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Laura Knight-Jadczyk
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Fri, 07 Mar 2008 06:10 EST
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Yesterday, as I was working on finishing up the next installment of the Comet Series of Articles, FedEx delivered a packet of mail from our corporate registered agent in the U.S. It was "Complaint and Demand for Jury Trial" filed in the State of Oregon by Eric Pepin's Higher Balance Institute, LLC. The reason? A discussion on the SOTT Forum that begins HERE.
Well, that was entertaining enough when you think about the fact that the discussion that he objects to was centered on several newspaper articles that describe his close calls with the legal system in Oregon over charges of sex abuse.
The legal document I received is 10 pages long so I'm just going to summarize it here. If you want to read the whole thing (it's hilarious beyond belief!) go HERE for the pdf.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF OREGON
Civil No.: CV '08-0233 HA
COMPLAINT AND DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL
HIGHER BALANCE, LLC, an Oregon
Limited Liability Company, dba HIGHER
BALANCE INSTITUTE, Plaintiff
v.
QUANTUM FUTURE GROUP, INC, a
California corporation, and LAURA
KNIGHT- JADCZYK, Defendants.
Plaintiff Higher Balance LLC, dba Higher Balance Institute ("HBI") files this Complaint against defendants Quantum Future Group, Inc. ("QFG") and Laura Knight-Jadczyk and alleges the following:
...defendants committed intentional torts that were purposefully targeted at HBI within the State of Oregon; defendants knew that HBI is a resident of the State of Oregon; defendants' tortious conduct cause HBI to suffer economic harm within the State of Oregon; HBI's claims arise out of defendants' activities relating to the State of Oregon; and the exercise of jurisdiction over defendants is reasonable in light of their intentional misconduct directed towards a resident of the State of Oregon.
As this Court has specific personal jurisdiction over the defendants, venue is proper in this district and division under 28 U.S.C 1391(a)(3)
General Allegations:
HBI is an Oregon-based company with over 40,000 customers from all over the world. HBI is dedicated to helping its customers relieve stress, reduce anxiety, and achieve emotional balance and spiritual enlightenment through meditation techniques. The majority of HBI's revenues are derived from the online sale of its books and CDs, which are designed to help its customers learn these meditation techniques.
[Etc...]
Defendant QFG operates a website known as Signs of the Times ("SOTT"). QFG posts articles and sponsors forums regarding various conspiracy theories and allegedly corrupt organizations on the SOTT website.
Employees and agents of QFG, including defendant Knight-Jadczyk, serve as administrators and moderators of SOTT forums. QFG employees and agents, including defendant Knight-Jadczyk, post comments and analyses in SOTT forums. These employees and agents act within the course and scope of their agency for QFG when serving as administrators and moderators of the SOTT website and when posting comments and analyses on the SOTT website.
SOTT forums are available to the general public online.
...Many of HBI's existing and potential customers read the SOTT website as a source of alternative media....
FIRST CLAIM FOR RELIEF - Defamation - Libel
....Beginning in May 2006, QFG sponsored a forum on the SOTT website concerning HBI under the heading "COINTELPRO."
Beginning in November 2007, defendants intentionally posted several false, baseless, and derogatory accusations concerning HBI on the SOTT website including, but not limited to:
a. HBI is a "front for pedophilia";
b. HBI is a "cointelpro" organization;
c. Meditation, as sold by HBI, is an act of "falling into confluence with a psychopathic reality";
d. Those associated with HBI must be careful to avoid sexual molestation by HBI members;
e. HBI is conning the public;
f. "Fishy sexual conduct is occurring at HBI; and
g. HBI "leads people more deeply into sleep."
By posting these statements in a public internet forum, defendants have published and communicated false and baseless accusations concerning HBI to third parties, including existing and potential HBI customers.
Defendants' statements tend to subject HBI to hatred, contempt, and ridicule and tend to diminish the esteem, respect, goodwill and confidence in which HBI is held by the public and by its customers.
Defendant made these false statements with knowledge of their falsity or with reckless disregard for their truth.
As a result of defendants' false and defamatory statement, HBI suffered general damages in the form of loss of reputation in an amount to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $500,000. HBI has also suffered special damages in the form of lost income in amounts to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $834,732.
Defendants defamatory statements are still available to the general public on the SOTT website and are easily found through internet searches relating to HBI. Defendants conduct causes HBI irreparable harm, and HBI is entitled to an injunction preventing defendants' continued defamation of HBI.
