John Kerry Sued By POW Group

POWs and Carlton Sherwood File Suit Against John Kerry and Anthony Podesta for Defamation, Conspiracy

Carlton Sherwood, Red, White and Blue Productions, Inc. and Vietnam Veterans Legacy Foundation v. John F. Kerry and Anthony T. Podesta

On October 3, 2005, Carlton Sherwood, Red, White and Blue, and the VVLF filed suit in Federal court against Sen. John Kerry and Anthony Podesta for events relating to the suppression of the documentary film "Stolen Honor".


Legal Documents:

http://www.vvlf.org/documents/Sherwood_and_VVLF_v_Kerry.pdf

 

I just hope they are successful in getting Kerry on the witness stand and under oath. That would be a first, I believe.

 

John O'Neill announced long ago that he would personally pay all legal expenses if Kerry would please...please sue him or the Swiftboat Veterans for the Truth.

So why didn't Kerry sue? The slander was, to me,either obvious or true. I believe it's because he absolutely cannot be placed on the stand and put under oath. That would be his complete downfall.

 

A Kerry lackey responds:

http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/wireStory?id=1186964

A Kerry spokesman suggested the suit was designed as a fund-raising tool for the veterans foundation and others.

"This is simply more of the same smears and sleaze against a decorated Vietnam veteran from more of the same serial liars who disgraced themselves in 2004," spokesman David Wade said.

"It's too bad the truth doesn't matter to the right wing when there's a chance to fund-raise based on outright falsehood and slander," he said.

 

POW members respond:


http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-06-2005/0004163313&EDATE=

"I am irritated to be called a liar by the spokesman for someone who spent
less time in Vietnam than I spent being tortured. I would like to know what
was false when I said that I was interrogated in 1971, told about the 'Winter
Soldier Hearings,' told that someone had recruited my mother to be associated
with these people, and told that John Kerry organized it. Was Boris (my
interrogator) lying about Winter Soldier? Did these hearings not take place?
Was John Kerry not involved? And while the Kerry people are tossing around
frivolous lawsuits claiming defamation, isn't it defamatory to say that
someone is lying if you can't prove it?"
-- The Hon. James Warner, VVLF Board member and former US Marine Corps
Captain held captive in Vietnam for over 5 years


"Who is this pipsqueak press boy Wade to question the honor, statements or
credibility of veterans who took real fire and POWs who took real torture?
How dare he! How dare Kerry allow his taxpayer-funded office to malign
decorated veterans and call them liars. Of course, this is nothing new for
Kerry -- his public life stems from vilifying vets."
-- Mary Jane McManus, VVLF Board member and wife of former POW Lt. Col
Kevin McManus


Pipsqueak!! Ya gotta love Mary Ann McManus.

 

It would be the first time on a witness stand, under oath, being asked questions by a hostile attorney.

He was not questioned by anyone who could be considered hostile in 1971.