Legal Opinion
Beneficient v. Gladstone
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided May 22, 2024No. 6:23-cv-00376Unknown
1Opinion
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION § BENEFICIENT and BRAD § HEPPNER, § § Plaintiffs, § § v. § Case No. 6:23-cv-376-JDK § ALEXANDER GLADSTONE, § § Defendant. § § MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS This is a defamation case. Plaintiffs—Texas corporation Beneficient and its founder, CEO, and chairman Brad Heppner—were involved in a series of business transactions between 2019 and 2022 that ended with the bankruptcy of GWG Holdings, Inc. Defendant Alexander Gladstone is an investigative reporter working for The Wall Street…
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