Prosecutors support
revoking Sia’s bail

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By Tim Ruel
truel@starbulletin.com

Troubled businessman Sukamto Sia, who is to be sentenced on federal charges in Honolulu this month, should have his bail revoked immediately because he was arrested in Los Angeles for slapping his fiancee, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

Sia lied to Los Angeles police by saying he had never been arrested before, and that the electronic monitoring device on his arm was a watch, according to a document filed yesterday in U.S. District Court. The U.S. Attorney's Office alleges that a gun found at Sia's residence, registered to his fiancee, was technically in his possession, which would also violate the terms of his release.

Sia's attorney Bill McCorriston said he will contest the move to revoke Sia's $1.5 million bail at a hearing scheduled for Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Sia was arrested on a misdemeanor count of battery and booked on Feb. 12. But the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office didn't press charges and there is no evidence of battery, McCorriston said.

The City Attorney's Office based its decision on a police report of the incident, according to a letter to the U.S. Attorney's Office in Honolulu from Lawrence Webster, supervising deputy city attorney in Los Angeles.

The police report is not the whole story, federal prosecutors said in court documents supporting revocation of Sia's bail. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Craig Nakamura and Mark Recktenwald are seeking to question the police officers in court. Prosecutors also want to play a tape recording of a 911 call they say was made by Sia's fiancee, Kelly Randall, on the night of the arrest.

At 1:14 a.m., police got a call from Sia's estate in Bel Air from a woman who was distressed, but the call was abruptly cut off, according to court documents. When the police arrived at Sia's home, Sia said Randall made the call after they had an argument. Police found Randall in a bedroom, under the bed covers, crying. She said nothing was wrong.

Upon further questioning, Randall said Sia had grabbed her and slapped her, and that's when she called 911. Randall told police she did not want to press charges.

Sia, 43, told police he grabbed Randall to calm her. Police then told Sia he was under arrest. When informed of that, Randall said she did not want him arrested, and that she had lied earlier when she had said he hit her.

Nearby, police found Kleenex stained with blood, which is believed to have been from a wound Sia sustained when striking Randall, prosecutors said.

Police also found another woman, intoxicated, who was wandering around the home. Randall told police the other woman had come home with them after a night out.

Randall won't press charges and is not leaving Sia, her attorney, Brook Hart, told the Star-Bulletin. "The case is completely without merit," Hart said. He said he couldn't recall a mention of blood in the police report.

"The two of them had a disagreement. There was probably some harsh words," he said.

Sia and Randall have been together for roughly a decade, and they are under a lot of stress because Sia is about to be sentenced on charges of bankruptcy fraud and wire fraud, Hart said.

Randall picked up the phone in a moment of anger and dialed 911, he said.

"Nothing. That's all there is to it," he said. Randall would testify to that in court, Hart said.

Last year, Randall was charged by prosecutors as being Sia's accomplice in his federal criminal case, but the charges against her were dropped as part of a deal Sia cut to reduce his sentence by pleading guilty.