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Sarah Palin v. "Gryphen" [1]

Submitted by DMLP Staff on Thu, 09/17/2009 - 21:21

Summary

Threat Type: 

Correspondence

Date: 

08/01/2009

Location: 

Alaska

Verdict or Settlement Amount: 

N/A
On August 1, 2009, Sarah Palin's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter to Alaskan blogger "Gryphen" over a post published earlier that day on Gryphen's blog ImmoralMinority.   The cease and deist letter takes issue with a number... read full description
Parties

Party Receiving Legal Threat: 

Gryphen

Type of Party: 

Individual

Type of Party: 

Individual

Location of Party: 

  • Alaska

Location of Party: 

  • Alaska

Legal Counsel: 

Thomas Van Flein
Description

On August 1, 2009, Sarah Palin's lawyer sent a cease and desist letter [2] to Alaskan blogger "Gryphen" over a post [3] published earlier that day on Gryphen's blog ImmoralMinority.  

The cease and deist letter takes issue with a number of statements made in the post "Exclusive! Sarah and Todd Palin are Splitsville!," including the statements that Palin "has purchased land in Montana" and that "Todd Palin pulled a gun on Levi [Johnston] in a heated exchange" in 2008.

The cease and desist letter demanded a retraction by 3:00 pm AST on August 1, 2009.  The letter further requested information on how Gryphen would like to be served with a complaint and summons should s/he decline to retract the post.  The next day, Gryphen responded to the letter with a post [4] asserting that
s/he believed the factual information received from her sources to be
correct. As of September 17, 2009, there is no information that a legal action has been initiated.

Related Links: 

  • Palin Hunts Down Blogger, Threatens Lawsuit [5]
  • Palin lawyer threatens to serve papers at kindergarten, then balks [6]
  • Palin's Lawyer Threatens Kindergarten Teacher [7]  
  • Todd and Sarah Palin to divorce [8]
  • Palin Lawyer Threatens To Serve Libel Papers At Kindergarten [9]

 

 

Details

Web Site(s) Involved: 

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/ [10]

Content Type: 

  • Text

Publication Medium: 

Blog

Subject Area: 

  • Defamation
  • Legal Threat
  • Anonymity
Court Information & Documents

Jurisdiction: 

  • Alaska

Relevant Documents: 

PDF icon 2009-08-01-Palin Letter.pdf [11]
CMLP Information (Private)

Priority: 

1-High

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Links
[1] https://www.dmlp.org/threats/sarah-palin-v-gryphen
[2] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-08-01-Palin%20Letter.pdf
[3] http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive-sarah-and-todd-palin-are.html
[4] http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/was-it-somethng-i-said.html
[5] http://extratv.warnerbros.com/2009/08/palin_hunts_down_blogger_threa.php
[6] http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71284_flien.htm
[7] http://www.politicususa.com/en/node/7033
[8] http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71283_divorce_palins.htm
[9] http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/02/palin-lawyer-threatens-to_n_249506.html
[10] http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/
[11] https://www.dmlp.org/sites/dmlp.org/files/sites/citmedialaw.org/files/2009-08-01-Palin%20Letter.pdf