I am posting this “open letter” to the Murfreesboro Post and their Reporter Ms Marchesoni, because I have discovered that a libellous article they wrote/published about me on April 23, 2009, is still being disseminated online. I hope that anyone and everyone who reads this will recognize the extremely damaging effect that such an irresponsible publication can and does have on a person’s life.
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Dear MURFREESBORO POST Editor and Reporter Marchesoni,
Whether published in paper or electronically, it is libel and/or slander to publish FALSE information which subjects an individual to defamation.
It shocked me today (1/27/2010) when I first learned of the article you published about me [Fugitive accused of posting nude photos of kids, by Lisa Marchehesoni, POST 4/23/09 @ 3:03 p.m.], and read a print-out of the online version. You are in deep legal trouble if you do not retract this article and remove it from the Internet; and, believe me when I say I WILL have no problem proving you have published libellous and slanderous accusations about me with (apparently) no effort whatsoever to verify what you were told (&/or to contact me for my statement)! Let me be more specific:
- I have NEVER been charged with ANY kind of offense even remotely related to child pornography;
- it is NOT illegal to have (and/or post online) photographs of nude children in normal everyday activities within a Naturist (or even mainstream Society) lifestyle settings;
- Detective Micky McCullough found NO unlawful images of nude children on MY website, rather he informed me that ANOTHER website that had been INADVERTANTLY included in a link to mine MIGHT contain ONE unlawful image (and I fully cooperated with Det. McCullough to assist him in tracing the origin of that other website’s images);
- I have NEVER been charged in ANY jurisdiction with “home invasion,” nor have I EVER been even arrested, accused of or questioned for such a charge;
- I do NOT have “a lengthy criminal history of terrorist acts,” in fact, I have NEVER been charged with, accused of, or even questioned about ANY “terrorist act” in my entire life (I am a VERY hard-core Patriot of Democracy); and,
- I have NEVER used, been charged, accused of or even suspected in ANY offense involving “dangerous drugs,” as I do NOT use, sell, traffic nor manufacture drugs (I do not even take aspirin!
My “criminal history” is for PETTY offenses (most of which would qualify for a slot on the World’s Dumbest Criminals TV program). YOU have portrayed me as a pedophilic terrorist!!!!!!!
Furthermore, Detectives in Murfreesboro’s Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office did NOT “obtain a search warrant” for my residence on Gardendale Drive!!! I PERSONALLY GAVE Det. McCullough permission to search; and, my Domestic Partner (a very respectable woman and public servant) gave her permission to search our home as well. No search warrant was required, because we cooperated fully with every phase and aspect of the investigation!
Also, I was AT NO TIME, “believed posing as a drug counsellor!” I AM, and have been for almost 25 years, an ordained minister through the Universal Life Church (with headquarters in Arizona/Nevada and registered with the Federal Government), hence, I DO often counsel people in spiritual and lifestyle matters that are interdependent with the doctrines and tenets of faith in the religion I adhere to &/or Bible related issues.
Your IRRESPONSIBLE reporting is atypical of the biggest problem in Journalism today — Reporters with little or no ethical training going off half-cocked and rushing to file a report WITHOUT verifying FACTS! You destroy people’s lives and reputations; You EXAGERATE; and, you present limited facts in a twisted perspective to make someone appear far, far more dangerous than they are simply to sell your second-rate paper to a sensationalized audience.
- FOR YOUR INFORMATION: my Partner & I (whom I consider my wife) know EXACTLY who it was that filed that so-called “anonymous” information regarding my website. It was a puritanical, elderly busy-body whom my wife works with and who is ALWAYS trying to cause trouble and drama at the job. I pity her for her behaviour.
My wife and I have TRIED to ignore her, because she’s just an old woman who has no life of her own — unfortunately this has gone too far, and I can NOT ignore what YOU have done!!!
Also, FYI — the website I maintained was through the provider VISTAPRINT.COM, and as soon as Det. McCullough contacted them, they TEMPORARILY pulled the website THEN CONTACTED ME to ask what to do with it (i.e. did I dispute the Detective’s claims)? I discussed it with a VistaPrint representative the same day, and as soon as I learned of the inadvertant hyperlink inclusion and questionable image (on the joined website), I instructed VistaPrint to simply cancel the account entirely rather than to risk unintentional danger to any Child.