SECOND CLAIM FOR RELIEF: False Light
Defendants intentionally gave publicity to matters concerning HBI that placed HBI in a false light before the public. etc
...economic damages ... not less than $834,732.
THIRD CLAIM FOR RELIEF: Intentional Interference with Economic Relations - Interference with Business Relationships
Defendant intentionally interfered with many of these business relationships by communicating the false and defamatory information listed...
...economic damages ... not less than $97,299.
HBI... has also suffered damages in the form of loss of reputation ... damages .... not less than $500,000.
...Defendants conduct was malicious and warrants punitive damages...
FOURTH CLAIM FOR RELIEF: Intentional Interference With Economic Relations - Prospective Economic Advantage
Defendant's interference has diminished the esteem, respect, goodwill, and confidence in which HBI is held by the general public, thereby hindering HBI's ability to obtain many new customers with whom HBI had a prospective business relationship. ... damages to be determined at trial...
...On its First Claim for Relief, that HBI be awarded general and special damages in amounts to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $1,334,732, and that defendants be enjoined from their continued defamation of HBI.
...On its Second Claim for Relief, that HBI be awarded damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $1,334,732. and that defendants be enjoined from continuing to place HBI in a false light.
...On its Third Claim for Relief, that HBI be awarded damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $597,299. plus punitive damages, and that defendants be enjoined from their coninued interference with HBI's prospective business relationships.
...On its Fourth Claim for Relief, that HBI be awarded damages in an amount to be determined at trial, but in any event, not less than $1,205,000 plus punitive damages, and that defendants be enjoined from their continued interference with HBI's business relationships.
... That HBI be awarded pre-judgment and post-judgment interest on all damages recovered.
...That HBI be awarded its costs and disbursements incurred in this action; ...
Harry and David demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable.
25th day of February, 2008.
Bullivant houser Bailey PC
Renee E. Rothauge
Chad M. Colton
Tel 503.228.6351
Attorneys for Higher Balance Institute
Whoah! That's some heavy duty stuff, eh? Sounds like we just ripped up on that poor guy for no reason at all!
But that's not quite the situation. The original article about Eric Pepin that was brought to our attention on page 5 of the above-mentioned forum thread read as follows:
A 39-year-old Aloha man who promises spiritual awakening through meditation books and CDs he sells on the Internet is facing sex-abuse charges.
Beaverton police Detective Mike Smith said Eric J. Pepin runs what appears to be a cult out of his Higher Balance Institute on Southwest Second Street in Beaverton.
Pepin was arraigned Tuesday in Washington County criminal court on one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct, two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, and four counts of third-degree sexual abuse. He was released after posting $26,750 cash, or 10 percent of $267,500 bail. A trial was set for Sept. 12.
Using a child in a sexual display is a Measure 11 crime punishable by a mandatory minimum of 5 years and 10 months in prison.
Jamison Dwight Priebe, 21, who works for Pepin and lives at the same address in the 19600 block of Southwest Cooperhawk Court in Aloha, also was arrested on one count each of using a child in a sexual display and third-degree sexual abuse.
Priebe and Pepin turned themselves in at the Washington County Jail last week after a grand jury handed down secret indictments. Priebe was released after posting $25,375 cash bail and is awaiting arraignment Monday.
Smith said a man who is now 20 was 17 and working for Pepin when he allegedly was sexually abused at the Higher Balance office in the 11900 block of Southwest Second Street in Beaverton and at Pepin's former home in the city.
A call to the Higher Balance Institute on Wednesday was answered by a "Personal Star Reach Coach," who referred questions to Pepin's private attorney, Sam Kauffman.
"The charges are false, and we are confident Mr. Pepin will be exonerated," Kauffman said.
Pepin's Web site claims he has located more than 100 missing persons and runaways, along with U.S. Navy submarines, through a psychic ability he calls "remote viewing."
Pepin's meditation systems, which sell for $79 to $149, help customers develop their "sixth sense" and apply it "inward to awaken a dimensional universe within the mind," the Web site says.
According to an affidavit Smith filed with a request for a search warrant, the alleged victim told police that Internet customers who rave about Pepin's teachings are men and women usually older than 35. But, the man said Pepin told him he should recruit "good-looking men" between the ages of 18 and 24 to work for him.
The court record also says Pepin knew the man was 17 when he forced him to perform sex acts.
The boy, Smith wrote, "was taught by Pepin to believe that the sexual contact was only a spiritual necessity." But after a while, the affidavit says, the boy decided he was being used by Pepin, who bought him meals and paid him $200 after sex.
The man contacted Beaverton police in January.
