Dr. Michael H.

Pfeiffer’s Aggressive Disturbance at the Zambian Embassy

Below is a summary of my eye witness account of Dr. Pfeiffer’s disturbance at the

Zambian Embassy in Washington DC in July 2007.

On July 3, 2007, Dr. King’s attorney wrote to Dr. Pfeiffer asking Dr. Pfeiffer for payment

of $2,274 in monthly child support, to provide his previously promised draft settlement

agreement, for turnover of the child's German Passport due to concerns about international child

snatching by Dr. Pfeiffer, and unsupervised visitation not be provided until the German Passport

is surrendered.

During the week of July 4, Dr. King was actively involved with the Washington DC

meetings of a Zambian business group promoted by the not-for-profit headed by Plaintiff.

On July 6, 2007, Dr. King hosted a late afternoon reception she had organized at the

Zambian Embassy in Washington, DC. I was among the attendees at the reception. During the

reception at the Zambian Embassy, I saw Dr. Pfeiffer, appear at the reception uninvited, and

aggressively confront Dr. King, who was holding a crying Ariana-Leila, in front of other dozens

of reception attendees (including many international dignitaries). He tried to grab the child. Dr.

Pfeiffer visibly appeared unstable, with his eyes bulging with uncontrolled anger, and clearly

irate at the reception. He made aggressive physical movements and paced back and forth both

inside and outside the Embassy in full public view of the many reception participants. Dr. King,

feeling threatened, took refuge with the child to a rear room of the Embassy in the Consular’s

office, and asked the Consular of the Embassy to ask Dr. Pfeiffer to leave, as he was an uninvited

guest who was aggressive, loud and threatening. I heard the Zambian Embassy Consular ask Dr.

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Pfeiffer to leave, but he openly refused to leave, and stated aloud inside the Embassy that he was

calling the police. The Embassy staff called the US Secret Service.

I then saw Dr. Pfeiffer be escorted out of the Embassy, and questioned by the United

States Secret Service. He stated he “My name is Dr. Michael Pfeiffer and I am a German

citizen.” He claimed he was just driving along the street in front of the Embassy when he saw his

child. After checking Dr. Pfeiffer’s background, he was advised by the Secret Service officer

that his conduct was unacceptable, should not have occurred, and he should leave the area. The

same Secret Service agent then interviewed Dr. King, and after listening to both Dr. King and

Dr. Pfeiffer, the Secret Service agent said, “You have a problem” and advised Dr. King to obtain

a restraining order. I volunteered to drive Dr. King to safety, and a Washington DC

policewoman provided a police escort out of the Washington DC territory to protect Dr. King

and Ariana- Leilani from Dr. Pfeiffer. The child was upset and cried stating to Dr. King, on her

own initiative, that "Poppa tried to take me...I don't want to be broken... Poppa’s mad at me... He

is not my friend anymore." As I drove, I overheard the child’s statement.

In light of his threatening behavior at the Embassy, Dr. King emailed Dr. Pfeiffer and

asked that all future communications be through her attorney until these matters are resolved.

On July 9, 2007, Dr. King sought and received a 14 day Temporary Protective Order from the

Superior Court of the District of Columbia. When the order was reviewed to be renewed, the

judge stated that since the incident did not occur on US soil, but at the Zambian Embassy, he did

not have jurisdiction to give an extension to a one-year restraining order.

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