Hello everyone!
Interesting reading, and some names you may recognize.
Mr Pink, by name, in a 20 million lawsuit! Watch what you say.....
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''). 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.
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Contact:
Hitsgalore.com, Inc., Rancho Cucamonga
Danny Gavin, Investor Relations
800/300-5388
Investor@Hitsgalore.com
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