I have known Brian since the early 1970s. Since his troubles started in 2010, Brian has kept me apprised of everything that has transpired between him and Charles Wang, his charity WonderWork, Smile Train and HelpMeSee.
As a trial lawyer who has tried over 150 jury trials during the past 37 years, I have been deeply disturbed, upset and disappointed by what Brian, his family and his charity have been forced to endure over the past 10 years.
The endless, incredibly expensive, and reputation-destroying Smile Train litigation, harrassment and HelpMeSee arbitration, which still continues to this day, are textbook examples of how someone with a lot of money can use our civil courts, UK civil courts and arbitration to completely destroy the reputation of an innocent party while forcing them into bankruptcy. If Brian had $25 million to spend on lawyers, none of this would ever have happened.
The indisputable fact that the lawyers behind every single court case, legal attack, smear, allegation, testimony and even the HelpMeSee arbitration all worked for Charles Wang tells you everything you need to know about what was really going on all these years. Another indisputable fact is that no one who was not working for, or with, Charles Wang has ever filed a lawsuit or accused Brian of doing anything inappropriate.
Brian, has created some of America’s most popular and productive charities and has helped more than a million children and adults get surgery they could never afford.
George McLaughlin