thunderclapReport on Anti-Gay Slur Could Put Local News Site Out of Business
Core of the lawsuit:
- Newspaper received a tip from a reader
- The reader alleged senator Tomczyk called a 13-year-old boy a homophobic three-letter word
- The senator denied this and demanded a retraction
- The paper kept their foot down and got sued
- witnesses to the incident recall Tomczyk calling the child a “removed” and prior usage of similar language
That’s a useful addition. Additional sources add more weight to the story.
Tomczyk himself admitted in a deposition that he used the word occasionally.
Also worth noting he uses the word unapologetically to refer to his gay brother both "out of joking and out of spite."
It's a part of his normal vocabulary.
tsonfeirI’ve got black friends, does that mean…
Also, three more people corroborated that he said the slur. Cory Tomczyk is a piece of shit. Sue me, asshat. That was an opinion, not a fact. Though the fact remains that you’re a petty bitch.
Got sued and the judge dismissed it because Tomczyk did call a 13yo a fag.
Why it’s a newspaper’s problem if he’s a hateful moron. Imagine calling a child a faggot, even personally. It’s so wrong and sad.
Can’t SLAAP be applied here? This sound like something that should qualify, to me, but not a lawyer and probably pretty ignorant.