ONLY ON 3 FOLLOW-UP: Pantano attorney threatens “war” against doodle rescue, lawyer
WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) – As we continue to sift through the correspondence between Congressional candidate Ilario Pantano and Jacquie Yorke, the President of the Doodle Rescue Society in New Jersey, we’ve come across one from Pantano’s attorney threatening Yorke’s attorney with war.
Yorke claims the Pantanos lied on an application for two puppies, that they’re not qualified to adopt them, and she wants the returned. Pantano says Yorke is just harassing him because she doesn’t agree with his politics.
In a letter dated April 7, Rick E. Graves writes to Dexter Campbell, III in Raleigh, encouraging him not to get into a fight over puppies.
But in the last paragraph, Graves goes even farther, saying, “I am certain I have a bit of an advantage here since the Pantanos are dear friends whom I would personally defend to the point of bodily injury, whether inside or outside of a courtroom. If you and your client really want to have a legal fight about a couple of puppies, then I am ready to go to war. And, as this is personal and political, I will not be charging any legal fees to my friends. When a friend of mine is attacked, it is an attack against me as well. I truly hope this is something that can be resolved short of a legal fight, but I wanted to give you and your client an honest assessment of what lies ahead if the threats in your letter were acted upon.”
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