Murdaugh Murders Podcast - TSP #152 [Part One] - Billionaire Greg Parker Accused of Paying $383K to Israeli Bot-Farm Agency During Beach Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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Starting point is 00:01:04 Or are we going to be reminded yet again that there are two systems of justice in this state and the rules only apply to some of us? My name is Mandy Matney. This is True Sunlight, a podcast exposing crime and corruption, previously known as the Murdoch Murders podcast. True Sunlight is a Lunashark production

Starting point is 00:01:29 written with journalist Liz Farrell. Well, y'all, it has been. been a roller coaster of a week in the Beach v. Parker case, and unfortunately, I have to start the show by saying that I have been summoned back to court on June 22nd in Spartanburg, South Carolina to continue my civil contempt hearing. So, I have to ask y'all, hopefully one last time, if you can, to please show up for me and crowd the cord in pink on June 22nd in Spartan. where Greg Parker's attorneys are trying to get their trial moved to because they believe it's friendly territory for them. Stick a pen in them.

Starting point is 00:02:16 So I know it's going to be a Monday in summer, and I know the court is not fun, but it is days like this that turn your listenership into activism. And remind every good old boy in this state that there are a lot of honorable people in South Carolina who know the tide is turning for the better and will not be. deterred by some morally bankrupt billionaire and his bully attorneys. We need to remind them that their days of backroom deals and uncivil behavior in the courtroom are over. And if they want to be dirty with their deeds, they have to do it in front of us, in front of all of us, in the sunlight. So mark your calendars for 9 a.m. on June 22nd at the Spartanburg County South Carolina

Starting point is 00:03:05 courthouse. Again, a place that Debbie Barbier and Mark Moore believe will help them. We'll talk about that move of many that these lion lawyers have made in this last week. Get ready for your jaw to drop and not leave the floor. Also, we plan on broadcasting this hearing if allowed and we will try our best to chat with premium members, so stay tuned for that. So I have to say this next bit. I have to talk about how I've been treated by the court. And I know it's a privilege for me to say this as my hearing is ongoing.

Starting point is 00:03:42 But I know that I can use my First Amendment rights for this, because I am not a criminal. This is not a typical case. And I believe that the laws and the facts are on my side, no matter what Debbie and the trolls say. Y'all, this all sucks. It sucks to spend money and waste time and drive another eight hours total to be treated like a criminal when all I did was ask for

Starting point is 00:04:07 my deposition to be held in a safe location. And it really sucks the more than I'm aware of all the other lawyers and people involved in this case who have interfered with subpoenas, violated court orders, disobeyed the judge's orders, lied under oath, and concealed, extremely stunning and relevant evidence in the process of discovery. Yet here I am. The ultimate. The only one in all of this with a contempt hearing. Hmm, why do we think that is? I could scream all day and all night about the absurdity, the hypocrisy, the sexism, the unfairness that I have personally experienced

Starting point is 00:04:46 as a non-party in this case, but I know that that does not get me far to make changes in the justice system. However, pointing out the injustice that I see in my case and letting other men and women who have been trampled on by the system, Know that they aren't alone and that we are all in this fight together and that we can make this better for all of us. That makes a difference. One word at a time. I understand that I could be fighting for my freedom like Daryl Burton, who I talked to in Cup of Justice episode 123,

Starting point is 00:05:21 or fighting for custody of children like Charity Bialis was in Bonanza, Arkansas, or fighting for separation and peace like Micah Francis was. or fighting for justice for a loved one like Jennifer Spivey Foley and Sandy Smith. The reality is Greg Parker's legal team could very well win this contempt case, and they could try to make me pay over $100,000 of their legal fees for every moment that they have spent frivolously screenshoting my social media posts that rail against the system. It is insane and unfair, I know, but if that happens, I take cussbaum.

Starting point is 00:06:00 knowing that we have a global community around us that will be there to support us. And I know how ridiculous it sounds that our resources would have to pay for a billionaire's legal fees rather than poor funds back into research, FOIAs, and reporting. But from many, we become one united force to show them that they cannot win this. Because, according to the very large and increasing pile of evidence, of evidence stacked against Team Parker, they won't win this. I just have to point out that I don't like to be gaslit, and that has happened to me several times in this case, and it makes me have even more empathy for those of y'all who have been gaslit and done wrong by our courts. In the last

Starting point is 00:06:48 few months, hundreds of listeners have reached out to me and shared similar experiences of being bullied and humiliated in court like I was, and stunned by the judge who let it all occur. And when you feel like that, like every tiny thing in the system is against you, it feels overwhelming and impossible and hopeless. I'm not going to lie, I'm upset about this court hearing being held in Spartanburg because we were told that it would be done by WebEx at the end of the last hearing. The lawyers held a very loud sidebar conversation that I heard very clearly. Parker's attorneys at first advocated for it to be held on a Wednesday, you know, because they hate us. We pushed back, then the lawyers debated about dates for the next couple months and where the judge would be. One of my lawyers, Meredith Bannon, made it clear that our team needed time because where Judge Kelly holds court in the upstate,

Starting point is 00:07:44 it is a four-hour one-way drive for us, while it is a less than two-hour drive from Columbia where Greg Parker's goons live. She didn't say goons. That was me. And can't wait for you to yell at me in court about that one, too, Debbie. During this discussion that my lawyers confirmed that they heard the same thing, Judge Kelly said, fine, we'll finish this over WebEx online and we'll figure out a date later. And then, at the end of my hearing, he said this. You're good? Okay.

Starting point is 00:08:16 All right, everybody. Ladies and gentlemen, we are going to recess this case. We cannot possibly finish it today. We have used the time that we have a lot of... I've been in conversations with the lawyers and my law clerk over the... The lunch hour has tried to figure out our schedule for the next couple of weeks here. We're bouncing around the state. We're in Lexington.

Starting point is 00:08:40 We're in Williamsburg. We're in Farnedburg, Cherokee County. So we will have to reconvene this, and it will be on WebEx. It will be on WebEx, everybody can get notice today. We're trying to hide anything or could anybody off. It's just we cannot finish this today. We have used up our lot of time here. Okay.

Starting point is 00:08:59 Then suddenly, on Monday, June 8th, Judge Kelly's clerk emailed my attorneys and said that it would be held in person on June 22nd in Spartanburg. One of my attorneys, Becky Lindahl, said, wait a minute, we said that this would be remote. Our parties are available for a remote hearing on June 22nd, not in Spartanburg. And then Jim Bannister, in my opinion, a lesser evil but still awful attorney representing Greg Parker, he chimed in to gaslight us with the transcript of what Judge Kelly said. Now, tell me y'all, why would Judge Kelly list all those places everyone is going to be if it was going to be held in person? Bannister tried to claim that he was talking to the gallery, not the attorneys this time,

Starting point is 00:09:48 when he was saying it would be held on WebEx. Why would he let the gallery know when it was if that's who he was speaking to? And why wouldn't he just say location to be determined, like normal? What gets me is that the court did not care that June 22nd did not work for my team in Spartanburg. The court did not care that we have to drive another eight hours round trip to stay in a hotel for probably multiple nights. The court did not care that all of this comes out of my pocket. The court did not care that the one witness I need to testify was planning on doing so remotely. And most importantly, the court did not and does not care that all of this is an absurd undue burden on me, a non-party.

