'Midnight Rider' Director Has a New Film, Being Called a 'Murderer' Leads to Libel Threats

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'Midnight Rider' Director Has a New Film, Being Called a 'Murderer' Leads to Libel Threats
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'Midnight Rider' will forever be a cautionary tale for moviemakers after the death of camera assistant Sarah Jones during the infamous production

poster that Coffee had created and posted online.is 'made by murderers,'" states a May 29 letter from attorney Matthew Heerde, representing Foam Productions. "Obviously, no one associated withis a murderer or has ever been convicted of murder. Statements to the contrary on your Facebook post, and the Website and FB Page and other Facebook pages are false and defamatory and are damaging not only to the producers of Higher Ground, but also to the entire cast and crew.

Prager soon added, "[M]y client did not just create a parody of a movie poster to express her opinion about Randall Miller’s involvement with the movie. She went to great lengths to create the Website to document the facts that support her opinion that Miller’s involvement with the film is wrong and violates the terms of his probation for the untimely death of Sarah Jones...My client has a First Amendment right to express her opinion about Randall Miller and the film 'Higher Grounds.

Despite that defense, Coffee thought it wise to make modifications to her parody poster. Out went an image of the film's actors. Out went the language about how the movie was "made by murderers." Now the film's poster merely states thatis a film directed by Randall Miller, "the man responsible for the death of Sarah Jones.

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