{"id":12124,"date":"2014-05-06T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2014-05-06T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/?p=12124"},"modified":"2014-05-05T10:29:02","modified_gmt":"2014-05-05T15:29:02","slug":"does-ex-wife-have-rights-to-chris-mackneys-suicide-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sequenceinc.com\/fraudfiles\/does-ex-wife-have-rights-to-chris-mackneys-suicide-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Ex-Wife Have Rights to Chris Mackney’s Suicide Note?"},"content":{"rendered":"

In December 2013, Chris Mackney (aka Christopher Machnij) committed suicide<\/a> after penning a suicide note<\/a> and posting it publicly on the internet. The letter alleges that Mackney was a victim of a corrupt family court system, and was being alienated from his young children. His inability to access his children appears to be a major factor in his suicide.<\/p>\n

The text of the suicide note was posted on a forum at A Voice For Men<\/a> in February, without much fanfare. But then Dina Mackney, the departed’s ex-wife decided she did not want anyone to read about the allegations against her. So she used the courts to help her scrub the internet of Chris Mackney’s existence<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Attorneys for Dina Mackney demanded that A Voice For Men remove the text of the suicide letter<\/a>. The website has responded by retaining First Amendment lawyer Marc Randazza. His response is found here<\/a>. Randazza’s position is that A Voice For Men has a right to continue to publish the letter because:<\/p>\n