Freaky-a** Republicans, Part 8

Ozwald Balfour This is one of those, “why’d it have to by a black man?” moments. But, apparently, the “party of family values” attracts freaks of all hues.

In this episode, we go to the story of Ozwald Balfour. Balfour is somewhat of an anomaly — he’s a black Republican…in Utah. Now, you know that’s a short line. He owns a media relations company and founded the Utah Republican Black Assembly.

However, Balfour is also something else…a pure freak.

The freakiness that has him in the news these days actually stems from incidents culminating in his arrest in February 2005. The married (still married, believe it or not) Balfour was charged with “three second-degree felony counts of forcible sexual abuse and one count of attempted forcible sexual abuse, a third-degree felony.”

What did he do, you might ask. Read the following:

One woman testified Balfour came to her home in 2003 after she answered an ad about learning Web design. She said Balfour dropped his pants, began rubbing against her and tried to put his hands up her skirt.

Three other alleged victims claimed they were assaulted on Jan. 21, 2005, at Balfour’s studio, International Media Services, at 340 W. Whitney Ave. (1410 South), during purported interviews for acting jobs.

One woman testified Balfour tried to get his hands under her shirt after taking her to a dark room adjoining his office. Another woman said Balfour told her, “Show me how a love scene goes,” then kissed her neck and grabbed her breast. A third alleged victim said he unzipped her jacket and tried to lift her shirt.

Since that time, some very interesting thing developed. In June, despite these charges, Balfour and his daughter went on to be elected to the central committee for the Salt Lake County Republican Party. Balfour also remained as chair of the Utah Republican Black Assembly.

More interesting was the fact that he, apparently, tried to buy his way out of trouble but throwing his support behind the candidate for District Attorney for Salt Lake County, Lohra Miller, and helping her get elected. Miller was also elected to same central committee as Balfour and his daughter. So, he should have been able to sweep this under the rug, right?

Well, this is where things get even more messy. First, upon seeing her name as the person that would be prosecuting Balfour, Miller kicked the case down to one of her prosecutors. Now, Balfour’s attorney is trying to get his case moved to another county because he doesn’t feel his client will get a fair shake in Salt Lake County.

In the end, this is all a big mess and it’s due to the actions of yet another freak-a** Republican.

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5 comments for “Freaky-a** Republicans, Part 8”

Another someone damaged by Balfour , on the 21 of December, 2007 at 6:27 pm said:
Everyone please be aware that Ozwald Balfour has started another media company called Omnimedia and has been actively using craigslist.com ads to find people for various jobs, the same way that he lured women to his “audtions” at International Media Services before.
Letting you know , on the 28 of December, 2007 at 1:58 pm said:
I worked with this guy and in my opinion everything on the web about him is true.. I was one of those people recruited off craigslist.com. There was about 8 of us who worked on a project for Oz that never received payment. In addition to his sex cases he has also had over 13 collection cases for lack of payment.
jp roberts , on the 10 of January, 2008 at 2:15 pm said:
I too have a lot to say about this jerk and his business practices. This is what I posted about him:

http://pigged.us/cgi-bin/usa/p.....id=default

I invite anyone who has an experience with him to do the same. I also would like to get ahold of the two people who posted prior to this one. My name is Jp Roberts and my email is jp@pigstudios.tv ….

I too have a collection case against him in small claims, unfortunately the first round didn’t go so well as Oz and his daughter Cleopatra were somehow able to cloud the situation enough that the judge was referring to business cards as .htm files and such. Ozwald is so disorganized he must have brought enough of that with him to fool the judge.

So I would like to be in contact with anyone who has more information and would like to know more about my situation against Ozwald Balfour.
Got Screwed , on the 6 of March, 2008 at 2:03 pm said:
I dealt with him a week before his allegations of groping. I assure you he is guitly. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and owes me at least $1000 for work that he wouldn’t pay me for. He is a scam artist and an evil man.
J Reynolds , on the 4 of May, 2008 at 1:13 am said:
I went in for a job interview at Omni Media this last week, unwittingly, and very stupidly, taking my entire portfolio with me. Well, they kept my portfolio and told me they would call me next week. Luckily, a friend of mine warned me about him, and I’m going back first thing on Monday to retrieve my portfolio. I’m glad nothing worse happened, but I would not be too happy if he stole my work… which he apparently has no problem sinking that low. Thanks for all the warnings and information everyone!

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Another someone damaged by Balfour , on the 21 of December, 2007 at 6:27 pm said:

Everyone please be aware that Ozwald Balfour has started another media company called Omnimedia and has been actively using craigslist.com ads to find people for various jobs, the same way that he lured women to his “audtions” at International Media Services before.

Letting you know , on the 28 of December, 2007 at 1:58 pm said:

I worked with this guy and in my opinion everything on the web about him is true.. I was one of those people recruited off craigslist.com. There was about 8 of us who worked on a project for Oz that never received payment. In addition to his sex cases he has also had over 13 collection cases for lack of payment.

jp roberts , on the 10 of January, 2008 at 2:15 pm said:

I too have a lot to say about this jerk and his business practices. This is what I posted about him:

http://pigged.us/cgi-bin/usa/p.....id=default

I invite anyone who has an experience with him to do the same. I also would like to get ahold of the two people who posted prior to this one. My name is Jp Roberts and my email is jp@pigstudios.tv ….

I too have a collection case against him in small claims, unfortunately the first round didn’t go so well as Oz and his daughter Cleopatra were somehow able to cloud the situation enough that the judge was referring to business cards as .htm files and such. Ozwald is so disorganized he must have brought enough of that with him to fool the judge.

So I would like to be in contact with anyone who has more information and would like to know more about my situation against Ozwald Balfour.

Got Screwed , on the 6 of March, 2008 at 2:03 pm said:

I dealt with him a week before his allegations of groping. I assure you he is guitly. He is a wolf in sheep’s clothing and owes me at least $1000 for work that he wouldn’t pay me for. He is a scam artist and an evil man.

J Reynolds , on the 4 of May, 2008 at 1:13 am said:

I went in for a job interview at Omni Media this last week, unwittingly, and very stupidly, taking my entire portfolio with me. Well, they kept my portfolio and told me they would call me next week. Luckily, a friend of mine warned me about him, and I’m going back first thing on Monday to retrieve my portfolio. I’m glad nothing worse happened, but I would not be too happy if he stole my work… which he apparently has no problem sinking that low. Thanks for all the warnings and information everyone!