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defamation_backfire [2017/10/31 01:18] – [Back to Axanar?] adds keywords Carlos Pedrazadefamation_backfire [2017/10/31 06:16] – [The Timing] Carlos Pedraza
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 [{{ :laura-hayden-inventory.jpg?200|Online bookseller **Laura Beard Hayden** poses in front of Axanar's unsold inventory of merchandise paid for by donors.}}] [{{ :laura-hayden-inventory.jpg?200|Online bookseller **Laura Beard Hayden** poses in front of Axanar's unsold inventory of merchandise paid for by donors.}}]
  
-On Facebook, Axanar critics wondered about the timing of Peters' widely publicized harassment allegations right after the critical merchandise story and amidst the recent media spotlight on sexual harassment in Hollywood.+On Facebook, Axanar critics wondered about the timing of Peters' widely publicized harassment allegations on the heels of the critical merchandise story and amidst the recent media spotlight on sexual harassment in Hollywood.
  
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 === The Legal Exposure === === The Legal Exposure ===
  
-One Axanar supporter, attorney Pete Rickey, warned Peters he was treading on dangerous legal ground:+One Axanar supporter, attorney Pete Richey, warned Peters he was treading on dangerous legal ground:
  
 > I am not your attorney, but I am one and <wrap hi>you seem to have no concept the jeopardy you are putting yourself in.</wrap> It's like watching a car accident. … I am sympathetic to the allegations, but this post opens you and your organization to a defamation lawsuit, which if I was his lawyer I would encourage him to file Monday morning. I am sure your heart is in the right place, but he could have you shut down by close of business Monday. This is not the way to go about this.((Pete Richey post, Axanar Fan Facebook group, 10/28/17.)) > I am not your attorney, but I am one and <wrap hi>you seem to have no concept the jeopardy you are putting yourself in.</wrap> It's like watching a car accident. … I am sympathetic to the allegations, but this post opens you and your organization to a defamation lawsuit, which if I was his lawyer I would encourage him to file Monday morning. I am sure your heart is in the right place, but he could have you shut down by close of business Monday. This is not the way to go about this.((Pete Richey post, Axanar Fan Facebook group, 10/28/17.))