Dave Burris posted the rest of the story on the subpoena to Mike Matthews for the source of the Bill Lee photo. The short answer is that there was a threatening note sent to Bill Lee’s family that photos like this were going to start coming out starting this week. Here’s the quick analysis:
- There doesn’t appear to be a blackmail portion of the note, as there are no requests that would avoid the distribution of the pics.
- While there is an assertion that the letter had a false return address, I am not sure that the mail fraud charge would stick.
- Dave seems to have oversold this. There is no active investigation, thus no forthcoming subpoena.
Who has won this round? I think Matthews.