Smith said anyone who may have had underage sexual contact with Pepin should call him at 503-526-2280.
Smith said the man accusing Pepin told police he met one of Pepin's followers at Beaverton Town Square in April 2004. He told Smith the recruiter invited him to meet Pepin and see him demonstrate levitation.
Pepin introduced himself dressed in a robe emblazoned with the words "Master Eric" and a triangular symbol and told the victim to take off his shirt, the detective said.
"It's a cult," Smith said, "anytime you have a guy who fancies himself as the master, the leader."
In another story from Associated Press found HERE, we read:
Beaverton police Detective Mike Smith said Pepin operated the Higher Balance Institute in Beaverton. Smith said the ornate robe emblazoned "Master Eric" turned up during a search.
Well, I've been falsely accused of trying to start a cult myself, so I might ordinarily have had sympathy for Pepin, but when I read the bit about the robe, I blew my tea through my nose. I guess that's why I'm such a failure as a cult-leader (aside from the fact that I'm not interested in the job) - I hardly ever wear anything other than sweats and bedroom slippers and spend all my time working!
In any event, even though a grand jury felt that there was enough evidence to indict Pepin, he was eventually acquitted in trial before a judge as the following report informs us:
Institute leader acquitted of sex charges
HOLLY DANKS - HILLSBORO -- A Washington County Circuit judge called the leader of a metaphysical Internet sales company manipulative and controlling and his testimony unbelievable, even as he acquitted him Wednesday of charges that he had sex with an underage boy.
Judge Steven L. Price, after a five-day trial without a jury, found Eric James Pepin, 40, not guilty of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, four counts of third-degree sexual abuse and one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct.
Also acquitted of third-degree sexual abuse and using a child in a pornographic display was Jamison Dwight Priebe, 21, who has worked for Pepin's Higher Balance Institute since he was 18.
"Everybody has stood by me who knows me," Pepin said Wednesday after hugging supporters. "They had faith in me, prayed for me. I told them I wouldn't let them down. I did nothing of what was alleged. I've been nothing but honorable and impeccable."
However, Price said it was "probable that the conduct alleged in all counts occurred," but he wasn't convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. "There's a lack of strong corroboration," such as a date-stamp on a videotape of the sexual encounter, the judge said.
The accuser testified Pepin had him take off his shirt the first day they met at Pepin's Beaverton home in April 2004.
"He was going to try and fix my energy and he needed me to trust him," the accuser said. Pepin touched the teen's "chakra points" on his heart, head and lower abdomen.
"Eric asked me to tell him everything I had done in my life that I was ashamed about," the teen added.
The accuser said Pepin asked him how old he was the first day they met and that he told him the truth.
"He said students had to be 18 because he didn't like parents fussing around," the accuser said.
But within days the two were having sex, including a three-way encounter with Priebe, the youth testified. Pepin called it "crossing the abyss," the accuser said, "surrendering yourself to your teacher, your master."
Pepin testified he is gay and has had sexual relationships with most of his 11 employees, but not before they were 18. Pepin said he gave his accuser a job, even though the teen was a poor worker, and continued to be intimate with him and give him money after he was fired, to help him out.
Stephen A. Houze, Pepin's private defense attorney, called the accuser a liar more than 100 times in his closing argument and noted that Pepin was "the perfect patsy" because society wants to believe the worst of a gay man. Houze said the accuser brought the charges because he wanted to shake down Pepin.
Pepin's Higher Balance Institute, now on Northwest Saltzman Road in Cedar Mill, reached an annual high of $2 million in Internet sales of meditation CDs, tapes and books before his arrest in July.
Pepin touts himself as a psychic and "remote viewer" who has found lost submarines and missing people, and says he created the "psychic pill" Magneurol6-S that enhances brain function, heals nerve damage, heightens paranormal experiences and relieves stress for $79 a bottle.
Andrew Erwin, deputy district attorney, called Higher Balance nothing more than a sex cult run by a "snake oil" salesman who preys on the troubled.
The accuser had nothing to gain by going to police and turned down $250,000 from Pepin to drop the sex charges, Erwin said.
"I'm disappointed," Erwin said of the verdicts. "The judge wants proof beyond all doubt and that's too high a standard."
And now, Pepin wants to sue QFG and yours truly for talking about these articles, published in a newspaper and scattered across the web (though all of them are no longer on the newspaper's website, wonder what's up with that?)!!
Notice that Pepin, himself, revealed his "sex cult" practices in his own testimony. We'll be trying to get transcripts of the trial to publish so our readers can hear it from the horse's mouth; stay tuned for that.
