Fleased

Blogger unmasked, court case upended | Boston Globe | 5.31.07

As Ivy League-educated pediatrician…sat on the stand in Suffolk Superior Court this month, defending himself in a malpractice suit involving the death of a 12-year-old patient, the opposing counsel startled him with a question.

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Shortly before the end of his second day on the witness stand…[opposing counsel] asked him whether he had a medical blog, she recalled. He said he did. Then she asked him if he was Flea. He said he was.

The exchange may have been lost on jurors, but…[opposing counsel] had telegraphed that she was ready to share [defendant]’s blog—containing his unvarnished views of lawyers, jurors, and the legal process—with the jury.

The next day, the case was settled.

The Flea	The Flea’s Real Persona

Arrogance, ignorance, or both? The defendant’s most potent defense was his character—a character the Flea so thoroughly impeached—case over and settled. Hosea 8:7. For they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind.

Related: The Flea Circus