" -e SuIdect George Michael Steinbrenner 12, 19861J1f PBI Ho. 383 595 MI ~_ Applicut for pardon -"'tlAl G D 1b Director, FBI At.:' n: Paul P". Rolani eIlie! Background Investigation Dnit ~ 5136, J.B.B. Bldg. O¢""",n_ Bn"~ ia a coPf ot: a n... ~Lt: DR fUed by subject, whose earlier petition was investigated by JOar MIll in 1919. '!be closing report of that inquiry was Jlade by b6 of JOur Pittsbul:gh office, and was d t.ed April 23, .. - - - . - ..I --­ I , ! !:;;. ----~I 1 .,' 2. .............i ........ ...... ~ .,- ­ •. r """'("" I ,- ""I r--· , .. I I . • • · ~ I 0 ,I (2) , ,. .. ... ... 1I J q ctJIWiI:IiM ..........11, ~1M'''''JIIII'iIII_ I I I l 1. Pcddoacr appiIIcd to' the IJJIWI Staaa Com 01 '.A.-I....... Jii :a; .... OD ,i ~ ~.. 'D+ .l'_~. ~- ... lID, Court ' a - for writ 01 ~ J9y--!­ .. If r.-c...." I . L ' ! ccrtiorlpi .....~.:... ~ .........'oa !9- If ell WU I pabIiIIIId. aM • -. 4. 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EMPLOYPoiJuIT 7, Type of business: i I Name and address of employer: ~e~.lgn.~ID,I~IL...~~.~;ag:t¥.Ph,JU;:sm;Lj....bft_:IW; 1 Type of business: Basel:jaU I Dales of employment: From _....1"'9!""1Z2_______ ""4 ; . I • • I I; ~ , I ~ . L I '1 j 1, : II!~ and address of employer: +---__;...-_-+..,..­ J: I~ r , Type of business: __-...._+-__.......,._-,-< , Ii , ~. "f:r l~ .' , " . .·1 ,i U ; D~tes of employment:- From --f--,.----..,......,....-+-­ ' n , HI U Have you cver bccn discbargcMrom, employment for any reason? f ' '. ; ()esl;9. ' Have you ~er t;e.signed ·after beiua informed that youremi'foyer intended to ~{I1'se ~II tOi any, reason? No :(ye:ilno). If you auswered yes to either qnestio~. explain l'uIly:' ••,;. ',: 1 h II ~i ' ,~. i I ; lj . ~ II II J j ]fl , 1 j :' Ii '/1. - 11 ' PRIOR ~D SVBS.EQUENTI~.u. Ii BerRO I 'l~' 8. Have you ever been arrested,,~ into custody, held; for in I :_, • 11 ~ ques~~ in" or .char~ by any law enforcemeDt authority. whcther'FederaJ. state,loeaI:Or for~: eitJI rr a; ajuv~l4, or adult? ~ ,I < (JIe.s/no). For each incident list dateL lWure ofoffense charged, ~w eal orc;ep1Glt,aUt Iori., invoIYed.l~tlon aDd 4iJpo&ition (Any omission wil~ be construed as rt'I··..lCation): : 1' :." ~ 1 • " • j cpu~ '# .'j" ,» f ~ !I ~one other than noted i~n que"itionl~2 ,:l L 1 • 1"" )' ! i I : n­ ,I I''; I ':u ------.......--.....--rI--"'I"'l"--.,...."'--~-;r-H:---t~, 1i I '.,'' Ii. ~I '~ j' I: ! " " '. I. : Of,<' ,. ,.,- '1.1 ~ • 'I'j' , :' JI ' .,., CIVIL; AN.D FIN,.ANCIAL INFORMAT I. • ~ . ..'. ". <r . '" cJ1"··..1j ',1 , I •. .... r ~. I' I ~ 9. AN YQ.U in defauk in any way, in"tlie perfofDlant;e or. diae~4c. of !Uly,lcJebt o~;.o liption hilpo~ upon y~? ~o ,&sIno1. Wllbl,n tic,last 10 ~..<b~:~ I~ ~1'I.9~Fede:t;t pr~ talc ~) been filed aaaf8st you, or have you bep,li ~.party 10 811)' Jawsl*,S or , 1r ' '[ IilR .