Can not delete file with illegal character

have a file with name of e}ail.txt
can not delete it. Tried e*.txt, did not work.
removed everything from the directory , renamed the directory to badDirectory , tried rm badDirectory /s /q
and that didn't work.
dir /X did not report an 8.3 file name.
can not delete file or directory from FileManager either.
went to a Linux box and did an smbfs mount. Still can not delete file.
So, how does one delete a file with a openface curly bracket in the name?
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odder and odder:
R:\rem>move badDirectory \junk\
1 dir(s) moved.
R:\rem>cd \junk
R:\junk>rd \\.\r:\junk\badDirectory
The directory is not empty.
R:\junk>rd \\.\r:\junk\badDirectory /s /q
\\.\r:\junk\badDirectory\e}ail.txt - The system cannot find the file specified.
\\.\r:\junk\badDirectory\email.txt.bak - The system cannot find the file specified.
R:\junk>dir badDirectory
in drive R is f drive
Serial Number is 58E7-B426
Directory of R:\junk\badDirectory
12/17/2014 02:41 PM <dir> .
12/17/2014 02:41 PM <dir> ..
08/30/2012 08:54 AM 68,719,477,275 e}ail.txt
10/05/2011 11:11 AM 488 email.txt.bak
2 File(s) 68,719,477,763 bytes
2 Dir(s) 2,236,207,104 bytes free
</dir></dir>
The file e}mail.txt is not nearly that large, more like the size of the bak file. And when I try to use character completion type e} I get type e}badDirectory
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