Man with ties to McKnight SUV responds
In an email to the Daily News, Scott Schenter responded to claims that he owned the SUV that Joe McKnight is driving. A published report yesterday revealed that McKnight was driving an SUV owend by a Santa Monica man with marketing ties. McKnight's use of the SUV would likely be considered an improper benefit by the NCAA and could result in him being declared ineligible. Pete Carroll confirmed Friday that USC is conducting an investigation.
Here's the email he sent to the Daily News. He requested it be published in full.
I hope that my responses can be published in its entirety, this is why it is being sent to the Daily News and Seattle Times.
I will be back from South Africa on Tuesday and my comments are self explanatory.
Mr. Pugmire:
I was very insulted in that you co-authored an article titled, "USC investigating tailback Joe McKnight's use of vehicle" and "rushed" to publish it without comments from myself. My personal life was put in the open without the opportunity to comment (I had to disclose to my wife of the other cars I have purchased or helped buy for other women). I will make a few comments and will also be forwarding my comments to Bob Condotta of The Seattle Times, and other news organizations that I feel should hear from me so they may publish or have it for their records.
I am in Johannesburg, South Africa finalizing a major business deal (more on this later) but the internet is very expensive to use and I had meetings scheduled all week with no time to check the internet. You sent me a list of questions to answer at December 17, 2009 at 10:25 PM and on December 18, 2009 at 6:03 PM you sent me an email saying, " The Times will publish the story regarding your connection to USC running back Joe McKnight in a few hours". I had no chance to respond. In the article you said, "Reached by e-mail this week, Schenter was sent a list of questions regarding his businesses, McKnight and the Land Rover. Since then, he has not responded to multiple requests for answers."
I also want to put on record that I have a strong negative bias toward your paper as I have never forgot the "hatchet job" your staff did in the early 1990's on the Washington Huskies football program and the horrendous journalism your staff did back then. I still have one of my pride possessions parked at Santa Monica Beach, (you didn't see it when you visited my home), my Washington Husky Marching Band Van. There aren't too many of those parked at Santa Monica Beach? I used to have season tickets to the Washington Huskies for more than 15 years. I have never had USC season tickets or have never received tickets from any players or coaches from USC. I lost a bet from a girl from USC and have a "W" permanent tattoo on my ankle because of it. "W" stands for Washington and the Washington Huskies are my passion.
More information,
Johanna Michelle Beltran is a long time family friend and is an employee of Smart Bullets Inc. Smart Bullets Inc. has a patent to turn nuclear wastes into valuable metals, eliminating nuclear wastes and actually turning it into usable materials. The company also, called Smart Bullets because a protein (monoclonal antibody) attaches to a medical isotope (radiation) and attaches itself to the cancer cell and shoots off the radiation only attacking the cancer cell without hurting the healthy cells (this being a smart bullet)! My father, Dr. Robert Schenter, ex-director of National Association of Cancer Patients is the chief scientist and world authority on medical isotope production. We are looking to use this technology for AIDS/HIV, arthritis, cancer, and other diseases. Also, did you see my patent on Actinium-225?
I am the owner of the Land Rover because Michelle's parents couldn't qualify for the loan. It is her car. She makes the payments and she is responsible for insurance. The payments are a little over $500/month (not a big amount).
What is my job? This one really showed your research capabilities! I am an entrepreneur that has his hands in numerous businesses and investment opportunities. My background is in Finance and Marketing. I am in South Africa closing a deal with major corporate sponsorship for the use of my "motion media" signage for Busivision (www.busivision.com). We just signed two huge contracts to distribute the signs in South Africa. The companies you mentioned in the article are two companies that I registered in May 2008, USC Marketing (United States China Marketing) and Brighter. What about Lumabright? I have not done anything with them. Teslavision also was a past partnership. These businesses are in the marketing business but I have nothing to do with agents, marketing players, or representing athletes. I have no experience in this business. What is my real job? I currently work for the Los Angeles County Assessor's office for over 21 years real estate appraising high value properties. You couldn't find that on the internet. I would rather be known for my expertise in my marketing and finance ventures (there are more) but my current job is working for Los Angeles County, I don't like to admit it but it is.
I own so many website domains that I only purchased www.4joemcknight.com (didn't renew) because I thought it was clever along with the many other ones I own/owned. Michelle Beltran knew nothing of this website. I also have uscmarketing.com, uclalove.com (where's the Kevin Love article), stanfordindians.com, 24kobe.com, airkobe.com, trumpcancer.com, shaqcancer.com, caltechbeavers.com, uscromeo.com, and for Scott Wolf, amandapflugrad.com.
