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S.D. Minutemen leader sued for defamation
S D Union ^ | 23 MARCH 2007 | Leslie Berestein

Posted on 03/23/2007 3:25:50 PM PDT by radar101

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“She really is popular or very inexpensive. (Hey Joe . . . Five Dolla-Five Dolla),” the text reads.

That is despicable!

The truth is, she doesn't charge; she GIVES it away free.

Legal advice to illegals, that is.

21 posted on 03/23/2007 8:13:05 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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>>She really is popular or very inexpensive. (Hey Joe . . . Five Dolla-Five Dolla<<

Can be interpreted to mean she is looking for some kind of work other than prostitution. Furthermore, that could be just a bad joke. I doubt anyone with normal intelligence would be led to believe that she actually was a prostitute by reading that text.


22 posted on 03/23/2007 10:16:44 PM PDT by sumthinelse
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No doubt the judge, if he is so inclined, will be able to feel his way around this problem.


23 posted on 03/24/2007 5:26:33 AM PDT by muawiyah
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..Can be interpreted to mean she is looking for some kind of work other than prostitution. Furthermore, that could be just a bad joke.,,

C'mon, that's wishful thinking, aka "spin". All I said was it looks like the woman has a case.

Libel and slander are tricky things... It's British law, I know, but one of the most famous libel cases of all time involved a newspaper critic implying Liberace was gay. He won... and "cried all the way to the bank".

Of course, saying someone is gay -- if they are -- is not libellous, but if they aren't and it's done maliciously, that's another story. Same thing, I think (is they a lawyer in the house?) with prostitution. Being in the porn industry (and she seems to have only been a critic and fan of cartoon porn, not a producer or actor or writer) doesn't make you a prostitute.


24 posted on 03/24/2007 1:44:29 PM PDT by rpgdfmx
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>>C'mon, that's wishful thinking, aka "spin". All I said was it looks like the woman has a case.<<

As if defense (and prosecution) lawyers don't "spin" like crazy in court.

In the "Hustler Magazine v. Falwell" libel case:

>>The jury was not convinced that a typical person reading the satire would have thought that Jerry Falwell really did make the statements in question or have sex with his mother in an outhouse.<<

I certainly think the comment was in bad taste, but if the "$5" statement quoted is all that was written, it is preposterous to call it libel. This is Calfornia, though, so anything is possible.


25 posted on 03/25/2007 8:05:34 PM PDT by sumthinelse
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