepentant?” This entire matter was a series of lies, entrapment, forgery, and harassment from the beginning. It has been a legal version of a Halloween haunted house. It has aged me, harmed my health (MS, cancer survivor) and made me into a criminal of the system. This has been not only wrong, but criminal. NO ONE deserves to be treated in the manner in which I was treated. It was not fair, it was not humane.
I had mentioned to Judge Livermore that I had, on June 10, 2016, taken a book to Dr. Lukaszewicz’s office to leave for him as a birthday gift, because I was afraid all the legal events might be making him feel despondent, and I did not want him to feel bad if people did not celebrate his birthday on the following Sunday. I know he is a sensitive person, and I was concerned he might feel sad. After I told that to Judge Livermore, he said, “In that case, this may very well be an invalid restraining order.”
I did not violate the false restraining order at all since my jail time June 23, 2017 and what was deemed as violating, prior was through mistake on my part and those manufactured against me.
Mr. Guasco’s “evidence” he did not share, but merely alluded to in the hearing to renew the restraining order as his reason to extend the order, were, as he said, 163 emails that he said I had written to Dr. Lukaszewicz just prior to my going to jail. But how do I know that since I was not given discovery to that extremely pivotal part of the outcome? Was is also why my Kaiser online account was closed down, so that no proof to refute his claim could be attained? It is my contention that the emails to which he alluded were in fact, emails that were written after October 9, 2015 when I last had an office visit with Dr. Lukaszewicz. I had been sent a letter, and had a phone call from security guard Emanuel de Guzman saying I had done an “inappropriate behavior” to Dr. Lukaszewicz. Fearing an arrest for something I did not do. I sought help from Kaiser management. No one would help me, so I tried to get Dr. Lukaszewicz to help me. I wrote on an unsecure site to Dr. Lukaszewicz asking him what was going on. I was terrified. I was relentless, because I was very frightened. Later, I realized Dr. Lukaszewicz wasn’t getting the emails at all. They were going to the person who had been hired at Kaiser to get rid of me. (See EXHIBIT D):Michael Levin statement
I did not understand why Charlie Smith was my attorney. I did not retain him and the Private Defender Program said he was not in the program and neither was I. It was a civil matter they said and they only gave attorneys for criminal matters. The next time Charlie Smith appeared, was when Judge Novak told me that I had to take him as my attorney, or she would jail me, “right here and now.” I had no choice. I was still not in the Private Defender program. I don’t know who paid him the first time, nor the second time. He did nothing to help me at all.
I was smeared in many ways, and I had false accusations leveled against me. Judge Novak cleared the courtroom at the behest of “MY” attorney, Charlie Smith. He called me delusional and insulted my mental health. Then Judge Novak took up the verbal harassment and went on for at least 10 minutes. The next day my face was lumpy from hives.
Judge Novak had done the same and heckled me from the bench, calling me, “Stalker”and denigrated my mental health. It was awful.
It worries me that the people who have been treating me so terribly, and cruelly, like Mr. Guasco, and the security guard turned janitor, Edward Souza, may still be keep a watch over Dr. Lukaszewicz. I am very concerned that his name has been forged so frequently. It recently crossed my mind that the forged signature of Dr. Lukaszewicz’s could have an element of identity theft, and a desire to have the forgery accepted as a genuine signature of Dr. Lukaszewicz.
I have never been a danger to Dr. Lukaszewicz. In fact, in 2015, I gave him all Powers of Attorney over me, including financial and healthcare. I put him in my will for ¼. He can ignore everything, if he desires.I merely wanted to show him my gratitude and trust in him for his endless kindness toward me.I sent the papers to Kaiser, and I think they were confiscated. Not long after, I was told by their hired person who was in charge of getting rid of me, (See witness statement) that I could no longer see him. But, in late December, I needed gallbladder removal surgery. I requested Dr. Lukaszewicz be there. I had to wait 4 days to accommodate his schedule. My surgeon, Dr. Le, said Dr. Lukaszewicz was there, and “he saw your fatty liver”he said. A nurse said she saw him coming from the direction of my room, while I was still asleep. I called to thank him on the unsecure message VM, and shortly after, I got a TRO.
Dr. Lukaszewicz had put himself in peril to make me feel safe. That does not sound like a person who wanted to give me a TRO about a week later. It sounded like someone who wanted to please me.
I believe this entire legal event has been not only punishment for myself for having given gifts to my doctor, and stirring up jealousy in “someone” ,but punishment for Dr. Lukaszewicz too.
