Big sad.
The saga of Jonah Hill’s ex-girlfriend, Sarah Brady, publishing two tranches of private text messages in order to shame the beloved actor took a wild turn, hours ago, when the Committee for Equality in Women’s Surfing, or “Surf Equity,” swung into the mix in an attempt to tar the noted feminist, ally and extreme sport agent Circe Wallace while, at the same time, marginalizing and othering BeachGrit co-founder Derek Rielly.
The non-profit which claims to accept all races, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities, national origins, abilities, socioeconomic backgrounds, gender expressions, countries of origin, ethnicities, religions and genders generally lowers its cannons and fires fusillades into the ranks of gay women and women with disabilities.
Gay big wave icon Keala Kennelly has been personally targeted as well as Bethany Hamilton, who was recently placed on the group’s “Racist Anti-Trans Wall of Shame.”
The openly left (too left, if you ask her husband) and ultra socially progressive Wallace, and one of the only female agents in extreme sports, was subjected to a most vicious smear with Surf Equity publishing, “Talent agent and former competitive snowboarder Circe Wallace is married to Chas Smith. Sadly, she pulls the stings on Chas’ misogynistic and anti-LGBTQIA+ rants.”
A picture of David Lee Scales smoking a cigarette and drinking what appears to be a Belgian beer accompanied the missive. Smith can be heard saying a vaguely positive thing about children’s author J.K. Rowling in the background.

Continuing, Surf Equity added the equally triggering and libelous, “Chas Smith and Circe Wallace write and publish misogynist trash about the surf industry on their website BeachGrit,” though Wallace has never written nor published a word and, much to her chagrin, is not included in the business documents of the biggest surf blog on earth.
Rielly, left entirely out, tears certainly streaming down weathered cheeks, has not been reached for comment.

Not finished, Surf Equity followers were asked to vote on if the lifelong Democrat and advocate was a Trump campaign contributor, a Mom’s For Liberty member or a TERF…

… before the coup de grace was delivered. A photograph of Smith and Wallace on the way to an already offensive ballet performance. Wallace further stained with the aforementioned shark attack survivor and world’s greatest surfer Kelly Slater.

Big sad.
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I really can’t believe this is a real organization! What the fucking fuck
griving cars
Is this why we can’t have nice things?
When she said “Circe represents Kelly Slater”
Rumors swirling those useless fuckwits over at The Inertia are trying become relevant and pushing a “Kassia for CEO” angle.
Are you related to Will Smith?
Is Circe going to shut BG down because it will damage the family business that actually brings in money? This is all getting a little too complicated and intertwined. I feel threatened. Is there a group for me?
Ashton = Surfequity
Be a man Chas and don’t call the cops.
cc: the clap
Jeff Bay Live…or i’ll…?
whiskey sour for ma lady…
skip to comments. vote Wallace! now back to the muse’s blog”climbing out of trenches…coconut trees, pineapples & bananas…”
Hmmm like this? https://youtu.be/gQi3UvbI-yg
I would not represent Bethany Hamilton in any context, considering her toxic Taliban-level extremist Christian beliefs, but being accused of being a Trump campaign contributor?
That’s pretty low.
… sipping my bud light, chuckling at the show. Keep the hits coming.
And what if the WSL was considering Circe and then they publish this and she doesn’t get it bc of this libel, the damage to reputation can be proved.
sobering…
Agree. Generally, defamation is a false and unprivileged statement of fact that is harmful to someone’s reputation, and published “with fault,” meaning as a result of negligence or malice. State laws often define defamation in specific ways. Libel is a written defamation; slander is a spoken defamation.
What are the elements of a defamation claim?
The elements that must be proved to establish defamation are:
a publication to one other than the person defamed;
a false statement of fact;
that is understood as
a. being of and concerning the plaintiff; and
b. tending to harm the reputation of plaintiff.
If the plaintiff is a public figure, he or she must also prove actual malice.
Is truth a defense to defamation claims?
Yes. Truth is an absolute defense to a defamation claim. But keep in mind that the truth may be difficult and expensive to prove.
Can my opinion be defamatory?
No—but merely labeling a statement as your “opinion” does not make it so. Courts look at whether a reasonable reader or listener could understand the statement as asserting a statement of verifiable fact. (A verifiable fact is one capable of being proven true or false.) This is determined in light of the context of the statement. A few courts have said that statements made in the context of an Internet bulletin board or chat room are highly likely to be opinions or hyperbole, but they do look at the remark in context to see if it’s likely to be seen as a true, even if controversial, opinion (“I really hate George Lucas’ new movie”) rather than an assertion of fact dressed up as an opinion (“It’s my opinion that Trinity is the hacker who broke into the IRS database”).
and why lawyers, paralegals, judges, plaintiff, and defendants drink! i’ll return to analyze your post, CC…at happy hour…RIP Anchor Steam.
Chas.
You look like Quaalude Hitler.
Can you still buy ludes?
No but you can shelve them! xox
Aggressive mimicry is the term for when animals lure their prey in before the kill. I think it applies here. Surfequity probably thought this was to be a nice meal only to be eaten whole.
https://media4.giphy.com/me…