TorGate: Court Filings Detail Drama

jim bell jdb10987 at yahoo.com
Wed Aug 14 11:48:06 PDT 2019


 

    On Wednesday, August 14, 2019, 12:37:48 AM PDT, grarpamp <grarpamp at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 https://github.com/Enegnei/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor/blob/master/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md

Some elements are now in court, there are a number
of people filing statements, here is one of them...


https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cand.340308/gov.uscourts.cand.340308.25.0.pdf
For Exhibits A through P, run the 0.pdf from 1.pdf through 16.pdf .


                        UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
                              OAKLAND DIVISION
PETER TODD, an individual,          Case No. 4:19-cv-01751-DMR
            Plaintiff,
                                    DECLARATION OF JACOB APPELBAUM
      v.                            IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF'
                                    OPPOSITION TO DEFENDANT'S SPECIAL
SARAH MICHELLE REICHWEIN aka        MOTION TO STRIKE PLAINTIFF'S
ISIS AGORA LOVECRUFT, an            COMPLAINT (ANTI-SLAPP MOTION)
individual,
                                    Date:    August 22, 2019
            Defendant.              Time:    1:00 p.m.
                                    Location: Courtroom 4
                                    Complaint Filed: April 3, 2019

[snip]

Jim Bell's comment:
It looks like the defendant is confused, claiming "SLAPP" (Strategic Lawsuit against Public Participation) status.See: 
     https://www.gofundme.com/f/isis-lovecruft-legal-defense
"On July 15, 2019, Lovecruft filed an anti-SLAPP motion , asking the Court to dismiss Todd’s lawsuit.  “SLAPP” is an acronym for Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. California’s anti-SLAPP law enables the Court to weed out lawsuits brought to punish citizens for engaging in free expression on matters of public concern, such as discussions of predatory male behavior in the #MeToo and #TimesUpera of hopeful awakening."     [end of quote]
See:          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_lawsuit_against_public_participation
 I feel quite certain that the anti-SLAPP laws would not be applicable in the case of a libel lawsuit.   From what I read (and I wasn't aware of this case before) Lovecruft accused Todd of rape.   That accusation, if false, would clearly be libelous,    Libel is an exception to free speech in the First Amendment.  Maybe it shouldn't be, but at least as of now libel is actionable. 
             Jim Bell



  
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