There is proof to assert these claims.  In addition, Wesley was reported to have been fired from Robella, LLC for mishandling funds/monetary interests.  All encounters, contracts, emails and receipts have been recorded and saved (along with dialogue, obtained during live conversation, not telephonic).  There are also other events and recorded timelines, involving Wesley Cochran performing schemes toward monetary gain at the expense of others, and statements have been taken from these individuals whom have been wronged by him.  The only attempts made were that of monetary recovery for loss (the claim of extortion is erroneous).

Wesley Cochran worked under Robella, LLC and claimed to have worked for Warner Music Group, Sony, Interscope and other companies involved in the music business.  Upon calling these companies, no records of Wesley Cochran's employment were found.  To date, Sergio's involvement with Wesley appeared to be solely through Robella, LLC and a few music 'gig' contracts, as an investor, and he was not fully aware of Wesley's misdeeds, until later (though he was aware of certain music contracts that were less than legally enforceable and placed music artists at a disadvantage). All of these documents have been saved and recorded as recourse against retaliation.

As the reporter that was attached and sent all the emails on this matter and released this to several bloggers and of course Rip Off Report,  I can assure the public that this WAS NOT an extortation matter.

What the above rebuttals fail to state is that they were sent a LEGAL and BINDING settlement agreement along with all emails. 

Tye Farley is a reputable and successful government crisis manager and is in no way associated with extortion and knowing that he only deals in political crisis, I would also be lead to believe that words have been twisted in this case.

I have the tapes of all the conversation had with both parties (which would not be released) and NO WHERE was it stated that  a reputation would be ruined. I understand your need to do damage control at this time, but to expand the more lies that company tells would not be the way to do it. 

You also mentioned a person by the name of Sean (the victim of your company) He has also provided a series of emails that show that Mr. Cochrane was indeed working for you and that he was hired to handle company business. 

That law is very particular on the definition of Extortation, and when someone sends you a Settle Agreement, that would NOT fall in that definition.

To mention those names in this report now make you libel and they will be notified of the slander in your previous rebuttals.

 his report is false.

Mr. Cochrane was not employed for Robella LLC at any time.

In fact he was an independant contractor who provided Robella with potential acts to be signed onto our ESMG imprint Label.

Robella was never paid any fees directly or indirectly from Mr. Cochcrane.

No acts were ever signed onto our label.

Robella never charged anyone any money for any services.

In fact we were duped out of $ 3000 loaned to Mr. Cochrane on a promise that a show he was holding in St Louis Missouri would produce a profit, but no profit or any money was produced and subsequently stopped doing business with Mr. Cochrane.

A couple of weeks ago an extortion attempt was made against us from an ex employee of Mr. Cochrane looking for $ 15,000 in back wages.

We assume that this person Sean Hagel is the author of this false complain.

We have already filed a complain with the FBI and will shortly resolve this matter with the authorities.

This report is completely false.

While it is entirely possible that Mr. Cochrane acted illegally, at no time was he an employee of Robella LLC and of Sergio Saia.

Mr. Cochrane was an AR (a talent scout) that provided us with leads to artists that wished to get signed up under our imprint label with ESMG Warner.

There was never a charge for that, unless Mr. Cochrane did it on his own and without our permission.

A week or so ago I received an e-mail from a TYE Farley a "Crisis Manager" with no visible name on the internet or otherwise demanding $ 15,000.00 or he would "ruin" our reputation.below see a portion of the e-mail.

Good Afterrnoon Mr. Saia,

 My name is Tye Farley and Attached you will find a legal and crisis demand letter. 

I handle political and legal crisis management contracted through the Department of Defense and for 30 high profile law firms around the country. I, along with my legal resources, have been retained by Sean Heupel to prevent a matter before it escalates to a court room and fraud investigation.

Given your expressed desire for expediency, we are prepared to accept a settlement of $15,000.00, for the next (4) business days, to be concluded this Thurday, the 17^th of April, 2014 at 5pm PST, for which the settlement agreement must be signed and evidence shown that the check has already been mailed (as can be demonstrated with a UPS, USPS or FedEx tracking number).  If settlement has not been met, by this time, then the previous amount of acceptance will be withdrawn and the acceptance value will increase to $20,000.00, as is more proportionate for a case, such as this.  After which time, if settlement has not been shown to have been overnight mailed along with documents signed (as can be shown with an appropriate tracking number), within (4) business days of the previous date listed, then immediate legal action will ensue. 

So to recap, Mr. Cochrane did not work for Robella or me personally, he was an independant contractor.

Mr. Cochrane is no longer an AR for our company and this matter has been referred to the FBI and the various local DA's offices to pursue as an extortion case.