The Associated Press A Hunterdon County businessman accused of harassment and failing to repay investors in music-publishing ventures says he has found a way to beat the warrants for his arrest in Hunterdon and Somerset counties. Clark Enslin claims that an appointment as goodwill ambassador to the Republic of Gambia gives him diplomatic immunity from the criminal case and a civil lawsuit. He even wrote a letter to the editor earlier this year to boast about the protection. But officials with the U.S. State Department and the Gambian government say otherwise. Lawrence Dunham, assistant chief of protocol for the State Department, said Enslin doesn't meet the criteria to be a diplomat and will not be approved. The State Department says it must approve foreign diplomatic appointments for U.S. citizens. And even if he were approved, that might not help him dodge the warrants against him. "This appointment has no diplomatic status," said John P. Bojang, the Gambian ambassador to the United States. Enslin, 48, produced a set of country music recordings, "Live at Gilley's." People who know him say he wears gold-tipped cowboy boots. In a lawsuit filed last year, he was accused of taking $357,632 from investors in four country music production ventures. In January, a Superior Court judge in Hunterdon County ordered Enslin to pay the family of the late Hugo Maimone the money. Since April, Enslin has been wanted on charges that he sent harassing e-mail to a relative of Maimone's who attempted to collect the money. Authorities have not been able to find Enslin, who can be reached only through e-mail and cellular phone. Copyright © 2001 North Jersey Media Group Inc. Copyright infringment notice _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------