Siegel Siegel & Wright law firm has been retained by Mitchell Katz regarding issues of defamation, harassment, and attempts to interfere with his business by Richard Carmine Burgess. Burgess has repeatedly threatened to contact Katz's employers with disparaging remarks, posted employer contact information online to solicit negative comments, and recently texted threats. Burgess is advised to immediately cease all defamatory or interfering communications via any means, or he will face legal action without further warning.
Siegel Siegel & Wright law firm has been retained by Mitchell Katz regarding issues of defamation, harassment, and attempts to interfere with his business by Richard Carmine Burgess. Burgess has repeatedly threatened to contact Katz's employers with disparaging remarks, posted employer contact information online to solicit negative comments, and recently texted threats. Burgess is advised to immediately cease all defamatory or interfering communications via any means, or he will face legal action without further warning.
Siegel Siegel & Wright law firm has been retained by Mitchell Katz regarding issues of defamation, harassment, and attempts to interfere with his business by Richard Carmine Burgess. Burgess has repeatedly threatened to contact Katz's employers with disparaging remarks, posted employer contact information online to solicit negative comments, and recently texted threats. Burgess is advised to immediately cease all defamatory or interfering communications via any means, or he will face legal action without further warning.
Siegel Siegel & Wright law firm has been retained by Mitchell Katz regarding issues of defamation, harassment, and attempts to interfere with his business by Richard Carmine Burgess. Burgess has repeatedly threatened to contact Katz's employers with disparaging remarks, posted employer contact information online to solicit negative comments, and recently texted threats. Burgess is advised to immediately cease all defamatory or interfering communications via any means, or he will face legal action without further warning.
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Spencer Bryant Siegel, Esq. Telephone: 561.620.8200 Dara S. Siegel, Esq.* Facsimile: 561.620.8225 Thomas Hill Wright III, Esq.
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Royal Palm Tower III 1600 South Dixie Highway, Suite 300 Boca Raton, Florida 33432-7409
May 5, 2014
Richard Carmine Burgess 2012 Alta Meadows LN, Apt. 102 Delray Beach, FL 33444
Via email: rick@approvedautobody.com
Re: Mitchell Katz Defamation / Tortuous Interference With Business / Harassment
Mr. Burgess:
Please be advised that Mr. Mitchell Katz has retained the services of Siegel Siegel & Wright in regards to issues of defamation, harassment, and attempts to tortuously interfere with his business.
Specifically, you have repeatedly threatened to contact my clients employers with disparaging remarks, you have posted his employers contact information on social media soliciting unknown persons contact our clients employer with derogatory statements, and most recently texted my client to watch out for the ramifications of your actions. Your actions and postings have been documented and archived for the purposes of litigation, if necessary.
You are advised to immediately cease and desist any further postings on Facebook and/or any other social media client which are in any way defamatory or threaten to tortuously interfere with our clients business. Further you are advised not to initiate any further direct contact with our client via email, text, telephone or any other means as any further contact shall be treated as criminal harassment.
Royal Palm Tower III 1600 South Dixie Highway, Suite 300 Boca Raton, Florida 33432-7409 Should you fail to heed this cease and desist, any further actions by you in this regard shall be met with swift legal action without further warning.