“STAY IN YOUR LIMITED LANE” The Two Faces Of Aaron De Groft: Angel De Groft or Devil De Grift
“Shut up. You took the money. Stop being holier than thou.… Do your academic thing and stay in your limited lane.”
Our character, according to author H. Jackson Brown, Jr., is what we do when we think no one is looking. Brown was an author best know for his inspirational book, “Life’s Little Instruction Book”, a New York Times Best Seller.
If Brown’s assertion is true, then Aaron De Groft’s character could be filed under “Dick”.
In an affidavit filed to secure the June 24, 2022 search warrant for the FBI raid on the Orlando Museum of Art, De Groft threatened a “hired expert” .
Exclusive news flash: the “expert” was actually hired and paid by Los Angeles attorney, Pierce O’Donnell, on behalf of his “Basquiat Venice Collection”, and not by the Orlando Museum of Art.
Identified in the affidavit as “Expert-2,” told the F.B.I. that her work was being mischaracterized by the paintings’ owners. After being paid $60,000, the affidavit notes, the expert later contacted the museum to ask that her name not be associated at all with the exhibition.
It said that the museum’s director, De Groft, had replied to her via email: “You want us to put out there you got $60 grand to write this? Ok then. Shut up. You took the money. Stop being holier than thou.” De Groft, still insisting the paintings were genuine, then threatened to share the details of that payment with her employer: “Do your academic thing and stay in your limited lane.”
Sounds like De Groft — or “De Grift” — may have been a “hired expert” .
Pimpin’ for Shelley and Lee.
