Former YouTube sensation Glenn Cerio refused an offer of a $10.00 Taco Bell gift card and a promise that Tella Cline would never call him or e-mail him as a settlement offer in his small claims court lawsuit against Cline on Tuesday.
Cerio is seeking $10,000.00 in damages in restitution for lost wages, identity theft and loss of YouTube reputation as he accused Cline of distributing his social security number, home address and other information to her YouTube subscribers maliciously.
He also wanted a lifetime restraining order against Cline and demanded a written agreement that Cline will no longer cover his criminal and civil hearings, mention his name in any way or post photos of him online.
As proof of damage to his financial status, Cerio offered a mass mailed Experian notice that hundreds of millions of Americans received last month indicating that their social security numbers were breached.
Since mediation failed, Cline and Cerio will be going to trial on October 22, provided that the lawsuit survives a motion to dismiss the case by Cline. Cline said she was looking for help writing the motion to dismiss and that she would be filing it as soon as possible.
Cline also reported that she has screen shots to show that the information she presented about Cerio was originally presented on his own YouTube channel’s community page and that she had blacked out Cerio’s social security number when she reported on a bulletin written by Everett, Washington, police specialist Erica Bennett about Cerio.
Cerio also had a hearing in his lawsuit against Bennett on Tuesday, with a lawyer for the city of Everett representing Bennett. The mediation session between the attorney and Cerio resulted in a second mediation session being scheduled for late October.
Objecting to the scheduling of his trial date against Cline, Cerio reportedly said he wanted to delay the trial with Cline for as long as possible since he wanted to win the case against Bennett first, to allow that evidence to be used against Cline. The judge in the Cline case denied his request over Cerio’s continued protests.
The lawsuits against Bennett and Cline are the last small claims court lawsuits Cerio currently has on his plate. His previous small claims court lawsuits against police officers in Washington State have all been thrown out for various reasons.
Cerio has been seeking $10,000.00 in each of the lawsuits, with reports indicating that he intends to use whatever amount he wins to fund his federal civil rights lawsuits against various cities in Washinton State that he has announced, but yet has filed.