Notice also that Pepin's attorney, Houze, accused the victim of bringing charges because he wanted to shake down Pepin even though the kid turned down 250 K hush money offered by Pepin. Well, maybe that's what gave Pepin the idea of suing me. Only thing is, he's gonna have a hard time collecting his 4.47 million because I don't own a thing, live in a rented house, drive a used car and QFG rarely has more than a grand in the bank at any given time. When we have fund-raisers, the funds are used almost instantly, repaying loans and covering basic expenses for the site and equipment.
It's also humorous that Pepin is suing QFG which only sponsors a world-wide group of independent researchers who, together, make up sott.net. QFG doesn't own sott, nor does QFG have any employees nor any official oversight of anything that the sott.net researchers say or do.
But the bottom line is this: Eric Pepin is convicted out of his own mouth. I mean, what kind of teacher of meditation says that he has sex with all his employees? And all of them young men?
Nope, we aren't backing down. We firmly believe, based on available official documents and court records, that Eric Pepin is a danger to innocent people looking for spiritual guidance. Obviously, young guys just looking for sex and money and a good time will be delighted to take his pills, listen to his tapes and attend his retreats. But the wider public who are not aware of these things in Pepin's background, who are not aware that even the judge who acquitted him regretted having to do so, and that the Prosecutor of the case was also convinced that justice had NOT been done, need to be warned about such individuals in our society.
Maybe Eric Pepin will take Sott.net down, we don't know. We don't have money for an expensive defense attorney, we barely stay afloat. But even if that happens (and we hope our readers will help us out now as never before), there are others who know and I don't think that Eric Pepin and all his minions can track down and silence all of them.
Even if you can't give to our legal defense fund, I will appreciate letters of support during this trying time. Write to sott(at)sott.net and I will try to answer each and every one.
And thanks to all our readers for your constant support and encouragement.
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Well, this is interesting. There was enough evidence to indict Eric Pepin by the jury, and a good deal of articles on him as being a sexual predator. And, because of the forum discussion about him, BASED on the trial, news articles, and his website, he is now taking it out on SOTT?
He is obviously offended because he seems to be afraid that he will not be doing what he wanted to do if his predatory actions are continuing to be exposed. And, he certainly is very dangerous to the innocent people.
I do think everyone needs to be learned and warned about this obvious sexual predator.
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I was suckered into buying magneurol, and a set of tapes for meditation. I would never have made the purchase based upon what I've learned since. Definately stay away from the cult types like Pipin who refer to themselves as master. Regarding the suit, libel is printing a lie, whereas SOTT was just repeating the facts.
Added: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 13:25 EDT
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I've just made a donation to the legal fund and I am preparing a support letter.
It's frightening to see that legal actions are conducted against SOTT that simply relayed newspapers' articles exposing the deviant behaviour of Eric Pepin.
All my support goes to SOTT and I hope that for a long time you will give what lies, deception and manipulation deserve : truth.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 08:45 EST
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Frankly, I know people can sue anyone for anything nowadays but this is a sick joke. If anything, the forum was used to collect evidence of improper sexual conduct on Pepin's part and it did a good job at that.
By his own adminision he's having sex with his staff members and calling himself "Master" - this is obviously pathological behavior that has absolutely nothing to do with spirituality and everything to do with keeping people asleep! The fact that there's so much money involved is also a huge clue that they aren't doing it for 'the good of humanity'.
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Nice additions - the picture, and links are very apropos.
I also LOVE the lil icon next to the vote button - priceless.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:48 EST
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If he wants to hide the Truth about his sexual activities, alleged or proven? Why take it out on SOTT? SOTT has less finances than newspapers or search engine. IT's Obvious that this guy is trying to take SOTT down! He's using demonic legal means to play this game, too!
"Eric Pepin is a danger to innocent people looking for spiritual guidance." Laura is ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON THAT ONE! I read somewhere that up to 95% of doctors, including psychiatrists, have sex with their patients! I wonder how many clerics do the same?
SPIRITUALITY IS A SACRED THING and IT is one of the most vilest of Spiritual Crimes for a "Spiritual Teacher" to sexually abuse their students! Yeah, It's a Power and Sexual Act for the perpetrator, but IT IS AN ABOMINATION for the Victim and the good people of the Village.
If Pepin is truly a "holy guy," why does he charge for his "wisdom," "guidance" and "knowledge"? True Holy Teachers never charge for anything! That's why they live by dung heaps and "Pepin Puppeteers" live in Opulence!
