By Nicole Montesano • Staff Writer • 

New hearing slated in Peterson lawsuit

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Stock

Hey look, the NR is going out of its way to slander Mr. Peterson again on his non-existent arrest warrant for a case that he was not even aware of. I notice you still haven't retracted the libelous statement that he has an active arrest warrant from your previous articles.

The new hearing date is scheduled because Paul was never even served in this pending case, and the judge sent the case back to square one as it appears that the other side is playing games. Once again, you are only covering one side of the story, using malicious slander, and only to benefit another con man from Salt Lake City. Administrative dissolution is common, and never constitutes regulatory or otherwise punitive action. Why not cover the multitude of other corporate entities registered in McMinnville which have been administratively dissolved in the last year?

I know you're mad at Paul and JW because you think they exposed the massive fraud committed by your new friends at the Falls Events Center, and because JW is clamoring for transparency about the Atticus Hotel and Oddfellows building public grant windfall, particularly because of Jeb Bladine's 25% ownership in the Atticus and Oddfellows buildings. The News Register will face consequences if you continue to push tabloid stories and print malicious slander in the pursuit of Jeb Bladine's personal vendettas and attempt to intimidate and threaten whistleblowers who are looking out for the public interest.

From my own research I have learned that the individual suing Paul is a Salt Lake City con-man and multiple felon who Paul fired years ago. Paul agreed to buy back the shares that Helton was given for free upon hire but Helton has yet to deliver the certificates. The lawsuit appears to be blatant extortion, and not unlike the lawsuit by The Falls is an attempt at intimidation of whistleblowers doing a public service.

These are interesting stories, but Jeb Bladine is absolutely 180 degrees on the wrong side of them.

Jeb Bladine

Wow, “Stock,” so personal! It suggests some kind of personal connection to all this, so perhaps you could enlighten readers if that is the case.

I don’t write news for the newspaper, and I’m not mad at Mr. Millegan or Mr. Peterson. As prominent public figures who have aggressively attacked leaders of Evergreen Museum and The Falls Event Center – and who now have been sued for $25 million by TFEC – they have risen to become natural recipients of news coverage by those who do report our news.

Slander, by the way, is verbal – some of that is going around, I suspect. Maliciously untrue printed information could be libelous, if it actually rose to the level required for such a serious charge.

Jeb Bladine
News-Register

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Wow...I see a libelous accusation Stock, but it isn't coming from the newspaper....

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