Streetbeasts fraud controversy
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Recently, representatives from StreetBeasts have been making the rounds of automotive forums, attempting to spin their checkered past, and threatening those who inform the public of their history with frivolous legal action and financial ruin. | Recently, representatives from StreetBeasts have been making the rounds of automotive forums, attempting to spin their checkered past, and threatening those who inform the public of their history with frivolous legal action and financial ruin. | ||
− | After this wiki page was published, StreetBeasts [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/streetbeasts-attacks-our-free-speech-frivolous-lawsuit-against-me-147173.html filed a frivolous lawsuit against the Hotrodders.com administrator]. The lawsuit | + | After this wiki page was published, StreetBeasts [http://www.hotrodders.com/forum/streetbeasts-attacks-our-free-speech-frivolous-lawsuit-against-me-147173.html filed a frivolous lawsuit against the Hotrodders.com administrator]. The lawsuit is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SLAPP SLAPP suit] -- a type of frivolous suit intended to silence criticism by burdening the defendant with the cost of legal defense. Hotrodders.com forum members have banded together to raise funds to defend against the suit, and preserve their free speech. |
==Wire fraud case against Classic Motor Carriages, AKA "StreetBeasts"== | ==Wire fraud case against Classic Motor Carriages, AKA "StreetBeasts"== |