"Pride in the Park" drag Queen defamation trial horrifies

[jmowreader]

In June 2022 an event known as Pride in the Park was conducted in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho’s City Park. You may remember it because Patriot Front attempted to trash the place and the cops caught them before they could.

Well…it gets worse.

During Pride in the Park there was a drag Queen performance by one Eric Posey. It was cute. Children were in attendance and were entertained in a family-friendly manner. A right-wing videographer named Jeremy Lokken taped the show. He subsequently enlarged at least part of the footage by 300 percent and pushed up the brightness, causing an artifact to appear near Posey’s crotch. Lokken decided this was a faint outline of one of Posey’s testicles and sent the edited film to local right-wing blogger Summer Bushnell, who claimed in her blog that Posey’s balls were hanging out in front of children. A few days ago, Posey described the undergarments he wears during performance, which provide his balls enough cover and concealment that there’s no way you’d ever see them. Since this is North Idaho, the response was predictable - Posey’s life was ruined.

So…Posey sued Bushnell for defamation, and so far he’s proven it. The plaintiff brought in a digital forensics expert who testified that what she destroyed Posey’s life over - which, incidentally, was one-fifth of a second of the performance - was simply noise caused by all the manipulation Lokken did to the video.

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/may/23/drag-performance-defamation-trial-continues/

[ExciteBike66]

1. This was the one where the fascists tried to use a uhaul truck as an infantry carrier...

Probably violated the rental contract on that one.

[obamanut2012]

2. Oh God I remember that

And, that is indeed against UHaul policies and rules. And probably actual laws.

[jmowreader]

13. Yup

And in the pictures of the arrest you can see my old apartment in the background.

[Blue Idaho]

14. For the record...

They never got near the park. An alert citizen reported them to the cops and sheriff’s office as they were assembling at their motel for the trip to the city park. Frankly I’m surprised our fascist sheriff bothered to lift a finger. FWIW I don’t think the performer as ever charged with anything. The cops reviewed the obviously doctored video and announced there was no crime to prosecute. Of course the local extremist Christian cult was outraged by the this non-incident.

[Initech]

3. The whole MAGA obsession with drag queens and children is fucking insane.

If they really wanted to stop children from being sexualized, they should go after child beauty pageants and the clergy.

[magicarpet]

4. Hate rears its head in incideous ways.

Nazis going to Nazi because hate is alpha macho male.

[MagickMuffin]

5. The lengths some people will go to

Just because they are so full of hate.

[usedtobedemgurl]

7. The expert testified they weren't. nt

[Qutzupalotl]

8. They weren't.

The article says the images were digitally enhanced to imply that that's how it was being shown to the public, when ti wasn't.

[gay texan]

9. They werent

Hence, the lawsuit

[MagickMuffin]

10. Read the article again, the footage was altered to appear that way

It clearly states that the video was manipulated!

[AnrothElf]

11. FFS... Tell us that you didn't read the fucking article without telling us you didn't read the fucking article.

[jmowreader]

12. More articles on it

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/may/22/blogger-testifies-in-defamation-trial/

In this article Ms. Bushnell admits she knew the allegations were false before she made them.

https://cdapress.com/news/2024/may/21/defamation-trial-begins-for-blogger-sued-by-drag-performer/

In this article Mr. Posey explains what he wears under his costume when he performs: Underwear woven from duct tape and gaffer’s tape, two pairs of tights, a pair of “boy short” style underwear and a leotard on top. He said he wears so many layers to prevent any kind of wardrobe malfunction. It also mentions the several death threats he got online...some people wanted to hang him, others to shoot him.

[mainer]

15. He's suing her for only $10,000 and she ruined his life

She should have to pay ten times that.