Suicide Girls opened a Federal Criminal Lawsuit (now on public record, I couldn't discuss it prior) as an adjunct to the suit detailed in livejournal. It started yesterday. They themselves called the FBI regarding (what I believe is a bogus) computer hacking charge against Chad Grant, of Deviant Nation, whom I had some prior affiliation with.
Suicide Girls opened themselves up to the FBI. Perhaps they didn't know of this particular law? It seems they did though... so I'm unsure. I didn't until just now. But this is what happens when Sean jumps the gun and goes to the courts over something I believe was for about 20K only, with criminal charges of up to 10 years. The U.S. legal system is not very sympathetic to porn sites, and why Sean CHOSE to expose himself to this level of Federal scrutiny is something only he can answer, especially when he's claiming this minimal amount of monetary damages in this suit, which is a rather trigger-happy methodology, and my feeling is it's an attempt at monopolizing the alt porn industry.
