There is a common misconception among digital bad-faith actors that behind a keyboard, across state lines, or shielded by a network of compliant proxies, actions carry no real-world consequences. That illusion is about to end.
To Bret Gordon: the civil action being prepared against you
is not an empty threat, a social media bluff, or an exercise in online posturing.
It is a calculated, evidence-backed legal strategy designed to hold you and
your entire operational cell strictly accountable under Florida law.
1. Libel Per Se and Mass Dissemination of Expunged
Records
Under Florida civil tort law, publishing false statements
accusing an individual of a felony conviction constitutes Libel Per Se.
You, along with your network, obtained a 30-year-old
expunged court record—a document reflecting charges that were completely
dropped and legally erased under Fla. Stat. § 943.0585. Rather than
acknowledging the legal reality of dismissal, you circulated this document
across your network under the direct email subject line:
"Criminal record of conviction Barron
Shepherd."
By falsely framing dissmissed and expunged charges as a
criminal conviction and emailing this document directly to associates, student
lists, legal counsel, and martial arts governing bodies, you executed an
undeniable act of Libel Per Se.
2. Hypocrisy and Uncontested Defamation in Judicial
Records
The record of your hypocrisy sits permanently preserved in
the public domain. In your joint frivolous lawsuit with Steven Hatfield against
Dale Dugas in Lake County, Florida (Case No. 35-2020-CA-001851), you had
the audacity to accuse someone else in a court of law of engaging in defamation.
Yet, as a matter of judicial record within those very
proceedings, your own systematic defamation of me sat uncontested, confirming
that while you were attempting to sue others for reputational harm, you had
actively been executing the exact same smear campaigns against me since 2020.
- The
Frivolous Lawsuit Weapon: Bashing opponents in court filings while
committing the same torts out of court demonstrates deliberate malicious
intent.
- Dismissal
with Prejudice: Your suit collapsed into a permanent Dismissal with
Prejudice accompanied by bad-faith court sanctions under Fla. Stat. §
57.105, cementing a paper trail of abusive litigation that will be
introduced directly into evidence against you.
3. Criminal Intimidation, Police Scrutiny, and Bounties
Your actions crossed the boundary from civil defamation into
intentional harassment when you extended your campaign to target my former
student and her 13-year-old daughter.
- Law
Enforcement Intervention: Your threats and escalating behaviors drew
direct scrutiny from the Ohatchee Police Department in Alabama,
establishing a formal law enforcement record of your intimidation tactics.
- The
$2,000 Online Bounty: A $2,000 bounty was published online targeting
my head and my former associate's head.
These actions form the groundwork for actionable claims of Intentional
Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) and tortious interference, carrying
severe exposure for both compensatory and punitive damages.
4. Procurement and Exploitation of Illegally Extracted
Records
You did not work alone; you relied on a proxy to act as your
primary procurement node. This proxy utilized his spouse's federal government
security clearance and contractor credentials to access shielded databases and
pull the expunged file.
Passing an illegally extracted government record to you, which you then distributed, triggers liability under both civil conspiracy doctrines and statutory data protection frameworks, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA, 18 U.S.C. § 1030).
Joint and Several Liability: The Total Financial Bill
Under Florida's Civil Conspiracy doctrine, every
co-conspirator who participates in a joint enterprise to commit tortious acts
shares 100% Joint and Several Liability.
Relocating across state lines, closing down umbrella
websites, or transferring assets offers zero protection under the Uniform
Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act (UEFJA) and the Uniform Fraudulent
Transfer Act (UFTA). Every bank account, real property interest, trust fund
and commercial revenue stream associated with you and your co-defendants will
remain subject to post-judgment court levies, garnishments, and execution.
