Dene Broadbelt threatens legal action against radio jock

Apparently unhappy about being labelled “Dodgy Dene” and “The Cross Country Conman” Dene Broadbelt says he has engaged a Bateman’s Bay legal firm, Bayside Lawyers, to commence proceedings against those who have allegedly maligned him.

Firmly in his sights is an unnamed announcer, now working in Bendigo, along with a Sunshine Coast Social Media and Website Design Firm who have been sent a “cease and desist” notice. The notice demands “that they cease and desist from spreading false, destructive, and defamatory material concerning Broadbelt’s business dealings and private affairs.” 

No description of exactly what that “false, destructive, and defamatory material” is has been offered and radioinfo has been unable to find anything in connection with Mr Broadbelt on the station’s website.

The full media release reads:

 

Ex Australian Radio Personality Dene Broadbelt said his lawyers have sent a legal notice to a [details removed] radio announcer and Sunshine Coast social media and website design firm for making “defamatory” allegations against the former “Australian radio announcer”.

In a letter, from Bayside Lawyers to the alleged defamation duo it advises “We refer in particular to defamatory material assembled and disseminated to the detriment of our client by the private Facebook account of an organisation known as “The Dene Broadbelt Support Group”. Our client emphatically denies the truth of that material.”

Mr Broadbelt, said that his lawyers have sent a “cease and desist” notice to the [details removed] announcer and a Sunshine Coast Social Media And Website Design Firm and demanded a “that they cease and desist from spreading false, destructive, and defamatory material concerning Broadbelt’s business dealings and private affairs. 

The action came after several news reports’ quoted that Broadbelt “had faked his own death to escape from authorities”, some publications also titled Mr Broadbelt as “Dodgy Dene” and “The Cross Country Conman”.

“The Duo have made serious allegation’s on the internet, to the media and Broadbelt’s past employers without a scrap of correct evidence to back it up some of the alleged that the duo are referring to have never had any dealings with Mr Broadbelt”.

The letter also stated that Bayside Lawyers “are not averse to the freedom of speech and recognise the value of fair comment. At this time our client has no desire to commence legal proceedings and we are keen to do all we can to avoid litigation.

Mr Broadbelt also advised that his lawyers “are preparing another cease and desist notice for a media outlet that advised the public that Broadbelt was “Found Dead with out verifying their source of information.”

 

Read Peter Saxon’s revealing one on one interview with Dene Broadbelt on Monday.

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