Psychopaths like to stir up trouble to unleash chaos and destruction. The Pepin Pervert lawsuit demonstrates That!
I mean, if Pepin wanted money and "retribution" for those articles, they'd go after the newspapers and google and the rest. Those guys have money! Plus they are easier to sue because they're in the US, not France where SOTT is located. It's FILTHY and we all KNOW IT!!!
I wonder if someone paid Pepin to do this? It sounds too fishy for me.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:27 EST
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This is the silliest thing I've ever heard. Hell, it's an on-line forum. Freedom of speech and all that?? What a waste of the SOTT's time and financial resources to try and deal with this crap. You guys must have hit the nail on the head with this one.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:35 EST
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As some one has said , why did´nt he go after the newspapers. The guys in his own remote viewing dreamworld.
or he is being put up to it.
Theres no way he can win , everything written is FACT, can one use a judge who is not trying the case to be used by the defendents.
Probably not , but that would be fun..
What a nutter.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 09:54 EST
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It's a downright shame psychopaths like this exist online to take people's money and feed them nonsense. From everything I have learned here, I would say you should sue him for $100 million.
One a psycho is filthy rich, they will do anything to keep that sickness infested.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 10:28 EST
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I've been a careful reader of the C's material for years up to now, and the best support, beyond donating, that I can give, is that priceless quote from the Cassiopaeans, which says, basically, "to always expect attacks and to know the modes of same; and not to anticipate"...
Apart from this (inexact, that is) quote which I referred to, not only will I donate to the fund but also buy The Wave 6. And, oh, there is no reason why they should sue sott or QFG, or whatever! Can't they see that what was posted were comments based on news (from other sources!)?
I am faithful that Laura will surely remember what that old lady who passed away told her (as is related in book two or three of the Wave): that such beings or persons who dwell in the darkness surely dislike and retaliate the light that is cast upon them. There it is, even the newspapers's websites have sent those articles on Eric Pepin's connection to the sexual abuses to the bin.... And those vampires (linked to Pepin) are certainly afraid of this untasty knowledge about their nasty activities being freely circulated on a website of repercussion to people from all beacons of the whole world, such as the sott.net .
I have a dream, said Martin. I suppose you've been fighting for this dream of yours for years on, and you've kept mine and that of many others alive too. The time has come to prove who you are.
Light(en) up!
All my best wishes
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:25 EST
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Since when one can't have an opinion based on experience, and express it publicly ? Do we sue people each time they express their opinion or complain about a brand or a product they have bought ??
And since when one can't publish official articles from official newspapers on their website ?
This is just nonsensical.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:29 EST
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That's insane.
We jumped forward in time to the first of April right ?
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:02 EST
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"What a Moron!"
He's suing you for perceived lost income, and his court costs, lawyer's fees from the last trial, so he won't have to own up from his stash o loot. He's picked Sott because he thinks it will be an easy win. If he tried to sue the local papers you can bet it would be a lengthy trial and he'd be ruined.
He's hoping to extort Sott to drop the charges, the minging prat.
I'll do what I can. You guys hang in there!
Gimpy
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:04 EST
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Maybe there is a way I can sue him for the damages he will cause me and thousands of others by trying to deprive me and thousands of others from one of the very last psychopath-free information sources on the worldwide net.
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... despite Google's suppression, SOTT/QFS is obviously doing something right, reaching more people than the PIP (Psychopaths In Power) can stand.
Calls for a round of applause!!!
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:19 EST
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Put my name on IT, too! Make that lawsuit represent Others Like Us! CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT!!!
By the Way, My Name is Martha Rose Crow. All you need it two people to apply for a CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT on behalf of the "Class" of people that were WRONGED!!! At least that's how the law was seven years ago...
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 11:10 EST
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This is bullying and harassment pure and simple. This guy has just proved that he is a psycho and a predator.
Come on, his organization is a true cult; he has somehow gotten himself out of a lawsuit with nasty charges, he has been all over the mainstream media with this -- and now he is suing a forum on which his unsatisfied customers who talk about all this on the net?
This is insane.
SoTT and QFS, you have my complete support. I hope the critter regrets this lawsuit of his many times over. Let's give the lie what it's asking for -- the truth.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:34 EST
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Evidently this guy is using meditation as a means to condition the mental states of his victims to set them up for his nefarious predations. From reading the SOTT discussions and the article about him it's clear to me that what he calls ‘meditation techniques’ are really just newer forms of mind conditioning, no different then using a drug to take sexual advantage of someone.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:36 EST
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by suiing QFG Pepin is digging a comfy decorated grave for himself and burying there also any aspirations for prospering business in future whatsoever. Hopefully this legal suit will only bring more seekers to sott!
and where from did his attorneys get their ridiculous figures of damages, especially concerning 'loss of potential clients'? Are there specific formulas to calculate this?
