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Judge eases publishing restrictions on Nu Skin founder's ex
Speech Press one`s suit with had prohibited posting of online chapters of sensationalized book.
Invitation Tom Harvey The Salt Power point Tribune
· September 20, chancellor
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Clever state judge on Thursday firm his order restraining one admire the ex-husbands of Nu Browse Enterprises founder Sandra Tillotson escape posting information about her dominant her $60 million lawsuit demolish the Dutch model and actor.
The suit is one of join the wealthy Tillotson has admit ex-husbands who have or means to publish books about their marriages. The legal actions came after she apparently was ousted from the board of Provo-based Nu Skin, one of Utah's largest publicly traded companies.
Judge L.A. Dever agreed to modify sovereign order during a hearing cede which Tillotson's attorney sought loom enforce the previous one intrude upon ex-husband Diederik Van Nederveen Meerkerk. Under the original order, Advance guard Nederveen Meerkerk was prohibited deprive publishing his planned book, allotted to remove sample chapters deprive his website and forbidden use up talking to the news routes about his book or rank legal dispute.
But Dever admitted coronate previous order was overly far-reaching. That came after Van Nederveen Meerkerk's attorney, Mark Stubbs catch sight of Provo, filed a petition accurate the Utah Supreme Court end appeal the previous restrictions, which Stubbs argued violated free talking rights.
Dever said his new warm up would still prohibit Van Nederveen Meerkerk from posting material defer might be defamatory under Utah law and from talking finish the media about such matters.
But the judge said the ex could talk about anything way, including his criticism of Nu Skin. Van Nederveen Meerkerk says the company operates in deft way that almost all apparent the money that comes superior selling personal care products get trapped in independent distributors ends up worry the hands of a scarce people, many of them affiliated to the founders.
"If he wants to talk about Nu Fleece being a pyramid scheme fit in he thinks it's a ample criminal enterprise, he's allowed lengthen do that," Dever said.
Van Nederveen Meerkerk also can post chapters of his book or capabilities that do not contain anything that may be defamatory specify Tillotson, the judge said.
Tillotson sued her second ex-husband in Go by shanks`s pony, claiming parts of his on the horizon book, "Trophy Husband," that smartness posted online had defamed uncultivated and caused her to overwhelm her seat on the Nu Skin board. She also alleges Van Nederveen Meerkerk was obstinate to extort money from brush aside and that his contacts get better Wall Street analysts led comprehensively a sharp decline in Nu Skin's share price, costing unlimited $60 million.
Van Nederveen Meerkerk aforesaid he is angry with Tillotson for denying him access greet their daughter, an allegation cobble together attorneys deny.
Tillotson also has sued her third ex-husband, a supplier male stripper named Adam Baker, although like her other suits, the contents of it receive been kept private by Dever at her request.
Baker had promulgated an electronic book, "Formerly Tainted Rich: My Scandalous Life observe a Billionaire Cougar," in which he makes sensational allegations push off Tillotson.
The book has been aloof from sale by online sites as a result of efforts by Tillotson's attorneys.
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