COJ #38 - Mandy's Defamation Dismissal, An Untimely Passing For Greg Leon, and Mallory Beach's Family Settles for $15,000,000

Cup Of Justice

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News, How To, True Crime, News Commentary, Education

4.6 • 4.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 July 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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In today’s episode True Sunlight Co-hosts Mandy Matney, Liz Farrell— and everyone’s favorite attorney Eric Bland are back! It was another eventful week in the unpredictable world of South Carolina crime and corruption. Mandy, Liz and Eric discuss the latest in the now-dropped defamation case against Mandy and what they think needs to happen next. Plus Eric talks about the shocking news involving the death of his friend Greg Leon, who was convicted of murder just a week earlier. They also discuss the best of all news: The $15M settlement in the Mallory Beach case... which is perhaps the best news of all. And only for Premium Members, the crew discusses how to best estimate the value of a potential legal claim and how far is too far in the true crime world... For enhanced episodes with additional content, virtual happy hours with our hosts, articles, documents and more, consider joining our Luna Shark Premium Membership community to help us SHINE THE SUNLIGHT! CLICK HERE to learn more: https://bit.ly/3BdUtOE. SUNscribe to our free email list to get alerts on bonus episodes, calls to action, new shows and updates. CLICK HERE to learn more: https://bit.ly/3KBMJcP Find us on social media: Twitter.com/mandymatney - Twitter.com/elizfarrell - Twitter.com/theericbland https://www.facebook.com/cupofjustice/ YouTube *The views expressed on the Cup of Justice bonus episodes do not constitute legal advice. Listeners desiring legal advice for any particular legal matter are urged to consult an attorney of their choosing who can provide legal advice based upon a full understanding of the facts and circumstances of their claim. The views expressed on the Cup of Justice episodes also do not express the views or opinions of Bland Richter, LLP, or its attorneys. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happy Tuesday, everyone!
0:08.3	This is Liz.
0:09.3	I know some of you get my voice confused with Mandy, so I thought I would throw that out
0:13.5	there from the start.
0:14.5	Today's cup of justice episode gets pretty deep, so get ready for some heavy topics.
0:20.0	But also, we have some really great news to share.
0:23.4	The first good news is an update to our last episode.
0:26.8	When we talked about the harassment Mandy has been getting from a party to a frivolous
0:31.0	defamation lawsuit that had been filed against her last year for a story she had written
0:35.6	for another news agency about a university of self-care line-of-professor who was being
0:40.8	sued for harassment.
0:42.4	Mandy has officially been dismissed from that case.
0:45.7	It's great news not only because having that stress-removed means Mandy gets to focus
0:50.7	on more enjoyable things in life now, but also because it's really ignited a fire within
0:56.0	me and especially within Mandy.
0:58.9	There is a fight that needs to be fought when it comes to the filing of slap lawsuits,
1:04.0	which are complaints that are designed to shut someone up, and we are going to take
1:08.6	on that fight.
1:09.6	No journalists should be subjected to bogus litigation or targeted online harassment
1:15.6	that is meant to discredit them simply because they were reporting news that someone didn't
1:20.5	like.
1:21.5	You know how we feel about trolls and the strategic online terrorism that goes on against
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