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Complaint Review: Update June 1, 2015: INVESTIGATION UPDATE – Ben Smith Sac County Iowa Attorney; Charges against Darren Meade dropped! Sac County Attorney Ben Smith dismisses all criminal charges against Darren Meade related to his posts on Ripoff Report. | Sac County Iowa Attorney Ben Smith fails to identify false statements, fails to support his accusations with clarifications. - Internet Internet

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  • Update June 1, 2015: INVESTIGATION UPDATE – Ben Smith Sac County Iowa Attorney; Charges against Darren Meade dropped! Sac County Attorney Ben Smith dismisses all criminal charges against Darren Meade related to his posts on Ripoff Report. | Sac County Iowa Attorney Ben Smith fails to identify false statements, fails to support his accusations with clarifications. The Internet Internet United States of America

***Update June 1, 2015: INVESTIGATION UPDATE – Charges against Darren Meade dropped!!!*NOTICE: July 13, 2014: Ripoff Report Launches Full Investigation!!!  Sac County Iowa Prosecutor’sAllegations Warrant Unprecedented Action from Ripoffreport.com regarding Darren Meade Posts.....Rexxfield & Michael Roberts Rexxfield & Michael Roberts Internet, Internet

*Consumer Comment: Why don't you

*Consumer Comment: Reality check.

*Author of original report: Response from Rexxfield Founder

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June 1, 2015.  Sac County Attorney Ben Smith dismissed all charges against Darren Meade on May 27, 2015, with prejudice.  That means that Smith stopped prosecuting Meade for the things Meade posted on this website, and Smith cannot change his mind again and re-file the charges.  It is not immediately clear what impact this will have on Ripoff Report’s investigation, or whether Ben Smith’s actions simply show that his accusations against Meade for posting reports have no merit. Here is a link to the order dismissing charges against Meade.

In July, 2014, Smith published a vague affidavit claiming that Meade had written false and defamatory things about witnesses in the Tracy Richter Murder trial.  Smith later filed criminal charges against Meade, claiming that Meade’s writings and postings were criminal offenses, making further vague accusations that at least some of the things Meade wrote and posted were false and defamatory. 

 

Meade’s attorney filed a motion to dismiss, claiming, among other things, that Smith had no evidence to support that what Meade wrote was false or defamatory and that  what Meade wrote is protected by the U.S. Constitution as free speech, and could not be a crime. Meade’s attorney also asked the Court to disqualify Prosecutor Ben Smith from the case for a conflict of interest.  Meade’s attorney argued that Smith was retaliating against Meade with the power of his government office, because Meade had made harsh professional criticisms against Smith in his postings on the Ripoff Report.

 

When the day came for Prosecutor Ben Smith to face Meade’s defense attorney in court, and present some kind of evidence to show that Meade made false statements, Ben Smith gave up instead of fighting. Smith did not present any evidence to show that Meade did anything wrong. Smith did not identify what statements, if any, were supposedly false. Smith did not present any evidence to show that anything Meade wrote was false.   Instead, on the morning of the hearing, Ben Smith filed a motion to have the Court dismiss all charges against Meade, with prejudice, so that no charges could ever be re-filed.

 

As explained in a previous update, Ripoff Report has asked Smith to specifically identify what statements posted on the website about trial witnesses are accused as false statements. He has consistently and repeatedly refused to do that.  Now, even after accusing Meade of a crime in court filings, Smith failed to present any proof of false statements, and instead dropped the charges and dismissed the case.

 

 To read about this court ruling and other court rulings go to our Scribd page:

https://www.scribd.com/doc/267441037/Update-June-1-2015-INVESTIGATION-UPDATE-Charges-against-Darren-Meade-have-been-dropped-Sac-County-Attorney-dismisses-all-criminal-charges-agains

 

----- End of Update June 1, 2015 -----

*NOTICE: July 13, 2014:
Ripoff Report Launches Full Investigation!!!  Sac County Iowa Prosecutor’sAllegations Warrant Unprecedented Action from Ripoffreport.com regarding Darren Meade Posts. 


