“Pragad is fully aware that nothing in this world comes for free, and he should not be permitted to continue to wield an ownership interest in Newsweek that he paid nothing for and that he was never intended to retain,” the complaint states.
Newsweek’s lawsuit tells a different story. It claims that Uzac and Davis interfered with efforts by Newsweek reporters to “investigate and report on the influence Jang and the Community had over IBT” and orchestrating “a mass deletion of emails, documents, and other data from the Newsweek Google Workspace,” the lawsuit alleges.
Robert Weigel, Newsweek’s attorney, denies IBT’s claims, instead telling Newsweek reporters that IBT owes the company more than $30 million.
“It is a desperate attempt by IBT to avoid its clear obligations and it’s wholly without merit,” he told Religion News Service.
Newsweek’s editor, Nancy Cooper, has stated that neither Pragad nor Davis has any influence on the publication’s coverage of the ownership dispute. “The newsroom operates autonomously, serving its readers and abiding by its journalistic mission,” she wrote in a note appended to the coverage of the recent IBT lawsuit.
Weigel told RNS in an email that Newsweek had hoped to reach an amicable resolution with IBT but filed suit in response to the IBT lawsuit.
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This article originally appeared on ReligionNews.com.