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Karmically already dug me's thinks. "Hopefully this "legal suit" < if in fact it is "legal" - on its face it certainly "appears" to be.
Rates arbitraily/puposefully devised<root so as to attract specific attention within rank(s). Not lawful.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:52 EST
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This is right in my neighborhood! I hope this guy is convicted and removed from my area. Sheesh!
Seems like a counter-suit might be in order.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:04 EST
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That's messed up! Too bad it's not like the UK, where if you sue and lose you have to pay the defendant's court costs.
I wish you luck and will be donating to the defense fund!
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:07 EST
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It seems that the interest's of 4D-STS have lined up with the interests of this vector known as Pepin. STS wants SoTT shut-down as part of their global control plans, and Pepin is looking for money and to actively "defend" his honor so that the illusion of same might be maintained. As Gimpy stated, Pepin almost surely smells an easy kill.
SoTT - you have my support in standing up against this -path.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:12 EST
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"Judge Steven L. Price, after a five-day trial without a jury, found Eric James Pepin, 40, not guilty of two counts of second-degree sexual abuse, four counts of third-degree sexual abuse and one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct."
"PROTOCOL No. 8
"1. We must arm ourselves with all the weapons which our opponents might employ against us. We must search out in the very finest shades of expression and the knotty points of the lexicon of law justification for those cases where we shall have to pronounce judgments that might appear abnormally audacious and unjust, for it is important that these resolutions should be set forth in expressions that shall seem to be the most exalted moral principles cast into legal form."
DECEPTION IN MOTION...
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:19 EST
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"or he is being put up to it?"
Certainly the usual suspects of cointelpro agents working against SOTT would rejoice over this despicable act. Perhaps Pepin isn't working this attack alone?
You have my support--take care.
shellycheval
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I noticed that Jeff Rense is still supporting Pepin's product and has been at least for a couple years ( I naively bought that garbage after seeing it on his site). The Higher Balance banner is the 3rd down from the top.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:02 EST
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It's a real possibility...
Also, when it comes to super rich sexual predators and their behaviors being brought to light...it gets ugly. These people are very interconnected and command vast resources. It's a sad shame, they could tie this up in litigation for years if they so decide.
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 01:05 EST
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Here you have a real sicko that thinks not only that he can prey on innocent victims, but that he can snuff out freedom of speech, too.
It would seem that there is more going on here with the psychopathic society than meets the eye. I agree that SOTT and the forum are hitting close to the truth on a lot of things and those in the know are getting very uncomfortable.
What's next? How soon until we will not be able to say anything other that what is allowed? Think about it, we need to make a stand.
You got my support guys. I'm making a donation NOW.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:25 EST
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Greetings everyone. This lawsuit is so utterly specious and spurious, so devoid of merit, I am frankly amazed that the plaintiff has the audacity to attempt it. The public domain articles presented by SOTT regarding his background will provide more than ample defense. Still, a lawsuit means ... money. Let's see what we can do to help the cause! My best to everyone at SOTT.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 16:07 EST
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In matters similar to the above. It is extreemly important to understand what is being "conveyed". Acting on behalf of... a package was opened addressed (correctly?) to a Fiction of Law. As an autonomous free thinking individual having the ability to define ones own terms this precipitates the requirement to question terms presented in order to acquire kowledge then understanding. They always uses TDC as leverage.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 17:24 EST
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Eric Pepin the psychopath must have used this intimidation tactic to silence many people before. He didn't expect his victim to hit back so publicly. Typical of psychopathic wishful thinking.
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A reputation for preying on young boys/men and to having sex with most of his 11 young male employees by his own admission. Now he feels that reputation is somehow being damaged by being exposed? Sick!!!
The young victim in the trial is unlikely to be the only boy to have been caught in the web of "Master" Eric. Anna Salter mentions in her book "Predators, pedophiles, rapists and other sex offenders", that most child victims don't press charges and even if they do, the offenders rarely get convicted.
You have my support. Don't let this person get away with intimidation and predation.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:55 EST
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You have my full support. And I bought a bunch of books. Give the lie what it needs - the truth.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:07 EST
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You have all my support. And as the others have said: Give the lie what it needs - the truth.
Count me for a donation.
