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- May 28, 2013
Oh God, shit just got real.
http://www.crimeandfederalism.com/2015/01/peter-coffin-sends-bogus-legal-threat-to-8chan-.html
A google search for gregsmithattorneyslc@gmail.com goes nowhere so that immediately throws this into question. Also, while Gregory Smith is a real attorney in Utah, he appears to be a criminal defense attorney, which would put this WELL outside his area of expertise. Finally, Defamation is very hard to prove, for reasons that letter actually states: They have to prove the defendant knows they're lying. The admin at 8Chan doesn't know he's lying. Fuck, we barely know anything at this point.
What's more, that letter is incredibly poorly drafted. Asking that part of the apology be on twitter with the Hashtag #PeterCoffinWasRight? What the fuck? Plus they switch gendered pronouns at random, and several words are misspelled.
If that isn't the attorney and if Peter is misrepresenting him, he's in deep shit. At BEST he can hope for a bill for the attorney's time. At worst...well, he might wind up spending more of 2015 in jail than Chris.
And if that IS an attorney, well then shit just got real.