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[quote=Anonymous]Here is a little bit of "the rest of the story."  The interesting stuff is at the beginning and then at page 12-end.  http://dcslapplaw.com/files/2013/01/Huntington_opp_slapp_mol.pdf

Huntington, the psychologist, filed a counterclaim against Newmyer, saying Newmyer is defaming him. Newmyer tried to block Huntington's counterclaim, but lost in two different courts.

Some facts from Huntington's side that I have not seen in the news reports:

@ Newmyer and ex-wife were already legally separated and living as if each were single, well before any of this occurred. Newmyer himself had already had two relationships of his own.

@ Newmyer is loaded (17 million), and hired a PR firm to publicize his complaint and the details. (Sort of makes me wonder whether this recent media blitz, and even some posts here, might be the work of the PR firm.)

@ Huntington did lose his job due to pressure from Newmyer. But he did not lose his license. In fact, the licensing board found that Huntington was never actually treating the child and never had any sort of professional relationship. (This fact makes me wonder if the ex-wife was just telling Newmyer that the reason she was spending so much time with the psychologist was to treat the daughter, when in reality, she was simply dating the psychologist.)

@ If Huntington was not really treating the child at all (as the licensing board found), what's the legal claim against the school?  Can't be held liable for any supposed lapse in treatment or violation of duty, if there was no real psych-patient relationship. I'm not sure why the school cannot get out of the case.  Maybe the judge ruled that the licensing board's decision is not binding, so a jury could theoretically disagree with the licensing board.

@ IMHO, this all starts to sound more like a relationship between two consenting adults, and a vindictive ex-husband who is using his wealth to try to punish and control his ex-wife. It seems like Newmyer tied in the school on a weak link just to ensure his claims would get national media attention, so he could further embarrass his ex-wife and her new boyfriend.

@ Even if Newmyer was totally right in all his claims and everything he said was true (just hypothetically), what father would hire a PR firm to put all that salacious info out there about himself, his daughters, and their mother?  What kind of father shoves his daughters into the national media spotlight like that?  He does not seem to be acting in their best interests.  It seems like he is using his daughters to get revenge on his ex-wife. [/quote]

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