A judge has tentatively ruled that a social media influencer’s internet posts criticizing San Diego-based One America News Network for its hiring of former Rep. Matt Gaetz cannot be barred by a restraining order.
The far-right network alleges that Chelsea Goss, who also goes by Chelsea Gods, trespassed onto the company’s property while she filmed a series of videos and harassed OANN employees in the process.
It also took issue with Goss’ social media posts, which it claimed could “incite threatening behavior” against OANN’s President Charles Herring and employees.
In the videos referenced in the case, Goss is seen at OANN’s San Diego property accusing Gaetz of being a pedophile and referring to the network’s employees as “pedophile protectors.”
Gaetz, who resigned from the House of Representatives amid allegations that he paid a 17-year-old girl, as well as multiple women, for sex, began hosting a political talk show on One America News Network last year.
A temporary restraining order was issued against Goss in February, but a hearing on a permanent injunction is pending.
Among the injunction requests from OANN’s attorneys are that Goss be restricted from making any social media posts about Herring Networks or its employees and that any existing posts of that nature be removed.
Shortly after the temporary restraining order was granted, Goss posted a video in which she said she cannot physically be on OANN’s premises, but anyone else watching the video can.
OANN’s attorneys claim that Goss posted that video in order to encourage her followers to stalk and harass OANN employees and that it led to an anonymous phone call in which a man made threatening statements against the network.
Goss’ attorneys, who have filed a motion to strike the restraining order, argued in court filings that her posts constitute constitutionally protected speech and not harassment or threats.
In their anti-SLAPP motion, they wrote that Goss brought the motion “to protect her First Amendment right to speak publicly about issues of public concern, including on social media. The court should reject (OANN’s) attempt to abuse California’s workplace violence laws to silence (Goss).”
Superior Court Judge Chandra Reid issued a tentative ruling on Monday in which she partially granted Goss’ motion.
In the ruling, Reid wrote that the evidence presented thus far did not establish that Goss had made a “credible threat of violence against petitioner and/or its employees.”
However, the judge declined to strike the restraining order request in regard to Goss’ alleged trespass of “secured employee areas” on OANN’s property or social media posts depicting her alleged trespass.
Reid said she would issue a final ruling on Goss’ motion next week.
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