Larry Sinclair vanished from public view just prior to the election in 2008. He had a news conference at the National Press Club and the next thing we knew poor Larry was in the slammer. Well look out world Larry is back. He has a cheesy web site, a new book that he self published, Barack Obama and Larry Sinclair; Cocaine, Lies, Sex, and Murder and a lawsuit with three very unlikely co-defendants, Barns and Noble, Amazon.com, and Book-a-Million. Pretty good company for a poor boy.
It seems the plaintiff realizing Mr Sinclair had limited resources and no publisher to sue thought including the book sellers in the suit would increase his chances of remuneration. Mr Sinclair in spite of his cheesy web site and book sales does not have enough money to hire a lawyer. Lawyers for the co-defendants are not taking the suit in stride. Never, they argue, has a court held book sellers libel for the content of the books they sell. They could not do business if they had to fact check the 30 million titles they sell.
The plaintiff in the case, Dan Parisi, takes exception to Sinclair's description of him as a purveyor of Internet pornography and seeks $30 million in damages. Sinclair's defense is first, the statement cited as libelous is in fact true and second, that the plaintiff is a public figure. Dan Parisi a public figure! Who ever heard of Dan Parisi? Well the Clinton administration for one. They penned a nasty missive to Mr. Parisi. " We too believe in the First Amendment--and in humor, although we see nothing humorous in your use of the White House domain name to draw children and other unwitting Internet users to your Web site. However distasteful your business may be, we do not challenge your right to pursue it or to exercise your First Amendment rights, but we do challenge your right to use the White House, the President, and the First Lady as a marketing device".
The case has been continued until August 25.
It seems the plaintiff realizing Mr Sinclair had limited resources and no publisher to sue thought including the book sellers in the suit would increase his chances of remuneration. Mr Sinclair in spite of his cheesy web site and book sales does not have enough money to hire a lawyer. Lawyers for the co-defendants are not taking the suit in stride. Never, they argue, has a court held book sellers libel for the content of the books they sell. They could not do business if they had to fact check the 30 million titles they sell.
The plaintiff in the case, Dan Parisi, takes exception to Sinclair's description of him as a purveyor of Internet pornography and seeks $30 million in damages. Sinclair's defense is first, the statement cited as libelous is in fact true and second, that the plaintiff is a public figure. Dan Parisi a public figure! Who ever heard of Dan Parisi? Well the Clinton administration for one. They penned a nasty missive to Mr. Parisi. " We too believe in the First Amendment--and in humor, although we see nothing humorous in your use of the White House domain name to draw children and other unwitting Internet users to your Web site. However distasteful your business may be, we do not challenge your right to pursue it or to exercise your First Amendment rights, but we do challenge your right to use the White House, the President, and the First Lady as a marketing device".
The case has been continued until August 25.
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