Take care and be wise. We never know what are the ways that the PTB are going to take.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:56 EST
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I will donate a.s.a.p.
I wish I could do more but I can't right this moment. SOTT is very dear to me. Much love and good luck!!
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27 EST
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Since 2006, Pepin has been tossed around and toasted on more than a few sites. His predatory lifestyle is not a secret. Lots of other forums have discussed his habits and the trial and basically said the same as the SOTT forum.
Take a look at these:
Link Posted July 20, 2006 01:41 PM by Julia on Safe Passage Foundation Org.
Link Monday, January 28 2008 @ 04:19 PM CST by Admin from the Republic of Texas at Hidden Mysteries.
Link billybob2
Dec 27 2006, 04:59 PM on Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forum
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:27 EST
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Praise Geeeeeesus. Right in my back yard. How handy for me to get some enlightment and learn a few new paranormal tricks, huh??? I better not say anymore for fear they'll be coming with handcuffs sooner than I'd like. I still have a few more things to learn.
Added: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:52 EST
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Aaarggh, fury is running my veins. My punchbag is going to get some hammer this morning. We need to spread this article far and wide and make sure this sex criminal punk doesnt do any damage to our beacon of light, sott.net. Spread the word about Eric Pepin!!
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:05 EST
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Can't help but think that this guy has just shot himself in the foot by suing SOTT. I mean he has just emerged from a sex abuse lawsuit and he jump right into suing someone else. Articles about the lawsuit are still floating on the net describing his sexual conduct with teenage boys and he imagines that people will think that he is an innocent person under unjustified attack from his own customers! This guy is at least hysterical or could even be considered a psychopath stalking people who dared to point to the truth of his conduct!
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:17 EST
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Everyone should be warned about this sexual predator!
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 04:22 EST
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The nonsense you guys have to put up with! I would first try and have the case thrown out based on the fact that it has no merit and not waste too much of your precious time on this petty tyrant.
It's funny, the photograph you have of this guy, it looks like he had to get dressed in a hurry, with his collar tucked in like that. A picture speaks a thousand words...
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:00 EST
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Always thank you and I am always with you, Laura!!! It is obvious that He is the one who has huge problem! I am logical and I will not fooled by a person like this anymore! Most of us here got your books and now we have power to support you! Even we are far away, we know what to do. Ganbatte!!
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:21 EST
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This is ridiculous. This guy selling meditation tapes whose efficiency is not officially proven and suing for complains of dissatisfied customers. This needs to be fought , else the ptb can take take it as a example and use it for suppression of free speech on the internet. Unfortunately , all the judges are paid or tweaked by current administration, so it is highly important to be vigilent despite the frivilous nature of the case.
By the way the forum post is very decent , it is objectively commented , this is million times betterand decent than daily aired radio chat batterings and our decider president's lie.
can all the people in US sue our decider president for defaming USA in front of the world?.
SOTT should sue him back for what ever the losses this guy created to sott work or in general discouragement to general public who wants to express themselves.
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:42 EST
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Did Pepin really think a website with the level of commitment to the Truth that SOTT has would just fold under a frivolous lawsuit? Thank you Eric Pepin... he's going to be a very well known figure indeed if SOTT has anything to say about it. Not that they really need to - the facts speak for themselves.
Spread the word about Eric Pepin and HBI!
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:04 EST
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O boy is this gonna backfire on them! If you attack Laura and SOTT.net, you attack all who love Truth.
Laura and Ark, you continue to give so much in spite of all the crap they throw at you. Daunting as the propect of this ordeal seems from here, I have faith in you to come through this stronger than ever.
I will donate as much as I can to help your defence. In the meantime, let us try to find out as much as we can about this STS vector... I mean, pederast... I mean, Spiritual Healer, Eric Pepin, as possible.
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:43 EST
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Give the lie what it deserves: the Truth!
Wanted to show my support, made a donation for the lawsuit defense. Every day I realize more and more that without SOTT I would be adrift in the sea of lies and manipulation that surround us.
Let's not allow for SOTT to be taken down.
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:32 EST
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"Wanted to show my support, made a donation for the lawsuit defense. . . . " I made a donation as well. Keep us posted. Thank you for what you do!
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:52 EDT
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Better to loose a 'Master' Pepin than Sott! There are very few news sites like sott and its forum is really unique, but plenty of 'pepins' around.
