By: Joel Davis Weekly California Newspaper Gets $48Gs
A Hollister, Calif., weekly newspaper has settled a lawsuit
against a former city councilman who admitted he set up a Web
site to tie the paper's gay publisher to lesbian pornography and
to accuse one of its columnists of being a child molester.
Former Councilman Joseph Felice conceded he created a hate site
attacking The Pinnacle. He apologized and paid $48,000 to
Pinnacle Co-owner and Publisher Tracie Cone and columnist
Bob Valenzuela.
They gave the money, minus attorney fees, to local charities,
reported the paper's Web site.
Joel Davis (jdavis@editorandpublisher.com) is West Coast editor for E&P.
Copyright 2001, Editor & Publisher.
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