• tis/no). Do YOll have any pcndinl mattei's with the Feder:lll or State gOY~ , ,.III'! !'e, ~/no), 1f.Y,OU apswered yes to any qnestioD, explain fully: I ' L',"" {-r.;, If '~I I am, invoiJ.ved in numjlro,us busines~ ventures, '~;i.t11, some 1 aed.vett . '1' " . ," '1' 1 1)' '111 par~ic1pate, in their *agem.ent; with most! .. ho.we:u:er ~1o not.: S~me of' these b~ine8S ventJre~ have' bee~ invo~~'~' ~J ;ad~e¥~ l1:Y pro~eeJl~s. All th~ adver~a';' ~~c~edings are ',ci!~~ .pJo~e~ di~': I~I some of J~ese '.' ". ', .. ," 1 o! : tI ':u proceedings J 1 was na~d. as a party. I am:aJ;, 0, :cur.reriUy undei'goi'ilg .! "t ....__ .,.. l~ ; , ,I o :. '-l II • • (4) IIIU'I'AIlY JIICOIID ' 'I 10. HaIe,.........Ia .......fGl'Clloldll Ual&eda.ta:.....t-'.~~i-,,.;,,.Jf.....~ol ...•. I I' . .,.., . .,., ...... .. .... ":. ., ! •• BASIJf4I ....~ II..........,,..._.............(I'....JIIOt ....... GI" ..................,.01~ ....... ): '1" s.. ..... ...ill- S of Itbe :1 ' " -l '. .. j . , I" t I .•, Sr'. 11beII ........Io....._.~,. , . - I .... ". ....... ... ..t-.J.,.:'::J!~~*-!';:.e:~L . .' i ~: . * ""~" .1 ...a...... ~I"" ..l1l(I.,.... ...:..... 1·· f, I , •f ---..,....------, " ------,_.­ .', .. GB.OllGB H. S'l.ElIIBIII7.I III PERDllIG LBGAL ACrlCllS .JAlIUAU 28, 1986 <__ 1'0 Q1ESHOB 9) OPPOSlII:: PAB.'l'l' COUI! & CASE IOBEIl nor1da Clties Publish1. Co. Circuit Civl1, IfUl.aboxovaJL County. no~~ --1JI3a98i5-Divts...uIl ~'-------1 'V' Cleavelay. Beeler & JacksonvU1e lIrnlthly District Court o~ .Appea1 ! nondaSeeond D1stJ:ict ~f 8S-~~ _ , . ~ ......;: St, Ph1l1.p. TowiQg Co, TaapeU.S. Diatrict Division Cot I .83:.1464.C:bhL15 , -. -- .. ~~- - - -------~----~-------~ -­ ~t, Poston. J'orlezo• .c 41. U.S. IW ..__ Co. -­- !~':':''''!,,''''''!D,,!.,r ~- Bruce Po~~OD _-~ ~cal ~- -- --. !~~ct j4~~ ~.---- ~JIeii=_~i:k --­ , 82·Civ--0894 Bd Lina. and CiS. I:ac. U.S. District We.tam D:Latr:LctCo[ of Hew Yom Civ 84-0878 . U.S. Tax Court Docket 80, 21952-:83 United SCat. o:f ....ri.ca u.s. Court of Cl~1i- 52-83'.r I 11 -... ! : j.I. o • 'VNlTJID . I, . .. I DEPAR1'MENT OF .....rd......""m I I ( ,i I I~ .I ,.~ ... ,I b6 .: I dD......,...,....tIIe ........ Iaforrvt_iltme'" I ..t • I I I ,.I II I I' -: ----; " .. b6 .. I. 'loa !fcBNea, .bereby state .s follows: Affidavit is s~btlitted in support of Georae St.l1nbrttmjar' II Pifi:t"~ -f!J"r- -••rdon sullait-ted .to ,the. .l1:.~t of tM 1"~1;fliCl State•• 1. If)- aa. 18 "Eoa tlcEven aDd. I r ••:1da at _"Eaapa. Florlda. ~.. I _ the Spo:r:t. Eclitor of the !8II!IP& ·1.T.~lIle '" -' ~" ..... -,,: --x-haVe' kiiOwn "Wrse 0iD:rc.