STATEMENT OF FACTS - University of Illinois Springfield

Cohen was involved in manufacturing these buttons at the I.M.I.M. plant in Hong
Kong. Cohen could tell these buttons were made at that plant because of marking
on the back. (Vol. LXII, R. 2266-67)
Cohen’s initial order was received in 1996 and was for 250,000 buttons and
500,000 rivets and burrs. (Vol. LXII, R. 2269-72) His company stopped
manufacturing these items in 1997. The total number of these items
manufactured and sold was 1,598,000 buttons and 2,898,000 rivets and burrs.
(Vol. LXII, R. 2288-90) They were shipped to two companies: Knight industries
and Global industries. Not all of the buttons manufactured had the I.M.I.M. logo
on them. It is possible more of these buttons were manufactured and sold as
knock-offs. Cohen had no idea how many knock-offs were made. (Vol. LXII,
R.2293-2301)
Jonie Drafts was the comptroller for Knight Industries. Drafts was in
charge of keeping records. She could tell from the cut, style, and registration
numbers when and where a pair of jeans had been made. (Vol. LXII, R. 2304-11)
The partial pair of jeans found on Karyn Slover’s body was made by Knight
Industries and shipped to Maurice’s Iowa distribution center in 1996. (Vol. LXII,
R. 2312-18) That style of jeans was designed to have five size 27L Paris Sports
Club buttons but the partial pair of jeans was missing three buttons. In addition,
the Karyn Slover jeans only had three of six rivets on them. (Vol. LXII, R. 2319-
22) A total of 125,000 pairs of this type of jeans were shipped to Maurice’s prior
to September of 1996. Of those, approximately 1,250 were size 7 tall. (Vol. LXII,
R. 2323-24)
Prior to March 19, 1998, Knight Industries had shipped a total of over
227,000 of the style of jeans found on Karyn Slover’s body. (Vol. LXII, R. 2325)
In addition, the size 27L Paris Sports Club button was used on numerous styles
of jeans, jumpers and shorts. There was no way of telling which style of jeans
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