Many of you have called us to find out if our director Dennis Sobin is still scheduled to go to trial next week for entering Washington City Hall against his son Assistant D.C. Attorney General Darrin Sobin's wishes. Yes, the trial is still set to take place at DC Superior Court, 500 Indiana Ave NW, Washington, DC before Judge Linda Turner on Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 11 am. No, his son has not had a change of heart, nor has the mayor or Darrin's superiors seen fit to intervene YET. Please do not call us as we have no further information! If you wish to call anyone, you can contact Mayor Adrian Fenty at 202-724-8876. Please read the heartfelt letter below that Dennis sent to him before you call. As of this writing, there has been no response from the mayor. We believe he has taken a strong personal interest in this matter, but we do not know for sure. You can find out by calling 202-724-8876. LETTER: Dear Mayor Fenty, It was great seeing you recently. Your admiration of my work as a performing artist at the Kennedy Center and as director of the Prisons Foundation is greatly appreciated. Let me begin by saying that it's always a pleasure meeting you. The support you and your agencies have given to the Prisons Foundation in its mission to support the arts and education in prison, reentry of prisoners into society, and victim assistance, is most admirable. Unfortunately, I have not been able to accept your invitation to come to City Hall to meet with you because of threats made by my son, Darrin Sobin, an assistant attorney's general there. Darrin, for all his good features and capabilities that we discussed, has been hateful to me ever since I sued him and my sister for failing to account for my inheritance, which they jointly managed after my mother's death while I was in prison in the 1990's. While I have extended the olive branch to them in recent years, they have not relented in their efforts to keep me away from them. Through his influence, power and knowledge of the law, Darrin got a stay away order from me to keep me away from him. He recently invoked it to keep me away from City Hall under threat of arrest. It is not an idle threat as he had me arrested in April and charged with three counts of violating the stay away order for three appearances I made at City Hall, each time to testify at public hearings. As far as I know, Darrin intends to prosecute me with the help of his colleagues in both the DC Attorney General's Office and the Federal Attorney General's Office (Darrin is a registered Republican with good federal connections). Indeed, when he got his stay away order from me, he was represented in court by the highly experienced Director of the domestic violence branch of the DC Attorney General's Office, despite the fact that there has never been violence or even the threat of violence in this matter. You had mentioned in one of our conversations that you would "talk to Darrin." This was not my suggestion but yours, and I appreciated it. Indeed, he should know what's at stake if he continues his course of action. Darrin has more to lose from my upcoming trial on October 29 if he pursues this prosecution of his father than I do, whether or not he succeeds in sending me to jail. If he wins and has me put in jail, it will be a shameful thing for a lawyer to do, particularly one whose legal education was paid in part by his father. If he loses, there will be grounds by me for recovery of damages for false arrest and malicious prosecution. Thank you for anything you have done or intend to do in accordance with your promise to me. With kind regards, Dennis Dennis Sobin, Director Prisons Foundation 1600 K Street. NW, Suite 501 Washington, DC 20006 www.PrisonsFoundation.org [email protected] 202-393-1511