- -lie'-'tge'-tro"'l:IIIIIID& .to.. .hUt."o the'!.... Sbipyad :tq. 1974. ~ consider Georae a. .. business. profesaiODii--... ----- ----- Qeorae is aD. experienced aacI touah buaine....... - also fair and accODDdatiDg. t ·0 '. - 1 ­ 6. As a sports editor I have also dealt wi h George professionally, covering his activities with the Y~k~es, the Tampa horsetrack, which he boucht soon after coming h~re, and his numerous other sports involvements. In his deal!, gs with -thILp-x:es.s,-Geg;:ge Jla.,!' a).w~[s bee~l~:~el!. _available a d aware of the value of news. Although George, himself, ofte, provide. muc~ to write about, so far as I know, he has never e ploited the press. 7. I te~l I ~ow all sides of George. I k ow that he .can, at times. be autocratic and firm and he is no' without --,- --- A----a:-·~c-empeTt--~:_a..~so-lanow-tha.t-he_is_~lu~. sap for a sad e e' - sJ:.~·childran, family.. SEOX'ts and the American fla move . .---:::::fi1Di. .tffiIIb::lIilI(nr:o:t:h~r!llen1=geo·Ji'ge-backs_uJllL,.h1.L..~h~i th . ==:;;~_~~~I1~~:~~., G~~~~~~~=~:~~~~~;::n~~~~~~~s~~~ -~~s~ _-~E_~,~- ~s:- ..-==----= many tJ.mes gone the extra lIlJ.-Ie to lielp"'out~-a"'worthy"'ciiiuse.• .;.;.:,;::,.,;;;:;,.~~,;;...,~1 8. For example, a few years ago Lou Piniel}a. a I formex: X,,~p!~~er an,d ma,nager who is from Tampa. rJ't,i,.red. '. ==~ -~=;-';.i.:'~lL;;~..J.1.\. :,.,. ~y". go!; his start in baseball from the Boys - Clubs of Tam~:. '~:~~~~r"g~ ~t~~e~~b~€Pa~?ii~riiiiiuet' ~-.. -= for Lou and h~d many ot the Yankee players attend. FtftY-five thousand dollars was raised with which the Boys Club lsed to build a much-needed office center and recreation comp'ex. 9. And when the Super Bowl was played here in Tampa several years ago, George threw his full support behi d the NFL .- 3 ­ Alumni Club. At his own expense he brought the Marin Bugle Corp. and other entertainment which was able to raise $400,000 for charitable cause nationally and in this area e.g. usa, Children. Home. 10. co~passion and generosity occurred just lase month. and I attended the J.C. Penney mixed team golf tournament here, visiting with the men and women pros, many of had hoste~ at Yankee Stadium. I re-introduced him to Chi Rodriguez and told him of a Rodriquez program tinderwa area in which abused children are day-cared by his fo --Th~~~~~dren ~~~-;';'~~~;;d~;;-;orkinl- on -;'-g;;if-cours' -fliit-tne-----­ .t • • another course is being built and w1ii serve as a ------. -=. ..~piice···!or·tn. ;il:fuiia""lticlS:.~=:Abou~.-29~·!'!I!..hll2'!~'!t:.._ 1. ,.c;,h.~::0-_=!.t;__ ",,*,,-=_.- . ____, _.' the time. George immediately said he wanted to help. promised that when the Yankees come to the area next to play the Toronto Blue Jays he would hose the kids.ci tham ~ -;'; ..::' --:::... y~tli'- );e~~;iiii--'ab-=ct::iH·~":t1ie-louricIa~ion-:lils~.:s!far.,:::qf1': ep,e::::game· 4, •••~ __ • -' . ,.... - ..... -... -.... --~~ receipts--about $20,000. 11. Ceorge also has a great romance with h and college sports and has done much to help them out.