Adelson lawsuit describes pressure on NJDC to apologize

[TomCADem]

Source: AZ Jewish Post

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sheldon Adelson’s $60 million defamation lawsuit against the National Jewish Democratic Council describes extensive efforts by his representatives, including Alan Dershowitz, to talk the group into apologizing for intimating that the casino magnate approved of prostitution.

The 16-page lawsuit was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in New York.

Lawyers for Adelson, one of the worlds’ wealthiest men, a major Republican donor and among the largest U.S. givers to Jewish and Israeli causes, had sent a warning letter to the NJDC and to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee last month after each body quoted news reports alleging that Adelson had approved of prostitution at his properties in Macau, China.

The allegation appeared in a lawsuit filed by a former Adelson employee, Steven Jacobs, who had managed Adelson’s Macau business until he was fired in 2010.


Read more: http://azjewishpost.com/2012/adelson-lawsuit-describes-pressure-on-njdc-to-apologize/

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I guess the First Amendment does not apply to the wealthy such that the media cannot even refer to allegations in complaints, which are public records.

[davidpdx]

1. Right wing bullying

I would like to see them publish as much as they can on his activities in Macau if he is involved in prostitution.

[MindMover]

2. I can't wait to hear all the juicy information about this greedy bastard ....

[McCamy Taylor]

3. The Chinese government found prostitutes openly working in his casino.

Someone approved of it. And he was the boss.

[elleng]

4. dershowitz representing him.

And of course you're correct. OUT THE DOOR with him! adelson can take his complaint to Steven Jacobs, and to the news sources.

[roguevalley]

5. Alan Douchebag used to be tolerable. I doubt too many remember the PBS show he

was on that debated watergate back in the day. The Advocates. He's become something a lot different since.

[elleng]

9. Right, he's become hugely different,

seems like something happened. I do recall him in 'better' days.

[bemildred]

7. The perfect lawyer for Adelson. nt

[nanabugg]

6. Talk about "frivolous law suits"

That's what happens when you don't you don't have a lot of money and have been wronged or physicaly harmed by corporate giants or the giant medical-pharm industry...the law suits are frivolous. But when you have plenty of money gained through sleazy and sometimes immoral means you can clog up the courts with uber important law suits because people told the truth about you and it mad you angry.

[leveymg]

8. Dershowitz should be sanctioned by the Bar Committee for Abuse of Process. Frivolous and harrassing

law suit, utterly without merit.

Dershowitz, always the hardline defender of privilege and power.

[leveymg]

10. Reuters reported on the criminal SEC investigation of Sands. Adelson/Dersh suit is groundless.

What is alleged against Adelson is public knowledge. See, "The Criminal Probe of Sheldon Adelson's Casino Empire", http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/09/us-usa-campaign-adelson-idUSTRE8172DS20120209

[tclambert]

11. Adelson: "Prostitutes? At a casino? I am shocked! Shocked, I tell you."

Yeah, that sounds like solid grounds for a lawsuit. They quoted news reports, you imbecile!

From the New York Times http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/06/embracing-sheldon-adelson/:


The Adelson-Jacobs feud turned up hotly-disputed allegations even more out of sync with Romney’s religious and moral convictions after Jacobs filed a request for documents charging that Adelson had initiated a “prostitution strategy” to draw customers to the Macau facilities. The Jacobs filing read:

As background, shortly after my arrival to Macau in May 2009, I launched “Operation Clean Sweep,” designed to rid the casino floor of loan sharks and prostitution. This project was met with concern as L.V.S.C. Senior Executives informed me that the prior prostitution strategy has been personally approved by Adelson.