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:46 EST
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Hey Laura, this smells smells smells... I am rooting for you and and I will be sending you a few gift cards in the mail to contribute towards this crap. But think this one through... Clearing this up in the legal sense may not be the only worthy goal!!! Perhaps there is a way to kill three birds w/ one stone. I am hoping you get my drift but as I am sure you are aware this is about more than just "Eric Pepin"... he is the superficial layer and it will be him they use as the veil to poke you. Anyways, perhaps it is time to set up a new forum subheading - or even a new "incorporated" site al-together (just to take the heat off SOTT for this particular issue) and try to put some of the die-hard resources here on SOTT to work for you in doing what we do best. Hopefully there are a few legal types that are regular readers here that can contribute "sans dough" as well. You have nurtured quite a great community here, and I was quite shocked to here this news!!! From what I have read of you, each time you have been challenged you have come out the other side with insights that money could not buy... You are not alone in this, as we are rooting and willing to do what is needed:)
Added: Sat, 08 Mar 2008 22:38 EST
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I mean come on! It is so sickening and twisted that this person wants to sue QFG for damages to his reputation when he himself has admitted to the world that he is a sexual predator! I mean, how much more deranged can he get? Wow, he probably sits in a dark room and thinks that the light is on and vice versa because he has been listening too much to his own so called "meditation" tapes!
Laura, for what it's worth, you have my support as well. I will be donating to the legal defense fund right after I post this comment.
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 04:15 EDT
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I just added the following text to the comment at the end of the article:
Make no mistake about it: This is an attack on internet freedom and freedom of speech, plain and simple. If Eric Pepin were to win, based on the accusations in the complaint, it would set a precedent that would reverberate across the world. It would make anyone who had a different opinion of view of the world - other than that which is approved by the PTB - subject to suppression and censure. The issues of psychopathy and conspiracy are specifically named in the complaint as well as the connection between religion and making money. If this suit were to succeed, it would significantly chill further discourse about conspiracies, pathological deviance, mind control methods and real cults, including the Judao-Islamo-Christian dominator trio. It would be a disaster.
And so, I think we can begin to notice who is and is not interested in assisting us in publicizing this threat, what so-called "alternative news" sites or "conspiracy theory" sites are willing to come to our aid in facing this threat against all of us on the net.
Certainly there are people and sites that have felt the sting of our critique and we have felt theirs more than once. This is the watershed. As Martin Niemöller said:
"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."
It's time for those who stand for freedom of speech, for our First Amendment Rights, to speak up or forever be silenced. Because that is what will happen if Eric Pepin and the Higher Balance Institute will prevail. He will create the precedent for total suppression for the PTB masters whether that is his intention or not.
So, let's pay attention to who does and does not give this matter the publicity it deserves. You will know who is or is not for your freedoms by this simple test.
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:13 EDT
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"... Price said it was "probable that the conduct alleged in all counts occurred," but he wasn't convinced beyond a reasonable doubt. "There's a lack of strong corroboration," such as a date-stamp on a videotape of the sexual encounter, the judge said."
Just unbelievable! Certainly slams it home that there is a fundamentally different type of human being among us; what a sicko!
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:49 EDT
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...for openly admitting to being a sexual predator and seducing almost all of his staff.
And the rest of us should be spreading this info far and wide, because it does concern the future of freedom of speech on the web. No draconian laws will be needed if guys in robes with cash can silence anyone!
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:15 EDT
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What audacity! And what a waste of time, energy & money for Sott. You have my support as well!
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:29 EDT
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If Master Eric prevails then the Hillsboro Argus can be sued, The Oregonian can be sued, The judge who was directly quoted as saying, Judge Steven L. Price said it was ,"probable that the conduct alleged in all counts occurred."
What were the counts?
two counts of second-degree sexual abuse
four counts of third-degree sexual abuse
one count of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct
All horrific. And the last one "using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct"!!!!!!
Sue the judge Steven L. Price.
Sue Holly Danks of the Oregonian.
Sue Kurt Eckert of the Hillsboro Argus.
Nope, they are after you and me, average person.
Now they want to take away one of the last rights we have that they have not completely shutdown yet.
Lock Down.
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:44 EDT
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If there are any attorneys that read and subscribe to SOTT, please consider offering Pro Bono legal services on SOTT's behalf in this case.
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:49 EDT
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this creep wants to sue SOTT for hosting a forum discussion of info that's already in the public domain?! he has really shown his true pathological colours.
if this case doesn't get laughed out of court then mankind is in serious trouble. like, even more than it is already.
SOTT.net is one of the last bastions of objective, rational free speech and commentary, on the internet - the future of open public discourse is absolutely at stake here.
Added: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:54 EDT
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