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Case 1:10-cv-00897-RJL Document 156 Filed 02/28/12
In January 2008,Sinclair publicly alleged that he had used drugs and had engaged in sexual activity with then-presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama.Complaint ("Compl.") ~ 21, May 28, 2010. In or about February 2008, ==Parisi, the owner and operator of the website Whitehouse.com, challenged Sinclair to take a polygraph
regarding these allegations.==
Specifically, the relevant alleged defamatory statements are: "the polygraph was rigged and was arranged by Dan Parisi and Obama Campaign advisor David Axelrod"; '" Axelrod and the Obama campaign had agreed to pay Dan Parisi of Whitehouse.com, $750,000 to arrange a rigged polygraph"; and "the polygraph exam was announced by the internet pornography fraud Dan Parisi." Id. ~ 32; see Pis.' Opp'n to Sinclair's Mot. to Dismiss or for Summ. J. ("PIs.' Opp'n") at 17, Feb. 11,2011.
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