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   Will Dockery to A1...@gmail.com   
   Re: Paula Deen accused of calling Nigger   
   24 Aug 22 10:41:59   
   
   From: willdockery5@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, June 21, 2013 at 7:29:49 PM UTC-4, A1...@gmail.com wrote:   
   > On Thu, 20 Jun 2013 11:06:29 -0700 (PDT), General Nathan Bedford    
   > Forrest  wrote:    
   >    
   > >On Jun 20, 3:46�am, General Nathan Bedford Forrest    
   > > wrote:    
   > >> � � �(CN) - In a sexual harassment suit against Paula Deen and her    
   > >> brother, a magistrate judge unsealed inappropriate Tweets about the    
   > >> case posted by plaintiff counsel.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Lisa Jackson used to be manager at Uncle Bubba's Seafood and    
   > >> Oyster House in Savannah, Ga., owned by TV chef Paula Deen and Deen's    
   > >> brother, Earl "Bubba" Hiers.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Jackson sued the celebrity chef in 2012, claiming that Hiers    
   > >> sexually harassed her for five years.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �In addition to sexually harassing his female staff, Hiers    
   > >> frequently used the word "nigger" at work, referred to President Obama    
   > >> as a nigger, watched pornography on work computers and blamed the    
   > >> kitchen staff, spent a month in rehab for alcohol and cocaine    
   > >> addiction, and stole $30,000 from Deen, a theft that Jackson reported    
   > >> to the restaurant's accountant, according to the complaint.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �"The conduct described herein is no mere offensive utterance;   
   the    
   > >> conduct was threatening, even physically, and universally    
   > >> humiliating," Jackson claimed. "The staff of Uncle Bubba's Seafood and    
   > >> Oyster House ... lived in fear of Bubba Hiers."    
   > >> � � �Earlier this year, the defendants moved to disqualify   
   Jackson's    
   > >> attorney, Matthew Billips, based on comments he posted on Twitter    
   > >> about the case. Documents related to this motion were sealed, and    
   > >> after denying the motion, U.S. Magistrate Judge G.R. Smith asked the    
   > >> parties to show why the order and other documents should not be    
   > >> unsealed.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Hiers asked for all documents to be released to the public,   
   but    
   > >> Jackson said Billip's Twitter comments might prejudice a jury.    
   > >> � � �In his Tweets, Billips said that he looked forward to "doing"   
   and    
   > >> "undressing" Deen during discovery, and that prosecuting her was a    
   > >> "real hoot."    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Given the extensive media coverage of this case, however,   
   "even a    
   > >> casual Internet search immediately reveals that the jury-taint horse    
   > >> has already left the barn," Jackson wrote.    
   > >> � � �He continued: "As the court itself found on its own 'Paula Deen   
   > >> Video,' anyone can watch her engaging in mock oral sex with an �clair   
   > >> and uttering a crude comment involving female genitalia. For that    
   > >> matter, the April 3, 2013 Order illuminates facts about plaintiff    
   > >> which she may find embarrassing. Unsealing Billips' case-related    
   > >> tweets and the parties' sanctions motions, then, at worst will add an    
   > >> indistinguishable squirt of black ink into already blackened, jury-    
   > >> prejudice waters." (Italics in original.)    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Deen and Hiers also had the court consider other Tweets by    
   > >> Billips that were not case related, "aimed at simply embarrassing    
   > >> Billips under the pretense of enforcing an ethics rule in a motion    
   > >> denied by this court," the judge said.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �These tweets revealed that Billips frequently uses "obscene,    
   > >> bawdy, and racially-charged language when conversing with his Twitter    
   > >> followers," according to the judgment.    
   > >> � � �To prevent the court from becoming "a vehicle for improper    
   > >> purposes," all Tweets unrelated to this case will remain sealed, Smith    
   > >> ruled.    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �"The court referenced these Tweets and found that they    
   > >> constituted improper comment about the merits of pending litigation -    
   > >> essentially stating as fact what his client was alleging," he wrote    
   > >> (emphases in original). "While the court noted that the ethics code    
   > >> presumes that such demeaning comments tend to prejudice the    
   > >> proceedings, it determined that the disqualification of counsel was    
   > >> not an appropriate sanction under the circumstances of this case."    
   > >>    
   > >> � � �Smith also declined to sanction Deen and Hiers for releasing a    
   > >> letter Jackson sent to one of Deen's lawyers, threatening to take the    
   > >> case to the media if Deen did not pay her $1.25 million.    
   > >> ************************************************************************    
   > >> It is a shame when the Nigger loving liberals in this country infringe    
   > >> on Paula Deens guaranteed freedom of speech. Now the media whores are    
   > >> trying to blackmail her! What is wrong with this new generation? The    
   > >> white boys listen to dangerous rap music and wear their pants drooping    
   > >> like prison queers. Our tried and true values will persevere    
   > >> eventually.   
   > Food Network announced late today that her contract will not be    
   > renewed.   
      
   Shame on them.  The nigger word is part of our culture down south here.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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