Starting point is 00:10:35 Greg Parker's attorneys, I'm sure, will stay in the best hotel that they can find and eats charge $1,000 per hour for their trip and eat at the best steakhouse in town in an attempt to rack up the bill that they think the judge will give me at the end of all of this. To hold this hearing, which really should not take more than half of a day, on the opposite side of a state is a massive undue burden on a non-party, especially when I have been mentally prepared to finish all of this remotely and put it behind me. Judge Kelly still has not ruled on our objection to this hearing, which I'm sorry, I think he needs to. My attorney argued that the rules state clearly that Greg Parker's team needed to file an affidavit to go, along with their rule to show cause motion months ago. To quote Toyota of Florence first Lynch, quote, the failure to support the rule to show cause by an affidavit or verified petition is a fatal defect.

Starting point is 00:11:38 Parker's attorneys didn't submit an affidavit until a couple days before my last hearing. More than a month after they filed their rule to show cause which was unverified, as was their supplement. Becky, my attorney, argued in court that the law is clear. They can't cure that this far down the line by submitting it a month later. It is all supposed to be based on an affidavit. Judge Kelly should have made a decision about that, and still can, I suppose. If there are some rules that we don't know about, and if this is a different game we're supposed to be playing here, we have the right to know that. Instead, he moved on without any clarity. And please, if you are a South Carolina lawyer with knowledge about this issue specifically that

Starting point is 00:12:26 could help us, please reach out. We need all the help that we can get. I hate to say this because I know that Debbie is going to use this again against me in court and somehow turn Judge Kelly even further against me. But I still believe that he is a man who respects the law in the First Amendment, which is the right that I am exercising in this moment. the right that Debbie Barbier and Mark Moore have made crystal clear that they want taken away from me, all in a stack of motions that we will talk about in a minute.

Starting point is 00:12:57 I think the odds are against me here, and our team is racking our brains as to what to do. This additional hearing could end up costing me another $10,000, and I think that I have the right to be angry about that. Is there anything we can do to exercise the rights available to us at this point? All we want is fair treatment. I get a sense from Debbie Barbier and Mark Moore that they believe that they can get away with anything with Judge Kelly. And so far, at least from where I stand, they have.

Starting point is 00:13:32 They've lied in court. They have lied in motions. They have used this court case to distress, demean and defame Liz and me. They used the court to scream at me about wearing a bathing suit in my own backyard. They use the public index to devalue. our work as journalists and tried their best to scare us into silence by using dozens and dozens of our social media posts as exhibits to be used against us. They posted our personal phone numbers to be harassed and then did it again on Friday in their latest motions. And if they win,

Starting point is 00:14:07 this civil contempt hearing, they are going to charge me for all of the time they have spent harassing us in the last seven months? How utterly messed up and unfair is that? How far will this judge let them go? I don't know. But I know that on Friday, Mark Tensley dropped a game-changing bombshell, so big that it should force Judge Kelly to either stand up to the madness of Mark Moore and Deborah Barbier or confirm to all of us what we were suspecting and afraid of all along. Until that day of reckoning comes in this case, I need y'all to help.

Starting point is 00:14:51 I need you all to spread the word about June 22nd in Spartanburg. I need your support to get all of us through these next few weeks in any way that you can give it. If you are a lawyer or a judge who has an idea as to helping me get a fair shake in this, please email legal at lunashircmedia.com. And if you cannot make it to the court case, please check out lunasharkmerch.com where we have released new collections and all net proceeds support various charities and causes that are not Greg Parker's legal fees.

Starting point is 00:15:25 I know a lot of lawyers will tell me to stop talking about this case, but that's like asking me not to breathe. It's asking me to do something fundamentally against everything I stand for. I believe in transparency. I believe in speaking truth to power, even when you could be punished for. I believe in exposing the disgusting behavior that goes on in our courts every day that most people are too scared to speak about. I believe in telling y'all the truth about what's going on in hopes to make this system better.

Starting point is 00:15:57 That said, boy, we need to talk about what happened last week in this case, after a quick commercial, and we'll be right back. You know me, I dig until I find the truth, and it turns out that same instinct that drives my investment, investigative journalism, it makes for a different but pretty amazing new kind of travel show. Wherever it leads is Luna Sharks brand new podcast, and it's nothing like the travel content that you've heard before. We go deeper, we talk to locals, reporters, and people who actually live where you want to visit, not just the ones who want your tourist dollars. We cover the food and landmarks, sure, but we also ask the harder questions. What is the real history here? The often sad and traumatic history. What new challenge is this place facing and how can you show up

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Starting point is 00:17:53 We were right. We were right. We were right. Which will Jay Edgar and his pickle book. troll already knew. Obviously, I'm going to guess that that is why the last year of Mandy's and my lives have been filled with threats, retaliation, lies, and more lies, public humiliation, endless torture from frothy, rabid trolls with their defamatory theories, and disgustingly expensive and seemingly endless legal punishment, which is basically backlash

Starting point is 00:18:24 from when we defend ourselves and the truth publicly. Before I tell you what we were right about though, I'm going to take you back to middle school for just a second. And forgive me if you were the kid I am about to describe. We've all been that kid, I think. Some more than others. But remember the guy or the girl who accidentally tooted in class and then tried to cover it up with a cough? That was Greg Parker's legal strategy last week. He let out a massive emission of intestinal gas, probably from all that fried chicken eats. And it's a lot of. attorneys were like, you know that 1880s captain of industry's top hat type of cough that comes after someone asks about railway safety, which brings us to Mark Tinsley's bombshell motion for sanctions

Starting point is 00:19:15 against the Parker's defendants, which he filed Friday, and which Parker's attorneys had to know what's coming based on what it says. And what it says is this, David. Evidence now reveals that defendants intentionally concealed substantial payments made to third parties, the identities of which were never disclosed in the boat crash litigation. Gregory M. Parker engaged in, quote, litigation mitigation, end quote. Related activities on his behalf, withheld responsive communications and and invoices relating to those payments, interfered with compliance with a valid subpoena issued

Starting point is 00:20:04 to a third party and provided false discovery responses concerning matters central to plaintiff's claims. Huh, intentionally concealed, interfered with compliance, provided false responses. Interesting. Very interesting. And there's more, but let's hear a little first. I'm going to have Grace and David read some from the transcript of my deposition

Starting point is 00:20:33 in November with Mark Jagger Picklejuice Moore himself, and I don't want things to get twisted, though the trolls and the Parker's attorneys will find a way to do it. So let me just explain something first, because I think this gets purposely lost in the chaos. Mandy and I have written stories about the boat crash case and the Beach Civil Conspiracy case. Those stories include attributions, meaning every quote, in fact, is tied to a public record or a human source or background that has already been reported on publicly. That's just how reporters do their jobs. Those stories were written when both of us worked for Fitz News. They are news stories. We both stopped working for Fitz News in August 2022, me after just nine months. What we do in the podcast is similar,

Starting point is 00:21:20 But also, we are very clear about where our biases lie because we don't like trickery or gaslighting. We believe journalism needs to be transparent. We still use public records and sourcing to report the facts, but we also offer our opinions. Again, our points of view on what's happening. Parker's attorneys like to conflate the two, and they use the latter to make this assertion that we've reported lies about Greg Parker, which they've yet to point out. What we've reported on Greg Parker is that he is being sued by the Beach family, true, and that this is what they're accusing him of do it, again, attributed to the lawsuits.

