Huon v. Breaking Media et al

Filing 96

RESPONSE by Meanith Huonin Opposition to MOTION by Defendants Nick Denton, Gabby Darbyshire, Irin Carmon, Gawker Media, Jezebel.com to dismiss Plaintiff's Second Amended Complaint 57 AMENDED REPONSE TO MEET THE 15 PAGE LIMITATION PER DECEMBER 5, 2011 COURT ORDER (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit A, # 3 Exhibit B, # 4 Exhibit C, # 5 Exhibit D, # 6 Exhibit E, # 7 Exhibit F, # 8 Exhibit G)(Huon, Meanith)

Acquitte Rapist Sues Blog For Calling Him Serial Rapist
A Chicago man . . . is suing the legal blog Above The Law for implying
that he's a serial rapist . . .
. . . A woman had jumped out of his car, ran through a cornfield barefoot, and
knocked on a random person's door saying he had forced her into sexual activity. She
later said she believed she was spending time with him for a job opportunity related to
alcohol promotions, until he allegedly yelled at her to perform oral sex. Huon's
version was that it was a consensual encounter, and partly on the strength of a
bartender's testimony that the woman had been drinking and asked where to go to
have fun, the jury believed him.
. . . His beef with Above The Law stems from a roundup post entitled "Rape
Potpurri," in which blogger Elie Mystal mistakenly believes that news accounts of the
same incident are different incidents that should have tipped the woman off that Huon
was a serial offender. "The content of the article were [sic] defamatory in that it
incorrectly and recklessly portrayed Mr. Huon as a serial rapist by treating the same
complaining witness as three different women," says the complaint, according to
Forbes.
"And this, people, is why God invented Google," wrote Mystal in the original post,
linking to articles that in fact described the same case. The lesson learned: Google
only takes you so far. (Emphasis supplied.)