in this case. The Court held a hearing on the Trustee's objection to the claim of Yakov Segel ("Segel"), who is one of the Modanlo Employees. During the hearing, Edwards sat at counsel's table with Segel, even though she had no stake in the outcome. The Court observed that she passed notes to him, prompting him to make arguments or statements. Her assistance was not helpful to the proceeding. See generally, January 25 Transcript at pp. 193-194. To the contrary, it was disruptive in that it was apparent to the Court that Segel appeared bewildered by the notes that Edwards had passed to him.[9] At one point, upon receiving a note from Edwards he attempted to make a hearsay objection to testimony, even though it was apparent hecollaborated this finding. She testified that she and the other Modanlo Employees were "appalled" and "everyone was most upset" by the Trustee's proposed compromise of the Ahan Employees' claims. January 25 Transcript at p. 178.
Indeed, Edwards' attitude toward the Ahan Employees is perhaps best explained by the description of events that led to the original rift between the Ahan Employees and the Modanlo Employees:
Less than two weeks after the contract was signed, in early March 2000, while Mr. Modanlo was out of the country on a business trip to Russia, and without informing Mr. Modanlo, Ahan (who no longer was an employee or officer of FAI or FACS) called a meeting of certain FAI staff. He offered to hire at Ahan Co. almost all of the FAI staff