Thank you Maharaj-ji for presenting this information.
I had already sent a legal notice to THE ORGANISER and
to N.S. Rajaram in 2002, as well as to David Frawley,
for their outrageous slander about me. This silenced
them it seems, but now they have an ally in AKK!
As you may note, this same slander continues to
circulate thanks to an electronic medium that permits
an endless reproduction.
But it should be noted that defamation can be
attributed to anyone who perpetrates the slander, - as
AKK has done by publishing on his Forum Rajaram's
article. He cannot claim that it was the latter's
opinion only and not his. He perpetrated the slander
and is therefore just as liable. This is the legal
position.
I am taking action against AKK. Enough is enough.
And in the process, I will prove how erroneous his
ideas are regarding the calendar under discussion.
Anyone who wishes to seriously discuss these
issues is welcomed to contact me directly at
skambha@..., but not through this tainted
and discredited Forum.
Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet
Director, Aeon Centre of Cosmology

--- Jyotishi <jyotish2000@...> wrote:

> Be careful Kaul and others -- think thrice
> before defaming people. The following verdict
> sets an important precedent in favor of
> plaintiffs.
> - Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
> A victim of defamation by Kaul
>
> Jury awards $11.3M over defamatory Internet posts
>
> By Laura Parker
> USA TODAY
> October 11, 2006 at 10:53 a.m. ET
>
> A Florida woman has been awarded $11.3 million in a
> defamation lawsuit against a Louisiana woman who
> posted messages on the Internet accusing her of
> being
> a "crook," a "con artist" and a "fraud."
>
> Legal analysts say the Sept. 19 award by a jury in
> Broward County, Fla. - first reported Friday by the
> Daily Business Review - represents the largest such
> judgment over postings on an Internet blog or
> message
> board. Lyrissa Lidsky, a University of Florida law
> professor who specializes in free-speech issues,
> calls
> the award "astonishing."
>
> Lidsky says the case could represent a coming trend
> in
> court fights over online messages because the woman
> who won the damage award, Sue Scheff of Weston,
> Fla.,
> pursued the case even though she knew the defendant,
> Carey Bock of Mandeville, La., has no hope of paying
> such an award. Bock, who had to leave her home for
> several months because of Hurricane Katrina,
> couldn't
> afford an attorney and didn't show up for the trial.
>
> "What's interesting about this case is that (Scheff)
> was so vested in being vindicated, she was willing
> to
> pay court costs," Lidsky says. "They knew before
> trial
> that the defendant couldn't pay, so what's the point
> in going to the jury?"
>
> Scheff says she wanted to make a point to those who
> unfairly criticize others on the Internet. "I'm sure
> (Bock) doesn't have $1 million, let alone $11
> million,
> but the message is strong and clear," Scheff says.
> "People are using the Internet to destroy people
> they
> don't like, and you can't do that."
>
> The dispute between the two women arose after Bock
> asked Scheff for help in withdrawing Bock's twin
> sons
> from a boarding school in Costa Rica. Bock had
> disagreed with her ex-husband over how to deal with
> the boys' behavior problems. Against Bock's wishes,
> he
> had sent the boys to the boarding school.
>
> Scheff, who operates a referral service called
> Parents
> Universal Resource Experts, says she referred Bock
> to
> a consultant who helped Bock retrieve her sons.
> Afterward, Bock became critical of Scheff and posted
> negative messages about her on the Internet site
> Fornits.com, where parents with children in boarding
> schools for troubled teens confer with one another.
>
> In 2003, Scheff sued Bock for defamation. Bock hired
> a
> lawyer, but he left the case when she no longer
> could
> afford to pay him.
>
> When Katrina hit in August 2005, Bock's house was
> flooded and she moved temporarily to Texas before
> returning to Louisiana last June. Court papers that
> Scheff and her attorney David H. Pollack mailed to
> Bock were returned to Pollack's office in Miami.
>
> After Bock didn't offer a defense, a Broward Circuit
> Court judge found in favor of Scheff. A jury then
> heard Scheff's arguments about damages. Pollack did
> not seek a specific amount for the harm he says
> Scheff's business suffered.
>
> "Even with no opposing counsel and no defendant
> there,
> $11 million is a huge amount," says Pollack, adding
> that Scheff is considering whether to try to collect
> any money from Bock. "The jury determined this was a
> significant enough issue. It's not just somebody's
> feelings are hurt; it's somebody's reputation is
> ruined."
>
> Bock says that when she moved back to her repaired
> house over the summer, she knew the trial was
> approaching but did not know the date. She says she
> doesn't have the money to pay the judgment or hire a
> lawyer to appeal it. She adds that if the goal of
> Scheff's lawsuit was to stifle what Bock says
> online,
> it worked.
>
> "I don't feel like I can express my opinions," Bock
> says. "Only one side of the story was told in court.
> Nobody heard my side."
>
> BEWARE OF BLOGS: Courts are asked to crack down on
> bloggers, websites
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-02-bloggers-courts_x.htm
>
>
>
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2006-10-10-internet-defamation-case_x.htm
>
>
>
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