8. Mark Baker needs to clarify a few things (on a public forum) about how Ruben Rivera left Travertine/XIX. According to Baker, Ruben left of his own free will and was not kicked out. Baker:
"Let's be quite clear on THE FACTS... Ruben was NOT pushed out of the deal .. HE QUIT OF HIS OWN FREE WILL.. While we were drawing up a management contract for HIM,ARTAN and MYSELF... He walked away from it and was not cut out of anything. The whole thing stinks and everyone looses.ruben expects everyone to quit also and walk away or everyone is 'NOT LOYAL' .." [sic]
Update: The full statement was removed from Blackbook, but the original interview Baker addresses can be found HERE.
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