Washington — For the last four and a half years, Aaron Rich has lived in a nightmare. His younger brother, Seth Rich, who worked for the Democratic National Committee, was murdered on July 10, 2016, in a crime that remains unsolved. Aaron then watched as anonymous online trolls, pro-Trump blowhards, and TV talking heads amplified a baseless, politically motivated theory that Seth, not Russia, had given internal DNC emails to WikiLeaks in 2016.
This theory has been roundly discredited by investigations led by cybersecurity experts, the Trump-era Justice Department, and two Republican-led congressional investigations...
This theory has been roundly discredited by investigations led by cybersecurity experts, the Trump-era Justice Department, and two Republican-led congressional investigations...
- 1/14/2021
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
More than three years after Fox News Channel retracted its story that a political conspiracy was behind the fatal shooting of Seth Rich, the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet has settled its legal battle with the DNC staffer’s family.
“It Is Stipulated And Agreed by and between Plaintiffs Joel and Mary Rich and Defendants Fox News Network, LLC, Malia Zimmerman, and Edward Butowsky, that …the claims by Joel and Mary Rich against all Defendants are dismissed with prejudice, and each party waives all right to appeal and to seek attorneys’ fees and costs,” reads the filing Tuesday between the parties in federal court.
The agreement (read it here) comes as Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs were scheduled to give potentially damning depositions in the case.
It is not known how much Fnc paid the Rich family to end the matter. However, Rich’s parents Joel and Mary Rich made no...
“It Is Stipulated And Agreed by and between Plaintiffs Joel and Mary Rich and Defendants Fox News Network, LLC, Malia Zimmerman, and Edward Butowsky, that …the claims by Joel and Mary Rich against all Defendants are dismissed with prejudice, and each party waives all right to appeal and to seek attorneys’ fees and costs,” reads the filing Tuesday between the parties in federal court.
The agreement (read it here) comes as Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs were scheduled to give potentially damning depositions in the case.
It is not known how much Fnc paid the Rich family to end the matter. However, Rich’s parents Joel and Mary Rich made no...
- 11/24/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — For years, Ed Butowsky has been one of the biggest proponents of the unproven theory that murdered Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich leaked a trove of internal emails to WikiLeaks in 2016. Now, Butowsky is backing away from the Rich case by moving to dismiss multiple lawsuits related to Rich that he had filed against reporters and major news organizations.
As Rolling Stone reported earlier this summer, Butowsky, a Texas-based financial adviser and former TV pundit who made some 200 appearances on Fox News and Fox Business between 2009 and 2017 according to court records,...
As Rolling Stone reported earlier this summer, Butowsky, a Texas-based financial adviser and former TV pundit who made some 200 appearances on Fox News and Fox Business between 2009 and 2017 according to court records,...
- 10/20/2020
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
The parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich prevailed in an effort to sue Fox News Channel over allegations that employees of the network helped promote unproven theories the young man’s death was tied to a leak of emails from the DNC to WikiLeaks in 2016.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court decision to dismiss the case, and now Joel and Mary Rich can continue pursuing legal remedy for what they allege includes intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contract and negligent supervision.
“This decision now clears the way for a thorough investigation into the facts,” said Lenny Gail, an attorney for the Rich family. ” We will now obtain documents from Fox News and other parties and take testimony under oath from those involved.”
Rich was killed in 2016, and Washington, D.C. police have determined he was shot during a robbery.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit on Friday reversed a lower court decision to dismiss the case, and now Joel and Mary Rich can continue pursuing legal remedy for what they allege includes intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contract and negligent supervision.
“This decision now clears the way for a thorough investigation into the facts,” said Lenny Gail, an attorney for the Rich family. ” We will now obtain documents from Fox News and other parties and take testimony under oath from those involved.”
Rich was killed in 2016, and Washington, D.C. police have determined he was shot during a robbery.
- 9/13/2019
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
The parents of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer murdered during a botched robbery in 2016, won a legal effort on Friday to revive a lawsuit against Fox News, reporter Malia Zimmerman and guest commentator Ed Butowsky centering on a conspiracy theory that was published about the case.
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling revived the Rich lawsuit, reversing a lower court decision to dismiss the case.