I feel this is a start in communication and I hope someone will print my response in its whole. I get back on Tuesday and hope a decision on Joe McKnight is not rushed to judgment until everything is heard. Please respect my personal life and everyone involved.
Scott Schenter
If true, then it shows some very shoddy reporting by the LAT with plenty of embellishments, exaggerations, and misrepresentations. However, it is still likely an illicit benefit for Joe to be driving the car at all.
So now players can't even drive a car owned by their girlfriend or parent? Meanwhile universities/NCAA are making billions off of these students? You gots to be effing me.
No SCnorth, one can drive a girlfriend's car. The problem comes when the dude that bought the car is a weirdo who buys domain sites like "4joemcknight.com."
Is that a violation? Maybe not. We don't know what this guy's all about no matter what he states in his e-mail. But, it's like sending up a flair saying "look at me."
I imagine we'll know a lot more soon -- maybe faster than you can say "uclalove.com."
Best part of the letter:
"...and for Scott Wolf, amandapflugrad.com."
amandapflugrad.com?
"and for Scott Wolf, amandapflugrad.com"
i am 100 percent sure that this letter is not fabricated. why would someone make something up and then say he will be available on Tuesday? it seems logical. well if he got the loan, the car isn't technically his, its the banks.
I liked the part where he's upset he had to disclose to his wife how many cars he's bought for the women he has on the side. Just me.
all sounds square then. no story here folks. yeah, right....
Scott, you owe me a new keyboard, a box of Kleenex, and a can of Coke. Hil-freaking-larious dude! Pfight On!
LAWYER JOHN... Ever handle any divorces?
ok lets see if have this straight: this guy is an international man of intrigue, who buys numerous cars for other woman but hides this from his wife, sells signs in South Africa, handles nuclear waste disposal and secretly works for the County of LA, but hates to admit it.
am i in Heaven? i pinched myself but i dont wake up.
just one thing "Scott", could you clarify your business involvement with wolf? this could end up being the best part of this story.
I thought the Scott Wolf website was DoucheyCreepersinSoccerJerseysStalkingCheerleaders.com
I thought the Scott Wolf website was DoucheyCreepersinSoccerJerseysStalkingCheerleaders.com
need more information on:
Actinium-225; can Olympic athletes use that?
did CU determine that the Land Rover is one of the least reliable cars made?
"I am in Johannesburg, South Africa finalizing a major business deal (more on this later) but the internet is very expensive to use and I had meetings scheduled all week with no time to check the internet."
So which one is it? The hotel internet was too expensive or he didn't have time? Just another part of this rambling, incoherent letter that sounds suspicious. If he didn't have time, why would it matter how much the internet cost anyway?
And how could this guy be buying multiple cars for women and traveling internationally when he can't fork out the money to either stay at a hotel that provides the internet or pay for it himself?
This sounds like one big sales pitch for this guy's business. What does it matter what this tool does?
"Shaqcancer.com"? What's that about?
Most unsettling for me, I live in Santa Monica and have seen that "Washington Huskies Marching Band van" parked around the corner from my house. I always wondered what it was doing there. Does that mean this guy is practically my neighbor?
Cafe 84, you are living next to the next Donald Trump. Go introduce yourself.
Maybe I should keep an eye out for Joe McKnight cruising my neighborhood as well.
Anything and everything sells on the internet these days, even potential website addresses, so I'm just saying, what if the 4joemcknight.com registration is a potential investment this guy made just in case mcKnight actually makes it in the NFL? Could be worth something, but I'm just saying...
1. Closing a major business deal, but the Internet is too expensive to use? That's funny.
2. Ties to another Pac 10 program?? Sounds like it could be a set up.
3. McKnight had a good game at Ohio State...that's been it for 3 years. More time for Bradford & Havili is not a bad thing. This guy may have done the program a favor.
This is so hilarious. His rambling, disjointed treatise sounds less plausible than McKnight's previous retraction that he didn't have a phone conversation with Reggie Bush regarding NCAA violations in Pete Carroll's office before signing with them.
Oh what a tangled web we weave. Will be interesting when they start asking for pay stubs, 1099s, asking her about the business and her relationship with this guy. United States of China! That was the gut shot heard around the CFB world. Hilarious....pure comedy.