Talk About A Bad Case of 'Repeating' Yourself:
To: +Janice Shell (2946 )
From: +bob sims
Monday, Jul 19 1999 7:04PM ET
Reply # of 2948
Hitsgalore.com Files $20 Million Lawsuit Against Internet Posters
Business Wire - June 14, 1999 13:39
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--
Hitsgalore.com, Inc. (OTC BB:HITT) today
announced that it has filed a Complaint against one identified and five anonymous
Internet posters for Libel, Tortious
Interference With Business Relations and Civil Conspiracy in the United States District
Court for the Middle District of
Florida. The Complaint, entitled Hitsgalore.com, Inc. v. Janice Shell, et al., Case No.
99-1387-CIV-T-26C, seeks damages
in excess of Twenty Million Dollars ($20,000,000.00).
The Complaint names Janice Shell, John Doe No. 1 a/k/a "Paul Kersey," John Doe No.
2 a/k/a "Mayor," John Doe No. 3
a/k/a "Mr. Pink," John Doe No. 4 a/k/a "mshater," and John Doe Nos. 5-100 as
Defendants (collectively the "Defendants").
The Complaint alleges that, beginning at least as early as May 1999 and continuing
through to the present, the Defendants
intentionally and maliciously published and republished a variety of false and defamatory
statements about Hitsgalore.com in a
nationwide "cybersmear" campaign on electronic bulletin boards on the Internet
maintained by Raging Bull, Inc. ("Raging Bull")
and Silicon Investor, Inc. ("Silicon Investor"). These statements either explicitly state or
imply that Hitsgalore has engaged in
illegitimate, illegal, dishonest, fraudulent, and criminal business operations, when, in truth
and fact, the Defendants knew or
should have known that such statements were false and libelous per se.
Steve Bradford, the CEO of Hitsgalore.com, believes that it is absolutely essential that
all responsible parties be held fully
accountable for their activities, and this action is the first formal step for Hitsgalore.com
in taking the offensive against those
seeking to destroy the reputation, damage the market value of the Company's common
stock and undermine the business
affairs of the Company through anonymous posting activity. Steve Bradford stated that:
"the Company intends to issue
subpoenas to Raging Bull and Silicon Investor to ascertain the identities of the John Doe
Defendants, and to aggressively
undertake discovery in this case." The Company's attorneys are also investigating
possible defamation charges against David
Evans, a Bloomberg reporter, for certain negative news articles which the Company
believes are misleading in nature.
Jeanette Wilcher, the Trustee of The Life Foundation Trust with whom the Company
has various business relations, stated that:
"I applaud, commend, and fully support the efforts of Hitsgalore.com in bringing the
anonymous Internet posters to justice."
The Company would also like to gratefully acknowledge the substantial assistance it has
received from various persons
throughout the country in investigating the Internet activity by the Defendants and others,
and welcomes further contact from
individuals with knowledge of this cybersmear campaign.
If you have any information which you believe would be helpful to the Company in
prosecuting this matter, please contact Carl
F. Schoeppl, Esq., or Daniel J. Becka, Esq., at Schoeppl & Burke, P.A., the
Company's litigation counsel, 4800 North
Federal Highway, Suite 210-A, Boca Raton, Florida 33431-5176, Telephone: (561)
394-8301, Facsimile: (561) 393-6541,
and E-Mail: Schoeppl@aol.com.
CONTACT: Hitsgalore.com, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga
Danny Gavin, Investor Relations
800/300-5388
Investor@Hitsgalore.com
I guess it doesn't amount to much.. sort of like the poster who keeps posting this same thing.. whenever he isn't suspended for spamming......
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