Fraud examiner Soneet R. Kapila, founding partner of Fort Lauderdale, FL-based Kapila & Co., is expected to forward his month-long report shortly to Judge Arthur B. Briskman in Orlando.

Earl; his Orlando lawyer Scott Shuker; and other Planet Hollywood officials deny the allegations. But the creditors' lawyer, Denise Dell of Orlando-based Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidsen, has told the judge she has information that Planet Hollywood allegedly transferred several restaurants to company insiders and directors less than a year before the Oct. 15, 2001 bankruptcy filing.

In another related action, Dell has told the judge the reorganization plan notes a pending sale of Planet's London property to a buyers' group controlled by Earl and Tom Avallone, the firm's former chief financial officer.

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