Starting point is 00:22:00 In this particular case, they are accusing him of leaking photos of Mallory Beach's dead body to unscrupulous third party, specifically amending Greg Roman, who then allowed those photos to be used in a documentary he produced, along with a journalist named Vicki Ward. Now, Greg Parker denies leaking these photos, but also in August 2022, his spokesperson admitted that Greg Parker had hired Greg Roman to help with litigation mitigation. So that's a solid piece of evidence. The Wall Street Journal isn't some AI-driven websites started by some felon weirdo.

Starting point is 00:22:36 Also, Greg Roman wrote a blog about the boat crash case in August 2021 that contained investigatory information in it that had never been released to the public. or the media and that asserted the convenience store who sold alcohol to Paul the evening of the crash was being unfairly targeted in the wrongful death case. That said, I just want to be clear. Parker's attorneys want to make it out like we have some sinister agenda or that we must be getting paid by Mark Tinsley or the beaches to hold the opinions that we do. Those opinions, which we have been very transparent about for years, are this. We think businesses that sell alcohol have a responsibility to the community at large to properly train their employees on methods to reduce

Starting point is 00:23:22 or better yet eliminate the sale of alcohol to minors. I know so controversial. The second opinion is this. Investigation photos of a person's dead body should never be distributed without the express and repeated consent of the person's family. Never, not ever. And just because a family member allows one media agency or person on social media, say, or in another context, to post a photo does not give the public permission at large to do the same, nor does it give that person permission to continue to post it. Sometimes families want those photos out there to help with their case. Not in this case, though. But we've been vilified by Parker's attorneys and their frothy, rapid troll friends for holding these points of view. One more thing. I want to be more clear on what

Starting point is 00:24:10 Greg Parker is being accused of doing. He is a cute. of paying for online mercenaries, or political knife fighters, if you will, services that are generally used by politicians and governments and corporate entities to change public opinion, specifically services that use bot farms and other psychological tactics to spread misinformation and seed public opinion online in the legacy media and on social media platforms. The level of aggression varies. So in the deposition, I mention West Donahue. West Donagyue was hired by Greg Parker's attorneys to help with the boat crash case,

Starting point is 00:24:47 but he has not suspected of anything related to the accusations in this case. I just want to make that clear. As a result of this alleged hiring of online mercenaries, though, specifically Greg Roman, Parker is accused of causing the photos of Mallory's body and other confidential court materials, making their way into the hands of Greg Roman, and from there, Vicki Ward and the documentary. Greg Parker's attorneys are good at saying that he unequivocally denies leaking these materials to the public. The actual accusation is that he or an agent of his caused these photos to be made public by giving them to unscrupulous third parties such as Greg Roman.

Starting point is 00:25:25 It is the same thing, but also a little different. Okay, David, will you read for Mark Moore and Grace Hills, will you read for me? Before I get into this, this is David as David. This is actually how this horrible human being sounds. This is my best impression. I hope you enjoy. If you don't, Because we're going to, let's take this piece by piece. What proof do you have that Mr. Parker engaged in illegal tactics to weaken the resolve of the Beach family? You put the word illegal in my mouth. I didn't say that. I put the word illegal in my question, not in your mouth.

Starting point is 00:26:11 Again, I would go back to the totality of the whole thing. evidence, meaning I look at this circle, the probability of it happening, in the same way you would with any investigation. All right. Well, you don't have any direct proof that Mr. Parker or any of the other defendants in this case did any of the things that they're accused of, do you, Ms. Farrell? You don't hire West Donahue to water your flowers. You don't hire Greg Roman to arrange a birthday party for you.

Starting point is 00:26:43 These are men you hire to do the things that he's being accused of. Again, I'm going to ask my question again. You, Miss Farrell, do not have any proof that Mr. Parker did the things that he's accused of. Correct or incorrect. What I consider proof is his admitting to using Greg Roman, and I think in that same Wall Street Journal article, he admitted to the private investigators. So that to me is proof.

Starting point is 00:27:17 Okay. Well, Ms. Farrell, you know that people frequently hire private investigators to help them in litigation, right? You know that, right? I do. That would be to gather information not to take someone's dead son's iPad and hold on to it, necessitating a warrant to get it back from them. Okay. So private investigators, I don't think they do what they did.

Starting point is 00:27:48 And I understand he's admitted to hiring PR companies, crisis companies, whatever, in the Wall Street Journal. Again, that's a big effort. And as a result of that big effort, these materials ended up in the public's hands, or at least in Vicki Ward's. Okay, you don't have any other direct evidence other than what. what you've just explained. Is that right or not? I do not have a video of him meeting in a dark alley handing a USB drive to anyone. No. David, will you venture into the dark alley of Mark Tinsley's motion for sanctions? And read what exactly he is accusing Greg Parker's attorneys of doing.

Starting point is 00:28:34 During discovery, defendants failed to disclose that Parker's paid approximately 300, $183,000 during 2020 to Demo Man International Limited. An Israeli company purportedly associated with Greg Roman and engaged by Parker's for litigation-related services. Defendants merely produced limited wire transfers from Parker's or Gregory Parker, totaling approximately $383,000 to Demo Man. International, including 1. A wire transfer of approximately $143,000 on June 1, 2020. 2. A wire transfer of approximately $120,000 on or about July 1st, 2020. And 3. a wire transfer of approximately $120,000 on or about July 30, 2020.