RipoffReport.com will thoroughly investigate allegations presented in a 124 page affidavit by County Prosecutor Ben Smith of Sac County Iowa.  Smith alleged under penalty of perjury that Darren Meade authored and posted false reports on RipoffReport.com about at least four specific people.  If RipoffReport.com's investigation reveals that any of the allegations made in any post about those witnesses contain false statements of fact, the false facts will be redacted from the postings. "We will get to the bottom of Ben Smith's allegations and publish the evidence and conclusions," states Ripoff Report Editor and Founder Ed Magedson. 

Author Darren Meade's writings (some of which are in this link list) (see email from Darren Meade) challenge the fairness and credibility of the homicide investigation, trial, murder conviction, and subsequent treatment of Iowa mother Tracy Richter at the hands of County Prosecutor Ben Smith and Michael Roberts (Rexxfield), Tracy Richter's former husband. The Previous County Prosecutor had declined to prosecute Richter, who claims to have been acting in defense of herself and her children against multiple attackers when she shot at Dustin Whede during a home invasion in December of 2001.  Ed Magedson had been convinced by Meade that the shooting was morally and legally justified and that an innocent woman was imprisoned.

While County Prosecutor Smith's affidavit contains certain incorrect assertions and many material omissions, it also raises some shocking facts, sufficient to justify a full investigation by  Ripoffreport into Meade's assertions and motivations.  

Ripoff Report's investigation is an unprecedented action for the consumer website.  Ripoff Report accepts reports from authors who certify the honesty of the content of their reports, and encourages rebuttals to provide readers with both sides of a disputed story. Generally, Ripoff Report allows the public, the courts or an independent arbitrator to judge the truth and does not do an investigation to supplement or challenge postings. Gathering evidence and passing judgment on the statements of outside authors departs from its standard practice.

County Prosecutor Smith's aggressive actions justify extraordinary measures.  Smith not only states that Darren Meade's factual allegations are false, he asserts that they violate Iowa's criminal laws and that Ed Magedson knowingly conspired with Meade and others.  Ed Magedson did no such thing.  

County Prosecutor Smith has used the full power of his elected office in attempts to crush criticism of his prosecution and he has relied heavily on advice, information and guidance from Michael Roberts, a known liar and extortionist.   Roberts   was involved in a scheme to illegally hack the Ripoff Report website and Roberts attempted to sell information regarding the hack to Ripoff Report for  €105,000. http://www.ripoffreport.com/lhc/common/files/MichaelRobertsRexxfieldAttemptedExtortion.pdf

As a website dedicated to providing a voice to the common person through open information and free speech rights, Ripoff Report asserts its own voice on these matters of public interest and concern, and pledges full investigation of the issues.

As progress is made with our investigation, it will be posted here as an UPDATE to this statement.

Now to the original report that was posted …

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Michael Roberts of Rexxfield discriminated against me because I am a stripper. An attorney told me that Rexxfield helps people for free who don't have money because they don't get work coz of all the slander on the internet. I told Mr. Rexxfield that i can't get a day job because ugly friends who are jealous coz Im hot. These "friends" have published stuff on the web telling them my stage name and real name and photos.

Michael Roberts told me that my case dosen't meet there free aid service because he said i bring the problems on my self. There is nothing wrong with adult entertainment, it is a free world. Rexxfield are hypoctrates, I am just as important work as a school teacher or kid who has been bullied on the internet.

This report was posted on Ripoff Report on 09/14/2011 06:58 PM and is a permanent record located here: https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/update-june-1-2015-investigation-update-ben-smith-sac-county-iowa-attorney-charges-against-darren-meade-dropped-sac-county-attorney-ben-smith-dismisses-all-criminal-charges-against-darren-meade-related-to-his-posts-on-ripoff-report-sac-county-iowa-attorney-ben-smith-fails-to-identify-false-statements-fails-to-support-his-accusations-with-clarifications/internet/update-june-1-2015-investigation-update-charges-against-darren-meade-droppedn-776879. The posting time indicated is Arizona local time. Arizona does not observe daylight savings so the post time may be Mountain or Pacific depending on the time of year. Ripoff Report has an exclusive license to this report. It may not be copied without the written permission of Ripoff Report. READ: Foreign websites steal our content

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#3 Consumer Comment

Why don't you

AUTHOR: mr rik - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 27, 2011

offer up something to make it worth his while?

