Email from Tim Bolen of JuriMed July 25, 2001
"Doctor No" BUSTED in California..
People magazine called him "Doctor No." Time Magazine called him "The Man Who Loves To Bust Quacks." Biography Magazine says he's here "to combat health-related frauds, myths, fads, and fallacies."
Somebody in California didn't agree with that assessment. They called him something else entirely - and they said it with legal documents.
In a California Court, Monday afternoon, July 23, 2001, in a ten million dollar lawsuit, Stephen Barrett MD (www.quackwatch.com) was charged with Racketeering (RICO), Violation of Civil Rights, Unlawful, Unfair, and Fraudulent Business Practices, Intentional Interference With Prospective Advantage, Negligent Interference With Business Advantage, Malicious Prosecution, Abuse of Process, Negligence, and Civil Conspiracy. They also asked the judge to issue orders shutting down Barrett's activities.
All, for the activities Barrett loves to descibe on his own website.
The legal action claims that the Stephen Barrett, and the other parties named, have engaged in Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Perjury, Subornation of Perjury, Extortion, Stalking, Terrorist threats, Assault, Filing false police reports, Illegal lobbying, Illegal influence of foreign government officials and/or agencies, Trespass, Invasion of Privacy, Web site tampering, Internet Spam, Investigation without license, Violation of Civil Rights & Free Speech, Interference with Right of Free Speech and Association.
For detailed information see www.savedrclark.org "Breaking News", Save Dr. Clark web site. Also see www.healthfreedomlaw.com The Health Freedom Law web site.
Tim Bolen JuriMed - Public Relations and Research Group [email protected] 949-728-0838
The following taken from Save Dr. Clark web site, written by Tim Bolen
De-licensed MD Stephen Barrett - who makes questionable claims of being a retired psychiatrist, has long testified against, ridiculed, and warned against, anybody that practices "alternative medicine." He calls it "health fraud and quackery" Barrett has labeled two-time Nobel prize winner Linus Pauling as a "quack."
Barrett operates a questionable website www.quackwatch.com out of his basement in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he lashes out at what has become the overwhelming choice for health care for North Americans - "Alternative Medicine."
Today - the tables were turned...
Some techniques he and his followers (known as "Quack Busters") have used over and over again against practitioners of alternative health methods, are lawsuits, and threats of lawsuits. Today, he and many of his group, have been named in a lawsuit filed by Health Freedom Law attorney Carlos F. Negrete, in California. It is Case # 833 021-5. Click for FULL TEXT to read the entire filing, or go to www.healthfreedomlaw.com to read it in its original form.
The lawsuit charges Stephen Barrett, his wife Judith Barrett, Terry Polevoy (of Canada), Christopher Grell, Quackwatch Inc., Quackwatch.com, Lehigh Valley Committee Against Health Fraud, the National Council Against Health Fraud Inc., NCAHF, Healthwatchers.net, the Georgia Council Against Health Fraud, Rebecca Long, Rebekah Johnson, Scotsoft Research, ssr.com, hcrc.org, Aron Primack, Peter W. Pappas, Joseph Pizzorno, Robert S. Baratz MD, William T. Jarvis, Tim Gorski, John Stone, Bill Ross, Peter Bowditch, Monica Pignotti, Paul Lee, Michael McNeil, Paul Hilling, J.A. Lyons, Paul Smith, QUACKBUSTERSOFTHEILLUMUNATTI, Esther Figueroa, Jose Figueroa, and roes 1-500 inclusive, WITH:
Unlawful, Unfair, and Fraudulent Business Practices (B & PC � 17200 et seq ), Violation of Civil Rights, Intentional Interference With Prospective Advantage, Negligent Interference With Prospective Advantage, Civil Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO), Abuse of Process, Negligence, Civil Conspiracy, and a plea for Injunctive Relief.
The legal action claims that Stephen Barrett, and the above mentioned parties have engaged in "Mail Fraud, Wire Fraud, Perjury, Subornation of Perjury, Extortion, Stalking, Terrorist threats, Assault, Filing false police reports, Illegal lobbying, Illegal influence of foreign government officials and/or agencies, Trespass, Invasion of Privacy, Web site tampering, Internet Spam, Investigation without license, Violation of Civil Rights & Free Speech, Interference with Right of Free Speech and Association."
Barrett - who calls himself a "Consumer Advocate" has written many books on the subject of what he views as "Quackery". He has managed to get himself a lot of attention as a self-proclaimed "Expert" in Quackery and Health Fraud. Through his web-sites, his books and articles and testimony, he has attacked many forms of leading edge or alternative theories, including Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Homeopathy, dietary supplements, alternative approaches to cancer treatment, and others.
The lawsuit was filed on behalf of New Century Press as a response to a lawsuit filed against it by Barrett, et al.