Starting point is 00:29:44 Okay, so nearly $400,000 to a company called Demo Man International, which is out of Israel. You'll recall that Greg Roman is a director of the Middle East Forum, which is a nonprofit that purports to conduct research on political issues related to Israeli-American interests, for educational purposes. Middle East Forum has also been accused of being an anti-Muslim propaganda vehicle that helps create and spread consequential misinformation, meaning we now have two connections between Greg Parker and Israel for some reason. Also, I should mention, Greg Roman currently stands accused of dodging a subpoena to be deposed, stating that he moved to Israel in August 2025, the same type of subpoena that Parker's attorney say Mandy didn't comply with,

Starting point is 00:30:32 even though she had made herself available for deposition at her attorney's office mere feet from where Mark Moore was sitting down the street allowing steam to come out of his ears. Roman, the guy at the heart of this entire case, won't even consider a Zoom deposition, which they refuse to let Mandy do. He's claiming that he's protected by the reporter's shield, which Judge R. Keith Kelly rejected as an argument in Mandy's effort to quash her subpoena. Anyway, we'll talk more about this in another episode because today we have another question to answer. What is Demo Man International?

Starting point is 00:31:08 And what do they do for money? David, will you read some passages taken from a February 23 deep cover investigatory story conducted by reporters for The Guardian? A team of Israeli contractors who claim to have manipulated more than 30 elections around the world. using hacking, sabotage, and automated disinformation on social media has been exposed in a new investigation. The unit is run by Tal Hanan, a 50-year-old former Israeli Special Forces operative who now works privately using the pseudonym Jorge and appears to be working under the radar in elections in various countries for more than two decades. did not respond to detailed questions about Team Jorge's activities and methods, but said,

Starting point is 00:32:06 quote, I deny any wrongdoing, end quote. Hanan told the undercover reporters that his services, which others describe as, quote, black ops, were available to intelligence agencies, political campaigns and private companies that wanted to secretly manipulate public opinion. He said they had been used across Africa, South and Central America, the U.S. and Europe. One of Team Jorge's key services is a sophisticated software package,

Starting point is 00:32:37 advanced impact media solutions or aims. It controls a vast army of thousands of fake social media profiles on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Telegram, Gmail, Instagram, and YouTube. Some avatars even have Amazon accounts with credit cards, Bitcoin wallets, and Airbnb accounts. Hanan appears to have run at least some of his disinformation operations through an Israeli company,

Starting point is 00:33:08 Demo Man International, which is registered on a website run by the Israeli Ministry of Defense to promote defense exports. The Israeli Ministry of Defense did not respond to requests for comment. So, I am literally speechless. Mandy, do you want to take this one? Yeah, this is something, all right. It's really hard to read all the stories on Demo Man International in their Bot Army software while I'm in the middle of fighting for Luna Shark's literal existence right now because Parker's attorneys rejected any idea that I have a lot of fear when it comes to this case

Starting point is 00:33:51 and refuse to consider that I would feel safe being deposed in my attorney's office or even the Beaufort County Courthouse. Sorry, it's just really, really difficult to reconcile this. So Greg Parker, according to Mark Tensley's motion for sanction, wired almost $400,000 to Demo Man International in 2020. The same year the Wall Street Journal says that he employed Greg Roman before ending their contract before Maggie and Paul's murders. And Parker's attorneys, according to Mark's motion,

Starting point is 00:34:26 hid this, from plaintiffs? This was kept hidden while Debbie shamed me in court for being terrified that they would hire someone to do exactly this or worse. To me, they did this? Uh, allegedly, I mean. Yeah, that really does seem to be the reality here, Mandy. So, let's rewind. On March 19th, Greg Roman filed a petition with the South Carolina Court of Appeals asking them to reconsider his motion to quash, Mark's subpoena, for his bank records, which Judge Kelly had already denied. According to filings, the bank was ready to hand over Roman's records to the Beach family, and Roman was able to get the court of appeals to issue an injunction while he prepares his appeal.

Starting point is 00:35:14 What's in the box, Greg Gaguh? What would Mark Tinsley find in those bank records, and would it tie you to Demo Man International or aims advanced impact media solution software with its highly sophisticated bot farm. Those are very speculative questions, obviously. We don't know what's in the box, or rather, bank statements. But we have some very odd pieces of the puzzle now. One is Greg Parker, through his spokesperson, admitting to hiring Greg Roman in the Wall Street Journal. Two, is Vicki Ward testifying that she got the photos of Mallory's body and other confidential court materials

Starting point is 00:35:53 from Greg Roman. Three, is Greg Roman writing a blog that contains some pro-Parker's kitchen rhetoric and a whole bunch of facts from the case that had not been known to the public or released to the media. Four is this nearly $400,000 payment to Demo Man International, an Israeli defense contractor that is known for serving as a middleman for corporate disinformation campaigns using highly sophisticated bot farm software, according to the Guardian. David, will you read that other story from the Guardian in February 2023,

Starting point is 00:36:29 including the headline this time? Ames, the software for hire that can control 30,000 fake online profiles, Advanced Impact Media Solutions, or AIMS, which controls more than 30,000 fake social media profiles. It is sold by Team Jorge. a unit of disinformation operatives based in Israel, each avatar. According to a demonstration, Hanan gave the undercover reporters, is given a multifaceted digital backstory.

Starting point is 00:37:07 Ames enables the creation of accounts on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Telegram, Gmail, Instagram, and YouTube. Some even have Amazon accounts with credit cards, Bitcoin wallets, and Airbnb accounts. Hanan told the undercover reporters his avatars mimicked human behavior, and their posts were powered by artificial intelligence. Remember how we told y'all about the times that we would write about Parker's cases and how there would be this weird litany of comments attacking us on social media that carried similar messages about Mallory being responsible for her own death,

Starting point is 00:37:47 and us being hacks and bloggers and not journalists, among other accusations. We were both asked in our depositions again with what personal knowledge do you have of this? Question, as if we can't put two and two together. We had a feeling that there were pro-Parker's bots. We just didn't know who was funding them, or how. And technically, we still don't. We just know that Greg Parker made three wire transfers in 2020 to an Israeli defense contractor that, according to its website, offers security services, but that was outed in an investigation

Starting point is 00:38:25 by a team of reporters for The Guardian in 2023 as also being a middleman for sales of its bot farm software. Yes, bot farm software. Mmm, bots. And there's more. David, can you read some more from Mark Tensley's motion for sanctions? To date, the subpoena has to be a subpoena has. produced information that documents that Parker engaged in fairly extensive communications

Starting point is 00:38:56 about the wires both within his company and with his bank regarding the purpose of the very suspicious overseas transactions, which, at a minimum, included providing the invoices to explain the purpose of the transactions so as to comply with federal regulations related to these kinds of activities. Most significantly, defendants failed to produce the communications concerning these payments, the invoices supporting the payments, communications with Demo Man International, and communications concerning the wire transfers themselves. Okay, so that sounds bad, like they're hiding something possibly, right? But what if Greg Parker was just seeking a sophisticated security firm. It just so happened to be from an Israeli defense contractor.

