Woman Wins $11 Million Judgment Against Online Blog

[devilsadvocate]

Greetings,

Well the tide is finally turning. No longer is freedom of speech an automatic right to post negative information against another individual. Now you know that a judgment of $11 Million Dollars is got to hurt. Eric Deters is a real go getter. I would encourage anyone interested in setting the record straight to contact him at DAssociate@ericdeters.com or call 866-960-4878.

http://www.wlwt.com/news/24776192/detail.html

http://www.chicagonow.com/blogs/jane-of-...dirty.html

http://www.fox19.com/Global/story.asp?S=13051609

http://ericdeters.com/

[Don Dresden]

Eric Deters is a real go getter.

Now let's see him go get his $11 million dollars from a judgment-proof defendant.  Good luck with that.  Lucky for him it was a default or he might be go-getting a defense attorney for an anti-SLAPP suit.

Sarah Jones modeling swimwear on July 22. Photo provided by cincychic.com

Photos of Jones appeared on the Dirty alleging that she had two venereal diseases and had intercourse with one of the Bengal football players.

Only two?  I would have guessed more.  How many are there?  

What a skank.  This is a pro football cheerleader?  Things in Cincinnatti must be really tough.  Did all the pretty girls move to Pittsburgh?

"I had to read the comments about me -- stating how ugly and fat I was, and how disgusting I was," Jones wrote.

Gee, maybe if you weren't ugly and disgusting--and hadn't posed for a nearly nude photo that proved it--you wouldn't have to endure such trauma, you stupid slut.  

A swimwear model and cheerleader who can't take criticism about her appearance?  Maybe she should spend some of that $11 million with a psychiatrist.  You get paid to shake your ass in public, lady!  Is it any surprise that some people think you may not be fully shariah-compliant?

How many venereal diseases does George Gollin have?  Has George Gollin had intercourse with one of the Bengal football players?  If he thinks anyone here is impressed by his cheap threats, he better think again.  The brown cloud is between his ears.

On the other hand, anyone who thinks their business has been destroyed or injured by Alan Contreras, George Gollin or any or all of their clone collaborators, employers or facilitators ought to immediately lawyer up.  There's a difference between expressing opinions on current issues (protected speech) and trying to destroy rival businesses (trade libel, unfair competition, etc.).  

[Martin Eisenstadt]

Northern Kentucky's favorite skanky slut is back in the news. Unbelievable that a judge would even allow this to go to trial.

On the other hand, if a lame case like this can get to a jury then somebody in northern Kentucky who might be considering an action for damages against, say, some ass-scratching, nose-picking, armpit-sniffing college professor with a lurid history of extortion, stalking, impersonation, civil rights violations, computer hacking and defamation, just might have a pretty good chance of getting to a jury too.

Jan 23, 5:17 PM EST
Blogger contests ex-cheerleader's libel suit
By AMANDA LEE MYERS
Associated Press

COVINGTON, Ky. (AP) -- A gossip website operator defended himself Wednesday against a defamation lawsuit by arguing that a former Cincinnati Bengals cheerleader featured in posts on the site is a public figure.

Hooman Karamian, who goes by the name Nik Richie, testified in a northern Kentucky courtroom that cheerleader Sarah Jones was on national television and participated in community events because of the high-profile job. Public figures trying to prove defamation have a higher burden than people who aren't in the public eye.

Richie, 33, also said his Scottsdale, Ariz.-based website, thedirty.com, is similar to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in the way it features user content. Richie has said the two posts cited in Jones' lawsuit included text and photos submitted by people who knew her.

"My position is freedom of speech, and people are entitled to their own opinion," Richie testified. "This is America."

Jones, a onetime teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with her 17-year-old former student, is suing Richie and the website over two posts in 2009 that were unrelated to her relationship with the teen.

Her attorney, Eric Deters, is arguing that the posts tarnished her reputation as a teacher and Bengals cheerleader before she ever had a relationship with the teen, causing her severe emotional distress.

