#RITA GLAVIN DONZIGER TRIAL#
Chevron's civil suit initially sought $60 billion in damages which would have required a trial by jury. "In 2011, Chevron filed a civil RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) suit against Donziger in New York City, accusing him of bribing an Ecuadorean judge, ghostwriting the damages judgment against it, and "fixing" scientific studies.
Their efforts triggered an order to appoint an "expert" friendly to the plaintiffs, that Ecuadorian government prosecutors "actively cooperated" with the plaintiffs, that the plaintiffs bribed the "experts" and ghostwrote their report and that the plaintiffs paid a retired judge to draft the acting judge's orders-and that the same judge solicited bribes that Chevron refused to pay" The Court of Arbitration's findings of fraudulent activities included that the evidence placed before the Court is "the most thorough documentary, video, and testimonial proof of fraud ever put before an arbitral tribunal", that the plaintiffs championed by the film actually were engaged in blackmail and bribery of Ecuadorian judges. The award found that Ecuador violated its obligations under international treaties, investment agreements and international law. "In 2018, the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague ruled that the $9.5 billion judgment in Ecuador was marked by fraud and corruption and "should not be recognised or enforced by the courts of other States." The amount Ecuador must pay to Chevron to compensate for damages is yet to be determined. Then some real fucked up shit happened, if that wasn't enough. "To avoid paying the damages awarded by the court in Ecuador, Chevron moved its assets out of the country, leading the plaintiffs to seek enforcement actions in Canada, Brazil, and Argentina for confiscation of Chevron's assets" Not cool bro. The decision was affirmed by three appellate courts including Ecuador's highest court, the National Court of Justice, although the damages were reduced to $9.5 billion" A provincial Ecuadorean court found Chevron guilty in 2011 and awarded the plaintiffs $18 billion in damages. Donziger appeared in the 2009 documentary film Crude which explored a two-year period in the case. He said that "the indigenous people would never get a fair trial in Ecuador if they did not illuminate what had happened to them and get public support". Then, "when the case moved to Ecuador, Donziger conducted a public education campaign to inform Ecuadoreans about the pollution of the Amazon. Chevron bought Texaco in 2001 and argued that Texaco had cleaned up its area of operations and that its partner, Petroecuador, was responsible for any remaining pollution." "Donziger filed brought a class-action lawsuit in 1993 against Texaco on behalf of over 30,000 farmers and Indigenous people from the Amazon region" for the fuck up at Lago Agrio oil field, which was called the "Chernobyl of the Amazon" ". Wikipedia has a pretty good explaination on what happened, I am copy/pasting some relevant points here.
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