Scrap Metal Business Sues Neighbor for Defamation

0:00On April 22nd, a couple running a scrap metal business in the tiny village of Dove Holes are suing their neighbor for defamation after a nasty. Facebook posts sparked by a bonfire night brawl. Mark and Melissa Dravel, both 44 and local parish counselors, won 75,000 pounds in damages, plus costs for claims that wrecked their rep. The drama kicked off last November at the village hall event when rival fund fair crews clashed. Christopher Bramhall's brother Nathaniel jumped Mark, punching and kicking him while he was down, landing a three-year jail sentence this month for. Grievous, bodily harm. In this close-knit, high-peak community, the post-hit hard folks turned hostile. Business took a dive, and anxiety spiked for the dravels, who boasts. TV creds like Melissa on BBC's Bidding Room and Mark on Scrab Kings. Bramhall's rant on a group page with nearly 4,000 members, accused Mark of driving high-on drugs and packing a knife that cops seized, plus.

1:00Claiming he got assaulted first, it racked up 141 reactions. The high court case heads the hearing next month, and the dravels aimed to spotlight the real fallout from online lies, urging everyone to think twice. Before posting.