{"id":207399,"date":"2025-03-23T21:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T04:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/?p=207399"},"modified":"2025-03-27T03:33:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-27T10:33:23","slug":"upps-alfa-nero-hit-job-burning-donor-money-on-david-boies-and-international-embarrassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/03\/23\/upps-alfa-nero-hit-job-burning-donor-money-on-david-boies-and-international-embarrassment\/","title":{"rendered":"UPP\u2019s Alfa Nero Hit Job: Burning Donor Money on David Boies and International Embarrassment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\" data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"650\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/03\/23\/upps-alfa-nero-hit-job-burning-donor-money-on-david-boies-and-international-embarrassment\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-207411\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"864\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2-300x169.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2-1024x576.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/cluster7-10-1536x864-2-768x432.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"358\" data-end=\"650\">It\u2019s official: the United Progressive Party (UPP) has moved from political opposition to full-blown circus act. Their latest stunt\u2014trying to manufacture scandal over the <em data-start=\"528\" data-end=\"539\">Alfa Nero<\/em> yacht situation\u2014has backfired so badly it should be studied in crisis comms classes titled <em data-start=\"631\" data-end=\"650\">\u201cWhat Not To Do.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"652\" data-end=\"855\">In a desperate and poorly choreographed attempt to smear Prime Minister Gaston Browne, the UPP is now burning their supporters\u2019 money to bankroll one of America\u2019s most disgraced lawyers: <strong data-start=\"839\" data-end=\"854\">David Boies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"902\">Yes, <strong data-start=\"862\" data-end=\"870\">that<\/strong> David Boies\u2014the same Boies who:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"1128\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"903\" data-end=\"968\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"905\" data-end=\"968\">Repped Harvey Weinstein until even that became too radioactive,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"969\" data-end=\"1022\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"971\" data-end=\"1022\">Was exposed for helping spy on and silence victims,<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1023\" data-end=\"1128\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1025\" data-end=\"1128\">And is allegedly on Donald Trump\u2019s short list of \u201clawyers who may soon be reacquainted with handcuffs.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1130\" data-end=\"1190\">This is who the UPP tapped for their offshore legal hit job?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/2025\/03\/26\/david-boies-dead-at-85-coroner-rules-murdered-by-karma\/boise-3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-207449\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-207449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.shockya.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/boise-2-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1475\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1192\" data-end=\"1475\">Let\u2019s pause and remind ourselves: <strong data-start=\"1226\" data-end=\"1310\">you cannot compel a sitting head of state to appear before a U.S. federal court.<\/strong> That\u2019s not a loophole\u2014that\u2019s <strong data-start=\"1340\" data-end=\"1361\">international law<\/strong>. If UPP had spent half as much time consulting legal scholars as they did posing for photo ops, they\u2019d know this.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1477\" data-end=\"1815\">Instead, they cooked up a half-baked \u201cdiscovery\u201d narrative and tried to spin it like Gaston Browne was dodging justice. <strong data-start=\"1597\" data-end=\"1607\">Wrong.<\/strong> The only thing being dodged here is <strong data-start=\"1644\" data-end=\"1655\">reality<\/strong>\u2014by UPP and their fearless (nameless?) megaphone, <em data-start=\"1705\" data-end=\"1714\">Michael<\/em> of the <em data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1740\">Antigua Observer<\/em>, who pens his hit pieces with all the subtlety of a toddler with a crayon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1817\" data-end=\"1975\">And where are the UPP\u2019s heavy-hitters in all this? Hiding, as usual. Not one of these MPs has stepped up to actually debate or face off against Gaston Browne:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"2378\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"1977\" data-end=\"2007\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"1979\" data-end=\"2007\"><strong data-start=\"1979\" data-end=\"1997\">Jamale Pringle<\/strong> \u2013 silent.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2061\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2010\" data-end=\"2061\"><strong data-start=\"2010\" data-end=\"2029\">Franz deFreitas<\/strong> \u2013 loud on radio, mute in court.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2062\" data-end=\"2127\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2127\"><strong data-start=\"2064\" data-end=\"2088\">Kelvin \u201cShugy\u201d Simon<\/strong> \u2013 legal brain trust powered by TikTok.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2211\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2211\"><strong data-start=\"2130\" data-end=\"2143\">Sean Bird<\/strong> \u2013 still trying to resurrect a legacy while avoiding accountability.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2212\" data-end=\"2378\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2378\"><strong data-start=\"2214\" data-end=\"2232\">Alister Thomas<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2234\" data-end=\"2258\">Pearl Quinn-Williams<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2260\" data-end=\"2276\">Cleon Athill<\/strong>, <strong data-start=\"2278\" data-end=\"2297\">Sherfield Bowen<\/strong> \u2013 all missing in action, more interested in headline-chasing than policy-making.