Bible & Gospel Trust v. Twinam, Civil No. 2:07-CV-17 (D. Vt. filed Jan. 25, 2007).
Status: Defense motion to dismiss pending, July 18, 2008

The Exclusive Brethren religious group sued Timothy Twinam, the formerly anonymous owner of the www.peebs.net website, which calls the group a cult. The religious group alleges that the site threatened to publish documents in which the group claims exclusive copyright, causing “tortous interference” of the pre-trial settlement of a prior suit brought against blogger Richard Wyman of another site, www.exclusivebrethren.com. Twinam filed a motion to dismiss under Vermont’s anti-SLAPP statute. A federal magistrate recommended that the court deny the motion, 2008 WL 5216845 (D. Vt. July 18, 2008), but the district judge rejected the recommendation, and the motion is still pending.

Links and Court Documents:
Court documents: http://peebs.net/ExclusiveBrethrenNews/Press/Backgrounder-20080220.pdf