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    CL IM

    1.

    The

    laintiff

    claims

    against each

    of

    the

    defendants,

    on

    a oint

    and several basis:

    (a)

    damages n

    the amount of 150,000;

    (b)

    aggravated damages

    n

    the amount of

    100,000;

    (c) interim

    interlocutory and permanent injunctions enjoining the

    defendants

    from

    publishing

    the defamatory statements

    and

    imputations

    particularized

    herein in any

    form

    or

    by

    any

    medium;

    (d)

    interim

    interlocutory and permanent injunctions enjoining the

    defendants

    from

    making

    or

    continuing

    any

    publication

    of

    any

    kind

    whether

    by

    way

    of

    the Internet

    or

    otherwise,

    which

    states alleges

    or

    expresses the

    opinion

    that

    the defamatory

    statements

    and imputations

    particularized

    herein

    are

    true

    in

    whole or in part;

    (e)

    interim

    interlocutory

    and permanent injunctions

    enjoining the

    defendants

    from

    publishing or causing

    to be published

    or otherwise disseminating

    or

    distributing

    in

    any manner whatsoever,

    whether

    by way of the

    Internet or

    otherwise,any

    statements

    or

    communications

    which

    refer

    to the

    plaintiff

    by

    name,

    by depiction or by description;

     f ~ pre

    -judgment and post-judgment

    interest

    in accordance

    with the

    Courts

    of

    Justice Act R.S.O. 1990,

    . C.43, as amended;

    (g) costs

    of

    this

    action on

    a

    substantial

    indemnity

    basis

    plus all

    applicable

    taxes; and

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    (h)

    Such

    further

    and

    other

    relief

    as

    his Honourable

    Court

    may deem ust.

    Parties to

    the Claim

    2.

    The

    plaintiff,

    Eric

    Lindros

    Lindros )

    is

    an individual

    residing

    in

    the City of Toronto,

    in

    the

    Province of

    Ontario.

    Lindros spent

    13 seasons playing

    hockey

    in

    the

    National

    Hockey

    League (the

    NHL )

    for

    the New

    York

    Rangers,

    Toronto

    Maple

    Leafs, Dallas

    Stars, and

    Philadelphia

    Flyers.

    3.

    The

    defendant, Paul

    Stewart Stewart ) is

    an individual residing

    in

    the

    Town of

    Wapole,

    n the

    State of

    Massachusetts,

    U.S.A.

    Stewart

    is

    a former professional hockey

    player

    and

    a former

    referee.

    Stewart carries

    on

    business as an

    author and hockey

    refereeing

    consultant.

    He

    egularly

    publishes columns on

    topics relating to hockey on

    the

    Huffington

    Post.

    4.

    The

    Huffington

    Post

    is

    an

    online newspaper,

    news aggregator and

    blog publisher

    that

    is

    comprised

    of

    national

    (U.S.),

    local

    i.e., city-specific)

    and international

    (including

    Canadian)

    ditions

    accessible via

    the

    Internet.

    5.

    The

    Huffington

    Post

    is

    published, owned and operated by the

    defendants

    The

    HuffingtonPost.com, Inc, OL

    Canada Inc., and OL

    nc.

    ( the

    OL

    efendants ).

    6.

    The

    HuffingtonPost.com,

    Inc.

    is

    a

    corporation under

    the laws of Delaware.

    7.

    OL

    Canada Inc.

    is

    a

    corporation under

    the

    laws of the Province

    of Ontario.

    8.

    OL

    Inc. is

    a

    corporation under the laws of Delaware. OL

    Inc. is the parent

    company

    of

    the

    defendants, The HuffingtonPost.com,

    Inc.

    and

    OL Canada Inc.

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    -

    Writing

    and Publication

    of

    the Article

    9.

    In

    or

    about

    July

    2014,

    Stewart wrote an

    article

    entitled Hecklers,

    Hooligans and

    the

    Striped-Shirted

    Maitre D

    the

    Article ).

    10.

    On or

    about

    July

    16,

    2014,

    the AOL

    Defendants published

    the Article on the

    Huffington

    Post,

    accessible at

    http.//www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-stewart/hecklers

    -hooligans-and-th_b_5591462.html

    the

    Initial

    Publication ).

    Upon

    the Initial

    Publication,

    the

    Article

    was

    ccessible

    freely to all

    persons

    n

    the world with

    access

    o

    the

    Internet and

    as part of

    the

    U.S,

    Canadian

    and other

    editions

    of the

    Huffington Post.

    The

    Article was

    n

    fact

    accessed and read

    by a

    large number of

    people in Canada,

    the United

    States and

    around

    the

    world,

    particulars of which

    are

    in

    the

    exclusive knowledge of

    the

    AOL

    Defendants.

    11.