Starting point is 00:39:55 And, you know, also coincidentally, Greg Roman just so happened to work for an advisor for the Israeli Minister of Defense, per his bio. What if this has nothing to do with the Beach Civil Conspiracy case? Wait a minute, David, will you read numbers 18 and 19 on Parker's witness list? The same witness list that dishonestly and deceptively included Christine Avery's name on it to suggest that Christine, the woman who bravely alerted Judge Newman about the egg lady talking about the Murdoch case outside of the courtroom in February 2023, that she had something to do with the Beach Civil Conspiracy case. Number 18, Demo Man International Limited, 31-2, Migdal Hamonora Modin 717126 Israel Demo Man International Limited is expected to have knowledge that the Parker's defendants neither suggested nor authorized the release of the video or photographs subject to plaintiff's complaint.

Starting point is 00:41:06 Number 19. Greg Roman The address listed appears to be a personal residence so I will not read it, but Mr. Roman is it? expected to have knowledge that the Parker's defendants neither suggested nor authorized release of the video or photographs subject to plaintiff's complaint. So it's boop, boop, number 18, the number 19, right there together on the list with the same description of what they might testify to, even though Demo Man International is listed as a company and not a person. Okay, let's break this down because so many questions.

Starting point is 00:41:47 Why would Greg Parker list Demo Man International on his witness list if this were about security? And why would Demo Man International know anything about the mediation video and photos of Mallory's dead body that were released to the Discovery ID documentary that Greg Roman produced with Vicky Ward? Does that mean Demo Man International is for sure linked to Greg Roman? And why would Greg Roman and Demo Man International be able to testify that Greg Parker did not authorize the release? of the video and the photos, because Greg Parker denies leaking the video and the photos to the public. So why would anyone be able to testify to that that Greg Parker didn't authorize the release of the things he says he didn't leak? I mean, I don't know, Scooby, unless,

Starting point is 00:42:38 unless to the public is meaningful. Is this list implying that Greg Parker did release the photos of Mallory's body and the Beach family's private mediation video. He just wasn't thinking they'd end up in a documentary trailer that's connected to him through the guy he hired. Maybe. If that's true, then I have one more question. Why give anyone the photos of Mallory's dead body for any reason? But most especially, why allegedly give them to a person whose services allegedly include

Starting point is 00:43:07 disinformation campaign? Why would Greg Roman need that? Why would Demo Man International need those photos? The only reason that we can see to allegedly distribute those photos to someone tasked with coming up with a disinformation campaign, again, allegedly, would be to hurt someone in the public eye. Maybe Paul to expose him for what he did, make it more shocking, maybe Elyke Murdoch to show a potential jury in the boat crash case what his son using his boat and his money and his permissive behavior. There was no question about how Mallory died. there's no actual journalistic need to release those photos to anyone. There's literally no reason to do it except to offer them as consideration

Starting point is 00:43:52 in whatever alleged scheme Parker allegedly got caught up in. The bottom line is whatever the reason. And there's, again, no good or honest one that we can see from where we sit. The photos got released. Even if the public never saw them, they were used in bartering to help sell a documentary to investors to show that they got the exclusive. Look, we have things no one else has

Starting point is 00:44:17 because no one else could. Stick a pin in that. We'll be right back. This spring, denim gets a softer, lighter update. Introducing Old Navy's drapey denim wide leg, a new fit that moves with you. It's everything you want denim to feel like for summer. Easy, breathable, and effortlessly cool.

Starting point is 00:44:40 With a fit that creates natural movement and a wide leg that feels modern, not overwhelming. Plus, that signature, wait, for this price, moment. Old Navy's drapey denim wide leg. So back to the motion for sanctions. In addition to the Demo Man International Wires, Parker's attorneys are accused of failing to disclose to the plaintiffs' payments that were made to the Georgetown Group, which, according to its website, specializes in litigation mitigation.

Starting point is 00:45:18 along with invoices, communications, contracts, and related documents for the work they did for Parker, according to the filing. The filing says that, quote, the Georgetown Group performed substantial behind-the-scenes services for Parker's related to matters at issue in this litigation. The motion also accuses Parker's attorneys of improperly intervening with a subpoena Tensley served on Research America, A firm Parker's attorneys used to cold-call potential jurors in Hampton County and people in Spartanburg County in a poll that they are using to support their claim that the Parker's defendants can't get a fair trial in Hampton. Stick a pen in that one. According to the motion for sanctions against Parker's attorneys, either Parker or his attorneys

Starting point is 00:46:09 are accused of instructing Research America not to comply with the Beach subpoena. Additionally, the motion for sanction accuses the Parker defendants of providing, quote, false responses to a request for admissions. According to the filing, the Beach family has evidence that Greg Parker made statements that indicated he knew something called the Murdoch dossier was given to Fitz News, in that his attorneys knew about these statements. Quote, despite that knowledge, defendants denied or otherwise falsely responded to requests for admissions addressing these facts. Now, the Beach family is asking Judge Kelly to sanction the Parker's defendants for what they call very serious discovery violations. They ask the court to issue a rule to show cause, conduct an evidentiary hearing, reopen discovery at Parker's expense for the purpose of investigating this, award the Beach family for their attorney fees,

Starting point is 00:47:12 costs and expenses as a result of this alleged misconduct, strike appropriate defenses and or exclude evidence, instruct the jury that the defendants intentionally and willfully concealed discoverable evidence and interfered with discovery, permit the jury to draw an adverse inference that they concealed information and withheld evidence that would have been unfavorable to the defendants and supportive of the plaintiff's claims and refer any appropriate matters concerning counsel's conduct for further review. The motion concludes, quote, the integrity of the discovery process depends upon truthful disclosures, compliance with court orders, and respect for lawful discovery, defendant's concealments

Starting point is 00:48:02 of substantial payments, withholding of responsive documents, interference with a valid subpoena, and false discovery responses demonstrate a pattern of conduct, warranting immediate judicial intervention and significant sanctions. Now, back to our analogy about the big coughing coming from Parker's attorneys to cover up the stink of the very serious allegations of multiple forms of discovery abuse. On Friday, hours after the Beach family filed their motion for sanctions, Parker's attorneys loaded up the docket with 100,000. of pages of documents. Hundreds. There's the memo and support of changing venue with 16 exhibits,

Starting point is 00:48:46 the motion to exclude witnesses Greg Roman and Vicki Ward from testifying, and yes, you heard me right. With 11 exhibits, a motion to make Mark Tinsley a witness in the case, which would remove him as the attorney for the Beach family, which Parker's Kitchen tried to do in the boat crash case, and Parker's attorneys have already tried to do in this case. and both times failed, that filing has 31 exhibits, and then there's the motion for summary judgment with 26 exhibits. Think about that. After what we just shared with you from the motion for sanctions, in one of those many

