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Reverend Billy to Fight Starbucks in LA
Court
Jury selection for Starbucks vs
Reverend Billy will commence October 21st, as the coffee giant charges
the Reverend with Destruction of Property and disturbing the
caffeination of pseudo-bohemians. A Cease and Desist Order
already enjoins Reverend Billy, aka Bill Talen, from "disturbing,
stalking, or sexually harassing" the "computerized cash registers" of
the Starbucks Corporation. This LA Superior Court ruling,
specifying a 250 yard "No Billy Zone" around all Starbucks
property in the State of California, banishes the New York City-based
activist from a land mass the size of the Island of Hawaii, and
effectively eliminates passage through Los Angeles International
Airport. Not satisfied, last Thursday Starbucks headquarters notified
Talen of persona non grata status in "all Starbucks facilities in the
known world."
The trial will review a Church of Stop Shopping retail intervention on
April 19th, 2004 where Reverend Billy exorcised a Northridge Starbucks
cash register. Allegedly, this ritualistic Laying on of Hands ripped
the machine's plastic spit guard and gouged the Reverend's palm. Over
15 local activists and Stop Shopping Gospel Choir members claim witness
to the holy roller's "stigmata," but the Reverend himself refuses to
confirm if the wound bears mystical significance.
The criminal complaint could result in 60 days in prison. Art
Goldberg of the Working People's Law Center, representing the Reverend,
turned down the guilty plea offering of 24 hours in jail or 10 days
cleaning Los Angeles city highways. A recent Nova Scotia study blamed
coffee cups for one-third of their highway litter.
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