    The Article

    included

    the following

    words

    of

    and

    concerning

    the plaintiff:

    Eric

    Lindros was

    a

    player got off

    with

    on the wrong

    foot and we

    never

    developed

    a

    rapport

    because

    neither

    he

    nor

    wanted one.

    t started out

    innocently

    enough.

    was

    working an

    afternoon

    Philadelphia

    -New

    Jersey

    game at the

    Spectrum;

    the

    back

    end of

    ahome-and-home.The

    Devils

    won

    the

    previous

    game,

    -4, n

    a

    game

    efereed by

    Mark

    Faucette.

    The

    game got

    chippy

    late

    in

    the third

    period,

    with

    about 4 penalty

    minutes being handed out

    in

    the

    final

    five minutes,

    ncluding

    roughing

    penalties to Lindros and Scott Stevens

    in

    the waning

    seconds

    of

    the game.

    The

    start

    of

    the game t

    the

    Spectrum

    was delayed several minutes. had

    to wait for the red

    light

    on

    the scorer's table to indicate that the broadcast

    had

    returned from

    a commercial

    and

    it

    was OK o

    drop the opening

    faceoff.

    During

    the delay,

    made

    mall

    talk with several of

    the

    Devils

    and

    Flyers

    on

    the ice.

    said

    hello

    to

    Mark

    Recchi

    and

    talked

    to

    Bernie

    Nicholls.

    then tried

    to

    greet

    the 19

    -year

    -old rookie

    Lindros.

     Hey,

    Eric.

    How

    are

    things

    going?

    How's

    your dad? asked.

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    The

    response: [Bleep]

    you.

    Just

    drop the

    bleeping]

    puck already.

    Lindros was apparently in

    a bad

    mood because

    he'd

    recently missed

    12

    games

    with

    a knee

    injury,

    the team

    was

    in a losing skid, and

    he'd

    had a

    tough

    game n New

    ersey. This

    game was also

    played

    about a

    week after

    Lindros

    had

    to

    go

    to court

    in

    Toronto

    after

    the

    Koo Koo

    Bananas

    incident.

    You

    know

    what? Those

    were his

    problems,

    not

    mine. But

    we were

    about

    o

    have

    a mutual

    problem.

    Right off

    the

    opening faceoff,

    Lindros bulled forward and

    drilled

    Nicholls

    under

    the chin with

    his stick.

    ditched Lindros

    on

    ahigh-sticking

    penalty.

    Before the

    game, had

    brought a tube filled with posters to

    Flyers'

    equipment manager

    Jim Turk Evers.

    The posters,

    which

    depicted

    Recchi

    and

    Lindros,

    were

    to

    be autographed

    and

    then

    donated to

    a

    charity auction.

    had

    done

    a

    similar

    thing

    in other

    cities,

    such

    as

    a am Neely and

    Ray

    Bourque

    poster

    in

    Boston,

    and

    a

    Mario

    Lemieux

    and

    Jaromir

    Jagr

    in

    Pittsburgh.

    After

    the

    game,

    want o Turk

    to

    collect

    the

    poster

    tube.

     Stewy,

    you're not going

    to like this, Evers said. I

    don't

    have

    them.

    What

    do

    you

    mean

    you

    don't have them?

    asked.

     Well,

    Rex

    signed

    the

    posters

    but when

    Ericfound

    out

    they were

    or you, he

    tore

    every

    one

    of

    them

    up. I'm sorry

    about hat.

    never

    spoke to

    Eric

    Lindros again.

    One

    year,

    much

    later

    in his career when

    he

    was

    with

    the

    Rangers,

    ended

    up

    getting him on

    eight

    minor

    penalties that

    season. caught

    some

    heat

    or

     t

    from

    John

    Davidson

    on

    the

    Rangers'

    broadcasts,

    but the

    truth

    of the

    matter

    was his:

    did NOT

    o out

    of

    my

    way

    o invent

    penalties on Lindros

    -- or any

    player

    --

    but

    wasn't going

    to

    give

    that guy a

    break

    on anything

    borderline

    that

    might

    have let

    slide with a

    player who had

    gained

    acceptability

    with

    me.

    With

    some layers, on the

    other

    hand,

    a bad

    relationship

    can

    be

    fixed

    over

    time.

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    Libellous

    Conduct

    by

    the

    Defendants

    12.

