Puggles is still MIA
By: RyanWalis $$$
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Thursday, 13 Jul 2000 at 2:26 PM EDT
Post # of 31249
Bashers Beware Another one Bites the dust:
Thursday July 13, 1:59 pm Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Talk Visual Chairman Wins $1 Million Judgment Against Libelous Internet Poster
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 13, 2000--(OTC-BB: TVCP - news). Talk Visual Corporation Chairman Michael J.
Zwebner announced today that the lawsuit(Federal District Court for the District of New Hampshire, Civil Action No.
98-CV-682-M) brought in New Hampshire against a number of defendants, including a certain Gary Dobry (alias Pugs, &
Spider Valdez) and David Shepard (alias Rico Staris) has been settled. As part of the settlement, it has been agreed that
the following public statement be officially made:
THIS ANNOUNCEMENT APPEARS AS A MATTER OF RECORD.
IN THE PERIOD OF SEPTEMBER THROUGH DECEMBER 1998, I GARY DOBRY USING THE ALIASES ``PUGS'' and
``SPIDER VALDEZ'' POSTED ON SILICON INVESTOR CHAT LINES, AND CREATED A NEW CHAT LINE WHICH I
CALLED ``NO BASH FOR LEGACY.'' I MADE ACCUSATIONS AGAINST MICHAEL ZWEBNER INCLUDING FALSE
AND DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS IN RELATION TO HIS ASSOCIATION WITH DCI AND HIS ALLEGED ``SHORTING
OF DCI STOCK AND HIS BANKRUPTCY''.
I WISH NOW TO MAKE THE FOLLOWING STATEMENT.
I NOW TOTALLY AND ABSOLUTELY APOLOGIZE TO MICHAEL ZWEBNER AND HIS FAMILY FOR ALL THE PAIN
AND SUFFERING AND PUBLIC HUMILIATION I CAUSED HIM. I FURTHER STATE THAT I WAS WHOLLY MISLED BY
THIRD PARTIES IN THE DISSEMINATION OF THIS FALSE INFORMATION, AND I CAME TO UNDERSTAND THAT
THE PROMOTERS AND DIRECTORS OF DCI FALSELY CLAIMED THAT THE CONTINUING FALL IN THE DCI
STOCK PRICE WAS A RESULT OF MICHAEL ZWEBNER'S SUPPOSED SHORT SELLING. TO MY
EMBARRASSMENT I LATER LEARNED THAT WAS UNTRUE.
I FURTHER INFORM YOU ALL THAT THE LAWSUIT FILED BY MR. ZWEBNER AGAINST ME HAS BEEN SETTLED. I,
GARY DOBRY HAVE CONSENTED TO A SETTLEMENT JUDGMENT BEING ENTERED AGAINST ME FOR THE
AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION DOLLARS IN FAVOR OF MICHAEL ZWEBNER. MR. ZWEBNER HAS AGREED NOT TO
ENFORCE THE JUDGMENT FOR SO LONG AS I DO NOT ATTACK HIM OR HIS BUSINESSES FURTHER. WE HAVE
ALSO AGREED TO SIGN A MUTUAL RELEASE. I REGRET HAVING BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS EPISODE. GARY
DOBRY
Michael Zwebner, in a statement made today, said, ``This case was a libel case against me and against Legacy
Software, Inc., now known as Talk Visual Corporation. I am pleased that this litigation is over. I feel vindicated in as much
that these posters have come clean and have admitted their false and libelous actions. My family, and my business
associates, as well as myself are relieved that all these false, malicious and libelous statements have been exposed for
what they are, namely, FALSE, MALICIOUS AND LIBELOUS. The closure of this case, as well as the action taken by the
Securities and Exchange Commission against DCI, Joseph Murphy, and others, is a very clear, loud and emphatic
statement. It confirms to the public at large the real true facts, the truth, as I have always claimed it to be.''
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