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>He got sued by Randi?

Oh yeah!

The story is long, sordid and amusing.

The short version goes like this. For years, Earl claimed he
had "won" Randi's challange. He hadn't, of course. He hadn't
complied with a single provision of the Challange, but then,
small details like that will never stop a genuine Kook.

After a while, he changed his tune and stated that he would
accept the Challange. Of course, he would only accept on HIS
terms. Hell, he invented most of the dodges and confabulations
Kettler, Edmo and others use today.

Randi, after a short period of patience, gave Curley a very loud
Bronx Cheer. This infuriated Curley beyond belief.

A little digression- many years ago, Randi cooperated with the
police in a possible child sex case, and tapes were made of his
phone conversations. These tapes came out during an trial over
Randi's slander of another idiot, and have been quitely
circulating for a number of years.

There is nothing on the tapes that could be construed as
incriminating, but minor details like would never stop Earl. He
cited these tapes when he commenced a campaign on Usenet
accusing Randi of being a gay pedophlile, sometimes using some
incredibly brutal language. Parallel to that, he continously
taunted Randi, challanging him to come to Canada, so the
Canadian cops could arrest him for all sorts of vague sex-
related charges- charges that Curley made up. Earl's best
threats were telling Randi that he was too chicken to come up
and face Earl in person.

This went on for for several months, and Randi finally decided
he had enough. He publicly announced that he was going to
Toronto to file a defamation suit against Curley! Randi went so
far as to email Earl with his exact timetable, hotel, and the
times and dates he (Randi) would be available to meet with
Curley, newspaper reporters, cops, and any other accusers
personally.

In probably the amusing episode of all, Curley refused to meet
Randi, stating on the Usenet that Randi's "agents" had been
threatening him with bodily harm. Earl actually went into
hiding- telling a vastly amused audience in the groups all
about his cowardise!

Randi did start the lawsuit, and for a little over a year,
Curley confidently bragged how he was going to destroy Randi
(and the Randi conspiracy)once and for all. When he was in his
cups (frequently!), he would even repeat all the pedophilia
accusations.

Unfortunately, Curley drank himself to death before the case
could come to trial.

They don't make Kooks like they used to!

Bruce