Even Gentle Readers who have closely followed The Saga of Team Kimberlin for the past 8+ years sometimes lose track of all the various LOLsuits and other legal shenanigans that Brett Kimberlin has tired to employ in his failed attempts at brass knuckles reputation management. Five years ago today, I ran the following post to help the Gentle Readers keep track of Who’s On First?.
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I’ve had several requests to explain the various court cases that are referenced here on Hogewash!, so here’s a more or less complete list of the current cases relating to Brett Kimberlin.
Kimberlin v. Walker, et al. was filed by The Dread Pro-Se Kimberlin on 30 August, 2013, in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County against Aaron Walker, Stacy McCain, Ali Akbar, Kimberlin Unmasked, and me. It alleged all sorts of frivolous claims. The two persons TDPK claimed were Kimberlin Unmasked settled the case with him. Five of the seven claims against the rest of us were dismissed on summary judgment. We went to trial on his claims of defamation and false light invasion of privacy. After TDPK rested his case, the judge entered a directed verdict in the favor of the defendants because not a “scintilla” of evidence had been produced that we had defamed him or invaded his privacy. He has appealed the case to the Maryland Court of Special Appeals.
Kimberlin v. National Bloggers Club, et al. (I) was filed in U. S. District Court on 15 October, 2013, initially against 21 defendants, including me. It is also known around here as the Kimberlin v. The Universe, et al. RICO Madness. The second amended complaint added three more defendants. Four of the defendants settled with TDPK. On 17 March, 2015, all but one claim against one defendant were dismissed. The federal claims were dismissed with prejudice, meaning that they cannot be refiled. The state law claims were dismissed without prejudice, meaning that could be refiled in state court. The case is still alive and is now called Kimberlin v. Frey. I often refer to it as the RICO Remnant. Kimberlin tried to appeal the dismissal of the federal claims to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He appeal was dismissed.
TDPK did refile the state law claims from the RICO Madness in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County. It’s formally known as Kimberlin v. National Bloggers Club (II), but around here it’s called Kimberlin v. Most of the Universe, et al. RICO Retread—Most of the Universe because TDPK dropped several of the RICO Madness defendants.
The day before almost all of the RICO Madness case was dismissed, TDPK filed Kimberlin v. Hutton & Williams LLC, et al. which names me among the 19 defendants. I’ve taken to calling it Kimberlin v. Team Themis, et al. RICO 2: Electric Boogaloo.
Earlier this year, Kimberlin also filed a peace order petition against me. The petition was denied by the District Court. He appealed, and it was denied again by the Circuit Court. Acting through his wife, a criminal charge was filed for alleged online harassment of a minor child. The charges were dropped for lack of evidence. This was the second time he had tried to bring a false criminal charge against me. He filed a harassment charge in 2013 that was dismiss and expunged before I could even be served.
The serious pushback against Kimberlin’s lawfare is beginning. Aaron Walker as filed a suit know as Walker v. Brett Kimberlin, et al. The et al. is Tetyana Kimberlin. More consequences are in the pipeline.
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I can sum up the results of Kimberlin’s lawfare by simply saying he’s maintained a perfect record—of striking out.