“We conclude that these allegations plausibly state claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and tortious interference with contract, and that they are capable of supporting claims of negligent supervision,” according to an opinion written by Guido Calabresi, who was joined by two other judges in the decision. Read it here.
Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary Rich, can pursue claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contract and negligent supervision.
Rich’s murder is still unsolved,...
The Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruling revived the Rich lawsuit, reversing a lower court decision to dismiss the case.
“We conclude that these allegations plausibly state claims for intentional infliction of emotional distress and tortious interference with contract, and that they are capable of supporting claims of negligent supervision,” according to an opinion written by Guido Calabresi, who was joined by two other judges in the decision. Read it here.
Rich’s parents, Joel and Mary Rich, can pursue claims of intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with contract and negligent supervision.
Rich’s murder is still unsolved,...
- 9/13/2019
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Washington — The family of Seth Rich, the Democratic National Committee staffer whose 2016 murder was twisted into a right-wing conspiracy theory, has finally received its first public apology.
On Sunday evening, the Washington Times published a lengthy retraction and apology for a March 1st opinion column that promoted the theory that Rich and his older brother, Aaron, stole thousands of DNC documents and gave them to Wikileaks, which published a trove of hacked Democratic Party emails in the summer and fall of 2016. The retraction and apology are part of a settlement...
On Sunday evening, the Washington Times published a lengthy retraction and apology for a March 1st opinion column that promoted the theory that Rich and his older brother, Aaron, stole thousands of DNC documents and gave them to Wikileaks, which published a trove of hacked Democratic Party emails in the summer and fall of 2016. The retraction and apology are part of a settlement...
- 10/1/2018
- by Andy Kroll
- Rollingstone.com
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against Fox News by the parents of slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich, finding that the suit did not meet the legal requirements to proceed.
Joel and Mary Rich sued the network in March, accusing it of fabricating a story that accused their son of conspiring with WikiLeaks. The suit alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, interference with a contract, and negligent supervision.
In his ruling on Thursday, Judge George Daniels found that the complaint failed to satisfy the elements required under federal law.
“It is understandable that Plaintiffs might feel that their grief and personal loss were taken advantage of, and that the tragic death of their son was exploited for political purposes,” Daniels wrote. “However, a general allegation that Defendants had an ‘agreement to collaborate against’ Plaintiffs cannot form the basis of an Iied claim. … Plaintiffs’ complaint is dismissed in its entirety.
Joel and Mary Rich sued the network in March, accusing it of fabricating a story that accused their son of conspiring with WikiLeaks. The suit alleged intentional infliction of emotional distress, interference with a contract, and negligent supervision.
In his ruling on Thursday, Judge George Daniels found that the complaint failed to satisfy the elements required under federal law.
“It is understandable that Plaintiffs might feel that their grief and personal loss were taken advantage of, and that the tragic death of their son was exploited for political purposes,” Daniels wrote. “However, a general allegation that Defendants had an ‘agreement to collaborate against’ Plaintiffs cannot form the basis of an Iied claim. … Plaintiffs’ complaint is dismissed in its entirety.
- 8/2/2018
- by Gene Maddaus
- Variety Film + TV
The parents of Seth Rich filed suit against Fox News on Tuesday, saying the network and its employees deliberately misrepresented facts surrounding the 2016 murder of their son Seth to publish a “sham story” using “fabricated facts.” The lawsuit, which also named reporters Malia Zimmerman and Ed Butowsky in their “professional capacity,” says the network created the false narrative that Rich, a DNC staffer, had been the source of for emails obtained by Wikileaks during the 2016 presidential campaign. A story Fox News published contending the same was retracted in May of 2017. Also Read: Fox News Retracts Story About Murdered DNC Staffer Seth...
- 3/14/2018
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Updated with Fox News statement: Allegations that slain Democratic National Committee staffer Seth Rich was involved in a conspiracy with Wikileaks to create a massive data dump have landed Fox News Channel, an investigative reporter and a Fox guest in legal hot water. Joel and Mary Rich claim that Fox News investigative reporter Malia Zimmerman and Fnc guest Ed Butowsky reached out to the family under false pretenses to support their contention that Seth Rich leaked…...
- 3/14/2018
- Deadline TV
Seth Rich’s parents are “hopeful” a new lawsuit against Fox News will put an end to the “evil,” fake conspiracy surrounding the Democratic National Committee staffer’s murder.