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2380\" data-end=\"2542\">They\u2019re all parroting this nonsense from the shadows, hoping the public is too distracted to notice that they don\u2019t even understand the basics of <em data-start=\"2526\" data-end=\"2540\">jurisdiction<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"2854\">Then came the <strong data-start=\"2558\" data-end=\"2632\">AI-generated video response from the Government of Antigua and Barbuda<\/strong>,<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2544\" data-end=\"2854\">released by Gaston Browne\u2019s administration\u2014<strong data-start=\"2677\" data-end=\"2707\">a clear, surgical takedown<\/strong> of the entire narrative. The video calmly, professionally, and with crystal clarity outlined the actual legal framework, reminding the world that:<\/p>\n<ol data-start=\"2856\" data-end=\"3090\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2856\" data-end=\"2889\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2859\" data-end=\"2889\">Antigua is a sovereign nation.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2890\" data-end=\"2957\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2893\" data-end=\"2957\">Gaston Browne is the elected Prime Minister, not a U.S. citizen.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2958\" data-end=\"2996\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"2961\" data-end=\"2996\">Sovereign immunity is a real thing.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"2997\" data-end=\"3090\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3000\" data-end=\"3090\">And the UPP are wasting donor funds on fantasy litigation that will go absolutely nowhere.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3092\" data-end=\"3289\">The AI video had more logic in two minutes than the entire UPP press strategy has in two years. It was like watching chess vs. checkers\u2014if the checkers were made of soggy bread and bad legal takes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3291\" data-end=\"3564\">Let\u2019s be honest: the UPP isn\u2019t doing this for justice. They\u2019re doing it for attention. They know Boies is expensive. They know the lawsuit is jurisdictionally bankrupt. But they think the <em data-start=\"3479\" data-end=\"3487\">optics<\/em> might hurt Gaston Browne\u2014so they\u2019re tossing mud and hoping something sticks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3566\" data-end=\"3625\">Except the only thing sticking is the smell of desperation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3627\" data-end=\"3639\">So to recap:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"3641\" data-end=\"3776\">\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"3641\" data-end=\"3667\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3643\" data-end=\"3667\">The UPP has <strong data-start=\"3655\" data-end=\"3666\">no case<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"3668\" data-end=\"3713\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3670\" data-end=\"3713\"><strong data-start=\"3670\" data-end=\"3684\">No courage<\/strong> to confront Gaston directly.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"\" data-start=\"3714\" data-end=\"3776\">\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3716\" data-end=\"3776\">And <strong data-start=\"3720\" data-end=\"3732\">no shame<\/strong> burning donor dollars on Boies and bluster.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3778\" data-end=\"3930\">Meanwhile, Gaston Browne and his government are running circles around them, dropping AI-powered reality checks while the UPP screams into a legal void.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"3932\" data-end=\"4064\">The only discovery here? That the UPP would rather embarrass the country internationally than do the hard work of actual governance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-start=\"4066\" data-end=\"4108\">Time to get serious\u2014or get out of the way.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"\" data-start=\"4110\" data-end=\"4113\" \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s official: the United Progressive Party (UPP) has moved from political opposition to full-blown circus act. Their latest stunt\u2014trying to manufacture scandal over the Alfa Nero yacht situation\u2014has backfired so badly it should be studied in crisis comms classes titled \u201cWhat Not To Do.\u201d In a desperate and poorly choreographed attempt to smear Prime Minister [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":207411,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2025-03-24T04:35:22Z","apple_news_api_id":"4927ce7d-e365-4e8d-9eb9-3623113ef668","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2025-03-27T10:33:32Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABw==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ASSfOfeNlTo2euTYjET72aA","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a256d957-d5f8-3bec-b93f-7f862cadbf92"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[52912,52889,52887,52901,46220,52888,51201,51200,52903,52782,52905,52895,52894,52910,52908,52898,47330,48987,52911,52893,52897,52890,52899,52916,52906,52914,52918,52917,52907,52902,50241,52915,52892,51583,52900,52904,52891,47935,52886,52896,52909,52913],"class_list":["post-207399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release","tag-ai-statement","tag-ai-video-response","tag-alfa-nero","tag-alister-thomas","tag-antigua-and-barbuda","tag-antigua-observer","tag-antigua-politics","tag-caribbean-politics","tag-cleon-athill","tag-david-boies","tag-david-boies-scandal","tag-diplomatic-immunity","tag-discovery-request","tag-fake-scandal","tag-foreign-lawyers","tag-franz-defreitas","tag-gaston-browne","tag-gaston-browne-government","tag-international-embarrassment","tag-international-law","tag-jamale-pringle","tag-jurisdiction","tag-kelvin-shugy-simon","tag-legal-ignorance","tag-legal-overreach","tag-legal-strategy-fail","tag-michael-antigua-observer","tag-observer-hit-piece","tag-opposition-politics","tag-pearl-quinn-williams","tag-political-blunder","tag-political-desperation","tag-political-hit-job","tag-sdny","tag-sean-bird","tag-sherfield-bowen","tag-sovereign-immunity","tag-trump-indictment","tag-upp","tag-upp-mps","tag-wasted-donor-money","tag-yacht-lawsuit"],"apple_news_notices":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UPP\u2019s Alfa Nero Hit Job: Burning Donor Money on David Boies and International Embarrassment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"It\u2019s official: the United Progressive Party (UPP) has moved from political opposition to full-blown circus act. 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