Squid,

I had hoped that by now GOOU would have posted a link to the complete text of the Notice of Dismissal that he/she quoted. I thought that it would, perhaps, shed a bit more light on the whole matter and give us more information regarding the legal basis for the suit. For instance:

If the allegation was Tortious Interference (with contracts) then (as I said in an earlier post on the subject) I think that in his answer to a question posed in a thread that he authored at SSucks - 'I answer my phone and listen' - Jim Early (aka Missyae) had telegraphed a compelling response to the assertion. Because one of the elements necessary to Tortious Interference is the 'intent of a third party to induce a breach of a contractual relationship'. And merely being available for, and receptive to, confidences - and a willing conduit for their publication - does not, I would think, rise to the level of intentional inducement.

The other suggestion of a basis for the suit that I've read - the improper/illegal broadcast of 'trade secrets' proprietary to the plaintiff(s) - baffles me. It is not as though we are talking about the formula for Coca - Cola. And the fact that the suggestion baffles me is probably a first-rate indication of another fact: I'm not an attorney.

But, I have thought all along that CBS/SEG pursued this particular spoiler (and spoils) to the extent that they did because of the depth (rather than the breadth) of Missyae's revelations. In short: I don't think that the premature exposure of a Season's boot order, challenge results - or even the identity of its Sole Survivor - to a relatively small segment of the show's viewers is nearly as disturbing to them as is the possibility that their general audience will be made aware of just how divorced from reality - from a candid portrayal of events and behaviors - their final product has become. And the "Sash/Jane deal" is a great example of that disconnect/deceit.

So, for now, I suppose that we're left with the public face of the resolution of the suit. And that is, that in return for Missyae's cooperation (including the identification of sources), the plaintiff has requested that the suit be dismissed. However, there is, it would seem, soon to be more!

But first, some background:

I've long been one of Andy Dehnart's avid readers. So, when CBS posted the cast announcement for Nicaragua - without the contestants' dates of birth - I emailed him in the hope that he might have access to the information. And in the email, I expressed my surprise (and unhappiness) at and with an announcement made by Missyae to the effect that he wouldn't be doing pre-air interviews of the new Survivors.

Mr. Dehnart promptly replied to my email. And, after telling me that he didn't have the information I needed, he thanked me for my 'heads up' regarding the post by Missyae. And that surprised me even more. It hadn't occurred to me that he wasn't aware of Missyae's comments concerning the souring of his relationship with Survivor's producers.

A couple of days later, this article appeared at Reality Blurred. In it, Mr. Dehnart quotes a portion of one of Mr. Early's posts:

"The guy from RealityBlurred is a top flight assclown. If he didn’t post such nasty comments mixed in with his interviews with players, he might have gone back out there to do pre-show interviews again this time around. All that bashing of Russell Hantz caught up with him. I guess he can now blame Russell for his firing from doing those interviews. Word is Hantz went to the PTB and helped get DenFart axed. I guess he should have made those snarky add-on comments to Russell’s face instead of just adding them into his article when he got back home. At least these players had someone respectable like Gordon Holmes to be interviewed by.”

Now fast forward to yesterday at Survivor Whispers and this series of posts by Jim/Missyae:

"BIG INTERVIEW COMING MONDAY - GOING OUT EVERYWHERE - MISSYAE TALKS!!! - MAJOR OUTLETS ...

http://www.andydehnart.com ...

His work gets out. MSNBC, tons of places he contributes ...

Yeah, he has a dog in this fight ...

LOL, probably gonna be some sleepless nights for some people until this comes out ...

This wouldnt be the place that Missyae releases.... he wouldnt do that would he? Surely not, spoilers in an interview, that would be crazy right? ...

Watch party at SUCKS, countdown to REAL spoilers ...

Oh just wait, BW has some splain' to do ...

Not sure if his editors will have it ready for publishing Tuesday or Wedneday, he has patiently been waiting through this whole lawsuit ordeal and I promosed him first interview. Hes good ...

Hes a good writer, lots of sarcasm and has a beef with Survivor and also hates Russell, lol."

And to think that I introduced them ...