On Tuesday, paid Fox News commentator and former detective Rod Wheeler filed a defamation lawsuit obtained by People against the network and its parent company, 21st Century Fox, claiming that President Donald Trump pressured the cable channel to release a since-retracted piece linking Rich’s death to the 2016 WikiLeaks dump of DNC officials’ emails in order to distract from reports of collusion with Russia.
Responding to the suit, Rich family spokesman Brad Bauman tells People,...
On Tuesday, paid Fox News commentator and former detective Rod Wheeler filed a defamation lawsuit obtained by People against the network and its parent company, 21st Century Fox, claiming that President Donald Trump pressured the cable channel to release a since-retracted piece linking Rich’s death to the 2016 WikiLeaks dump of DNC officials’ emails in order to distract from reports of collusion with Russia.
Responding to the suit, Rich family spokesman Brad Bauman tells People,...
- 8/1/2017
- by Lindsay Kimble
- PEOPLE.com
Fox News and a Donald Trump supporter worked together to fabricate a story about the details surrounding the murder of former Democratic National Committee aide Seth Rich in order to distract viewers from growing concerns over the White House’s ties to Russia, according to claims made in a new lawsuit that has been obtained by TheWrap. Longtime contributor Rod Wheeler filed the lawsuit against Fox News Channel on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York. Wheeler said in the legal filing that Fox News and Trump supporter Ed Butowsky sought to shift public attention away from Russia and fabricated.
- 8/1/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
A lawsuit filed on Tuesday morning by a Fox News contributor says the network worked with a wealthy Trump donor to fabricate a story about former DNC staffer Seth Rich’s murder, with the approval of the White House. “Not to add any more pressure but the president just read the article. He wants the article out immediately. It’s not all up to you. But don’t feel the pressure,” wealthy Trump supporter Ed Butowsky texted to longtime Fox News contributor Rod Wheeler, according to the suit, which was obtained by TheWrap. The “president” referred to in the alleged text message (pictured.
- 8/1/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Fox News and a Donald Trump supporter worked together to make up a story about the murder of Seth Rich, a former Democratic National Committee aide, in order to distract viewers from growing concerns regarding Russian collusion, according to claims made in a lawsuit that has been obtained by TheWrap. Longtime contributor Rod Wheeler filed the lawsuit against Fox News Channel on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York. Wheeler said in the legal filing that Fox News and Trump supporter Ed Butowsky sought to shift public attention away from Russia and fabricated quotes to help the narrative. The.
- 8/1/2017
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
Lara Logan is back in hospital in Washington, D.C. suffering from complications following the sexual assault she endured in Egypt in 2011, Breibart News reports. Ed Butowsky, a close friend of the 60 Minutes correspondent, confirmed to the outlet that Logan had been rehospitalized and continued to suffer symptoms stemming from her brutal attack while covering the Arab Spring for CBS News. "Very few people know how stoic and incredibly tough this lady is. In spite of everything she’s had to face in the last two years, people [...]...
- 3/25/2015
- Us Weekly
Lara Logan, the 60 Minutes reporter who was sexually assaulted while covering Egypt's Arab Spring protests in 2011, has returned to the hospital.
Breitbart News reported on Monday that Logan, 43, had been admitted to a Washington D.C. hospital as a result of complications from the brutal attack she suffered after being separated from her bodyguard in Tahrir Squre in Cairo.
"We were sorry to learn that Lara was readmitted to the hospital," a 60 Minutes spokesperson told People. "We wish her a speedy recovery."
The reporter was admitted to hospital for diverticulitis, an intestinal disease, and internal bleeding last month, and Ed Butowsky,...
Breitbart News reported on Monday that Logan, 43, had been admitted to a Washington D.C. hospital as a result of complications from the brutal attack she suffered after being separated from her bodyguard in Tahrir Squre in Cairo.
"We were sorry to learn that Lara was readmitted to the hospital," a 60 Minutes spokesperson told People. "We wish her a speedy recovery."
The reporter was admitted to hospital for diverticulitis, an intestinal disease, and internal bleeding last month, and Ed Butowsky,...
- 3/25/2015
- by Drew Mackie, @drewgmackie
- People.com - TV Watch
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