American expat charged with defamation after leaving multiple negative reviews online

[Eloquent pilgrim]

1 hour ago, Ventenio said:

I was leaving a review on a very special website.....

 

I wrote....  I don't.... the website realized I wrote "don't" and a message popped up:
 

If you are going to write something negative, prepare to go to jail for 100 years.  Proceed?

 

I said OK.

 

I wrote.... I don't like...  message popped up

 

Police called.   Is your ID number 2937438 and bank account number 02374934973 and passport number 0134723983742384 ?    

 

I stared to delete.... message

 

too late sucker.  you wanna play games, time to pay!!!!!  

 

then my computer locked up after it hacked my camera and now i'm in Siberia.  

Don't give up the day job

 

 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[smi11ie]

I don't think the hotel will suffer, actually I think lots of people will want to check it out now.  The guy broke the law and got arrested.  The matter will probably be dropped if he apologises.  

[balo]

This American guy is a criminal from Kansas.  Why does Thailand always attract the worst kind? 

Someone should check at the borders if they have a criminal record. 

[Don Mega]

On 10/2/2020 at 1:25 PM, smi11ie said:

I don't think the hotel will suffer, actually I think lots of people will want to check it out now.  The guy broke the law and got arrested.  The matter will probably be dropped if he apologises.  

But many people on this forum that rarely visit Thailand let alone Koh Chang are not going to book this hotel !!

[Solinvictus]

On 9/27/2020 at 9:13 AM, Solinvictus said:

Petty. Plenty of petty Euros in Thailand.

 

Not being able to bring in me own drink is an inconvenience! Na!

I'll say it again,

 

Not being able to bring in me own drink is an inconvenience.

[teacherclaire]

On 10/1/2020 at 9:13 AM, Eloquent pilgrim said:

The accusations of slavery are fake, which the hotel can prove with their employment records. Or do you think it is okay to make such a malicious and damaging false accusation ?

But it already backfired, and his criminal records from the US will cost him his job.

  He'd just opened a can of worms, and they crawl all over now. 

[teacherclaire]

22 minutes ago, Solinvictus said:

I'll say it again,

 

Not being able to bring in me own drink is an inconvenience.

You can drink whatever you want in your hotel, or resort room.

 

   The owners of a resort should have some rights, don't you think? Even when 500 baht is way too much, but that's done to keep such people out.  

[Don Mega]

25 minutes ago, Solinvictus said:

I'll say it again,

 

Not being able to bring in me own drink is an inconvenience.

Why can't you "bring me own drink"?

[Solinvictus]

Just now, teacherclaire said:

You can drink whatever you want in your hotel, or resort room.

 

   The owners of a resort should have some rights, don't you think? Even when 500 baht is way too much, but that's done to keep such people out.  

Yeah, I respect that fee for bringing in ones' own drink. However, IMO, it is an inconvenience. This guy was correct to post negative reviews despite his childishness.

[vinny41]

"The special one" complained that the staff weren't smiling not surprising if you  dimissed her and used abusive language towards her (The resturant staff)

[John Drake]

On 10/1/2020 at 9:13 AM, Eloquent pilgrim said:

hich the hotel can prove with their employment records.

Do you work for the hotel? Otherwise, how would you know? 

[candide]

I saw a lot of discussion in this thread about whether the guy was right or not to post negative comments.

I think this case also raises a more general issue.

Will it (the fact that the guy was right or not) really play a significant role in the conviction decision? In other words: if someone is posting negative comments which are completely accurate and justified, can he be convicted for that?

I am afraid the answer to this latter question may well be positive.

[Jack Hna]

This guy is no stranger to trouble it follows him he is 37, 3 years ago he pulled a gun in the US and these days he's resorting to reviewing hotels online and it seems he is paying a higher price for the reviews. Real mugshot photos too. 

[Don Mega]

3 hours ago, Solinvictus said:

 This guy was correct to post negative reviews despite his childishness.

His grievance was the cover charge, the same charge the manage waived....

 

Definitely justifies his online attacks (they were not reviews) of this hotel yeah ?

