To the Gitter, Rappoport and Schweitzer Families

This message blog is to the Gitter, Rappoport and Schweitzer family - to all of you who knows Pearl Lee from Philadelphia, PA. This black widow is my sister and was the closest member in my family. I use to look up to her and would never think to hurt, harm nor take advantage of my beloved big sister. That has all changed! Today she is the WORST person in my life!

If you were to asked, how did this all happen?
Our estrangement began in March 2010 after Naomi's death (David's mom). Naomi's Rittenhouse Square condo was being cleared out and Pearl was given first dibs to most of her household furniture and goods. Sidenote: Pearl was elated in getting Naomi's stuff; if Naomi was looking down at this spectacle of a woman, she would be nauseated to see Pearl's greedy, grubby salivating behavior in her condo.
Now Naomi had 3 kitchen highchairs/barstools that Pearl thought would benefit my home since I had a large kitchen island. In fact, Pearl thought it would benefit me SO MUCH that she projected in her head that I would LOVE LOVE LOVE these 3 chairs. When she asked if I wanted them, I said "Sure, Ok". Keep in mind, I already had barstools and was not in the market for additional chairs but since I had a large island, I thought "Why not?!"

On the morning of Sat 3/6/2010, we each drove over to the Rittenhouse Square Condo to retrieve these chairs. There was only a 30-minute parking allowed in front of the building, not a big deal since I can be in and out quickly. Keep in mind, prior to this day, I was NOT aware that Pearl too was collecting stuff for herself. All I knew on this day was that I will be picking up 3 chairs. It took me no more than 10 minutes to grab the 3 chairs and put it in my car. With 20 mins left and being a good brother, I went back into the condo to help Pearl collect and pack the stuff she wanted. In the condo, she was carefully wrapping every object with towels/paper before placing them in boxes and she was directing me to do the same. Given just a 30-minute window, I thought, this is ridiculous to spend the time wrapping everything. The logical side of my brain told Pearl, lets just fill these boxes and move it quickly to her car for this trip. Also the drive from the condo back to her place was about a mile, it is highly unlikely they would be damaged during this short transport.

Finally, we packed her car in 30-min and as we were about to depart to our respective homes, Pearl tells me to meet her back here in one hour to continue packing more stuff. Surprised at her ask, I told her I could not since I already made plans for the rest of the day. I could tell she was astonished at my answer but we got in our cars and left. I didn't give it anymore thought driving home.

When I arrived home, I got this tumultuous call from Pearl. She BERATED me for refusing to help her move. I try effortlessly to explain to her that I was not aware she was collecting stuff and she NEVER asked me to help her move. All I knew was that I was picking up 3 chairs that morning, THAT WAS IT. She would NOT accept my explanation. In not so many words, she reminded me it was because of her that I was the recipient of these "3 beautiful chairs" and I owe her major gratitude. The words that is permanently embedded in my memory, "I THOUGHT OF YOU, I DIDN"T HAVE TO BUT I THOUGHT OF YOU!" and I should have immediately altered my entire day to accommodate her. When she hung up on me, I was floored. I did not know how to react to what just transpired. I was also getting pissed that Pearl did not bothered to asked for my help but basically felt ENTITLED. These 3 barstools are not anything special. I looked them up online and found them to cost less than $100 each. They were also not my personal choice if I was in the market. However, being thankful, I texted the Gitters to thank them for the barstools later that 3/6/2010 evening.

I avoided Pearl for the next few days until my birthday in mid-March. Pearl and David took me out to dinner in the neighborhood and when we returned back to Pearl's home, I see Naomi's furniture in her basement. She basically asserted that I will have to move all these furniture up the stairs because, as she reiterated again, I was the recipient of those barstools which she felt I LOVED LOVED LOVED. WTF? They were plain ole chairs but apparently, Pearl sees them as me receiving an organ transplant and I had to be indebted to her.
By now I was fuming. When I got home, I threw out those chairs, did not want them in my house. Some time later that week, I received a message from Pearl that the Gitters had inquired how I liked those chairs, Pearl's overwhelming response to them - "HE LOVED THEM"! Pearl then tells me to make sure that I thanked the Gitters for the chairs. Seriously?! Only weeks later when she realized I had to thank the Gitters. I was livid but did not respond back.

