Global Direct Sales, LLC v. Krowne (Correspondence) [1]

Krista Railey published an article [2] critical of the Grant America Program in her "FHA Mortgage Whistleblower" column [3] on Aaron Krowne's mortgage watchdog website,  The Mortgage Lender Implode-O-Meter [4]. The Grant America Program is a seller-financed downpayment assistance program for low to moderage income homebuyers, operated under an agreement between the Penobscot Indian Nation and Global Direct Sales. 

On September 10, 2008, one of the principals of Global Direct Sales, Christopher Russell, posted a comment [5] to the article complaining that it was defamatory and threatening to file a lawsuit.  Later, on September 18, an attorney for the Penobscot Indian Nation, Global Direct Sales, Christopher Russell, and Ryan Hill sent a cease-and-desist letter to Krowne, alleging that Krowne was "publishing knowingly false and defamatory information about my clients" and demanding that he withdraw "all articles and/or blog postings" or face a lawsuit.  

Global Direct Sales, Russell, Hill, and the Penobscot Indian Nation filed a defamation suit in Maryland federal court. For more information on the lawsuit, see our database entry, Global Direct Sales v. Krowne [6].