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North Carolina Restaurant Sues Anti-Drag Protesters

Queen City News reports: A Monroe restaurant has issued a counterclaim to a lawsuit against them, saying protesters for the business’s all-ages drag shows have defamed and cost them business. The claim comes after protestors filed suit against East Frank Superette and Kitchen over the use of altered photos of them. In one photo, promotional … The post North Carolina Restaurant Sues Anti-Drag Protesters appeared first on Joe.My.God..

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Apr 29, 2024 - 20:00

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North Carolina Restaurant Sues Anti-Drag Protesters

Queen City News reports:

A Monroe restaurant has issued a counterclaim to a lawsuit against them, saying protesters for the business’s all-ages drag shows have defamed and cost them business. The claim comes after protestors filed suit against East Frank Superette and Kitchen over the use of altered photos of them. In one photo, promotional restaurant material showed images of the protestors with altered signs.
The group’s lawsuit claims the restaurant of Wrongful Appropriation of Personal Image and of violating North Carolina’s Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act. In the counterclaim, filed April 12, the restaurant said the protestors “routinely and regularly accused East Frank — a restaurant that, from time to time, hosts drag performances — of child abuse, child sexual exploitation, and child grooming.”

Read the full article. As you’ll see in the January video report below, the first lawsuit came when anti-drag protesters became enraged because the restaurant had photoshopped their “Stop Grooming Children” signs with mocking messages promoting their menu items.