James OKeefe Is Fighting His Insurance Company

[CatWoman]

The conservative activist filmmaker is battling insurance company Gemini after it refused to back Project Veritas on lawsuits filed by targets of his undercover videos.

For months, lawsuits have piled up against James O’Keefe, the conservative filmmaker and provocateur, from various targets of his signature undercover videos.

But O’Keefe and his video site Project Veritas have taken some legal action of their own recently — against the insurance company that they claim violated a contractual obligation to pay for mushrooming legal bills.

Now Project Veritas is engaged in a battle with the company it hoped would protect it, a dispute that lays bare the stark challenges faced by O’Keefe for the kind of controversial, litigation-prone hidden camera stings that have made him both a scourge and a conservative media darling.

In September, O’Keefe and his associates at Project Veritas sued Gemini Insurance Company for “wrongful denial to defend and indemnify” Project Veritas over three lawsuits. The company alleged that Gemini was in breach of contract for not footing the bill for the lawsuits, which included a defamation allegation from the president of a Kansas teachers union.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/james-okeefe-is-fighting-his-insurance-company?utm_term=.adoXDledOA#.xqQVnO7p35

[lagomorph777]

1. The insurer should have watched each video before insuring it.

They probably should have called the FBI instead of investing money.

[gratuitous]

2. Standard policies of insurance don't cover willful illegal acts

Perhaps James should have consulted with a lawyer before depending on his insurance company to pay his bills. Too bad, so sad.

[Wounded Bear]

3. Let me help out there...

[Vogon_Glory]

6. Can I add another violinist to your ensemble?

Too bad, Jimmy

[Wounded Bear]

9. For an asshole like him, there aren't enough on the planet...

[FSogol]

4. 1st time for everything? - I'm on the side of the insurance company.

[Gothmog]

5. How is the insurance company on the hook for intentional torts and criminal acts?

I am curious as to why O'Keefe thinks that the insurance company would be on the hook

[SeattleVet]

7. He lied to the insurance company.

In another article, it was written that they wrote the policy and were told that these were people who consented to be recorded.

He doesn't have a leg to stand on.

[farmbo]

8. Law School 101: Insurance policies which purport to cover intentional torts...

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... or illegal acts are void and unenforceable as contrary to public policy.

O'Keefe is already a convicted criminal, and his business plan consistently relies on fraudulent inducement to capture his video footage. Then, his selective ( fraudulent) editing of the videos to stoke RW outrage, and releasing doctored stories to Fox News constitutes defamation and intentional infliction of mental distress.

His victims may end up owning his house, and garnishing his Fox News checks.