Mr. Guasco appears to play games with the lives of others, and also appears to ignore any consequences that could arise from an eggshell victim, or myself, an adult widow on disability, of advanced years who has MS and is a cancer survivor. I know that if Dr. Lukaszewicz could actually speak freely, he would tell the court that this restraining order was not willingly his doing. He is kind, gracious, spiritual, and ethical. A restraining order seems antithetical to his personality. I believe he was forced, threatened, or coerced into participating at all. As I said, it makes me worry for him that he is in the hands of people like the ones who have been my tormentors in this.
One of the two handwriting experts I hired said to me, “think of who the forgery benefits.” It certainly wasn’t me; that is for certain! That same premise could be applied in so many situations in life, not just forgery.
It has been nearly 3 years since seeing Dr. Lukaszewicz. If he sees me again, as a friend, or patient, it would be up to him. I am 5 hours away isolated in Mendocino County. I rarely have occasion to go to San Mateo County. I have MS and the drive is very tiring. I just cannot live with the stigma of a restraining order, and the threat it poses, especially with the police database included.
It has been terrifying, and degrading. I did not deserve this! I merely gave my wonderful, kind and so helpful doctor some gifts of gratitude. The rest has been a cruel joke, and manufactured against me. It hasn’t been funny. I do not deserve 2 more years of feeling terrible about myself, nor the stigma, when there was never any reason for it in the first place. Someone wanted me gone, and punished. It was wrong. It was ugly, and it is sad, because whoever did it has some major psychological issues with which they need to contend. I do not deserve 2 more years of feeling shame and denigration for giving my doctor some gifts for which he thanked me, and kept. Two and a half years is outrageous as is! I am 64 years old, have MS, now living 5 hours away from San Mateo county I am a good person; never a problem with the law and I deserve to live out my life knowing freedom and away from shame! Now I feel like I am not as equal to others, especially with the police database hanging over me. It is frightening. I never deserved this legal intervention, but take it as a life lesson. I would like my freedom returned, as well as my life.
Mr. Guasco seems to have a vendetta against me. There is no evidence that Dr. Lukaszewicz even knew, or wanted the renewal of the restraining order, only Mr. Guasco seems to want it himself, or for someone else. Too much was contrived against me and Dr. Lukaszewicz to ignore. It would be wrong to compound the injustice already perpetrated against me, or him. The forgery and lies perpetrated in his name were criminal acts. He should not have to remain a victim of them any longer, nor under the controlling hand of the one perpetrating them against others in his name. That is called identity theft. I was falsely restrained and jailed under his name. It is a crime. Mr.Guasco was at the center of it all. It has all been an insult to a fine person: Dr. Lukaszewicz.
I think that I deserve the TRUTH. There has been too much mystery and cruelty for nearly 3 years, with Kaiser restraint included.
I am a kind and caring, spiritual person. I have been a volunteer at Ronald McDonald House, Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital, Kaiser Santa Clara and help those in need as much as I can. I have have a background in medical and legal professions. My son and I cared for my great Aunt and uncle in their home, so they would not have to live out their lives in an unfamiliar place by those who did not love them. Respect and dignity toward all people are of the utmost importance to me. I follow the Golden Rule; it will never fail to keep one on the right path in life.
I respect Dr. Lukaszewicz and only care about his wishes, not my own. It is why I was worried about his safety when I was being treated so badly by those involved in this. I thought he could be a victim of abusive behavior too. He is a very sensitive person and I worried that it might hurt his feelings. I owe him my life. He brought me back to life, and treated me as a concerned friend, not just a patient. He stayed in contact with me when I was out of town and in terrible pain; he check on me into early morning. I would do anything to help him. I am also missing out on his expertise in his field. He is one of the only specialists in it at Kaiser. I have been suffering terribly.
I feel as if I lost such a wonderful person from my life, whom I greatly admire. I do not understand why others were so intent on making my time around him something salacious. I am sure they had their reasons, but they were wrong.
I have been traumatized and abused and falsely accused. I will take any form of lie detection to prove myself.
I suggest that the signature of Judge Chou be checked for at least reasonable similarity to his known signature.
I request that the renewal of the restraining order be dismissed and the original end date for the original restraining order of Aug 3, 2018 be reinstated.
I would be happy to attend mediation, lie detection or other, to relieve any doubt the court might have to be satisfied of my veracity and desire to show anyone with any misgivings that I am sincere to cooperate. I would follow the desires of Dr. Lukaszewicz, himself. I am also a victim in this, but it matters to me to have the court understand and believe in me. I have been upset at the deceptions done to me, but to have it over, except for the criminal behavior perpetrated by others (since that is out of my hands) I will hold no animosity toward anyone else involved. Thank you.
I declare under penalty of perjury under the State of California, that the foregoing true and correct. Executed this_______day of ________, in Gualala, CA, County of Mendocino.
Signed:__________________________ Date:_____________________
Cheryl J. Petrovich
(I had it notarized.)
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