Prenda says identity theft accuser is crazy and off his meds
Until recently, Prenda Law was a lawsuit factory, suing thousands of "John Doe" defendants for allegedly violating copyright by downloading pornographic films on BitTorrent. But late last year, when a Minnesota man named Alan Cooper accused the firm of using his name without permission as the head of one of its shell companies, the firm was forced into damage control mode. At a hearing last week, the firm's senior officials invoked the Fifth Amendment to avoid answering questions about Cooper's allegations.
After weeks of dodging questions about whether the "Alan Cooper" who signed documents on behalf of the shell company AF Holdings was the same Alan Cooper who has accused Prenda of identity theft, Prenda has finally taken a position on the question. In a Monday court filing for the case formally known as Ingenuity LLC v. John Doe (PDF), Prenda suggests that Cooper knew perfectly well what he was involved with. The filing implies Cooper is lying when he says he had nothing to do with Prenda's porn-trolling operation, and that the Minnesotan has gone off the deep end.
