Thomas Carney Says Ryan Boylston Lied In Mailer About Car Crash.
BY: LITIGATION DESK | BocaNewsNow.com
DELRAY BEACH, FL (BocaNewsNow.com) (Copyright © 2024 MetroDesk Media, LLC) — Delray Beach Mayoral Candidate Thomas Carney, Jr., is suing his competitor for libel and slander. Ryan Boylston, according to the suit, bulk mailed a campaign flyer that is full of lies. Specifically, that Carney was involved in a “second hit and run.”
BocaNewsNow.com obtained the court filing. Here is part of the key narrative:
”Specifically, the Mailer falsely states that Carney was involved in a “Second Hit- And-Run.” This statement is defamatory per se as it falsely alleges that Carney committed a crime (i.e., a second hit-and-run). This statement was made by Boylston with actual malice as the public record reflects that Carney was never charged with, let alone convicted of, a second hit-and-run. In addition, the Mailer also includes a number of inflammatory statements in quotation marks, with the words “Police Report” near them, implying that the statements were true and accurate and contained in a police report.
The subject statements assert that Carney was “definitely intoxicated” at the time of a certain car accident (essentially a fender-bender), that he “had blood all over him,” that he had “no idea he hit someone,” and further suggest that Carney might have attempted to leave the scene of the car accident had he not been physically blocked from doing so. See Mailer. Each of these statements constitute defamation by implication as they imply facts that are not true, ignore the facts actually set forth in the subject police report, and ignore other facts (including facts attested to under oath) that contradict the false implication.
The statement that Carney was “definitely intoxicated,” especially when placed near the words, “Police Report,” implies that a police report found that Carney was intoxicated at the time of the car accident, when in truth there was no such finding in any police report, and he was not intoxicated at the time of the accident. The statement that Carney “had blood all over him,” especially when placed near the words, “Police Report,” implies that a police report found that he had blood all over him as a result of the car accident, when in truth there was no such finding in any police report, and in fact the only blood present at the time was from a cut on Carney’s finger unrelated to the accident.
The statement that Carney had “no idea he hit someone,” especially when placed near the words, “Police Report,” implies that a police report found that he had no idea he had hit someone, when in truth there was no such finding in any police report, Carney was interviewed by the police at the scene, and Carney was fully aware that he had hit the car in front of him as a result of that car darting out in front of him (as set forth in the subject police report). Lastly, the statement that a witness “kinda stepped back and just made sure he [Carney] didn’t leave the scene until the police arrived,” implies that Carney attempted or would have attempted to leave the scene of the accident had he not been physically blocked from doing so by the witness, when in truth there was no finding that Carney attempted to leave the scene of the accident, and in fact he pulled off the road after the accident along with the car that he had hit.”
There was no immediate response filed by Boylston. The complete lawsuit can be read by clicking the “download button” below.
