Filmmaker Sues Kerry, Campaign Aide

Breitbart.com ^ | October 5, 2005 | Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press Writer

[JakeINJoisey]

Filmmaker Sues Kerry, Campaign Aide Oct 05 3:48 PM US/Eastern

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press Writer

PHILADELPHIA

A filmmaker has sued Sen. John Kerry and a one-time campaign aide, saying they defamed him as they sought to block the broadcast of an anti-Kerry documentary during the 2004 presidential election.

The lawsuit, filed this week on behalf of producer Carlton Sherwood and a Vietnam veterans group, is the latest salvo in the battle over the documentary "Stolen Honor: Wounds That Never Heal."

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Sherwood's suit alleges that Kerry directed the DNC to issue a statement that falsely said the film was produced and funded by "extreme right-wing activists."

The film was funded only by Vietnam veterans from Pennsylvania, according to Sherwood, a Harrisburg resident who served in Vietnam. He and a combat veterans group called the Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation filed the federal suit in Philadelphia on Monday.

The suit charges that Anthony Podesta, who ran Kerry's campaign in Pennsylvania, called Sherwood "a disgraced journalist" and "Bush hack" in a widely circulated e-mail.

Kerry's Senate office was preparing a response Wednesday, spokesman David Wade said. Podesta did not immediately return a message.

[JakeINJoisey]

Drudge has picked it up...remains to be seen if it can hold it's own amidst WH spies, USSC nominations, Katrina et al.

[manwiththehands]

Right from the liberal playbook. If you don't like what your enemies are saying, defame them.

[digger48]

Anthony Podesta???

John Podesta's wife?

Cut from the same mold, at the least.

[Syncro]

More coverage ping...

[Jet Jaguar]

bttt!