Starting point is 00:49:24 legal documents, Greg Parker's attorneys filed on Friday, and what we think is not only an attempt to bury their alleged big oopsie, but also an effort to confuse the public and worse, confused Judge R. Keith Kelly, which I hope Judge Kelle, which I hope Judge Kempel. Kelly would find offensive, Team Parker filed a memo to support their motion to transfer the venue of the trial. Their motion to transfer venue was originally filed on April 7, 26, the day Mandy was ambushed in court by Debbie Barbier about her swimsuit photo and other social media posts apropos of nothing. Weird. You know how Taylor Swift says, they tell me everything is not about me, but what if it is? Believe me when I tell you, we are both

Starting point is 00:50:09 feeling that way after reading this motion to change venue along with the 16 exhibits attached to it. Team Parker is requesting for the court to change the trial venue from Hampton County where the beaches are from and where the case was filed to the upstate of Spartanburg County where Judge Kelly's home basis, where Mandy's next court hearing will be held, where her dumb deposition was held. hilariously, as David discovered, Parker's attorneys used the same passages and this filing as they did in Russell Lefeet's filing in federal court. Mark Moore was also Russell's attorney, and it looks like he copied and pasted parts of the Russell motion about not getting a fair trial into this one, and maybe did a little light editing. What's crazy about this is that they blame us for linking Greg Parker to the Murdoch cases.

Starting point is 00:51:02 us, but stick a pin in that. One of the parts that they appear to have copied and pasted from Russell Feets February 2025 motion to change venue, which listeners might remember as the doofus filing where they pointed out that Mandy called Russell a doofus on social media and in our episodes into Greg Parker's motion to change venue, which in the spirit of this copy paste and light editing job, we will now refer to as the goofess filing.

Starting point is 00:51:32 is related to statistics about our listenership. Same numbers. Worded the same. Then there's the description of us as journalists. In the dufous filing, we are self-proclaimed journalists and particularly and incessantly vicious. Well, I think you, consors. In the goofess filing,

Starting point is 00:51:51 Mandy and I are self-described journalists and especially vicious, inflammatory and arguably defamatory. In both the doofus and goofus filings, Mark Moore offers an argument that Spartanburg would be a more suitable place for Dufus and Goofus to be tried. In the Dufus filing, he offers a county-by-count media count. Spartanburg had 652 Murdoch stories, whereas Charleston had 12,2-230, and Beaufort had 1,609, which I'm not even sure how that was counted, but okay. And the Goofus filing has Hampton County as being 99% aware of Murdoch, whereas Spurton. Bartonberg is only at 31%.

Starting point is 00:52:34 And no, I didn't get the names mixed up. They are making their goofus argument based on Murdoch. It made sense in Duvus' case, but this is a stretch. Again, stick a pin in that. We're going to discuss that in another episode. The most glaring copy-paste borrow job was done in reference to, according to the filings, at least 13 books written about the Murdoch case. Both filings include a footnote listing the book.

Starting point is 00:53:02 In Dufus's filing, there were nine books in the footnote because Mandy's book, blood on their hands, made it into the body copy. In Goofus's filing, she was demoted to the footnote, where there are now 10 books listed there, as related to the Murdoch case that Mark Moore argues in Goofusis filing, will taint the jury against Greg Parker and his co-defendants for some reason. A few things about those 10 books, plus two more that are mentioned in the bodies of the doofus and goofus filings. In the footnote, both the Dufus and Gufus filings contain the title of a book that does not seem to exist. It's not clear if it ever existed, but I'm not sure. It's, according to Dufus and Goofus, called the Alec Murdoch Paradox and 2024 and 2024 by Jude Hills. Again, we haven't heard of this one, nor can we find any information about it, but the verdict, as you all know, was in 2023, not 2020. So that's weird.

Starting point is 00:54:04 Another book that we couldn't find any information on that is listed in both the doofus and goofus filings as a book contributing to the reasons Russell Lafitte and now Greg Parker can't get a fair trial is called, I guess, Ehrlich Murdoch, a biography of crime, scandal, and justice by Morgan M. Collins. The only references to that book online

Starting point is 00:54:26 are a dead Amazon link and Mark Moore's doofus filing for Russell Lefeet. Oh, and yet another book that both of Mark Moore's two filings for a change of venue for his two separate clients, Russell Lafitte and Greg Parker, that does not seem to exist, is The Fall of the House of Murdoch by Stephen G. Michaud and Debbie Sennziker. Again, can't find a single piece of information about that book that is supposedly tainting jurors in Hampton County against Greg Parker. I will say that the fall of the house Murdoch is the same title as a book written by Michael DeWitt that, let me check my notes, only mentions Parker's in connection to where Paul Murdoch bought alcohol the night of the crash and as a party in the two cases filed by Mallory Beach's family, which is a trend actually because we're pesky, we went through every book, the ones that were

Starting point is 00:55:18 real anyway, and of the 12 titles, three were not real, or at least we couldn't find them. So I'm not sure how they would have affected Russell the Feet's jury. Never mind Greg Parker, who was decidedly not an accused Murdoch co-conspirator. Four of the books don't mention Parker or Parker's Kitchen or the civil suit in question. So wow, we are already at over half of the books that Mark Moore references as affecting his clients Russell Feet and Greg Parker and their ability to get a fair jury, not having anything to. to do with this venue change argument. Two books, including Mandy's,

Starting point is 00:56:00 contain very limited references to Parker's Kitchen as being the place where Paul bought alcohol the night of the crash and limited references to Parker in only the titles of the lawsuits. Then there's one book that seems to indicate that the author believes Parker's Kitchen was unfairly targeted in the beach case. Pro Parker.

Starting point is 00:56:20 There's one. One that briefly discusses in two paragraphs or so, the allegations against Greg Parker in the civil conspiracy case. And lastly, there's Valerie Borland's book. Valerie is the Wall Street Journal reporter who published the story in which the Greg Parker connection to Greg Roman was put in black and white. Mark Moore, Ever, The Petty Fogger, which, thank you to the listener who introduced us to that term for a petty lawyer,

Starting point is 00:56:48 included in both Russell's and Greg's change-of-venue filings, that Valerie's book received strong reviews, was on the New York Times bestseller list, and is associated with the Wall Street Journal, ostensibly to strengthen his argument that his client, sorry, clients couldn't get a fair trial unless his clients got their trials moved to Spartanburg, which again is so strange, and if you happen to have any insight on why Mark Moore seems to like the Spartanburg County juries, Let me know. Wait, hang on. I just had a flashback.

Starting point is 00:57:26 David and Grace, can you read one tiny part from my deposition transcript? Okay. And so what evidence do you have to support that, Ms. Farrell? He admitted it in the Wall Street Journal. Who is the he who admitted it? Greg Parker. Greg Parker admitted he hired Greg Roman to write a blizzard. for him?

Starting point is 00:57:53 Maybe it was Debbie who admitted it? Somebody admitted it in the Wall Street Journal on behalf of Craig Parker, yes. Well, so that's your recollection of the Wall Street Journal article. Is that right, Ms. Farrell? Is that your, is that your, is that what you're relying on? Yes, obviously.

