Umbrella corps leon trial#

At this time, at least one case of a rogue Umbrella employee selling bio-weapons on the black market took place, being potentially-damaging for the case.

By 2002, however, Umbrella was closing on financial collapse due to the bad press from the case and the decree continuing to be in effect. Simmons and Senator Ron Davis) refused to make testimonies to the court with respect to their Fifth Amendment rights.

Umbrella corps leon trial#

The trial itself continued to go on in part because the politicians involved in dealings with Umbrella and the missile strike (e.g. government continued to bring more evidence against the company forward. While Spencer's 'conspiracy theory' was a powerful tool early in the almost-five year trial, it slowly lost its strength as the U.S. A number of pharmaceutical corporations in the Federation of Pharmaceutical Companies were implicated in their bio-weapons program due to their production of special chemicals for Umbrella without their specific knowledge. Umbrella's defense consisted largely of moving blame to many people as possible. Congress argued likewise over Umbrella's testimonies, which were denounced as perjurous. Consequently, all witness testimonies in favor of Congress were denounced by the company as being fabricated or altered to absolve them of responsibility. His purpose was to revoke Congress' decision at the Supreme Court by arguing that the bombing of Raccoon City took effect so they could cover their dealings with the company up by establishing a conspiracy theory. In protest over the government's decision, Umbrella CEO Oswell E. government was to classify the existence of such biological weaponry encountered in Raccoon City, effectively fueling conspiracy theorists believing it to be a cover up. As another result of the destruction, the President resigned in response to continuing press questions regarding the missile attack.

Consequently, Umbrella filed a lawsuit against the government in protest. With the city destroyed, Congress filed a decree indefinitely suspending business with Umbrella USA Inc. As a result, a prototype missile was fired at the city at dawn, eradicating it to remove any evidence of their links to Umbrella, under the guise of a desperate attempt to stall the virus' spread. On the night of September 30/October 1, the efforts to eradicate the zombies in Raccoon City failed and Congress refused to delay the plan any further. Noticing that the United States Army Special Forces were being sent into Incineration Disposal Plant P-12A in search of G-Virus samples, a force of T-103s was sent into the city to crush them. On September 29, Umbrella's paramilitary forces fell under the command of former Soviet Colonel Sergei Vladimir. In the meantime, Umbrella sent in the Umbrella Biohazard Countermeasure Service under the guise of being a paramilitary force sent in to protect the civilians and assist the Raccoon City Police Department and the Raccoon City Fire Department in the evacuation efforts and combat the zombies. ДЄfter the outbreak made itself known, Umbrella appealed to Congress for them to delay the 'Sterilization Operation', a biohazard contingency. The subsequent transformation inadvertently led to t-Virus samples flooding into the sewers where they were carried by rats into the water supply. With a sample of the virus left in his possession, he injected himself with the virus. In the standoff, Birkin was accidentally shot and mortally wounded.

Likely fearing a loss of business from an acquisition of such a weapon, Umbrella sent a team in to steal the G-Virus sample before Birkin could make the deal. An interesting note here is that this would violate the Biological Weapons Convention which the U.S. military who was more-than willing to accept the offer if it meant cutting ties with Umbrella in favor of developing their own, closely-monitored B.O.W.s. William Birkin attempted to sell the G-Virus to the U.S.

government was one of Umbrella's bioweapons customers.