One day, all of the Black Friday hubbub will end. Until then, the soap opera forges ahead. The latest chapter in this daytime serial sees gaming industry attorney Jeff Ifrah (pictured) firing back at convicted online poker payment processor Chad Elie.

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In April, Elie filed a lawsuit against Ifrah, who served as Elie’s legal counsel, claiming that Ifrah withheld legal information that would have resulted in Elie exiting the payment processing business had he known of it. The information was allegedly in the form of a memorandum from the law firm of Akin Gump, which detailed talks the firm had with Government lawyers that “confirmed to Akin Gump and Ifrah that third-party poker processing was illegal.”

Elie said that Ifrah never shared this information with him, but if he had, Elie would have understood that payment processing was against the law and ceased his activities.

Elie also accused Ifrah of negligently missing a filing deadline that resulted in legal hardship for Elie in separate matter, as well as providing the U.S. Government with information about Elie’s dealings in exchange for protection from prosecution himself.

On June 3, Ifrah, who worked closely with Full Tilt Poker and PokerStars and served as a sort of liaison between Full Tilt and the poker community during site’s efforts to be purchased, filed a motion to dismiss Elie’s complaint.

In the motion, Ifrah says, “The statements Plaintiff Chad Elie offered under oath to a Federal judge last year when pleading guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and operate an illegal gambling business make it impossible for relief to be granted for Plaintiff’s final seven [out of eight] claims for relief. Likewise, his first [and only other] claim for relief is not only meritless, but fatally unripe.”

One of the more damning pieces of evidence Ifrah produced in his motion is a quote from Elie(pictured with Harry Reid) pulled from court transcripts. A significant portion of Elie’s complaint revolves around the idea that Ifrah told him payment processing was legal, thus encouraging Elie to continue his business.

On Page 8 of the motion to dismiss, Ifrah recounts the judge’s words from Elie’s court hearing: “In a super abundance of caution, it occurs to me to say to you, Mr. Elie, do you understand that by entering this plea you are surrendering any claim that you did not act with criminal intent because you relied on the advice of counsel? Do you understand that?”

After a response from Elie’s attorney, Elie replied, “Yes, your Honor. I am not relying on advice of counsel and I am pleading guilty to the conspiracy.”

Ifrah also pointed out that while Elie told the U.S. Government that he relied on advice from several attorneys for various matters, he never mentioned Ifrah.

The highlight of the motion, though, is Ifrah’s venomous prose about Elie: “Plaintiff’s Complaint is a string of dishonest attacks offered by a confirmed liar who admitted under oath to willfully lying to banks for pecuniary gain for years. Apparently, the remorse Plaintiff expressed to the criminal court for his dishonesty was a sham because he continues to lie with impunity in his present Complaint. Nearly everything negative Plaintiff alleges about Defendants in his Complaint is a fabrication. It brings Defendants no pleasure to use such strong language in a judicial proceeding, but the deplorable mendacity of Plaintiff’s Complaint warrants such a response.”

Ifrah adds later. “It is worth noting that Plaintiff provides no details regarding the ugly accusations in his Complaint: in no instance has he identified a specific email, text, phone call, or meeting (nor any specific dates) in which Defendants made the alleged statements which form the basis for his claims. Nor has Plaintiff provided the date of any checks sent or of commissions allegedly received, or any quoted language from the supposed legal opinions Defendants offered to Plaintiff.”

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