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Rayon Payne and Folksalert Answer & Affirmative Defenses Lawsuit
Rayon Payne and Folksalert Answer & Affirmative Defenses Lawsuit
Plaintiff,
Defendant.
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Defendant, RAYON SHERWIN PAYNE d/b/a FOLKSALERT APP answers the Complaint
ANSWER
1. Admitted that this is an action for damages but all other allegations are Denied.
2. Admitted.
3. Admitted.
6. Admitted.
7. Admitted.
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9. Without knowledge; therefore Denied.
11. Admitted that the Plaintiff is involved with music but Defendant is without knowledge as
to whether Plaintiff is successful with his company or any other allegations in Paragraph
12. Admitted that the Plaintiff were active on Instagram but Defendant is without knowledge
as to how much Plaintiff earns as a result of such activities or any other allegations in
13. Admitted.
14. Admitted that Defendant is known as Keko all other allegations in Paragraph 14.
15. Denied.
16. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
18. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
19. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
20. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
21. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
22. Denied.
23. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
24. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
25. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
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26. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
27. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
28. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
29. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
30. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
31. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
32. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
33. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
34. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
35. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
36. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
37. I Admitted to the statements made and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
38. Denied.
39. I Admitted to the statement of fact published and Denied all other allegations in this
paragraph.
40. Denied.
41. Denied.
42. Denied.
43. Denied.
44. I Admitted to recording the phone calls and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
45. I Admitted to recording the phone calls and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
46. I Admitted to recording the phone calls and Denied all other allegations in this paragraph.
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47. Denied.
48. Denied.
49. Admitted to taking said action to remove Plaintiff’s page from Instagram but all other
52. Admitted.
54. Denied.
55. Denied.
56. Denied.
57. Admitted.
59. Denied.
60. Denied.
61. Denied.
62. Admitted.
64. Denied.
65. Denied.
66. Denied.
67. Admitted.
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68. No response required.
69. Denied.
70. Denied.
71. Denied.
72. Admitted.
74. Denied.
75. Denied.
76. Denied.
77. Admitted.
79. Admitted.
80. Denied.
81. Denied.
82. Admitted.
83. Denied.
84. Admitted.
88. Denied.
89. Denied.
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90. Admitted.
94. Denied.
95. Denied.
96. Denied.
97. Admitted.
99. Admitted.
100. Denied.
101. Denied.
102. Denied.
AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES
103. Defendant affirmatively asserts that all statements and comments by Defendant were
true and thus, can not be the basis for a defamation action.
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THIRD AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE:
GOOD MOTIVE – FAIR COMMENT
105. All statements and comments made by Defendant about Plaintiff were made by the
Defendant with good motive and were fair comments made as a private citizen exercising
his right of free speech, discussing matters of public importance, as a concerned citizen of
the community worried about sex trafficking and choose to do a documentary about it.
106. The matters addressed by Defendant concerning Plaintiff and his activities on social
media as a register sex offender and convicted sex trafficker who forced a 15 year old
into prostitution by using a gun, are matters which concerns the general public. These
statements were made in good faith with the proper motives of informing the public, and
informing social media officials of a dangerous predator on their platform. Therefore the
107. The action brought by Plaintiff is a SLAPP suit precluded by § 720.304(4), Fla. Stat.
member of the public with concerns about human trafficking in our communtities and on
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108. Florida law requires pre-suit notice prior to the commencement of any civil action for
libel or slander. See § 770.01, Fla. Stat. (2006) and Chapter 770 applies to all civil
litigants, both public and private, in defamation actions. The conditions precedent have
109. The Complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief can be granted and should
therefore be dismissed. The requisite elements for the claim are not present and/or have
110. No act or omission on the part of Defendant either caused or contributed to whatever
112. Plaintiff is a public figure who seeked out the public attention with his involvement in
the music industry as well embroiled in public controversies with well known rappers
Sauce Walker. Also the Plaintiff made national headline for being the first person to be
prosecuted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act for failure to
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registering as a Sex Offender, and as such is unable to meet the heightened burden of
113. The Defendant’s statements are not properly subject to a slander suit because they
114. The Defendant is immune from this suit pursuant to 47 U.S.C. § 230(c).
115. Defendant has a good faith reliance because all recordings were done while
Plaintiff so keeping records such as phone calls and texts was essential for Defendant to
116. The Court should take notice of Plaintiff’s conduct prior to him filing this frivolous
lawsuit which was another way of intimidating and harassing Defendant. The Plaintiff
has made numerous violent threats towards Defendant directly and has 3rd parties follow
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and videotape Defendant at work and his home. The Plaintiff have made viable threat
where he said he had many opportunities to blow Defendant top off. Because of
Plaintiff’s violent past of using a gun to force a child into the sex trafficking and as he’s a
lifetime register sex offender the Defendant has filed a police report with the Orlando
Police Dept. Case# 2019-00064689 and has obtained a temporary restraining order
117. Plaintiff’s claims in paragraph #44 and #46 are phone interviews which were
conducted in September 2012 and the Plaintiff had full knowledge of these recordings
which was already sufficiently tarnished by his own doing when he was convicted of sex
trafficking a minor and which he’s was order by the court to be a lifetime sex offender .
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Respectfully submitted,
RAYON SHERWIN PAYNE, PRO SE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished
via the Florida Courts E-Filing Portal this 6th day of August, 2019, to: ERIC P. LARUE
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