More Bashers get Nailed!!! $20M Lawsuit!!! Starnet is Suing Levy and his Rag???
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Monday June 14, 1:24 pm Eastern Time Company Press Release Hitsgalore.com Files $20 Million Lawsuit
Against Internet Posters RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--
Hitsgalore.com, Inc. (OTC BB:HITT - news) 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').
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Monday September 20, 8:14 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Starnet Serves Defamation Suit
ST. JOHNS, Antigua--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 20, 1999--Starnet Communications International Inc.
(NASD OTC-BB: ``SNMM') (``Starnet') announced today that it successfully served Claude Levy with a defamation law suit in
Belgium for patently false, malicious statements published by the defendant. The suit is in response to the barrage of false and
defamatory statements made by the defendant since the company's subsidiary Starnet Systems International Inc. legally and properly
terminated a licensing agreement with Las Vegas Casino Inc. for non-payment of licensing fees.
Starnet is claiming aggravated damages for loss of business opportunities, loss of market value and serious injury to its character,
credit and reputation in connection with the refusal of the defendant to publish a retraction of the defamatory statements, despite
having been requested in writing to do so.
Chris Zacharias, Starnet's corporate counsel, said, ``This action confirms our commitment to protecting the integrity and reputation
of Starnet, and our determination to vigorously prosecute parties who maliciously and recklessly publish false or defamatory
information about our companies without any regard for the law.'
Starnet is a fully reporting US (Delaware) corporation, which is currently listed on the National Association of Security Dealers
(``NASD') Over-The-Counter Bulletin Board and commenced trading in September of 1997 under the symbol ``SNMM'. Starnet is
also listed on the Berlin Stock Exchange (``Berlin') and is publicly traded on Over-The-Counter market under the symbol ``SNM'.
The Wall Street Journal described Starnet as ``one of the established leaders in Internet gaming and entertainment'.
Starnet is a leading developer and producer of Internet technologies for gaming applications. For more information, please visit
www.snmm.com.
Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements contained herein which are not
historical fact are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, certain delays in testing and
evaluation of products and other risks detailed from time to time in Starnet's fillings with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Contact:
Starnet Communications International Inc.
Investor Relations
Carey Nelson, Investor Relations Manager,
Ph: 604/608-6034
Rob Grace, Investor Relations Manager,
Ph: 604/608-6035
North American Toll - 1-888-883-0833
Outside N. America - 800-883-88338
Email - ir@snmm.com
or
Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide
Brad Miller, 212/880-5345
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