A year ago, I started a website to expose a USA TV celebrity as a sexual conman (the story was initially covered in New Idea magazine and Today Tonight). I did it so that other women whom he targets online (his pattern of behaviour) could find out about his track record and read stories from the dozen or so women who have given me their accounts of being hurt by this man, including one who claims he raped her when she (a fan of his) went to pick him up at his hotel during one of his "celebrity tours". She filed a police report and there was an investigation etc, etc.
All these women (most of them vulnerable, single mums without much by way of resources) have kept quiet because of fears of being exposed (he has thousands of compromising photos and some videos), and/or being sued by him for defamation. Several were emotionally broken because of him - one had a nervous breakdown, two talked about suicide, one lost over 50lbs etc. I feel it my duty to show other victims out there that they can speak out about this abuse.
His US lawyer sent me a letter 2 weeks ago demanding I pull down my website on the basis that I'm breaking cyber harassment and cyber stalking laws. I meant to post for advice here at the time, but in the end I chose to respond publicly on my blog >> Response to Robb Demarest’s Lawyer (I know you lawyers will be screaming at me for this, but I figured if they were to report me to Australian police, that at least my defence would be front and centre when the cops look at the site, so they don't have to plough through the 20 or so posts there, and also frankly to show the other women that I'm not afraid of this guy).
This morning I got a voicemail from someone describing himself as an Australian private investigator working for the US lawyer, giving me one last chance to respond before they "file paperwork". I'd like to know what the process would involve at their end and mine - ie. who do they file it with, would I be contacted by the police or automatically charged, how long would everything take, etc. and would he be required to testify here in Australia should it go to court, and what are his chances?
All these women (most of them vulnerable, single mums without much by way of resources) have kept quiet because of fears of being exposed (he has thousands of compromising photos and some videos), and/or being sued by him for defamation. Several were emotionally broken because of him - one had a nervous breakdown, two talked about suicide, one lost over 50lbs etc. I feel it my duty to show other victims out there that they can speak out about this abuse.
His US lawyer sent me a letter 2 weeks ago demanding I pull down my website on the basis that I'm breaking cyber harassment and cyber stalking laws. I meant to post for advice here at the time, but in the end I chose to respond publicly on my blog >> Response to Robb Demarest’s Lawyer (I know you lawyers will be screaming at me for this, but I figured if they were to report me to Australian police, that at least my defence would be front and centre when the cops look at the site, so they don't have to plough through the 20 or so posts there, and also frankly to show the other women that I'm not afraid of this guy).
This morning I got a voicemail from someone describing himself as an Australian private investigator working for the US lawyer, giving me one last chance to respond before they "file paperwork". I'd like to know what the process would involve at their end and mine - ie. who do they file it with, would I be contacted by the police or automatically charged, how long would everything take, etc. and would he be required to testify here in Australia should it go to court, and what are his chances?
