TriCityHealthcareDeclaration

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September 29, 2013

DECLARATION OF RICHARD RIVERO

On February 24, 2011 at approximately 3:20 pm, I was in Assembly Room #3 at 4002
Vista Way, Oceanside, California attending the Tri-City Medical Board meeting.

After finding a place to sit in the rear of the room, I sat for approximately 1 minute when I
saw Ms. Kathleen Sterling enter the room through the rear entrance between the
concession table and the table for the documents and flyers.

It appeared to me that Ms. Sterling was walking towards the table with the documents
when I saw a tall male white subject, later identified as Craig Lawyer, along with another
male white wearing a gray suit quickly walk towards Ms. Sterling.

I saw Ms. Sterling turn and appeared to wave “hello” to somebody in the audience just as
the two males contacted Ms. Sterling. The two males immediately told Ms. Sterling to
leave the room. Two uniformed security guards then approached from behind Ms.
Sterling and stood very close to her, approximately 2 feet from her back.

Ms. Sterling mentioned that she wanted to say hello to a friend who was several feet
away and the two men mentioned something about a restraining order in effect and
proceeded to shove her towards the door. Ms. Sterling held her ground and stated that
the order is in effect during the meeting and that the meeting had not started yet.

I looked down at my watch and noticed that there was still 5 minutes before the meeting
was to start as well as people were still milling around and most of the board was not at
the board table yet.

Ms. Sterling attempted to walk around Craig Lawyer when he suddenly grabbed at Ms.
Sterling’s shoulders with both hands and forcibly pushed her back as the man in the
gray suit then grabbed her left arm and also pushed her back. Ms. Sterling yelled, “You’
re touching me! Don’t touch me” or something to that effect as she was being pushed
out the door. Never did I see Ms. Sterling grab Craig Lawyers arms or inflict any office
injury on anyone. I was sitting approximately 10 feet away.

After Ms. Sterling was forced out of the room, Craig Lawyer and the other man came
back into the room laughing. Soon the two uniformed security guards entered the room
and they two were laughing and stated, “What a nut!” The smaller of the two uniformed
security guards stated, “She is a crazy bitch.”

The four men then sat directly behind me and I noticed Matt Soskins was then seated
near me and they began to speak. I could hear Craig Lawyer telling the man in the gray
suit, “See what you got me into with this crazy person!” Then they all laughed. Matt
Soskins then said, “Looks like we are going to have a fun night tonight.”

Two Oceanside Police Officers (Tall male and small female)soon arrived and contacted
Craig Lawyer and the other man in the gray suit and I could hear them laughing as they
described the event. They stated that she rushed them and tried to force her way past
them to get to the board members. Soon the officer left.

Later the two officers returned and laughed as they told Craig Lawyer that they had
spoken with Ms. Sterling. I could not hear what they said as the meeting was now in
session and they began to whisper.

Craig Lawyer then stood behind me again and spoke with another man. They were
laughing about the incident. The man in the gray suit spoke to another man and I heard
him say, “There is no crime so they cannot arrest. There was no injury.”

Then meeting then proceeded as scheduled.

Later when there was a 15 minute break in the meeting, I was in the hallway when I saw
Ms. Sterling standing by the doorway. Both uniformed security guards were standing in
the doorway as if blocking her admittance. Another man then asked Ms. Sterling to step
away and she did. The two uniformed guards then again began to laugh and stated,
“You have got to be kidding me with this crazy lady.” A few moments later, Rose Marie
Reno then exited the room and walked towards the rest room. She spoke with a security
guard briefly and as she walked by me she stated, “They should be throwing a fucking
fish net over her and dragging her to jail!”

I declare under the penalty of perjury, under the laws of the State of California and the
Laws of the United States of America, that the following is true and correct. Executed at
Oceanside, California on this 10th day of March, 2011.

s/Richard Rivero

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RichardRivero

P.O.Box 4236

Oceanside,CA 92052