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Reality check.

AUTHOR: Flynrider - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 27, 2011

  Why am I not surprised that someone who thinks her problems happen "coz Im hot" would be complaining of being ripped off because a lawyer wouldn't represent her for FREE.   You've got a lot of nerve lady.

  First off, you posted that you can't get a job because "friends" posted the truth about your identity and occupation on the Internet.   Guess what?  There is nothing illegal or actionable about someone posting the truth.   It's not slander if it's true.  The real reason you can't a day job is because you're a stripper.   You've got to take responsibility for that.   You're basically complaining that the true information on the Internet is preventing you from lying effectively to potential employers.  Boo h*o.

There is nothing wrong with adult entertainment, it is a free world. "

   If there's nothing wrong with it, then why can't you get a job because of it?  No doubt you are free to work as a stripper, but your expectation that it should be accepted by potential employers is extremely naive.

  Bottom line, you never payed this attorney a penny.  He is not obligated to work for free.  He gets to pick and choose.   Much like your potential employers, he feels that your current occupation is a bit too slimy for his tastes (although he put it in a much nicer way).   

  All the strippers I've ever met claim to make huge amounts of cash every night.   Why don't you take a night's wages and go hire a lawyer, instead of pestering people who help the less fortunate.

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AUTHOR: Jenny Fowler - (USA)

POSTED: Tuesday, September 27, 2011
BACKGROUND

It is often best to avoid engaging in these types of conversations because they just become a wildfire. I will let the history testify of my character with respect to most of the kitchen sink of assertions thrown my way; this response is a necessary exception.

MY DILEMMA

I have found myself in an interesting quandary through my mission to track down word-criminals who throw unfounded and malicious allegations at the world from behind the cloak of Internet anonymity. My dilemma is that almost every one of the individuals I unmask in the full light of day will turn a fusillade of diatribe in my direction. Ergo, the shame and embarrassment that befalls these miscreants is projected at me instead of their original targets (my clients). As an adolescent sticks-and-stones broke my bones, and my heart. Thankfully my mothers encouragement and advice in those early years means that insults are now like water off a ducks back.. It takes a lot to ruffle my feathers; so to my detractors, I would counsel you not to waste your time.

MY RESPONSE

Ducks Back notwithstanding, there have been some aspersions cast upon me with references to involvement with "strippers" which have been twisted to cast me in a false light; as such it is probably prudent for me to nip these rumors off at the bud at this time.

THE STRIPPER

I have received the occasional phone call and electronic communication from individuals working in the Adult Entertainment Industry (loosely defined). I do not provide services to this industry no matter how much money is offered. Below is a copy of the e-mail I sent to the young lady who was seeking assistance, and who then blogged about me when I did not assist. This is the extent of my interaction with her after she submitted an online request for assistance, I never spoke with her:

Dear XXXXXX,

Thank you for your confidence in our services. Unfortunately I am not able to help you because Rexxfield's mandate strictly precludes us from giving aid or assistance to morally objectionable industries such as gambling, pornography, prostitution, steroids, drugs etc.

By way of aside, I can tell you that as a result of the industry you are in you can expect these problems to follow you. I have heard from several women with extremely distressing situations, this can be expected due to the unsavory characters that are attracted to your venues. Two of them have had to change their names and attempt to disappear for fear of their life and their children.

I wish you the best and pray that you will be led safely away from your stalker and into a more peaceful life.

With my kindest regards,
Michael Roberts
Founder
Victim's Advocate, Forensic Analyst and Litigation Support Consultant
www.rexxfield.com


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