In my last post, I offered for Dell Schanze a forum to state his case and answer some questions I had. I received this email from Dell Schanze and with his permission, I am posting his comments, unedited:
Ok I’ll explain some of your requests slightly:
How is the media responsible? Seems quite obvious to many but ok for those that have no idea; the media blanketed all of Utah with stories of me speeding 100mph while slaloming children and then pulling a gun and threatening “concerned neighbors”. This story is not even remotely true. The fact is they don’t have a single “witness” at all claiming to have identified me doing that and to call 3 extremely angry road ragers coming at you cussing and swearing armed with a deadly weapon “concerned neighbors” is also completely false. The truth is I was charged with something that isn’t a crime that I didn’t do and even bad guys labeled “victim” admit I wasn’t angry, they never saw a gun and I didn’t threaten them. These completely false charges and the media blowing them completely out of proportion instantly caused a 40-50% downturn in sales. That is definitely not my fault so trying to say it was my management or something else is a lie. Had the media run the true story something along the lines of “Armed road ragers attack on handicapped celebrity and children foiled; police charge victim with crime” none of this would have happened. More than one attacker is considered a lethal threat, armed with a deadly weapon is considered a lethal threat. You have a right to be prepared to defend yourself against obvious lethal threats; you are also legally obligated to defend your children. You also have a legal right to defend your property with anything less than lethal force. What they charged me with is NOT against the law; the fact that I didn’t even do it is beside the point. Their stories are absolutely false and yes they were 100% responsible for the immediate downturn in sales that followed.
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