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Honeymoon is definitely finished at American Equity Mortgage.
Byline: Jack Naudi
Jul. 15--Bryan Feldman walked into a Las Vegas branch office of American Equity Mortgage Inc. on June 30, ready for a tough, but exciting day at work.
As assistant branch manager and one of the top sales producers in the company, Feldman was set to close loans that would generate $27,000 in fees for American Equity. That's a number many of the company's loan officers don't reach in a month, he said.
"We were really humping," he said.
What Feldman didn't know was that within hours he would be fired: a victim -- or an accomplice, depending on who's talking -- in the contentious fight for American Equity Mortgage of Maryland Heights.
The fight has led to contempt of court citations, employee firings and combined expenditures of more than $90,000 a month for bodyguards and security by the main characters involved. Another casualty has been one of the St. Louis area's most distinctive radio campaigns.
The battle for American Equity, first detailed in a Post-Dispatch story in March, started in St. Louis County Circuit Court. In October, Chief Executive Deanna Daughhetee Vinson filed for divorce from founder Ray Vinson.
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- Newspaper article from: St. Charles County Business Record, MO July 10, 2007 700+ words
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- Private eye sues Ray Vinson for libel.
- Newspaper article from: St. Charles County Business Record, MO September 7, 2007 700+ words
...private investigator who dug up dirt on Ray Vinson during his 2006 divorce is suing the...Deanna Daughhetee, co-founded American Equity Mortgage in 1992. Their divorce decree...interview former female employees of American Equity who claimed they were sexually assaulted...
- Missouri private eye sues Ray Vinson for libel.
- Newspaper article from: Daily Record (St. Louis, MO/St. Louis Countian) September 7, 2007 700+ words
...private investigator who dug up dirt on Ray Vinson during his 2006 divorce is suing the...Deanna Daughhetee, co-founded American Equity Mortgage in 1992. Their divorce decree...interview former female employees of American Equity who claimed they were sexually assaulted...
- American Equity acquires Integrity Mortgage.(Business Alert)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Mortgage Banking July 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Origination News September 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: St. Charles County Business Record, MO May 24, 2007 700+ words
...prejudice would preserve American Equity Mortgage's right...year now - ever since American Equity Mortgage filed a preliminary...August to stop owner Ray Vinson from using a phone...injunction on Jan. 24. American Equity Mortgage is the company...
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- Magazine article from: Origination News October 1, 2003 700+ words
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Source: HighBeam Research, Honeymoon is definitely finished at American Equity Mortgage.