DC Radio: Tommy McFly Could Be Witness In Defamation Case

Tommy McFly

The defamation suit against the FishbowlDC website is already shaping up to be a real-life Seinfeld finale, only instead of the Soup Nazi, the trial's witness list includes a number of Washington, DC media personalities.

According to Washington City Paper, Lawyers for local publicist Wendy Gordon filed the suit back in January, alleging that FishbowlDC editor Betsy Rothstein and blogger Peter Ogburn "falsely depicted Ms. Gordon as a self-promoting, attention-seeking, loose party girl/cougar, constantly on the prowl for considerably younger men for casual, sexual relations." In addition to Rothstein and Ogburn, Gordon's suit also names parent website Mediabistro and parent company WebMediaBrands Inc.

Wendy Gordon, McFly (Mediabistro photo)

Attorneys for the respective sides of the $2 million suit recently filed their witness lists.

On the defense side, lawyers for Mediabistro Inc. list potential 12 witnesses, including Daily Caller founder Tucker Carlson, former Washington Times editor Sam Dealey, former Washington Examiner reporter and Sirius radio host Julie Mason, and Washingtonian editor-at-large Carol Joynt.

The plaintiffs are calling 31 witnesses, including the Washington Times' Emily Miller, WIAD FRESH 94.7-FM's Tommy McFly, the Washington Examiner's Joana Suleiman, and the Washington Post's Paul Schwartzman.

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