Several friends have received false claims (and a would-be commenter on this blog tried to publish this as well) that I lied about the dismissal of the libel charge against me filed by Rachel Neuwirth. In order to lay this to rest (except for the Birthers and other true-believers among them who can never accept a truth that disappoints them) I display the Final Judgment filed by Judge Linda Lefkowitz of the Los Angeles Superior Court.
For those who maintain some connection to reality, you might note the statement:
On July 14, 2011 the Court issued a State of Decision stating that it would enter final judgment for Richard Silverstein and against Rachel Neuwirth.
The Final Judgment document is dated August 16, 2011 and signed by Judge Lefkowitz.
One of my friends received such an e mail claim from someone using the likely pseudonym Petal De l’Fresange and the IP 76.94.170.6 and a GMX.com webmail account:
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FYI. Richard Silverstein lied on his blog that the court dismissed a libel case against him. In fact he was convicted of committing libel per se…He also repeatedly lied on the stand.
Petal De l’Fresange
If you receive such a message or know of another who has, please forward both the message and the headers for the message to me.
There is only one way to confront such smears and that is head on.
I call on anyone who has received the poison-keyboard letter to email a copy (with headers) to Richard.
As a community, we will not tolerate cyber-bullying.
In [British] legal terms, there is no such thing as ‘libel per se’ ~ whereas there is ‘slander per se’, i.e. a verbal false allegation of serious criminal behaviour published to a third party becomes actionable in a defamation tort suit without having to prove any actual damages caused.
I think, therefore, it is safe to conclude this email text has not been generated/approved by a competent lawyer.
Which is good, because, prima facie, this is not a case of cyber-bullying ~ it’s libel, pure and simple.
[PS: IANAL but am a law student]