[oldhippy]

4 hours ago, Jack Hna said:

This guy is no stranger to trouble it follows him he is 37, 3 years ago he pulled a gun in the US and these days he's resorting to reviewing hotels online and it seems he is paying a higher price for the reviews. Real mugshot photos too. 

I am impressed.

A poster that goes straight to the point, and does not lose our time with inconsequential side issues.

 

[camble]

4 hours ago, Don Mega said:

His grievance was the cover charge, the same charge the manage waived....

 

Definitely justifies his online attacks (they were not reviews) of this hotel yeah ?

His grievance was the rude manager.  The resort has no need for a farang manager now and will surely terminate when contract expires, if not sooner, was probably just taking his frustrations out on staff and guests.  When they get rid of this guy, maybe I’ll book the Sea View again.

[wordchild]

The sea view is now well known as a hotel to avoid, at least among the group of resident expats that I know, some of whom are frequent visitors to the island. What a completely barmy way for a hotel to behave!

[metisdead]

An off topic post has been removed. 

[Blumpie]

D'oh!

[scoupeo]

so finally the hotel backs up and hopefully the staff will all be fired it seems !

 

 

[Grumpy John]

'Much addo about something trivial' springs to mind!  Wasn't that the name of a old Marylin Monroe movie?   ????

[MyFriend You]

On 9/26/2020 at 4:13 AM, CorpusChristie said:

Fully deserved , using websites to attack a resort, all because they wouldnt let him beer from 7/11 in 

 

Jails are full of narcissist's who think they can do whatever they want in life, I was a victim of a couple of them..........he deserves whatever they throw at him, though I see a big payout and a sincere Wai.

 

[scoupeo]

7 hours ago, TunnelRat69 said:

Jails are full of narcissist's who think they can do whatever they want in life, I was a victim of a couple of them..........he deserves whatever they throw at him, though I see a big payout and a sincere Wai.

 

 

But many of us are still free and will never be caught ❤️

 

 

[Northman]

"We chose to file a complaint to serve as a deterrent" 

 

Scumbags, if anything they have deterred people from wanting to visit this horrible resort. Or the country for that matter, considering the courts took this ridiculous suit seriously. Visit Thailand, get jailed for nonsense.

[salsajapan]

On 10/5/2020 at 1:38 PM, TunnelRat69 said:

Jails are full of narcissist's who think they can do whatever they want in life, I was a victim of a couple of them..........he deserves whatever they throw at him, though I see a big payout and a sincere Wai.

 

 

Victims usually just deserve what happens to them !

 

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

On 10/9/2020 at 2:40 PM, Northman said:

"We chose to file a complaint to serve as a deterrent" 

 

Scumbags, if anything they have deterred people from wanting to visit this horrible resort. Or the country for that matter, considering the courts took this ridiculous suit seriously. Visit Thailand, get jailed for nonsense.

Congratulations, for the dumbest comment on this post so far, which is, in itself, quite an achievement.

 

On a post about a hotel taking action against somebody under Thailands defamation laws, you decide to post a defamatory comment about said hotel; real smart that, I assume that you are not in Thailand, and if you are, I hope that nobody from the hotel reads your comment.

[ChipButty]

Has he been kicked out of the country yet?

[Eloquent pilgrim]

43 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Has he been kicked out of the country yet?

Last seen in a Bangkok 7/11, negotiating for a bottle of gin to take into the two Michelin stars Mezzaluna Restaurant; waiting to see how he gets on with the corkage charge in there.    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[salsajapan]

On 10/12/2020 at 8:24 AM, Eloquent pilgrim said:

Mezzaluna Restaurant

as if michelin stars was meaning something except that the scammers paid a lot to get them !

time to know something !

 

[Eloquent pilgrim]

On 10/10/2020 at 12:56 PM, salsajapan said:

 

Victims usually just deserve what happens to them !

 

 

What on earth are you talking about ?

 

You should have found out exactly what “victim” means before posting such a crass and absurdly inaccurate statement.