Extremists Battle In Court Over Rights To Anti-Vax Film

April 10, 2024 Extremists, Infighting Is Funny

The Daily Dot reports:

In 2022, far-right media personality Stew Peters released Died Suddenly, a “documentary” that claims the COVID-19 vaccine is deadly. Now, he’s suing the film’s producers and fellow conspiracy theorist Lauren Witzke for allegedly collecting donations on his behalf, falsely advertising a sequel to the film, and acting as the film’s owners.

In the lawsuit, Peters identifies himself as the rightful owner of the film’s trademark and asserts that the defendants—Witzke, Edward Szall, Matthew Skow, and Nicholas Stumphauzer—wrongfully asserted control of the film’s website, X account, and filed for trademark and copyrights to the film.

Szall and Witzke are prominent far-right activists and Stumphauzer runs a Christian match-making site.

Read the full article. Died Suddenly was widely debunked upon its release, as the film cites people who died in accidents, of other diseases, or are still alive.

As I’ve previously reported, elected Republicans such as Rep. Paul Gosar, Rep. Andy Biggs, Rep. Pete Sessions, Rep. Bob Good, and prominent right wingers such as Kari Lake and RFK Jr. continue to appear on Holocaust-denier Peters’ show despite his frequent calls to execute Democrats and scientists such as Anthony Fauci.

Peters has been a headliner at multiple QAnon conferences held at Trump properties where Eric Trump was also a speaker. Earlier this month he called for executing employees of Catholic Charities.

Lauren Witzke has an arrest record for meth and heroin possession and has claimed that she used to smuggle drugs for Mexican cartels. In 2020, she was the Republican nominee for the US Senate in Delaware. Until recently, she hosted a show on Peters’ platform with now co-defendant Edward Szall.



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