Fake Planned Parenthood Video Creator Gets Slapped With Federal Lawsuit

[Bubzer]

David Daleiden, the mastermind behind the debunked and now possibly criminal Planned Parenthood videos, got slapped with a federal lawsuit [PDF] by Planned Parenthood this Thursday in San Francisco.

The lawsuit includes compensatory and punitive damages for what Planned Parenthood has suffered since the video release, as well as attorney fees. Beth Parker, a Planned Parenthood lawyer, did not comment on how much money would be sought but indicated that the amount would include extra money spent since the release of the videos for increased clinic security.

Daleiden and his organization, the Center For Medical Progress, are responsible for publishing completely fake videos that suggest Planned Parenthood illegally sells fetal body parts for cash. The videos provided a mountain of fodder for Republican outrage in 2015, resulting in wasted hearings, time, and money. There have also been some accusations that the videos causing increased violence at Planned Parenthood clinics, and a mass shooting.

The lawsuit accused the Center For Medical Progress and a fake company called “Biomax” of violating the RICO Act, committing fraud, invasion of privacy, illegal recording and trespassing. David Daleiden, Troy Newman, and a group of other individuals used forged government ID’s to gain entry to private conferences where they secretly recorded conversations with Planned Parenthood employees. Afterward, the group took the recorded conversations, cut and combined them together out of context with fake footage to make the now infamous videos.

http://www.addictinginfo.org/2016/01/15/the-lying-btard-behind-the-fake-planned-parenthood-videos-gets-slapped-with-federal-lawsuit/

[malaise]

1. Get thee to the greatest page

He should also be charged for being an accomplice to murder

[randys1]

27. You can BET YOUR ASS if some Black person kills someone in a protest, BLM will be indicted

as accomplices.

[malaise]

29. Well this posse is quoted by Re[b]THUGs[/b]

and Fundie hacks.

[sharp_stick]

2. Nice

I'd love to see these hateful fake pricks shut down permanently.

[lewebley3]

4. I worked for PP:they are brave people: the should on the offense

[ryan_cats]

3. Is

Is this a lawsuit by the Feds or brought in Federal court by PP?

[LiberalArkie]

6. I believe that Planned Parenthood is sueing the movie creators in Federal court. Hence the federal

gov serving the papers.

[turbo_satan]

5. I'd like to see Carly Fiorina as co-defendant

That would be beautiful.

[vkkv]

11. Snarly Fiorina ?

You bet ! !

[tecelote]

23. Accessory after the fact.

She promoted it in the national media and during the debates even when she knew they were false.

[skamaria]

38. Good idea

That's where the real money is!

[Stuart G]

7. k and r..nt

[ChisolmTrailDem]

8. But...but...FREE SPEECH!!!1!! nt

[Sherman A1]

9. K&R

[vkkv]

10. Thank you for posting! n/t

[Bluenorthwest]

12. Excellent and where do I send money to the legal fund?

nt

[davidpneff]

13. About time!

I was wondering when they would file a law suit. They should also sue them for libel. Let's hope that the "Center for Medical Progress" gets bankrupted! #StandWithPP

[Human101948]

14. It is a fake organization...a front for right wing big money assholes...

Who write checks for their payroll. But I am sure there are no assets. The crucial thing is to get a judgment against this guy and then hound him for the money until he finally drops dead. (And I wish him a long and miserable life.)

[Duval]

15. I hope they get a long time in prison!

[Dont call me Shirley]

16. May PP be graced with fair and honest judges.

[malthaussen]

17. From the standpoint of the law...

... how is this different from Fox "News" being under no obligation to tell the truth? The group making this propaganda film were just exercising their free speech rights within the law. I doubt the lawsuit can get much traction: even if lower court finds for PP, it will probably be overturned on appeal. Although it may be actionable under liable law. Can a non-profit's character be defamed? Is PP a "person" under the law as are corporations?

-- Mal

[underthematrix]

18. Oh I think there's some there there because they

used public institutions to perpetrate their criminal conspiracy and fraud.

[Z_California]

22. Shouting "fire" in a crowded movie theater

isn't protected by the 1st Amendment. (Unless said theater is actually on fire).

This is a similar case in my opinion: Producing false evidence of "baby organ harvesters" in a country full of dumb, brainwashed, highly armed redneck "Christians" does not qualify as free speech but as a provocation.

