I .. Lin term i. - I .l i" Heyember id, wan?am: Trenten Esq, The Garmn-n Firm, LLC Tit] Ferrest Avenue Gadsden, Alabama 359016639 Re: Respense te Neyeniber 14, 101?? Cerrespundence Rey Maura, Kayla Maura, and The Fuundatien l'er Mural Law Dear Mr. Gamen: i are writing en behalf ef the Alabama Media Greup which publishes nLnem. in respense te yeur Heyember 14, Eli]? letter. ?it'eu have [new twine} threatened te sue AME and dim ceneerning AL.cem*s recent rep-erting abeut Rey Meere, Kayla Meere, and their Feundatien fer Mural Law, 'it'eu have accused ALcetn ef melting ?tblae reperts andt'er careless reperting? abeut multiple subjects related te yeur clients. Yeur letter demands that nLnem retract and recent its paier steries and that it ?cease and desist" frem any ?srtber reperting aheut yeur clients. aneem hereby rejects yenr demand. ALcem stands by its reperting regarding all ef the matters addressed in year letter.I aLeem has reperted en newswetthy matters ef signi?cant public eencem regarding yeur clients. Rey Meere is new, and fer decades has been, a public ?gure. He is new running fer a seat in the United States Senate. He is asking the peeple ef Alabama tn ?nancially suppert his campaign and his Fenndatien [headed by Mrs. hie-ere}, and in rate fer him. Alabamians fer that matter, all Americans have a right te knew abeut the individuals whe wish te represent them in public ef?ee. Like every peliticai candidate, Mr. Meets is subject te scmtiny and analysis by the media and the general public regarding his ?tness fer public e?ice- ALcenfs reperting has presided the public with impertant infermatien directly relevant te that inquiry. Yen accuse ALcent ef defama?en in purely eenelusery fashiert. 1ifen have net explained hew anything that ALcern reperted is untrue, inaccurate, er erreneeus, ner de yen preside any suppert fer yeur pesitien. Yen have alse net shewn that nLcem reperted any cf its steries with actual malice, as yeu lcnew yen must because yeur clients are public ?gures [a paint yeu have Te the extent that year letter re-states the issues that ynu preyieusly raised in year bier-ember T, Bill? email cencetning the Names and the Feurtdatien, we direct yeu In car prier respense. and we standby it as well. November 15, Bill? Page 2 admitted in in recent television intendeus}. To the contrary, an ever?increasing torrent of accusers and journalist investigators have publicly veri?ed the facts reported by ALeom. Your letter goes on to say that ALcom?s reporting has harmed lvlt. Moore?s reputation hit. l'vfeerc, however, has quite a colorful past dtat long-preceded any of ALcom's recent coverage of your clients. lvloreever, of the information that you claim harmed lvlr. Moore?s reputation had already been published by these who knew him personally and reported by ether media outlets. In ether words, any darntige to bah: lvieore?s reputation was self-inflicted and had already occurred long before AL.cem"s recent reporting Fer these and ether reasons, we strongly believe that any lawsuit of the type you threaten would be frivolous, and could net he bmught in good faith. Should your clients nevertheless decide to pursue this matter further, ALcem will vigorously defend itself, and will employ all availahle remedies, including a Rule 11 motion if warranted. We are con?dent that litigation would net enly demonstrate that ALcem exercised the utmost diligence and employed high jotnnalistic standards in reporting these stories, but would also reveal ether important information about your clients. We are hereby putting your clients on notice of their duty to preserve and maintain all materials, documents, writings, recordings, statements, notes, letters, journals, diaries, calendars, emails, photographs, videos, computers, cell phones, electronic data, and other information that is or could remotely be relevant in any manner to any of the claims that you have made. These include, but are not limited to, all materials and information related to Mr. Ivleere?s history of mmantic relationships or physical encounters [whether consensual or not}; your clients? ?rndraising, compensation, and ?nances; and Mr. lyloore?s speaking engagements, travel arrangements, and other expenses. As you knew, failure to preserve any such materials may espese your clients to sanctions. If you would like to discuss these matters any ?Jl'tl'IEl?, please feel ?ee to contact me. Sincerelyt our John G. Thompson, in moral: cc via e-maii: 1. Banks Sewell, Esq.