Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Wednesday, May 27, 2009

A Houston, Texas, blogger who's being sued by the mother of Anna Nicole Smith was jailed for not producing her computer to the court, claiming it was stolen. Lyndal Harrington, 53, is being sued by Smith's mother Virgie Arthur over posts on the Rose Speaks blog.

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Haven't we already done this one before?

Guess my days are numbered...

DAMN
I was hoping they were coming for briwo
its not like I havent reported him enough

OR he could have sent them to me..that puncation police shit can get serious

Anne Nicole Smith's mother is a child beating whore.

wow! Can't wait to see what happens to 101Chairpuddles when he finally slanders the wrong guy!

Oh, more crap to do with Anna Nicole.
BTW, is she still dead?

yes she is and you can tell where she is buried by her distinctive "GRAVE MARKERS"

hers is the only grave that is taller on one side

i'd say she was a media whore UNTIL the day she died, but that would be an understatement.

Her computer was probably "stolen" by the same arch villain who "stole" Kathleen Willey's.

I believe his name is either Larry Landfill or Ronnie Riverbed.

"Come to court tomorrow and bring me some evidence I can use against you!"

Yeah, fuck that. He'd have to put me in jail for 30 days too. Tell Anna Smith's mother to make her own case, produce her own evidence, or lose her suit.

"Yeah, fuck that. He'd have to put me in jail for 30 days too. Tell Anna Smith's mother to make her own case, produce her own evidence, or lose her suit.

#10 | Posted by r8rh8r at 2009-05-27 02:11 PM"

Don't be a dumbass. Litigants in civil suits have to produce documents and other information in discovery that is hurtful to thier position all the time. This wasn't a criminal case, where she was invoking the 5th.

Honest, your honor, the dog ate my hard drive.

I tried to stop him, but it was too late.

On the other hand, I can see where the court is coming from.

This could be the first person in history to have a laptop computer stolen in Houston.

People actually care about Anna Nicole Smith? Who is her mother and what the heck is she suing about? Next thing you know, our kids are going to come home and ask to sue Tracy and Billy for making her wait more than 5 minutes to get a turn on the swings. Get a life, Smith family. PLEASE!

all work and no play makes auntiesocial a dull boy
all work and no play makes auntiesocial a dull boy
all work and no play makes auntiesocial a dull boy

OOPS!

People actually care about Anna Nicole Smith?

Not particularily.

The media barrage that occured both before and after her death was certainly instructive in terms of how much over-emphasis the MSM places on non-news at the expense of real news but the real concern now is with the larger trend emerging here.

Which is to say the increased stifling of free speech on the internet through overly casual or deliberately vindictive litigation.

That shiat, everybody, here and throughout blogworld, should care about.

Is not reporting a missing PC until after it is requested as evidence the legal equivilant of saying "the dog ate my book report"?

ie. Is it an act worthy of reprisal, in this case a contempt citation replete with jail time?

Spud sez no unless the court is willing to prove with its own evidence that she is lying.

Spud has never met or read about ANS's mother before this story but based purely on the daughter she raised Spud's opinion of her is not particularily high.

Be Well.

Anyone suing me believes that you can get blood from a turnip. Lots o' luck!

Withholding the evidence thaqt was under her control means that it will be construed adversely to her.

As "they" say:


res ipsa loquitur

Latin for the thing speaks for itself.' The phrase refers to a rule of evidence whereby Negligence of the alleged wrongdoer may be inferred from the mere fact that the accident happened, provided that (1) in the absence of negligence, the accident would not have occurred and (2) the thing that caused the injury is shown to have been under the exclusive control of the alleged wrongdoer. This shifts the burden to the defendant, who is thereby charged with introducing evidence to refute the Presumption of negligence that has been created.

Don't be a dumbass. Litigants in civil suits have to produce documents and other information in discovery that is hurtful to thier position all the time. This wasn't a criminal case, where she was invoking the 5th.

Easy, Trigger. I don't make my living fleecing people in civil actions, I bow to your expertise. Clearly "have to" is a subjective term though. Given the choice of defending a contempt charge or producing evidence that would prompt a multi-million dollar judgment against me, I'll take the former every time and suffer the consequences. Contempt is a criminal charge so let the Court prove her computer wasn't stolen.

Following the links to a list of sued bloggers found this.

"First Baptist Church v. Doe (Fla., subpeonas)
Status: Subpeonas used to unveil anonymous blogger

In response to criticism of the church and its pastor on the "FBC Jax Watchdog" blog (fbcjaxwatchdog.blogspot.com), the First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Fla. turned to church member Robert Hinson, a detective with the Jacksonville sheriff's office and a member of the reverend's security detail, to investigate. Hinton issued subpeonas to Google to unmask the anonymous blogger, and used the information obtained from Google to determine the blogger was church member Thomas Rich."

A Reverend with a "security detail"? A detective probably using police access to find an anonymous blogger?

That's just friggin' crazy.

"Easy, Trigger. I don't make my living fleecing people in civil actions, I bow to your expertise....

#19 | Posted by r8rh8r at 2009-05-27 05:36 PM"

Point taken. I plead guilty to premature blastication. Mea culpa.

premature blastication.

#21 | Posted by mOntecOre

Maybe it will help is you think about baseball instead of Anna Nicole.

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