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NOPD requested an arrest warrant for Seth Dunlap, Judge denies warrant
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:55 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:55 am
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Ramon Antonio Vargas
@RVargasAdvocate
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@johnsimerman
- The investigation into ex-WWL Radio host Seth Dunlap is at a crossroads after sources tell us a judge denied NOPD's request this week to issue an arrest warrant accusing Dunlap of extortion.
A source with knowledge of the request says NOPD has compelling evidence, but the judge just didn't believe the alleged facts amounted to extortion. Cops can reurge their case for extortion or seek another offense based on the same facts, but it remains to be seen what happens.
In other words, it sounds like the NOPD concluded that he sent the tweet, but the Judge did not interpret it as "extortion".
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 10:56 am
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Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:56 am to Fun Bunch
Gays can get away with anything these days
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:57 am to Fun Bunch
Send it to the grand jury and let them indict. Then the judge won't get a say.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 10:57 am to Fun Bunch
T Bob got anything to say about this?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:00 am to Fun Bunch
quote:
In other words, it sounds like the NOPD concluded that he sent the tweet, but the Judge did not interpret it as "extortion".
But would the tweet constitute the "communication of threats" or would Dunlap's demand for $$?
quote:
A. Extortion is the communication of threats to another with the intention thereby to obtain anything of value or any acquittance, advantage, or immunity of any description. Any one of the following kinds of threats shall be sufficient to constitute extortion:
(1) A threat to do any unlawful injury to the person or property of the individual threatened or of any member of his family or of any other person held dear to him.
(2) A threat to accuse the individual threatened or any member of his family or any other person held dear to him of any crime. An offer to participate in a theft prevention program pursuant to Code of Criminal Procedure Article 215 shall not constitute a violation of the provisions of this Paragraph.
(3) A threat to expose or impute any deformity or disgrace to the individual threatened or to any member of his family or to any other person held dear to him.
(4) A threat to expose any secret affecting the individual threatened or any member of his family or any other person held dear to him.
(5) A threat to cause harm as retribution for participation in any legislative hearing or proceeding, administrative proceeding, or in any other legal action.
(6) A threat to do any other harm.
B. Whoever commits the crime of extortion shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than one nor more than fifteen years.
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 11:03 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:02 am to teke184
He will start crowing about it, even though he doesn't understand at all what just happened.
NOPD wouldn't have requested an arrest warrant if they didn't think he sent the tweet.
This is simply a matter of semantics: What is Extortion under the law?
Its not judging whether he sent the tweet or not. he did.
NOPD wouldn't have requested an arrest warrant if they didn't think he sent the tweet.
This is simply a matter of semantics: What is Extortion under the law?
Its not judging whether he sent the tweet or not. he did.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:03 am to Fun Bunch
I don’t remember in detail what happened here. Was he accused of sending an insulting tweet about a homosexual, and some are trying to blow that up into something bigger?
Just fire and ostracize him like everybody else. Becoming unhireable is an insane enough punishment to set an example and frighten everybody so there will never be open discussion about any issues around this. Just like race issues.
Edit: I see that this is a Jussie Smollett situation, which means nothing will come of it because the law doesn’t apply to the accused.
Just fire and ostracize him like everybody else. Becoming unhireable is an insane enough punishment to set an example and frighten everybody so there will never be open discussion about any issues around this. Just like race issues.
Edit: I see that this is a Jussie Smollett situation, which means nothing will come of it because the law doesn’t apply to the accused.
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 11:14 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:04 am to Fun Bunch
If he demanded that WWL pay him off because of the defamation done on the company’s social media, I’d say that qualifies as extortion.
And there should be proof of legal demands from his attorneys for “damages” submitted to WWL.
And there should be proof of legal demands from his attorneys for “damages” submitted to WWL.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:05 am to Fun Bunch
Lock him up! Lock him up! Lock him up!
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:05 am to TheHarahanian
The tweet itself isn’t the issue as much as the accusation that he did it fraudulently to defame WWL and demand damages to be paid to himself.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:06 am to TheHarahanian
A tweet was sent from the WWL official account calling Seth a fig. (He is openly gay)
Seth acted all outraged and took a leave of absence. He then hired a lawyer to sue the station for discrimination.
At a meeting to talk about the case, his lawyer asked for 1.8 million.
At that point, WWL set him up. They revealed that their investigation showed he sent the tweet, and they had video proof he had his phone with him behind closed doors at the time. Traced the IP on the tweet to his phone.
They turned it over to the NOPD.
Seth acted all outraged and took a leave of absence. He then hired a lawyer to sue the station for discrimination.
At a meeting to talk about the case, his lawyer asked for 1.8 million.
At that point, WWL set him up. They revealed that their investigation showed he sent the tweet, and they had video proof he had his phone with him behind closed doors at the time. Traced the IP on the tweet to his phone.
They turned it over to the NOPD.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:09 am to Fun Bunch
All the D.A. has to do is bring it to the grand jury for indictment.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:09 am to Fun Bunch
Dude has already left the city and went back home
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:09 am to Fun Bunch
Just bring it to grand jury and indict, then a warrant issues automatically.
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:09 am to Fun Bunch
Seth is already across the country right now so good luck finding him
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:09 am to brewhan davey
quote:
But would the tweet constitute the "communication of threats" or would Dunlap's demand for $$?
What about the subsequent meeting where they demanded money? Settlement discussions? Does a suit have to be filed for such discussions to be admissible?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:10 am to teke184
How is someone not demanding 1.8M from an employer due to a hate tweet you faked and said was from said company not a classic case of extortion?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:11 am to Major Dutch Schaefer
I don’t think Leon will
This post was edited on 11/8/19 at 11:13 am
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:12 am to tylercsbn9
When an Orleans Parish judge doesn’t want to treat it like one?
Posted on 11/8/19 at 11:13 am to tzimme4
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zimme4
Seth is already across the country right now so good luck finding him
So you’re harboring a fugitive?
Be careful what you say Timmy
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