Female comedian's show falsely claimed husband was "abusive", so he's suing her. Nearly EVERY single news report of this doesn't even mention her vile allegation, & instead claim she's a 'hero' & its "a free speech issue" when it isn't.

William__F0ster · 2018-02-21T21:34:25+00:00

Her GoFundMe page makes for interesting reading (my italics):

Hi! I am Louise Beamont, my stage name is Louise Reay.

I hope you’ll forgive me – but I need to ask you something. You see, I am being sued over one of my stand-up shows.

Not just by anyone. By my husband (now separated of course).

He has a lot more money than me and he says that I accused him of abusing me in my show. And so he’s suing me, which in my opinion is simply an attempt to silence me.

As standup comedians, I believe it’s the very definition of our job to talk about our lives and social issues.

So this has become a free speech issue - and free speech means everything to me.

The husband's solicitors (Taylor Hampton Solicitors Limited) also put out a statement, reprinted in The Guardian:

"We have from the outset made clear to Ms Beamont that our client is not in any way seeking to restrict or 'silence' her comedy or its content, except to the very limited extent that it involves the publication of unjustified false allegations and private information relating to him.

"For an extended period last summer, following their separation, Ms Beamont repeatedly performed a comedy show which identified our client verbally and in still and moving images, contained private information about him and his relationship with Ms Beamont, and made very serious and inflammatory allegations of wrongdoing against him.

"These allegations included the entirely false suggestion that our client's relationship with Ms Beamont was an abusive one.

"No right to freedom of expression or artistic licence can extend to the publication of such seriously defamatory and false allegations, or the unjustified misuse of our client's private information."

William__F0ster · 2018-02-21T21:53:46+00:00

Louise Reay on Youtube being interviewed about Hard Mode - the show the ex-husband is suing her over.

One choice and slightly ironic quote: here she talks about the fact that she hasn't done enough publicity and so she hasn't sold enough tickets:

In an ideal world, we'd all just focus on our shows, right? But then in reality, then you'd have no audience to show to because you haven't thought about the rest ... So I'm at this point where I'm trying to sell tickets and errr [it's] difficult(!)

Bizarrely, their wedding video is still available on Youtube -don't know what the fuck that's about ....

William__F0ster · 2018-02-21T22:05:44+00:00

Here are some reviews of Reay's work:

... solo performer, Louise Reay.

Ostensibly, she was performing both parts of a duo, which is a promising idea, but in fact her largely improvised set comprised a baffling dialogue between characters that had little sense of purpose and no sense of direction. ‘I don’t know where I’m going with this,’ she confessed at one point, and it was hard to disagree. Laughs were not forthcoming.

Hardly a surprise from a woman whose GoFundMe page claims that "As standup comedians, I believe it’s the very definition of our job to talk about our lives and social issues." Errr ...

Here's a review of Hard Mode - the show in which she allegedly defames her ex-husband:

It’s confrontational and theatrical, but it isn’t exactly funny as such [ ... ] Hard Mode is probably more bleak absurdist theatre than it is comedy

I think I know what this reviewer is trying to say here ...

At its core, Hard Mode is about a very recent and raw heartbreak, and the show is intended as catharsis as much as its an interactive protest against the subjection of a people she obviously loves deeply. The critique of an authoritarian regime is, more fundamentally, the lament of a creative soul for something she can’t have, and it is uncomfortably personal, and really heartbreaking [ ... ] It’s impossible to say that it’s strictly enjoyable, but there’s an abundance of admiration for both Reay’s ambition, and willingness to bear her scars, as fresh as they still are.

Sounds like a right barrel of laughs, doesn't it? Jesus H. Christ ...

I also think those references in the review to "uncomfortably personal, and really heartbreaking" and Reay's "willingness to bear her scars, as fresh as they still are" is highly suggestive that her personal life played more of a role in the show than just two minutes' worth as she seems to be claiming ...

JohnKimble111 · 2018-02-22T04:54:16+00:00

Some great top rated comments!

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