Georges Perrier, Shola Olunloyo initiate lawsuit against food blog
An attorney for chef Georges Perrier has initiated a lawsuit against the blog StaphMeal by filing a praecipe to issue writ of summons in Common Pleas Court. They allege libel, slander, defamation.
Georges Perrier, Shola Olunloyo initiate lawsuit against food blog
Dan Gross
An attorney for chef Georges Perrier has initiated legal action against the blog StaphMeal by filing a praecipe to issue writ of summons in Common Pleas Court.
Perrier's attorney Jonathan Cohen's filing indicates a complaint outlining allegations of libel, slander and defamation could be forthcoming.
The writ of summons lists John Doe as a defendant as Cohen does not know the identity of the blogger, or bloggers, behind the site. The legal action is intended in part to unmask the writers.
As FooBooz recently reported, the anonymous website called Perrier a racist and also calls chef Shola Olunloyo "a big, black dick." Olunloyo, who used to work for Perrier, also retained Cohen and is part of the filing against the site.
"It’s not our intention to infringe on the protected right of free speech, but it is our intention to hold people accountable for defamation," Cohen told us earlier.
"These kids don’t seem to understand there is a real difference between being a professional journalist working within the bounds of the law and being an uninformed, immature anonymous typist," says Cohen, who is refered to as "a douche," on Staph Meal since engaging in legal threats with the blogger.
"They have no case other than scare tactics," replied a StaphMeal writer this afternoon when we asked about the case. The writer claims to be the only person working on the site and identifies himself as a male between the ages of 26-32.
Here is the brief, undetailed legal filing that could turn into a complaint.
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Check out the blog. He types things in his blog we all are guilty of saying at 2:00 AM after our shift is over working for the very people he mentions. In other words,although brutally so, he speaks the truth.— eicholson- And no one wants to hear the truth. No one wants to hear about great chefs of Philadelphia the great restaurant owners in the city. Who treat their employees like something they scraped off the bottom their shoe.No one wants hear about their jail time they spent because they decided not to pay their taxes,no one want to hear about them hitting a pregnant parking attendants because they failed to put money in a meter, or someone that sells out to some fathead who ruins a great business in West Philly so he can move the business to Wayne and con them to thinking it's all that and a back of chips. In the meantime the seller goes off give lectures about farm to table in churches in NJ like it's a new concept and gets paid for it.Where the concept of restaurant week looks good on paper but in truth most of the people that have to work find it to be nothing more than huge pain in their butts while their employer rakes in the cash and for the most part serves you something is not doggie bag worthy.Or the idiot that serves a brunch for 60.00 a pop in this economy when I can get groceries for a week for that price.I will support anyone that stays in his parent's basement and writes the truth about how foolish people in Philly spend their money when it comes to food.To quote an line from a great movie"An ounce of pretentious is worth a pound of manure"— vrb1955
- *insert comment here, that is funny, and in no way gets me in trouble* Also, it's...unusual -- Can I use the word, 'unusual'? -- that Attorney Cohen threatened legal action on that very blog. Truth is a defense to such claims, so it will be interesting to see if witnesses can back them up.— Roger Podacter
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