Starting point is 00:58:18 And you, you know that reporters, aren't always accurate in what they report, correct? Uh-oh, not Mark Moore making two opposite arguments in the same case. Either the Wall Street Journal is credible to the point where a book written by a reporter there has potential influence over a Hampton County jury, or it's inaccurate, depending on the day, I guess. And speaking of inaccurate, I should note that Greg Parker did not pay Greg Roman to write the blog, per the Wall Street Journal article. The Wall Street Journal article only stated that Parker

Starting point is 00:58:59 had hired Greg Roman and that that contract had ended before the blog was published. Anyway, Valerie Boulorine's book supported by the esteemed Wall Street Journal and therefore insinuating a more hefty argument about why Russell Lafitte couldn't get a fair trial unless it moved to Spartanburg. Oh, shoot, I mean Greg Parker can't get a fair trial. unless it moved to Spartanburg. Gosh, doofus goofus tomato, am I right? Valerie's book only referred to Greg Parker in the end notes and only as a citation to her interview with him and the titles to the lawsuits. So those Murdoch books, the ones that are real anyway, allegedly, seemed to have no bearing on what people might have read about Greg Parker in Hampton County. And I would think that it would be hard

Starting point is 00:59:52 for a judge to take this argument seriously when Greg Parker's name is barely associated with Elic Murdox in these publications. So while Parker's could have perhaps used 25 pages of legal text to support their argument for a venue change, it appears that Debbie Barbier, Mark Moore, Jim Bannister, and Rhett Ricard got distracted in their mission. Instead, they argued poorly, that Spartanburg is the venue for them. Why? Well, because Liz and Mandy are mean to them. Quite the reach, right? And speaking of reach, they failed to mention that we do podcasts, which reach literally millions, around the world. And we definitely reach Spartanburg, as we will show in court on June 22nd. See y'all there. But when you can't argue the facts,

Starting point is 01:00:45 you blame the women reporting them. It's cheap and ignorant and a really bad look for anyone who falls for it. More on that after a quick break, and we'll be right back. Performance Auto Group's 37th annual sale event is back. Now for three days. Leaser finance from 0% plus loyalty incentives and maximum trade in value. Shop thousands of in-stock new, pre-owned, and demonstrator vehicles. June 11th to 13th across all Performance Auto Group retailers.

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Starting point is 01:01:39 Every single subject that could possibly be tied to us somehow was mentioned either in the text itself or in the mini and very bitchy footnotes on this strange legal document. I'll have Grace read from the most and David will read those bitchy footnotes. All things Murdoch continued to provide fertile ground for the media frenzy that ensued after the murders of Maggie and Paul Murdoch. These cases captivated the attention of the public and garnered substantial, local, national, and international news coverage.

Starting point is 01:02:18 And while many across the country are now familiar with the Murdoch story, as through various news reports, blogs, podcasts, books, and documentaries, or as depicted in the Hulu miniseries, Murdoch, Death, and the Family. Now, David, would you read the lovely footnote in your best Mark Deby? I mean, Moby, voice. Footnote 1. This dramatized miniseries begins with a disclaimer. quote, while this program is inspired by actual events, certain parts have been fictionalized solely for dramatic purposes and are not intended to reflect on any actual person or entity, end quote. The executive producer for this series is Mandy Matney,

Starting point is 01:03:16 a figure who hosts podcasts about all things Murdoch on a weekly basis, and who currently stands accused in this court of civil contempt. And as her podcasts and social media posts continue to demonstrate, Ms. Matney and her colleagues take every opportunity available to them to vilify Parker's defendants and their lawyers and to stoke public opinion in favor of plaintiffs and their lead counsel in this action, Mark Tinsley, as the court is aware.

Starting point is 01:04:01 Ms. Matney and her friend and colleague Liz Ferro have now finally been deposed in this action with Miss Matney pulling out all the stops to prevent her deposition and ultimately failing to appear at the time and place required on a lawfully issued subpoena after her frivolous attempts to quash the same failed. And it should be noted that Ms. Vero was contentious both before and during her deposition. and Ms. Farrell was represented in that deposition by her longtime friend Mr. Dinsley. Mr. Tinsley, and occasionally his wife, have also appeared on podcasts hosted by Ms. Matney and Ms. Farrell.

Starting point is 01:05:01 This is all hilarious to me because Team Parker did all of this to themselves. The other day, a friend of mine who lived in a friend of mine who lived, on Helton Head brilliantly pointed out that no one here can name the Beaufort Bar where Paul Murdoch bought shots at on the night of the boat crash. Why? Because they settled the lawsuit quickly. They recognized their wrong and they did something about it. Greg Parker is only associated with Ehrlich Murdoch because he chose to be at every single turn. Like Eleg Murdoch, Greg Parker refused to settle in the boat crash case for years and fought the beaches at every possible turn, even as the boat crash case exploded in notoriety. Greg Parker chose to hire two criminal defense attorneys in this

Starting point is 01:05:51 non-criminal case who represented Elyke Murdoch's only, two co-conspirators, Corey Fleming and Russell Leffey. And like Elyke Murdoch, Greg Parker chose a team of attorneys who directly and intentionally attack, degrade, and demean us. Two of the only journalists in this state calling them out on their crap. Greg Parker himself chose this absolutely maniacal route to defend himself in both cases. I promise you, Greg, we were barely covering the Boat Crash Civil Conspiracy case before your attorneys, who were now calling Mebby, dragged us into this last summer, treated us like criminals, refused to respect the rules of the court, and use this lawsuit to harass, intimidate, and get revenge on us for what we have reported on in the past. Or at least it feels like that.

Starting point is 01:06:45 Did they think that we were going to be quiet about that? Did they think that we would not shout from the rooftops what this disgusting gas station ghoul and his team of foolish and foul attorneys did to us? You know, like when they allegedly brokered a deal for the harassing felon that they made fun of me of being afraid of, to purchase our allegedly stolen text messages and use them to malign our characters, like that. And speaking of maligning our characters, let me have David, as Mebby, read another fun little footnote jab that they put in this motion. Extensive and prejudicial publicity, media coverage surrounding the murder case, Footnote 6. Footnote 6 says.

Starting point is 01:07:36 It also bears mentioning that the federal and state fraud prosecutions of Alec Murdoch, Corey, spelled wrong, Fleming, and Russell Lafitte, have also received substantial press, and Ms. Matney and Ms. Farrell appear to be obsessed with constant, dredging those cases and the names of the lawyers who also represent parties in this case in anticipation of the trial of the present lawsuit. Mebbe, girl, please go back to our episodes about your client, Corey Fleming. You were decent to us in the court, and in response, we showed you decency in our coverage.

Starting point is 01:08:26 That is how this works. And again, y'all. decided to represent Elic Murdoch's buddies, and it is our obligation as journalists, to mention that as relevant information because it is. And my God, Mebby, stop saying that we are obsessive about anything to do with y'all. Everything we've ever said about any of you in this past year has been in reaction to your absurdity. Be less cruel like the rules of professional conduct require, and you will get far less press. Hot tip.

