Last week attorneys reported they were planning to seize all of James Pendergraft‘s assets, forcing his five Florida abortion clinics, including Orlando Women’s Center, to close. Unfortunately the pro-choice attorneys who represent the family with the $36,700,000 judgement against Pendergraft chose to tell John Barros that the clinic closing was a certainty, although they spoke to him before the hearing took place.
Pendergraft and his attorneys were able once again to move assets into different LLCs to make them difficult to seize; until the attorneys can prove he owns these assets the clinics will certainly remain open. According to Jay Rogers, who examined court records on Friday, May 3, 2013, five writs of garnishment were filed on May 2 and 3 and approximately forty (yes, 40!) more will be filed. Click “continue reading” below to see the full list.