UPDATE - Since the Karmelo Anthony case, this has escalated to the point that they’re attempting to use me as “an example” to start their race war.
Now, with my reporting on the Nolan Wells case, and the targeting from activists who have said they’re going to “drag me” through the courts, prolong court proceedings, send the Black Panthers to my attorney’s house, and have now even called on “the Nation of Islam and all black organizations” to come and attempt to intimidate me at the next court hearing, I am still fighting these people.
I am updating this fundraiser because this fight has now gone far beyond the defamation lawsuit I originally filed against Tiffney Billions, Drew Anthony, and Charleston White.
A significant portion of the money raised has already gone directly toward legal expenses in that case. But now, I am also having to defend myself against what I believe is blatant lawfare - people attempting to use the court system and protective orders as a weapon against me because they do not like my reporting, my investigations, or the facts I have uncovered.
I am a journalist. I report. I publish information that I believe the public deserves to know. And now, people I have reported on- including activists, frauds, liars, race baiters, and grifters - are attempting to turn my reporting into grounds for protective orders.
Recently, I have been forced to retain counsel and defend myself against a protective-order proceeding brought by Jeanetta Brantley. Jeanetta is the audio engineer I reported on in connection with the purported SeaTow call and fake transcript surrounding the Nolan Wells case. My reporting challenged the authenticity of that material and exposed serious problems with the narrative being pushed publicly.
Instead of simply responding to my reporting with facts, I am now being dragged into court and forced to spend substantial amounts of money.
After what has been said publicly about me and my family - including deeply damaging accusations involving one of the most traumatic chapters of my family’s life - I am now preparing to pursue a second defamation lawsuit against Ashlee and Jeanetta Brantley.
I was prepared to walk away. I was prepared to let much of this go. But there comes a point when enough is enough. When people repeatedly make accusations about you, attack your family, distort your past, and then attempt to use the legal system to silence your reporting, you have to defend yourself.
That means I am now fighting on multiple fronts: continuing my existing defamation lawsuit against Tiffney Billions, Drew Anthony, and Charleston White; defending myself against what I believe are attempts to silence me through lawfare; and preparing another defamation action over statements made about me and my family that has caused threats and targeting.
I am DONE letting these people go unchallenged.
Legal battles are incredibly expensive. Depositions, hearings, filings, travel, attorneys’ fees, court costs, discovery, and trial preparation add up quickly. I have already spent a substantial amount of the money raised fighting these battles, and unfortunately, it is becoming clear that I am going to need additional help to continue defending myself.
I will not be intimidated into silence. I will not stop reporting because someone threatens me with a lawsuit or files a protective order because they do not like what I have uncovered.
If you have supported my reporting, my investigations, or my willingness to stand up when others will not, I am asking for your help as I continue this fight.
Every donation helps me continue paying the legal expenses necessary to defend my rights, protect my family, and pursue accountability against those who have crossed the line from criticism into what my attorneys and I believe is actionable defamation.
They can try to intimidate me. They can try to financially exhaust me. They can try to use lawfare to silence me.
I am not going anywhere.