Starting point is 01:09:03 Grace, go on with Mebby's motion. These cases, as well as the present lawsuit, have been extensively discussed on viral podcasts, such as one, the Murdoch Murders podcast, which has an estimated reach of 3.8 million listeners, to the True Sunlight Podcast, TSP, which has an estimated reach of 824.5,000, listeners and three, Cup of Justice, COJ, whose estimated reach numbers were not readily available,

Starting point is 01:09:36 but its listeners are estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands. Footnote 9. Other notable podcasts include the following. Impact of Influence, the Murdoch murders and other cases, hosted by Matt Harris and Seaton Tucker. murder sheet hosted by Anne Kane and Kevin Greenly and the Murdaws. Murders, Money, and Mystery, hosted by Anne Emerson et all. See what I mean? The footnotes are funny and feel pointed at us. Grace, will you read the rest of that paragraph?

Starting point is 01:10:26 While a number of mainstream media outlets have limited their reporting to the facts, the same cannot be said for all outlets. Self-described investigative journalist Mandy Matney and Liz Farrell, host of the Murdoch murders, TSP, and COJ podcast and former reporters for Hilton Heads the Island Packet, have been especially vicious, inflammatory and arguably defamatory in their commentary about the Parker's defendants and their counsel, and on occasion, this court as well. And of course, there's a bitgy footnote there, David. Footnote 10.

Starting point is 01:11:11 Podcast titles from the past four months alone include the following. And I'll read these because I'm proud of them. COJ number 182, troll theories and tinkering. Behind the Murdoch conspiracy in the New Yorker, Jude, 2. TSP-150 Part 2, revealing the receipts on how Egg Lady was removed from Murdoch jury. On May 29, TSP 150 Part 1. How does a pro-A-Mur-Mur-Droll theory end up in The New Yorker? May 28th.

Starting point is 01:11:48 TSP 149 Part 2. Alex Murdoch Madness 2.0. Suing the hand that got him a new trial, plus death penalty on. on the table. May 22. COJ 180, a tale of two subpoenas. Inside Mandy's civil contempt hearing, plus a look at Alec Murdoch's plan for a new trial. May 19.

Starting point is 01:12:13 TSP 148, Alex Murdoch to get a new trial and murders of wife and son. Plus Mandy and Liz break down the five to nothing reversal. May 14th. COJ 178, this one's for Debbie and Mark, Every accusation is an admission inside Parker's Pound of Flesh Playbook, plus expose the truth in York, South Carolina on May 15th, published May 5th, and COJ number 176, Mandy Matney ambushed in court how Parker's lawyers put journalism on trial. Dang, we really bother them.

Starting point is 01:12:56 Now, Grace, will you read one last paragraph? As the court is aware, and as discussed earlier in this memorandum and in pleadings related to the Matney contempt action, Miss Matney, Ms. Farrell, and their various co-podcasters have posted incessantly about the present lawsuit on various social media platforms. Of course there's another footnote. David. Footnote 13. Mandy Matney and Ms. Farrell appear to have a proxy. approximately 58,000 and 20,000 Facebook followers respectively. The Facebook pages for true sunlight podcast and Cup of Justice have 65,000 and 23,000 followers, respectively.

Starting point is 01:13:46 And David has David. If you listen and please follow those social media accounts. It does help us. Aw, I think they're jealous of our following. That's cute. That's the nicest footnote I'm. have read from these loser lawyers. Sorry, Grace, keep going.

Starting point is 01:14:02 These posts include ad hominem attacks on the Parker's defendants, their counsel, and occasionally this court, and our Supreme Court, make false and inflammatory accusations about their conduct and character, and insinuate unsavory connections between them and Alex Murdoch. Some recent examples of the incessant matinee slash feral slash true sunlight slash cup of justice attacks are attached as Exhibit C. See what I mean when I say I am really trying hard to not make this about us, but they keep making it about us. There are 17 exhibits filed with this motion and 15 of them are about Liz and me, our text,

Starting point is 01:14:49 our emails, and y'all. There are three different six to seven page exhibits just on our social media. media posts alone with random angry red circles all over them. Talk about obsessive. It just proves our point that none of their attacks on us in this past year have had anything to do with their actual defense in this lawsuit and seem everything to do with Mebby's weird vendetta's side quest trying to get us to shut up. And that has backfired badly.

Starting point is 01:15:25 Because now, y'all has spent the last eight months. on the world's dumbest PR campaign known to man, going after two of the most respected and beloved journalist in this state where one day you will probably have to pick a jury and go up against Mark the Tiger Tensley, to which I say good luck. And y'all think Spartanburg is going to be more favorable. The place where you are summoning me to go to defend myself against you. against a very stupid civil contempt charge, because y'all were too stubborn to depose me

Starting point is 01:16:04 in an office where I felt safe? You think I'm not gonna be making a lot more noise about that? So on Friday, Team Parker filed a slew of other stupid motions that appear to be smoke and mirrors to distract anyone watching this case from the truth that was revealed by Tensley. And surprise, surprise, so far,

Starting point is 01:16:26 we are the only media-cutting covering this bombshell. We aren't distracted, and we won't be scared into silence. We will only get louder. We will see you all on June 22nd at 9 a.m. at the Spartanburg County Courthouse. Stay tuned, stay pesky, and stay in the sunlight. True Sunlight is a Luna Shark production created by me, Mandy Matney, co-hosted and reported by journalist Liz Pharrell. Research support provided by Beth Braden. Audio production support provided by Jamie Hoffman and Grace Hills. Case file management by Kate Thomas.

Starting point is 01:17:24 Learn more about our mission and membership at lunasharkmedia.com. Interruptions provided by Luna and Joe Pesky. The justice system can be intimidating, but it doesn't have to be. We all want a drink from the same cup of justice, and it starts with learning about our legal system. My name is Mandy Matney, and together with journalist Liz Pharrell and world-renowned attorney Eric Bland, we create the perfect trifecta of legal expertise,

Starting point is 01:17:57 journalistic integrity, and a fire lit to expose the truth wherever it leads. We all encounter a part of our justice systems at one point, so why not get prepared while being entertained with tales from the newsroom and the courtroom? Cup of Justice has amazing special guests like Cheryl Crow, Vinipolitan, Emily D. Baker, and other experts to share their take on the bright side of the truth. Luna Shark Media invites you to gain knowledge, insight and tools to hold your own or hold public agencies accountable. Search for Cup of Justice wherever you get your podcast or visit Cup of Justice pod.com.

Murdaugh Murders Podcast - TSP #152 [Part One] - Billionaire Greg Parker Accused of Paying $383K to Israeli Bot-Farm Agency During Beach Wrongful Death Lawsuit

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