[mdbl]

39. So well stated!

Thanks.

[Cerridwen]

31. Perhaps read through the complaint?

Perhaps read through the complaint?

http://ppfa.pr-optout.com/ViewAttachment.aspx?EID=mr9WXYw4u2IxYnni1dBRVsyFeJIuuWQv%2btbEt05Givo%3d

RICO, mail fraud, identity theft, sham corporations, lying on incorporation papers filed with CA SOS, using fake names, fake CA driver's licenses, credit card fraud, lying on contracts, and doing so in multiple US jurisdictions and so on.

[libdem4life]

36. Oh yeah, they've got problems. Cretins.

[Iggo]

50. Yikes.

They're fooked.

[Dustlawyer]

37. They made the video with the intenti to cause harm to PP.

You can't do that.

[malthaussen]

40. But does PP have standing?

Is a non-profit a "person?" If yes, then doesn't that provide ammunition to the "Corporations are People" idea?

-- Mal

[tblue37]

19. Brownback just stripped state funding from PP here. in Kansas. PP will sue and win, of course,

while Kansas taxpayers pay to defend Brownback's cynical act, which is meant as red meat for his base even though he knows it won't stand, and even though he knows the video has been debunked.

And that money to defend his action will come from the budget his policies have already destroyed.

[randys1]

28. Brownback is therefore a murderer.

[sinkingfeeling]

20. About time PP fought back

[nxylas]

21. "Now debunked"

Not among those who want to believe it. It's impossible to "debunk" anything to people who believe that they're entitled to their own facts.

[Bubzer]

30. Sadly, I have to agree.

[OnionPatch]

33. Yep. I doubt this info made it through the bubble.

They'll continue to believe what they want.

[mountain grammy]

24. Wish they could sue snarly carly too.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

25. Conservatives consider David Daleiden to be 100% legit but Dan Rather to be a fraud.

[emulatorloo]

26. Hell yeah.

[Cerridwen]

32. RICO, mail fraud, perjury on incorp. ppk to CA SOS, fake driver's licenses...

RICO, mail fraud, perjury on incorporation paperwork sent to CA SOS, fake driver's licenses, identity theft, sham companies, lied to the IRS, fraudulent activities covering multiple US jurisdictions, signing non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements using fake names and with the knowledge they would not be following the agreements...

Please read through the complaint. This is beyond "just videos."

http://ppfa.pr-optout.com/ViewAttachment.aspx?EID=mr9WXYw4u2IxYnni1dBRVsyFeJIuuWQv%2btbEt05Givo%3d

I wish Planned Parenthood the absolute best and I sincerely hope this results in the financial destruction of the anti-choice movement much as the SLPC took out the kkk.

[rpannier]

34. I'd be okay with 'Fake Planned Parenthood Video Creator Gets Slapped'

I'd pay money to see that

[drmeow]

35. America's al-Baghdadi and

his Christianqueda organization can f**k off and die for all I care. i want them to suffer and suffer hard and long.

[lark]

41. Fry their asses.

I only hope they have a lot of money for PP to take!! If not them, maybe they have backers with money than can be taken? They need to pay for the wrongs they have committed.

[packman]

42. Wonder how Carly will respond to this

(as if she would) - Another Republican piece of shit thrown against the wall being scrubbed off, unfortunately the stain will still be there in many of their minds.

[Turbineguy]

43. Let's hope the repubs are

generous with their donations to Center For Medical Progress so that they'll have plenty of money to pay Planned Parenthood.

[DFW]

45. Hah!

Wanna bet the so-called "Center For Medical Progress" is bankrupt by the time Judgement Day rolls around?

[Turbineguy]

47. Well, that would fit in with

Republican Values.

[DFW]

44. Go Cecile!

Hit 'em with everything you've got!

[spanone]

46. republicans will STILL use the fake video to try and defund PP

fuckers

[niyad]

48. GOOD FOR PP--I am just sorry that PP has to spend urgently needed money, time

and energy fighting these women-hating gestational slavers, when it has such important work to do.

[Babel_17]

49. Deliberately faking any records is no joke

The analogy is putting up incorrect road signs. We use accurate records to make our choices, just like we use road signs to know how to adjust our driving.

[mucifer]

51. Let's hope PP can afford some amazing lawyers. The right wingers sure can.