WHY IS WIGHTMAN SO BOTHERED ABOUT NEGRETE CASE?

By Juan Montoya
It's going on two years now since blogger Robert Wightman has been ragging 138th District Judge Arturo Nelson, court-appointed attorney Louis Sorola and Asst. District Attorney Gus Garza.
The reason?
Wightman claims that they all conspired (and that Sorola bribed D.A. Luis Senz with a $500 political contribution) over a criminal mischief case involving one Hector Negrete. His emails to the D.A.'s PIO (Melissa Landin) reveal a doggedness to get money from the victims compensation fund to pay for a damaged Harley Davidson motorcycle..
Why are Wightman's boxers (or is it the feminine variety?) all in a knot?
Would you believe it's because he has been wanting the DA's office to pay victim's compensation to a biker whose chopper was allegedly knocked over by Negrete? The biker's name is Emilio Montes. And what Wightman has never let his readers know is that Montes is his nephew. Peruse just a few of the emails he sent Landin.

Wightman may have overlooked the fact that the Texas Victims Compensation Act only pays for medical expenses for victims, and then only after their insurance has been depleted. Property damages (such as the Harleys) are the responsibility of the insurance coverage. However, Montes (we mean Wightman) is adamant that his nephew get his $3,000 for his Harley.
Montes and a friend (one Joe Garcia) were at the Sportsmans Lounge when Negrete was kicked out of the bar after he assaulted a waitress. He also got in a fight with other patrons at the bar. He was then kicked out and locked out of the bar and then arrested by police for causing a disturbance in the parking lot adjoining the HEB. That's where the Harleys belonging to Montes and his friend Garcia were parked.
In interviews with police, Montes and his friend said they had not seen Negrete damage their bikes, The friend also told police that he was not drinking in the bar, merely "bullshitting" with friends.
Wightman now claims that Montes said damage to his Harley was somewhere above $3,000 and his friend told police his bike's damage was about $300.
In the taped interview with police detectives, Montes and Garcia claimed much smaller figures for the damages.
Sorola enters the case because he was in Nelson's court and the judge appointed him to represent Negrete after another court-appointed attorney (Letty Barguiarena) withdrew. Wightman reads into that that Barguiarena knew that something crooked was going on and wanted no part of it. That's the nature of that conspiracy-driven boy.
The complaint that Montes (read Wightman) filed with the Texas Board of Disciplinary Appeals of the Texas Supreme Court was rejected on May 18, 2015. Then, on July 16, Wightman (ahem, Montes) appealed the decision and Christine E. McKeeman, executive director and general counsel of the board notified Sorola, Garza and Montes (Wightman) that the appeal was granted to determine "whether there is just cause to believe that the attorney(s) committed professional misconduct."
The record shows that Nelson appointed Sorola "out of order" – not an unusual occurrence – and both he and Garza concurred that trying the defendant twice for an offense arising from the same criminal act constituted double jeopardy.
Garza filed for the dismissal. This might be the only mistake Garza made, since Wightman (we mean Montes) correctly claims that a felony charge on a different victim precludes the double jeopardy defense.
Negrete had already spent 76 days in jail for the previous misdemeanor conviction of criminal mischief arising out of the same offense.

Although the grievance against Sorola and Garza was signed by Montes, it was no secret that the grievance narrative was written by Wightman, a disbarred attorney (that's him in Flying Nun drag at left).

Wightman (Montes) charged in the grievance that a $500 campaign contribution by Sorola to Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz weeks after the case was dismissed indicated that there was "the same level of corruption which occurred under now convicted former Cameron County DA Armando Villalobos. After cases are dismissed money is donated to the DA's campaign."
Sorola got paid $200 from the county for his defense of Montes. So he made a contribution of $500 to Saenz for the dismissal? We have to do business with Sorola.
Wightman also alleged that the former court-appointed attorneyBarguiarena, withdrew from the case because "she refused to be a party to the fraud" and because "she knew there was no basis for the double jeopardy claim."
There was no such statement from Barguiarena in the grievance filed with the state bar and no indication she would testify to Wightman's claims. To Wightman, however, it is "clear."
Not content with smearing Garza, Sorola and Saenz, he also uses a brad brush to bring in Justice of the Peace 2-3 Mary Esther Garcia, Sorola's wife. What she has to do with the bar fight, her husband's court appointment to defend Negrete, or Garza's decision to dismiss the felony charge he does not say. To Wightman, it is "clear," of course.
And of course, he brings in the Rrunrrun as well, claiming that everyone (Sorola) and his brother (if he has one) pay us for what we write. Oh, but that that were true!
And then, after the usual claims by drama queen Wightman, his imagined coup-de-grace: "I know for a fact the DOJ (U.S. Department of Justice) is investigating our current DA on two other bribe claims so I'm copying this State Bar Complaint to the FBI/DOJ."
Ooooh! Signature Wightman. And then he has the unmitigated gall (which keeps resprouting and resprouting) to say he was not behind it? The irony is to die for!

Is Montes aware of the attention his uncle (Wightman) is bringing down on him and his carefree life as a biker? Doesn't he know that Asst. DA Garza will have to take a closer look at him, his past record, and the validity of his accusations to defend himself? Will he be able to defend himself if he is sued for defamation and brought in for a deposition or to testify in court? Wightman won't be there to hold his hand and guide him through that process.
And now does the DA Saenz and his PIO Melissa Landin realize the monster they have created?