Reason Magazine
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A self-proclaimed "patriot reporter," who claims to be " one of the highest Anons " in the QAnon movement, has instituted this litigation advancing claims for defamation and false light invasion of privacy against a newspaper and its op-ed columnist based upon an article that they published on February 14, 2021 .
The ironic gist of the opinion column at issue was that QAnanon broadcaster, who affirmatively states in his published videos on social media that certain high-ranking elected and public officials are satanic, cannibalistic pedophiles sexually abusing children.
Godlewski is collaterally estopped from denying his participation in a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old minor in 2010 .
Kelly testified that he viewed Godlewki 's QAnon videos before he authored "an opinion column" about the realtor.
Kelly said he used the phrase "rabbit hole figuratively" to reference "the rabbit holes people go down believing.. nonsensical stuff".
The role of the QAnon movement and its followers in the events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021 , has been widely reported in legal literature.
However, Kelly "never said [ Godlewski ] was at the rally" in his article.
Kelly indicated that he was referring to "the lies and nonsense and disinformation" that Godlewki was spreading on the Internet.
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