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-<wrap lo><wrap em>WHY NO NAMES?</wrap> This article does not name the person alleging she was sexually harassed, nor does it name the person accused. In the case of the former, the substance of her allegations are for her to pursue via legal channels. In the case of the latter, **AxaMonitor** chooses not to further spread potentially defamatory material. The allegations are not what **AxaMonitor** is covering; we are covering the effect on Axanar fandom as a result of OWC Studios head Alec Peters using Axanar's Twitter and Facebook groups to publish unsupported and serious allegations. \\+<wrap lo><wrap em>WHY NO NAMES?</wrap> This article does not name the person alleging she was sexually harassed, nor does it name the person accused. In the case of the former, the substance of her allegations are for her to pursue via legal channels. In the case of the latter, **AxaMonitor** chooses not to further spread potentially defamatory material. The allegations are not what **AxaMonitor** is covering; this story deals with the effect on Axanar fandom as a result of OWC Studios head Alec Peters using Axanar's Twitter and Facebook groups to publish unsupported and serious allegations. \\
 <wrap indent>//— Carlos Pedraza, AxaMonitor Editor//</wrap></wrap> <wrap indent>//— Carlos Pedraza, AxaMonitor Editor//</wrap></wrap>
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 ==== Supporters Admonish Peters ==== ==== Supporters Admonish Peters ====
  
-Over the weekend, Peters was excoriated by Facebook followers for using the combined 94,000-member Axanar and Orville groups as a platform to air his personal grievances. Axanar's Twitter has more than 86,000 followers.+Over the weekend, observers noted the exodus from Facebook groups controlled by Peters, who was excoriated by followers for using the combined 94,000-member Axanar and Orville groups as a platform to air his personal grievances. Axanar's Twitter has more than 86,000 followers.
  
 ==== Deleted Posts, Apology ==== ==== Deleted Posts, Apology ====
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 [{{::facebook_critics.jpg?direct|**A SAMPLING** Axanar supporters and critics alike disapproved of OWC Studios head Alec Peters' use of Facebook fan groups to settle personal grievances. <wrap lo> [{{::facebook_critics.jpg?direct|**A SAMPLING** Axanar supporters and critics alike disapproved of OWC Studios head Alec Peters' use of Facebook fan groups to settle personal grievances. <wrap lo>
 //Image from Twitter @TampAxanar//</wrap>}}] //Image from Twitter @TampAxanar//</wrap>}}]
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 +No comparable apology was offered by Peters on Axanar's Twitter feed as of the time of this post.
  
 ===== The Timing ===== ===== The Timing =====
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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.
  
 ===== The Accused ===== ===== The Accused =====
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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.))
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 ==== Back to Axanar? ==== ==== Back to Axanar? ====
  
-One of the fan group members responded to Peters' apparent apology with irony: "I didn't know Axanar was being made."(([[face>Axanarfilm/posts/1454719597975892?comment_id=1454790477968804&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Timothy Vasquez post, Axanar Facebook group]], 10/30/17.))+One of the fan group members cynically responded to Peters' apparent apology: "I didn't know Axanar was being made."(([[face>Axanarfilm/posts/1454719597975892?comment_id=1454790477968804&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D|Timothy Vasquez post, Axanar Facebook group]], 10/30/17.)) {{:axamonitor-ico.gif?nolink|}} 
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 +Discuss this article in [[face>groups/axamonitor/permalink/293234624524725/|AxaMonitor's Facebook group]]. 
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