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| | Berkeley Patient Group Sues North East Patient Group
Operator Of 4 Of Maine Medical Pot Dispensaries
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And The Real Losers Here Are The Sick Or
Terminal Maine Medical Marijuana Patients! Simply
Because In The Meantime Their 3 Out Of 4 Maine Medical Marijuana Dispensary's Will NOT! Be Open!
Berkeley Patients Group, a California medical
marijuana dispensary operator, is suing the executive director of
Augusta-based Northeast Patients Group for allegedly breaching her employment
contract by failing to disclose negotiations with another financial backer.
The lawsuit against Rebecca DeKeuster and Northeast Patients Group was filed
on July 6 in Cumberland County Superior Court and seeks repayment of $632,195 in
loans. It also asks that the court order DeKeuster, of Augusta, to end her
association with Northeast Patients Group.
The suit alleges that DeKeuster, while being paid by Berkeley, used
confidential information to strike a deal with a new financial backer, and
didn’t tell the California group about those talks.
She resigned in February, after signing a letter of intent with the new
investor, a Rhode Island-based organization backed by former professional
basketball player Cuttino Mobley.
The letter between Northeast and Mobley Pain Management and Wellness Center
outlines terms that had been discussed, including a $2 million financial
commitment from Mobley, as well as a $100,000 bridge loan effective upon the
signing of the letter of intent, which is dated Feb. 23.
Mobley has provided Northeast with "some amount of money" to
advance a cultivation site in Thomaston, which has been operational since June,
according to Catherine Cobb, director of the Department
of Health and Human Services' Division of Licensing and Regulatory
Services.
DeKeuster, who had worked for Berkeley Patients Group since 2004, was
assigned in 2010 to lead the organization’s effort to open dispensaries in
Maine. Northeast Patients Group formed, and, with funding from Berkeley, applied
for and was awarded four of the state’s eight dispensary licenses.
Nearly a year later, those four clinics — which Northeast has said would be
in Portland, Augusta, Thomaston and the Bangor area — are the only
state-licensed dispensaries that have yet to open.
Cobb said the Thomaston dispensary should open soon, but Northeast hasn't
signed lease agreements on locations for the other three dispensaries.
DeKeuster did not return calls today.
Northeast's lawyer, Dan Walker of Preti Flaherty, released a written
statement in response to the lawsuit. He said that he and Northeast disagree
with the facts presented and would file a response within a few weeks.
"We do expect to have necessary funding and support to open the
dispensaries in the very near term," Walker said.
Brad Sesnac, spokesman for Berkeley Patients Group, declined to comment on
the lawsuit.
By Leslie
Bridgers lbridgers@pressherald.com
Staff Writer
and Michael
Shepherd mshepherd@mainetoday.com
Staff Writer
Calif.
group sues operator of Maine pot dispensaries
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