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According to news reporters for Christian Voice Magazine, new information has surfaced concerning the departure of Kasey Kemp and Judson Horner from Naomi & The Segos.

At some point last week Naomi Sego Reader told a CVM reporter that she had received a letter from former group members Kasey Kemp and Judson Horner stating that they owned the name, "The Segos" and informed her that she could no longer use "The Segos" as part of her group name. After using the name for over 50 years, Naomi is now being told she can no longer use the name, although it has been a professional name for James Sego, late husband of Naomi Sego Reader as The Sego Brothers and Naomi.

CVM investigation also revealed that Horner and Kemp jointly registered "the Segos" as an LLC (Limited Liability Company) on April 28, 2008, in the state of North Carolina, with Judson Horner listed as the "initial registrant." Additionally, the web domain, http://www.thesegos.com , was registered on April 15, 2008 with Judson Horner listed as the registrant for the domain.

Naomi Sego has expressed her hope of a peaceful resolve and desires the prayers of her friends and supporters.

UPDATE

Our offices were contacted by Kasey Kemp this morning with the following statements:

I have read the statment on your site and we have some MAJOR misunderstandings. While part of the group, Judson and I expressed interest in purchasing the Sego name. At that period in time, Naomi expressed her interest in us continuing beyond her retirement, whenever that may be. She told us she would like to speak to her son and would let us know the outcome. As you know, a process such as this is very lengthy and can sometimes take months. While still in question, we began the paper work hoping this would relieve Naomi of current stresses and allow us a secure future. However, when it became necessary for us to leave the group because of financial stress, we started the dissolution of the LLC. We did leave a letter concerning the ownership of the name, but it's intent was to stop Terry Dorsey from kicking us off dates we had promised to ful-fill. As a matter of fact, I have already spoken with Naomi's son, Carlton Sego about the dissolvement. He is in complete understanding of the original intent of the formation and has no problems with our actions. The reason it still appears on the government's site is because the process takes several days to remove it. However it IS inactive. There are no problems between us and Naomi and a call for a "peaceful resolvment" is not needed. There is nothing to resolve because we are NOT using the Sego name and never intend to without proper permission.

Reader Comments

OK - now I understand.

1. Naomi decided to not force Judson and Kasey to fulfill the last of their obligations to her under their 5 week notice (under what would be an additional financial loss to them)and cause them to sustain this loss because of their desire to honor their 5 week notice - in her best interests.

2. When they learned that Terry Dorsey was relieving them of that obligation (which was being supposedly sacrificially offered to help Naomi)by deciding to sing with Naomi with Scott Spangler, they sent a letter to Terry, which apparently caused him to understand that they were in control of the name - using leverage to set aside Naomi's wishes and force their way into the concert - without regard for Naomi's wishes and decisions.

3. I understand that Kasey feels we are misunderstanding the situation. If we are - so did Terry and Naomi - who told CVM that she was being told she could not any longer use the "Sego" name.

4.If Naomi (who apparently read the letter) was sure enough of its "intent" to say what she said to CVM and then asks for prayer and says she desires a peaceful resolution - how are we in error for understanding the "intent" of their action in the same way Naomi apparently did? With all due respect, it appears that part of the "intent" was to force Naomi to do something she had decided she didn't want to do (regarding Memorial Day weekend) and, in the best possible light this "intent" can be given in my view, it in the least forces a senior Gospel Music legend to do something she did not want to do.

I felt better about this situation before I read this explanation.

Cliff Cerce
The Cerces, PO Box 8525, Springfield, MO 65801
417-863-8440
http://www.thecerces.com

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insider,
Chuck is right on target. Someone isn't coming completely clean.

If Kemp and Horner decided to reverse paperwork they filed prior to their resignation on the third weekend in April, for example, why did they go ahead and sign that paperwork on the fourth weekend in April? Those numbers don't add up.

On the other hand, if Kemp and Horner never had the intention of using the Sego name without permission as they say, why did Naomi tell CVM they were trying to do that very thing?

The bottom line, though, is that Kemp and Dorsey appear to be on more friendly terms that we were originally led to believe by Kemp's first press release.

I don't need to know the answers to either of those questions as long as Kemp and Horner are actually doing what they now say they're doing...letting go of any sort of legal claim on the Sego name.

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."---Mark Twain

Heh...I had forgot those words of wisdom from Mark Twain.

The quote attaches to the comments I make here automatically.

“Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more."---Mark Twain

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