Jones, 27, testified Wednesday before Richie took the stand that the posts were devastating.

In the first post in October 2009, Jones is pictured smiling for the camera with a former kicker for the Bengals. The caption says she had sex with every member of the team.

The second showed her in a bikini from one of the Bengals calendars. It claimed that her ex-husband contracted chlamydia and gonorrhea after cheating on her with more than 50 women, and that he likely gave it to her.

Richie, who lives in Orange County, Calif., with his wife and 1-year-old daughter, said in an interview last week that the comments came from someone who knew Jones and had access to photos she posted on Facebook. He said the only thing he wrote about Jones was in the second post, saying, "Why are all high school teachers freaks in the sacks?"

"As a teacher with those things on the Internet, that I slept with all the Bengals and had two STDs, I didn't want to face my students," Jones said Wednesday, adding that she had to tell all her classes that the posts were untrue.

Under questioning from Richie's attorney, Jones testified that she kept both jobs after the posts and that no one who knew her believed they were true.

Richie's attorney, Alexis Mattingly, showed jurors glossy calendar photos of Jones wearing bikinis and reminded them that Jones lied to police, her family and her bosses about her relationship with the teenager.

She also read the jurors text messages between Jones and the teen and transcripts of her interviews with police, all in an effort to attack her credibility and character.

Jones has said repeatedly that she has only had sex with two people, her former husband and the teenager.

Jones pleaded guilty in October to having sex with the teen under an agreement that let her avoid jail time. The two are still together.

Jones resigned from Dixie Heights High School and from the Bengals cheer squad in late 2011 after four years in both jobs. Deters said at the time that Jones had done nothing wrong but stepped down because of rumors about her relationship with the teen.

Testimony in the defamation trial is expected to wrap up Thursday and will include footage of Richie from an appearance on "The Dr. Phil Show. The jury could reach a verdict as early as the afternoon.

[Armando Ramos]

Unbelievable that a judge would even allow this to go to trial.

Agree. I would have expected a judge to toss the complaint on the first demurrer.

With a default (as apparently occurred here) it's not uncommon for parties to stipulate for relief in return for filing an answer only (rather than a demurrer or similar motion challenging the sufficiency of the complaint). But in that case I would expect a summary judgment motion to be filed the following week. Unless there is something not apparent from the story, this is a plaintiff doing her absolute best to become a public figure. No way a couple of lame internet insults turn into a libel case.

Richie's attorney, Alexis Mattingly...

She's either the worst defense attorney in the world or she got the worst judge. Some (certainly now former) clerk or secretary might have mis-calendared a filing deadline. The guys in the office are no doubt rolling their eyes and going "she's going to trial on that???"

The caption says she had sex with every member of the team.

The Bengals ought to sue. No NFL player is that hard up.

Jones, a onetime teacher who pleaded guilty to having sex with her 17-year-old former student . . .is arguing that the posts tarnished her reputation . . . .

Reminds me of that Monty Python "Killer Joke" routine. Anybody who could cook up an insult severe enough to damage that whore's reputation should be required to register their keyboard as a deadly weapon.

[Herbert Spencer]

Richie's attorney, Alexis Mattingly...

She's either the worst defense attorney in the world or she got the worst judge.

Here's a thought. Maybe she's playing rope-a-dope. The great state of KY doesn't have an anti-SLAPP statute. So she's taking what would appear to be a minimal risk of losing at trial, hoping to gain a verdict on the merits. THEN...she can turn around and bring a malicious prosecution action against the slut.

If she makes a motion to dismiss and loses, the slut then has an argument that the original action was not pursued without probable cause, or the judge would have dismissed it. This way the jury verdict after about ten minutes of deliberation speaks for itself.

I realize the more likely explanation is that the judge is an idiot. What do you call the guy who graduates last in his class in law school? Your Honor!