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'''Satanic Temple, Inc v. Jessica Snow''' is an ongoing federal court case filed November 23rd, 2022, by the nonprofit religious corporation [[The Satanic Temple Inc]] against Tik Tok user Jessica Lynn Snow, a/k/a “The Satanic Housewife” | '''Satanic Temple, Inc v. Jessica Snow''' is an ongoing federal court case filed November 23rd, 2022, by the nonprofit religious corporation [[The Satanic Temple Inc]] against Tik Tok user Jessica Lynn Snow, a/k/a “The Satanic Housewife” | ||
=Summary of Alleged Charges= | =Summary of Alleged Charges= | ||
The Satanic Temple | The Satanic Temple is suing Snow for "Business Disparagement" and "Defamation – Libel per se under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 73.001" over a video posted to Tik Tok on May 3, 2022. The video alleges: | ||
# The organization's co-Founder [[Doug Misicko]] had admitted that he had taken funds donated to The Satanic Temple and had used them to pay personal bills referring to testimony he had given for the ongoing [[Cave et al v. Thurston]] case | |||
# Had sued previous members into silence referring to the dismissed [[United Federation of Churches LLC v. Johnson et al]] case | |||
# Kicked out a former member after they were sexually assaulted by a chapter leader referring to allegations given by Luciferian Dominon arch-lector "Jinx Strange" in a Newsweek<ref>https://www.newsweek.com/orgies-harassment-fraud-satanic-temple-rocked-accusations-lawsuit-1644042</ref> article | |||
# The upper echelon is friends with people involved in the alt-right movement using Milo Yiannopoulos as an example referring to Greg Stevens' article "I’m anti-feminist, if by “feminist” you mean…" where he talks about his friendship with Milo. | |||
Snow issued a public apology and retraction on a follow-up video where she had received a "Request for | |||
Correction, Clarification, or Retraction" from lawyer [[Matthew Kezhaya]] later posting a video of the letter as proof that | |||
The Temple's "Prayer for Relief" is: | |||
* Damages to be paid according to a jury at trial | |||
* A temporary injunction requiring removal of the defamatory statements from social media accounts | |||
* A permanent injunction to refrain from publishing further false statements disparaging TST | |||
* Attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the action[sic] | |||
* Such further relief, at law or equity, to which plaintiffs’ show themselves entitled | |||
=Docket= | =Docket= | ||
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| Filing Date | 11/23/2022 |
| Original Jurisdiction | 261st District Court (Travis County, Texas) |
| Plaintiff | The Satanic Temple, Inc. |
| Defendant | Jessica Lynn Snow |
| Intervenor | N/A |
| State | Texas |
| Case# | D-1-GN-22-006797 |
| Original Result | Ongoing |
| First Appeal | N/A |
| Second Appeal | N/A |
| Final Result | |
Satanic Temple, Inc v. Jessica Snow is an ongoing federal court case filed November 23rd, 2022, by the nonprofit religious corporation The Satanic Temple Inc against Tik Tok user Jessica Lynn Snow, a/k/a “The Satanic Housewife”
Summary of Alleged Charges
The Satanic Temple is suing Snow for "Business Disparagement" and "Defamation – Libel per se under Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 73.001" over a video posted to Tik Tok on May 3, 2022. The video alleges:
- The organization's co-Founder Doug Misicko had admitted that he had taken funds donated to The Satanic Temple and had used them to pay personal bills referring to testimony he had given for the ongoing Cave et al v. Thurston case
- Had sued previous members into silence referring to the dismissed United Federation of Churches LLC v. Johnson et al case
- Kicked out a former member after they were sexually assaulted by a chapter leader referring to allegations given by Luciferian Dominon arch-lector "Jinx Strange" in a Newsweek[1] article
- The upper echelon is friends with people involved in the alt-right movement using Milo Yiannopoulos as an example referring to Greg Stevens' article "I’m anti-feminist, if by “feminist” you mean…" where he talks about his friendship with Milo.
Snow issued a public apology and retraction on a follow-up video where she had received a "Request for Correction, Clarification, or Retraction" from lawyer Matthew Kezhaya later posting a video of the letter as proof that
The Temple's "Prayer for Relief" is:
- Damages to be paid according to a jury at trial
- A temporary injunction requiring removal of the defamatory statements from social media accounts
- A permanent injunction to refrain from publishing further false statements disparaging TST
- Attorneys’ fees, court costs, and other reasonable expenses incurred in bringing the action[sic]
- Such further relief, at law or equity, to which plaintiffs’ show themselves entitled
Docket
| Date | PDF File | Docket entry |
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| 11/23/2022 | 📄 | PLAINTIFFS ORIGINAL PETITION (12 pages) |