This event became the CATALYST that opened my memory of Pearl Lee. I started to realized, she has been doing this [censored] my entire adult life. Greedy, Selfish, Self-Serving and Cheap! Everything she had done for me had some sort of pricetag attached. I always owe her and she made sure she got reimbursed. Throughout my entire adult life, she has never been generous to me. She has never been thoughtful or unselfish with her money. She is definitely CHEAP! Pearl Lee can't and won't allow herself to spend money on others but would gladly accept expensive gifts from you with no shame. Her world has always been "Me, Me, Me". She exploited my trust & devotion and had me wrapped around her finger, having me do everything from labor, chauffeur and IT stuff so that she doesn't have to pay for it. And of course, she NEVER reciprocated.

I immediately stopped talking to Pearl and in April 2010, I made the decision to fire Pearl and not let her handle my retirement accounts at Janney. She does not deserve to manage my money and get paid for it. On 4/9/2010, I made an appt with another financial firm to basically open an IRA account. But before I signed the actual papers to authorize the transfer of funds, I felt some respect to at least inform Pearl of what I was about to do. We had not spoken since my birthday dinner and on 4/24/2010, Pearl got wind that I was furious with her. We had our one-on-one talk over the phone Monday 4/26/2010 and this is when I unleashed my fury and accused her for being Greedy, Selfish, Self-Serving and Cheap! I also informed her I was moving my money out of Janney. I signed the papers on 4/28/2010 and my money finally moved out of Janney by 5/12/2010.

What is the point of all this you may ask?
If Pearl Lee was this Greedy, Selfish, Self-Serving, Cheap individual in her own personal life, wouldn't you think this ugly, ugly behavior transcended itself into her professional life? Pearl's modus operandi has always been: if you don't know she is stealing from you, no one gets hurt. She has this uncontrollable impulse to seek out all opportunity to financially gain from you and because she has no ethics nor moral compass, she targets unsuspecting people like friends and family. If she thinks she can get away with it, she'll do it under the cover of secrecy or naivete. She is so cheap, I remember she would make lunch plans and invite specific friends or family who she knows is good with tools, and after lunch, casually ask if he or she can work on or fix something for her so that she doesn't have to go out and pay a professional. It is pathetic and given the fact that Pearl is a millionaire and can afford hired hands, it just adds to her ugliness.

So in 2010, Pearl and I were not talking between mid-March to almost the end of April but on my IRA account, there were 2 unauthorized trades made in April 2010. On 4/21/2010, Pearl sold 100 shares of Green Mountain Coffee at $80.81/share and on the very next day 4/22/2010, she bought all 100 shares back at a higher price of $85.86/share. I never authorized these trades but Pearl had been so brazen in churning my account without consequences through the last 4 years, she had no problem committing this crime. I reported her to FINRA in 2011 when I discovered this a year later. Janney defended the 4/21/2010 as a 'sell order' that Pearl had made awhile back (which I don't recall she ever contacted me about) but Janney made absolutely no comment to the 4/22/2010 purchase. It took FINRA over a year to review my charges and came back with no violations against Pearl in 2012. I called this BS especially the fact that there was nothing fiduciary about this purchase the day after selling it! Clearly the only person who benefitted from these transactions was Pearl. FINRA recommended that I take the route of Arbitration but I decided not to since its been over 2 years since the occurrence and if I did get restitution, it would not be much to cover the financial loss plus the 18 years of investment time with Pearl. So I decided to choose a different route using the World Wide Web to warn and expose the true ugly colors of Pearl Lee.

To the Gitter, Rappoport and Schweitzer family, Pearl Lee is not someone you want to embrace. She is a parasite and commits white collar crimes. She doesn't care about anyone but herself. She only cares about what you can do for her and how she benefits from you. She is deceptive and just plain evil. Money and her assets are the only things important to her. Avoid her. Let her live her final years shunned and alone. Her legacy deserves nothing but contempt and indignation!