Judge Calls Jared E. Shafer's Libel Suit "Acrimonious" and "Contemptuous"

Clark County District Court Judge David Barker on August 12, ordered all parties in a two year long libel lawsuit to resolve their differences in Court-Mandated Mediation.

He stayed all other proceedings in the case brought by for-hire guardian Jared E. Shafer, pending Court-Mandated Mediation which will take place in the next 30-45 days.  He also, on the record, explored a resolution of the case which would allow Defendants Rebecca Schultz and Charles Pascal a way out of the suit without admitting liability or paying anything to Plaintiff Shafer, et al.

Judge Barker referred to Shafer's lawsuit as "acrimonious" and "contentious," then asked Shafer's lawyers Alan Freer and  Ross Evans what their client's ultimate goal was in suing Schultz, and Pascal, who is indigent and legally blind?  Freer responded "My client's bottom line is to remove the 108 defamatory RipOff Reports.
    
Attorney D. Brian Boggess, appearing for Schultz, quickly responded that his client did not author the reports.

Judge Barker stated, "I can make that happen," saying that if the parties agree to Court-Mandated Mediation, he will issue a Court Order to RipOff Reports to remove the postings.

Mediation is a process whereby a neutral judge is asked by the trial judge to facilitate resolution between two or more parties. Freer and Evans accepted Judge Barker's Order without protest.

The Judge then asked Pascal, a pro-se Defendant who appeared telephonically, to make a one sentence statement as to whether he objected to the removal of the 108 RipOff Reports.

Pascal replied: "I did not author any of the RipOff Reports that are the subject of this lawsuit, your honor, so of course I don't object to their removal."

Judge Barker then asked attorney Boggess whether his client Rebecca Schultz had any objections to the removal of the 108 postings?

Boggess replied: "My client has never authored a RipOff Report about Mr. Shafer or any of his associates, so she has no objection to the postings being removed." This prolonged lawsuit, which has often been described as a good example of a "SLAPP suit," i.e., strategic lawsuit against public participation was brought against the families of two of Shafer's former "wards" who both claimed he converted hundreds of thousands of dollars from their loved one's trust accounts for his own use without rendering an accounting of how the funds were kept or utilized.

Shafer in 2012 accused Schultz and Pascal of conspiring to post the 108 allegedly defamatory articles about him on the Internet, but has been unsuccessful in proving they conspired, were the authors, or in stopping subsequent postings by anonymous authors.

Coincidently, many of the allegations in the 108 RipOff Reports about Shafer, et. al. are also being alleged in a 15 page Federal Civil Racketeering law suit filed in United States Federal Court on Friday, August 8, 2014, by 95 year old Guadalupe Olvera, a former "ward" of Shafer, and highly decorated WW 2 veteran.  Olvera is the father of Rebecca Schultz, and is also being represented by attorney Brian Boggess.

The Mediation is expected to occur within 45 days and be administered by Judge Jerry A. Wiese.  Pending the Court Order to remove the subject RipOff Reports, no further action is anticipated in this case.

Source:  Update from Steve Miller

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