Mayfield v. Steve Fullhart and Gray Communication Group, et al —Litigation Update
I was contacted by the news media about the 14th Court of Appeals opinion regarding Gray Communication and Steve Fullhart.
In 2007 to 2011, Steve Fullhart and Gray Communication, KTBX TV reported false stories about me. They appeared to be making up one more fantastic story after another. People told me about the stories. I did not read them at the time but made copies of them from the internet. The stories stated that Helen Mayfield admitted that she had been cashing checks for a percentage since 2001. They also reported that Mayfield admitted that she had participated in five or six scams. They reported that Mayfield had been involved in Internal Scams. They did not cite a source for the information other than Mayfield. I felt the stories were defamation per se and sued. When I sued Fullhart and KTBX TV they stated that the source of their information was a probable cause statement given to them by the prosecutor of Brazos County. The Brazos County Prosecutor was on the bottom of the document that they provided. They reported in their article that they also received information from the FBI and Secret Service.
When I served them with discovery. They refused to respond stating that they had filed a Motion for Summary Judgement not yet served on me and they did not intend to provide copies of the articles or state when they were published. I argued to the court they were not entitled to Summary Judgement as a matter of law if they did not provide the articles and state when they were published. The court overruled me. The probable cause statement was not a part of the trial. The 10th Court of Appeals ruled that I was not entitled to see exhibits admitted in the trial. The trial judge ruled that the prosecutor did not have to give me a copy or allow me to see exhibits admitted in the trial or have a copy of tapes admitted. The 10th Court of appeals affirmed this opinion stating in its opinion that I should not have been given a copy of the tape and exhibits because “I should have known what was on them.” The 10th Court of Appeals did not discuss the fact that they were no written Miranda warnings signed despite requests for an attorney and refusal to talk without an attorney. I certainly intend to appeal this decision by the court. Gray Communication and its staff used perjured affidavits to support the motion for summary judgment stating that the only articles that they reported cited the source of the information as the probable cause statement. This was a total lie on their part. The articles I saw did not cite a source other than Mayfield. I did not talk to them or anyone. This is why I believe my son and my apartments and home were burglarized so many times. They had to get all of the copies of the articles that I had. They were desperate to win at any cost. Perjury and criminal activity did not deter them. I subpoenaed Fullhart before my trial and he lied and did not produce the articles. The judge did not force him to do so as requested. This was obstruction of justice. I will appeal this case to the United States Supreme Court. I will not stop here.