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  | filedate=11/23/2022

  | jurisdiction=261st District Court (Travis County, Texas)

  | plaintiff=The Satanic Temple, Inc.

  | defendant=Jessica Lynn Snow

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  | state=Texas

  | case=D-1-GN-22-006797

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'''Satanic Temple, Inc v. Jessica Snow''' is an ongoing 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 (TST) is suing Snow for "Business Disparagement" and "Defamation – Libel" 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 ex-TST Austin members about the abuse
# 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…"<ref>https://gregstevens.com/2014/10/29/anti-feminist-feminist-mean/</ref> where he talks about his friendship with Milo.

Snow issued a public apology and retraction on a follow-up video on June 17, 2022 after receiving a "Request for Correction, Clarification, or Retraction" from lawyer [[Matthew Kezhaya]]. This was then followed up on June 21, 2022 posting a video of the letter as proof that she had been sued herself.

The Satanic Temple is arguing:
# All of the above statements are provably false
# Doug Misicko didn't embezzle funds to himself to pay for personal needs
# TST is innocent of any abusive wrongdoing because these statements "...directly conflicts with TST’s actual conduct"<ref>See: Section 12 of the docket titled: PLAINTIFFS ORIGINAL PETITION</ref>
# People discovering that members of the TST were involved with alt-right may hurt donations and membership
# They haven't lost any cases related to abortion because they have two cases [[The Satanic Temple, Inc. et al v. Hellerstedt et al]] and [[The Satanic Temple, Inc., et al v. Young et al]] currently ongoing
# Snow was trying to use the video of the lawyer's letter to imply TST was silencing her

The Satanic Temple is seeking the following:
* 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=
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|+Travis County 261st District Court, No. D-1-GN-22-006797 | The Satanic Temple, Inc. v. Jessica Lynn Snow
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! Date !! PDF File !! Docket entry
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|11/23/2022 ||  style="text-align:center;" |  [[Media:D-1-GN-22-006797_-_Plaintiff%27s_Original_Petition_w_Ex_76AC6EC7_-_2022-11-23.pdf|📄]] || PLAINTIFFS ORIGINAL PETITION (12 pages)
|}

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