Ron Newman ([personal profile] ron_newman) wrote in [community profile] davis_square2013-07-09 05:36 pm
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Somerville Scout briefly covers Jonmon-DSLJ lawsuit, gets it *almost* right

The current issue of Somerville Scout, which is hitting a lot of snail-mailboxes today, has this short item on page 7, under the heading W&L: WINNERS

JOHN DOE

A crew of citizen journalists, including "100 John and Jane Does" from Davis Square's LiveJournal, deserves props for fighting a $5.5 million libel lawsuit filed by Jonathan Graves Monsarrat who was upset by the message board's comments about his 2010 arrest involving underage teens. Fortunately, the case was dropped without prejudice.

Actually, it was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can't be filed again. I used this form to ask Scout to correct the item before they put it online.

[identity profile] contradictacat.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 02:20 am (UTC)(link)
I know this equine has been well and thoroughly pummeled, but seriously...I can't help but love how Jonmon's attempt to "clear his 'good' name" has only dragged it further and further down over a wider and wider area. Now ALL of Somerville (at least, that part that reads The Scout) will know of him and his misdeeds!

Also, the "the case was dropped...." bit is unclear. Is it referring to the charges, or the lawsuit he brought?

[identity profile] intuition-ist.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 11:46 am (UTC)(link)
at the very least, they're guilty of sloppy editing... yeah, i know - *gasp* *the horror*
Edited 2013-07-10 11:47 (UTC)

[identity profile] achinhibitor.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
It's likely they don't know the exact meaning of "without prejudice" and they think it's better than "with prejudice".

[identity profile] duffless2323.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I can't find it on the web and don't get the scout anymore, if anyone can scan and post- or link it that would be great.

[identity profile] duffless2323.livejournal.com 2013-07-10 08:02 pm (UTC)(link)
Ahh, sorry I didn't understand. I moved to Arlington, but Jonmon already knows that. ;-)