{"id":20739,"date":"2014-06-28T15:38:32","date_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=20739"},"modified":"2014-06-28T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-28T19:38:32","slug":"defamation-another-rape-related-lawsuit-dropped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=20739","title":{"rendered":"Defamation: another rape-related lawsuit dropped"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beneath this dueling legal-action story is another story, but I don’t know it. The article — Michael Arrington Drops Suit After Rape Accuser Recants – NYTimes.com<\/a>. — hints at what might have happened:<\/p>\n

Last spring, Jennifer Allen began sharing a harrowing tale of abuse she said she had received at the hands of a former boyfriend \u2014 Michael Arrington, the tech investor and blogger.<\/em><\/p>\n

In posts on Facebook<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and the comments section<\/a> of a news article on Valleywag, the tech gossip site, Ms. Allen accused Mr. Arrington of abusing and raping her. Her accusations generated a swell of media coverage, culminating in a Vanity Fair article<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Now Ms. Allen has taken back her accusations.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a blog post<\/a> on his site on Tuesday, Mr. Arrington said that he had dropped a defamation suit that he filed<\/a> over a year ago against Ms. Allen after she agreed to retract her accusations against him and apologize. He posted a copy of a settlement agreement<\/a>, signed by Ms. Allen, that says neither party paid the other any money as part of the agreement.<\/em><\/p>\n

A settlement agreement without money? This suggests that Ms. Allen accused Mr. Arrington of rape, possibly hoping to get a settlement with<\/em> money, but his defamation lawsuit against her changed her mind.<\/p>\n

And take a look at that settlement agreement, which Mr. Arrington has posted on-line. It has no non-disparagement or non-disclosure clause. Indeed, Mr. Arrington has fully disclosed it, probably as a way of thoroughly embarrassing and discrediting Ms. Allen. Who clearly had bad legal advice to begin with.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Beneath this dueling legal-action story is another story, but I don’t know it. The article — Michael Arrington Drops Suit After Rape Accuser Recants – NYTimes.com. — hints at what might have happened: Last spring, Jennifer Allen began sharing a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[525,71,626,677],"class_list":["post-20739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-defamation-lawsuit","tag-non-disclosure-settlement-agreements","tag-non-disparagement-clauses","tag-settlement-agreement"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t