A Lawyer representing Sarah Palin has sent a letter to the publisher of a book about the former Alaska governor, written by author Joe McGinniss, threatening legal action.
The letter, directed to Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, states Palin may sue the company and McGinniss "for knowingly publishing false statements" in the book, "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,"
The letter cites an email from McGinniss in which he wrote that he "ran out of time" to provide sufficient sources for the book.
He wrote that attorneys from Crown Publishing told him "nothing I can cite other than my own reporting rises above the level of tawdry gossip. The proof is always just around the corner, but that is a corner nobody has been able to turn."
Palin family attorney John Tiemessen says the email "clearly describes the fact that Mr. McGinniss researched and investigated many false and scurrilous allegations, and concluded that there was absolutely no evidence anywhere backing these allegations." He calls it "malicious" for Crown to publish the book when it has proof McGinniss and Crown "were fully aware the statements in the book were false, intended to be false, and were intended to harm."
McGinniss rankled the former Republican vice-presidential candidate when he moved next door to her family home in Wasilla, Alaska, last year while he was writing the book, which was released September 20.
The Palin family constructed a 4m fence after McGinniss arrived, and the Tea Party darling said the family made a conscious effort to stay out of his sight.
Palin also accused him of being a peeping Tom and a voyeur.
The letter, directed to Crown Publishing Group, a division of Random House, states Palin may sue the company and McGinniss "for knowingly publishing false statements" in the book, "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin,"
The letter cites an email from McGinniss in which he wrote that he "ran out of time" to provide sufficient sources for the book.
He wrote that attorneys from Crown Publishing told him "nothing I can cite other than my own reporting rises above the level of tawdry gossip. The proof is always just around the corner, but that is a corner nobody has been able to turn."
Palin family attorney John Tiemessen says the email "clearly describes the fact that Mr. McGinniss researched and investigated many false and scurrilous allegations, and concluded that there was absolutely no evidence anywhere backing these allegations." He calls it "malicious" for Crown to publish the book when it has proof McGinniss and Crown "were fully aware the statements in the book were false, intended to be false, and were intended to harm."
McGinniss rankled the former Republican vice-presidential candidate when he moved next door to her family home in Wasilla, Alaska, last year while he was writing the book, which was released September 20.
The Palin family constructed a 4m fence after McGinniss arrived, and the Tea Party darling said the family made a conscious effort to stay out of his sight.
Palin also accused him of being a peeping Tom and a voyeur.
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