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October 25, 2009
Sean Salisbury Sues Deadspin for Defamation: Former NFL quarterback and ESPN broadcaster Sean Salisbury has sued the sports blog Deadspin for civil defamation, claiming the site has a "long-running smear campaign" against him that caused him to lose two jobs. "Unburdened by the truth or any pretense of journalistic standards, Deadspin ignored the facts and instead repeated the malicious lie that Mr. Salisbury 'allegedly' engaged in 'sexting,' which prompting his firing," the filing states. "Deadspin has continued to taunt Mr. Salisbury in emails from Deadspin contributors and has even mockingly asked Mr. Salisbury why he has not filed suit. Deadspin now has its answer."
If it really cost him two jobs then someone cares about it.
posted by billsaysthis at 08:44 PM on October 25, 2009
J, if you don't know what Deadspin is, I'm not sure you've been on the interwub much.
I don't know the veracity of the stuff printed by Deadspin, but if it comes out none of it is true, I hope they get their smug balls nailed to the fucking wall.
posted by wfrazerjr at 10:08 PM on October 25, 2009
I'm no fan of Deadspin, but getting Sean Salisbury off the air was a public service.
posted by cl at 11:00 PM on October 25, 2009
No one has heard of- nor cares about this blog.
ESPN cares enough about it to instruct its staff three years ago specifically never to use it as a source.
Harlow said the suit singled out Gawker as a defendant because of their "concerted" efforts to single out their client, despite the reporting of others.
Uh, no: the suit singled out Gawker because Nick Denton has enough money in the bank to make it suing, or just subjecting it to the legal costs of defending the claim. And everybody's doing it these days. Frankly, I'd laugh and laugh and laugh if one of the anti-Gawker suits took Denton to the cleaners, given that he basically courts it, but my guess is that this won't be the one.
posted by etagloh at 02:15 AM on October 26, 2009
Wow, I didn't even realize he hadn't been on the air in a year or so until I saw this headline. Oops.
posted by boredom_08 at 02:29 AM on October 26, 2009
Wow, I didn't even realize he hadn't been on the air in a year or so until I saw this headline. Oops.
Me either. I wonder what the chick that Salibury was sexting looked like?
(runs and hides)
posted by THX-1138 at 11:52 AM on October 26, 2009
Sorry about the poor quality but I found a picture of her for you THX.
posted by BoKnows at 12:14 PM on October 26, 2009
Sorry about the poor quality but I found a picture of her for you THX.
Very snarky. Good stuff.
posted by BornIcon at 01:14 PM on October 26, 2009
Sorry about the poor quality
Whattya mean "poor quality"? That chick's H-O-T! I'd definitely cheat on Sean Salisbury for her!
posted by THX-1138 at 04:17 PM on October 26, 2009
I'd definitely cheat on Sean Salisbury for her!
I had no idea you were so closely connected to this story. How long have you and Sean been together?
posted by BoKnows at 05:40 PM on October 26, 2009
Why, Bo? Do you work for Deadspin?
As far as Sean is concerned, I have tried to contact him via Facebook and what I thought was a rather nicely worded letter but he just won't respond.
posted by THX-1138 at 04:11 PM on October 27, 2009
Did you attach a picture of your junk too? If not, that may be why he hasn't gotten to you yet.
posted by BornIcon at 12:13 PM on October 28, 2009
Hell no! That would be unseemly. I attached pictures of all of you guys' junk.
Don't even ask how I obtained these pictures.
posted by THX-1138 at 02:15 PM on October 28, 2009
Deadspin? What is that?
If a tree falls in a forest...
Mr. Salisbury would do better to ignore it. No one has heard of- nor cares about this blog. So shut up about it, Sean and no one ever will know about it.