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- | <font 12px/ | + | <fs smaller>**BACK IN THE DAY** The cover of a lavish auction catalog published by Alec Peters’ Propworx company for a major 2010 Star Trek prop and costume auction — the same year as his ill-fated defamation suit against a critical blogger.</ |
- | ====== Hero Prop Makes Tactical Legal Move in Suit against Alec Peters and Propworx ====== | + | <fs x-small> |
- | **A defamation lawsuit** long-forgotten by Axanar producer | + | ====== Hero Prop Makes Tactical Legal Move Against |
- | See also: [[hero_prop_suit|]] | + | **//Prop company owner buys unpaid legal judgment in Peters' |
- | * **The plaintiff in the Nevada suit**, Tiana Armstrong, is going after at least $13,000 in damages Peters owes but has never paid to a blogger who criticized his business practices. | + | {{TOC}}{{page> |
- | * **Peters sued Jason DeBord** in 2010, claiming DeBord' | + | |
- | * **Case thrown out**: That case was [[: | + | |
- | * **Peters never paid** the $26,000 in attorney' | + | |
- | * **Purchased judgment**: According to court documents filed in Nevada, Armstrong purchased DeBord' | + | |
- | * **Pursuing payment**. The court documents also show that Armstrong is seeking to get a Georgia court to allow her to pursue the DeBord judgment directly from Peters. | + | |
- | **Why it matters**: Contacted by AxaMonitor, Armstrong would not comment on why she purchased DeBord' | + | |
- | * **Swaying the judge**: Hero Prop's suit will be decided by a judge, Armstrong having waived a jury trial. | + | |
- | * **Who owes whom**: The judgment allows Armstrong to demonstrate going into trial that Peters owes her thousands of dollars. | + | |
- | * **Forcing payment**: Once the California judgment is allowed to be pursued against Peters in Georgia, he'll either have to pay it to resolve the long-ignored damages or let Armstrong use his non-payment at trial, and possibly to spotlight the [[: | + | |
+ | **A defamation lawsuit** long-forgotten by [[Axanar]] producer [[Alec Peters]] is coming back to haunt him in a new move by his legal opponent in the [[: | ||
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+ | ===== Unpaid Legal Judgment ===== | ||
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+ | The plaintiff in the Nevada [[hero_prop_suit|Hero Prop suit]], Tiana Armstrong, is going after at least $13,000 in damages Peters owes but has never paid to a blogger who criticized his business practices. That's on top of the damages she seeks in Nevada suit. | ||
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+ | ==== Jason DeBord ==== | ||
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+ | Peters sued blogger Jason DeBord in 2010, claiming DeBord’s [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Case Thrown Out ==== | ||
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+ | That case was [[: | ||
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+ | Peters never paid the $26,000 in attorney’s fees and court costs to DeBord and the blog (both co-defendants). DeBord was personally owed $13,000. | ||
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+ | ===== Pursuing Payment ===== | ||
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+ | According to court documents filed in Nevada, Armstrong purchased DeBord’s personal judgment, making him whole eight years since Peters’ lawsuit was struck. | ||
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+ | The court documents also show that Armstrong is seeking to get a Georgia court to allow her to pursue the DeBord judgment directly from Peters. | ||
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+ | ===== Why it Matters ===== | ||
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+ | Contacted by AxaMonitor, Armstrong would not comment on why she purchased DeBord’s judgment. But a few possibilities emerged: | ||
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+ | * **Swaying the judge**: Hero Prop’s suit will be decided by a judge, Armstrong having waived a jury trial. | ||
+ | * **Who owes whom**: The judgment allows Armstrong to demonstrate going into trial that Peters owes her thousands of dollars. | ||
+ | * **Forcing payment**: Once the California judgment is allowed to be pursued against Peters in Georgia, he’ll either have to pay it to resolve the long-ignored damages or let Armstrong use his non-payment at trial, and possibly to spotlight the [[: | ||
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