    The

    words

    written

    by

    Stewart n the Article

    and published

    by

    the OL Defendants

    are

    inaccurate,

    untrue, and

    defamatory

    of

    the plaintiff in their

    nature and

    ordinary

    meaning,

    as ollows:

     a)

    The

    statement

    that Lindros did

    not want

    a

    rapport with

    Stewart

    s

    false and

    makes

    Lindros

    out

    to be

    unfriendly

    or

    hostile;

     b)

    The

    statement

    that Lindros swore

    i.e.

    bleeped ) at

    Stewart

    is false and

    makes

    Lindros out

    to

    be unfriendly,

    hostile,

    rude

    and insulting;

     c)

    The

    statement

    that

    Lindros refused

    to sign

    posters intended

    for

    a

    charity

    auction,

    and more

    shockingly,

    tore

    them

    up because

    they were

    solicited

    by

    Stewart, is false

    and makes

    Lindros out to be

    unfriendly,

    hostile,

    rude,

    insulting,

    vindictive, cruel,

    uncharitable

    and generally

    a despicable

    person;

    and

     d)

    The

    statement

    that

    Lindros

    failed

    to

    gain

    acceptability

    with

    Stewart alsely

    attributes blame or

    that

    alleged

    failure

    and further

    falsely

    makes

    him out o

    have

    done something wrong or

    improper such

    as he false

    allegations

    in a)

    to

    (c),

    above)

    o justify

    that

    unacceptability

    and

    Stewart's

    conduct towards

    him

    as a

    referee.

    These

    statements

    impute

    moral

    fault

    to

    or

    personal

    conduct

    of the Plaintiff

    that

    a

    reasonable

    person

    would consider

    disreputable.

    As

    a result, reasonable

    and

    ordinary

    readers

    of the

    Article

    would regard

    Lindros

    with

    contempt

    or

    ridicule.

    13.

    s a

    consequence,

    of

    the Initial Publication,

    the

    Plaintiff

    suffered

    damages to this

    reputation for

    which

    the

    Defendants

    are

    responsible.

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    Republication

    of

    Libel;

    Damages

    14. The

    Article

    was

    published by

    Stewart

    and

    the

    AOL

    Defendants

    with the knowledge

    and

    intention

    that

    it

    would be

    republished

    and

    redisseminated

    via

    linking

    from

    other

    websites

    on

    the Internet,

    via quotation or

    paraphrasing

    in

    whole or

    in

    part

    on other

    websites or via a

    combination

    of the two

    the

    Republications ).

    15.

    The

    Article was

    subsequently

    republished by various

    websites

    as

    alleged in

    paragraph 13

    above. At

    least 7

    epublications known

    to the

    Plaintiff

    occurred

    between

    the

    nitial

    Publication and

    August

    20

    2014

    as listed and

    described in Appendix A .

    16.

    t

    was t was

    oth

    intended

    by and

    foreseeable

    to

    Stewart

    and

    the

    AOL

    Defendants

    that

    the

    Article

    would

    receive

    widespread

    public

    attention

    and readership. Lindros is a

    well-known

    public

    figure, particularly in

    Canada

    and the United States and other countries

    where

    ice

    hockey

    is

    popular.

    Furthermore t was

    foreseeable to Stewart and

    the

    AOL

    Defendants

    that the

    libellous content

    contained in the

    Article

    would

    cause

    Lindros

    significant and

    permanent

    damage

    to his personal

    reputation.

    17.

    In

    addition,

    the

    Plaintiff

    has suffered

    aggravated

    damages

    as a consequence

    of

    the

    Republications. In

    particular,

    but without limitation, certain

    Republications

    alleged,

    based upon

    the defamatory

    statements in

    the

    nitial

    Publication

    that

    Eric

    Lindros

    was

    apparently an

    enormous

    bleep]

    and commented that

    Lindros

    angrily tearing up charity

    posters

    is

    a high

    point

    in

    athlete

    dickhead

    behaviour.

    18.

    t

    reasonably

    foreseeable to

    Stewart and

    the

    AOL

    Defendants that

    further

    dissemination

    and republication

    of

    the Article and its contents

    would occur following the

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    the

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    to

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    ct

    signi

    ficant amoun

    t

    of

    publi

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    attention

     and inter

    est he

    aggrav

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    mages

    uffere

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    the Plaintiff

     

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    a

    co

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    ce were

     

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    th

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    ants.

    1

    9. he

    de

    fendants

     

    are at

    law

    full

    y

    respo

    nsible

    for any

    and

     

    all dama

    ges suf

    fered b

    y

    the 

    Pla

    intiff fo

    r

    the n

    itial Pub

    lication

     

    a

    nd

    th

    e

    R

    epublica

    tions.

    20

    . In

    the

     

    eve

    nt

    ha

    t this claim

    is

    served outsid

    e

    of

    Ontario,

     the

     

    pl

    aintiff

    relies 

    upon

    the

    following

     

    prov

    isions

    of 

    rule 17.02

     

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    supp

    ort 

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    f

    suc

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    serv

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     ges ust

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    On

    tario;

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    or

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    son

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    on

     

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    iness

    in

    Ontario

    .

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     he 

    plaintiff

    pro

    poses 

    that

    the

    action

    be tri

    ed

    in

    Toron

    to, 

    Ontar

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