Bill O'Reilly, Greta Van Susteren Sued For Defamation, Emotional Distress

[onehandle]

Source: Huffington Post

A New York business owner has sued Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Greta Van Susteren for defamation and emotional distress.

Drum Cafe owner Aviva Nash filed a lawsuit alleging that the Fox News hosts accused her of stealing from U.S. taxpayers. The dispute stems from two different segments that aired on Van Susteren's "On The Record" on July 19, and "The O'Reilly Factor" on July 25. Both segments focused on an investigation launched into a General Services Administration awards ceremony that cost more than $250,000.

Clips of drumming were shown during Van Susteren and O'Reilly's respective segments, as the GSA awards ceremony included an expense of $21,000 for 4,000 drumsticks for attendees. Nash claims that her footage of drumming from her business was shown during the segments. It's unclear whether the video was used as stock footage or for some other purpose, but Nash and Drum Cafe were not identified by name. Both Van Susteren and O'Reilly criticized the GSA for using taxpayer money for such an event.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/09/bill-oreilly-greta-van-susteren-sued-defamation_n_1759594.html

[Justice wanted]

1. I Hope this does go to trial because it would shine the light on Fox practices.

[PavePusher]

2. All the media networks use "stock footage" of all types.

This will affect everyone. Which is fine by me.

[Justice wanted]

4. yeah but they don't use stock footage in false ways like Fox. Remember how Fox used "stock footage"

to make it appear Glen Beck's little Washington get together was more popular than what it was.

[arcane1]

6. And don't forget "Palm trees in Wisconsin"

[PavePusher]

8. "yeah but they don't use stock footage in false ways like Fox."

Ri-i-i-i-ight.

Pull the other one, it's got bells on...

[Justice wanted]

10. Sorry I personally don't use stock footage since I have no video to show.

[Odious justice]

3. How could they accuse her of stealing without mentioning her name?

Somehow this is going to turn into Fox's corporate lawyer team( soon to be a Saturday morning cartoon!) filing a counter claim against her for a frivolous lawsuit. I wonder if she has representation. It could be a violation of fair use if she or her customers were featured in stock footage in a story with negative depicitons...interesting. ..would love to see the complaint

[Odious justice]

5. Better article here..

http://www.courthousenews.com/2012/08/08/49108.htm

huffington post is giving USA today a run for its money in terms of lacking content. this article has the court it was filed in and the name of her attorney.

[Odious justice]

7. still can't find the complaint..anyone?

http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/webcivilLocal/LCCaseInfo?parm=CaseInfo&indexNumber=Ca5TqN8jb_PLUS_%2FzqALsNiLpgw%3D%3D&courtId=%2FlU1QPSWOrSrMvUnJT8%2FSw%3D%3D&motionCount=&documentCount=&appearanceDate=

[Jim Lane]

11. You've linked to eCourts, which typically doesn't have copies of complaints and the like.

New York State courts have no general requirement of electronic filing, so it's quite common that a complaint or other paper is not available online. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen anything on eCourts except for decisions and orders of the court.

[Odious justice]

12. Hey thanks

Im sort of a legal junkie but I'm midwest bound. Always glad to learn about other court systems.

[SoapBox]

9. What ever, who ever...I just would like the world to

sue the shit out of any ClusterFux channel and/or personality.