The Newspaper picks up the story.

I spent yesterday, August 8, talking to attorneys about representation , three of them, and unfortunately didnt have any luck in getting one to take the case.

This morning, Kaye Luna of the Quad City times contacted me about the case as she saw the legal notice in one of our local papers the Clinton Iowa Herald. She inquired as to what the Seamen's Justice Center was about, but it was the amount of money that the SIU was asking for that drove the interview. I informed her that according to the Iowa Supreme Court the complaint is never supposed to include an amount certain as it was determined that it is prejudicial and embarrasses the person being sued within the community.

I also informed her of the fact that the case has procedural issues. The main issue being the fact that the complaint served upon me without leave of the court and was not signe by the clerck of court or a Judge. It is therefore illegal. It can be recast and served again but it is defective as it stands.

She asked me who my attorney was and I informed her that I did not have one as it seems that no attorney wants to handle this case Pro Bono.

We talked about the fact that it is very difficult to win a defamation case against the media for a number of reasons which are stated in decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. I informed her that I was somewhat familiar with those decisions, although not all by any means. She stated to me that it was her understanding that what It was difficult to file suit againt someone for what is printed on a web page, as decided by the courts. I stated that I knew, according to legal precedents that a showing of malice would have to be made by the media outlet in order for a plaintiff to prevail in an action. It was a short interview and I couldn't hope to get all of my information out to her and realize that she will probably have a small space in which to print this story.

I hope that she is fair in her reporting of said information.

Hopefully, she will put this story on the national wire and it will be picked up.