As a Creationism Naturist (C-N’ist), and like all Naturists, I am and have ALWAYS been EXTREMELY protective of the Children around me, whether in the clothed society or amongst the Naturist Community. I can PROVE that even back in 2000, I provided the FBI a complaint filed by myself which was instrumental in persuading Maury Povich to CEASE portraying little girls under 14yrs of age in sexy clothes and scenarios on his program! In 2008-09, I was in close communication with the U.S. Justice Department and British State Department when I suspected someone was selling her 16 yr old daughter as a sex slave.
Having been sexually abused as a Child myself, then raped TWICE as an “adult” (once at 16 yrs and once at 26 yrs), I am EXTREMELY conscientious in protecting NOT ONLY Children, but Women (and even some men) as well from sexual predation. This is MY way of coping.
I first entered a “formal” Nudist/Naturist setting when I was 13 years of age, however, nudity was a fairly common occurrence in my paternal family’s Continental lifestyle, so nudity does NOT have a per se sexuality in my views as it has in the average American’s mind. NOR do I perceive nudity per se with the perversity which YOU do.
The article you published, especially online where BILLIONS of people have access and can see it, egregiously and with extreme irresponsibility presents me as some kind of terrorist, child predator, and drug dealing home invader!!! I can NOT and SHALL NOT allow such slander and libel to remain unchallenged, NOR will I allow you to just walk away without consequences for your LIBELOUS AND FALSE article!!!
I am posting this open letter to you as a courtesy (which is more than you afforded me) that will permit you to avoid BEING SUED for publishing LIES which slandered me. I have been to the Post’s Offices (and even offered to freelance for your publication), so I know you can NOT afford to pay a damage award should I sue (and I SHALL win if I file suit). So, I will offer you a way you can make amends for the slanderous LIES you published against me, to wit:
- Lisa Marchesoni will compose a column of no fewer than 1500 words to be published BOTH in the MURFREESBORO POST’s paper and online versions, said column shall; (a) apologize for including FALSE accusations in her 4/23/2009 article regarding me; and, (b) provide an ACCURATE portrayal of me WHICH INCLUDES an UNBIASED statement on the legality of Naturists’ nude photos of Naturist Families’ Children; and,
- the MURFREESBORO POST will publish an Editorial Column of not less than 2,000 words on the Naturist Lifestyle, including a minimum of 3 Naturist websites’ hyperlinks included in/with the column (one of which MUST be http://www.naturistchristians.org); MUST be an impartial report; and, MUST contain a side-bar box containing the POST’s official Editorial Staff apology to me for the misleading article of 4/23/2009.
[8/8/2016 addendum: I also DEMAND you delete the 4/23/2009 article from the Internet]
IF the POST/Lisa Marchesoni complies with the above and foregoing conditions, these TWO things NO LATER THAN FEBRUARY 21, 2010, and provides me PROOF they have been published BOTH online and in paper print; then I will give you full waiver on my claims for slander/libel for the 4/23/2009, article full of lies, and let you off on any monetary/other damage liability.
HOWEVER, if these TWO things are NOT published by 2/21/2010, I SHALL initiate a fully litigated suit against the MURFREESBORO POST and Lisa Marchesoni for publication of BLATENTLY FALSE and misleading statements about me which has seriously affected my life and future, and irreparably damaged my character. [People who turned to me for help will no longer do so because YOU published these LIES … my TRUE criminal history I can deal with, but this FALSE image YOU so foolishly and carelessly presented frightens People terribly!]
If you have a problem with my offer, tough. You should have been more diligent and responsible to VERIFY information BEFORE you published it back in April 2009. If I have no response from you by 2/21/2010, I will take that as your desire to resolve this in Court.
Respectfully, J. Logan Diez______________________________________________
Dear Followers and Friends of Logan the Pen Dragon’s Blog;
The above and foregoing letter was sent to the MURFREESBORO POST 6 years ago. A few days after I mailed it, I could no longer find the referenced article online, so I thought it had been removed. However, I never saw the retraction article either. Then, 5 days ago, someone brought to my attention that they had found/read the libellous article referred to in this letter!!! When I Googled myself thereafter, the LIBELLOUS article was there for all the world to read on the MURFREESBORO POST’s website!!!
I am posting this here on my Blog, and sharing it on other sites, because I want the World to know I SHALL be taking whatever legal action I am able to force the M’boro Post to remove the article AND to make sure they pay for the damage they have caused me.
- if anyone is/knows a good attorney who might be willing to accept this case on a contingency fee basis, please, contact me ASAP at either: logandiez56@myself.com or (9150 244-5482.
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Respects & Regards, Logan the Pen Dragon.
My social life’s imagery since the Murfreesboro Post published that article full of lies.
Logan the Pen Dragon 