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Despite a Gag Order SF Blogger David NahmodContinues to Write About Surprise Couple HeClaims Brainwashed His Ex-BoyfriendBy Niki DAndrea Mon Sep 22 2008 at 652 PM Write Comment
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By Niki DrsquoAndrea
Despite getting served with a gag order and an Injunction of Harassment San Francisco-
based blogger David Nahmod continues to post blogs about a couple in Surprise Arizona
he claims ldquobrainwashedrdquo his ex-boyfriend into leaving him Hersquoll participate in a Maricopa
County Justice Court hearing via phone on Thursday September 25 to request that the
gag order be removed
As we reported last month in the Valley Fever blog titled ldquoArizona Couple Gets Judge to
Gag SF Bloggerrdquo Nahmod was ordered to stop doing anything that encourages others to
harass the couple including posting information about them on the Internet Nahmod
had written extensively about the couple Stephen Polich and Kathryn Rock of Surprise
Arizona at the sites davidsopenforumblogspotcom and wwwlavenderliberalcom and
also shared his story with reporter Lauren Smiley at our sister publication the SF Weekly
(click here to read that story)
In his writings Nahmod alleges that Rock in particular destroyed his relationship with
Beecher Goodwin by ldquobrainwashingrdquo Goodwin whom he claims has bi-polar disorder
(which Nahmod says he also has) Nahmod claims Rock has been tampering with
Goodwinrsquos mail (on Nahmods blog hes posted a photo of a letter from Beecher saying I
need to get my mail along with an envelope addressed to Nahmod with Kathryn Rock as
the sender) falsifying documents and forcing Goodwin (whom Nahmod says ldquois barely
literate and doesnrsquot know how to use a computerrdquo) to sign them and causing him
mysterious headaches ldquoWhat Kathryn Rock did constitutes nothing less than a gay
bashingrdquo Nahmod wrote in his June 1 2008 blog
Nahmodrsquos tirade against Rock led her and her husband to seek the restraining order
against him in July An Arizona judge issued the gag order in August Since then Nahmod
has continued to regularly blog about his failed relationship with Goodwin and the hand he
feels Rock played in his relationshiprsquos demise
ldquoI have stopped mentioning her last name and the city of Surprise on all blog posts since
the judgersquos orderrdquo says Nahmod who wanted it noted in this blog that New Times
contacted him for this story not vice versa ldquoI donrsquot want the judge to think Irsquom trying to
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draw more attention to this whole thing I am obeying the judgersquos order but Irsquom still
talking about this issuerdquo
Goodwin has been living with Stephen Polich and Kathryn Rock since the fall of 2005 He
says he has never read any of Nahmodrsquos blogs but that he does have a computer and uses
it a couple of times a day
ldquo[Davidrsquos] delusionalrdquo Goodwin says ldquoThis has been going on ever since I left him Itrsquos
been three and a half years and hersquos still carrying on He blames Kathryn for me leaving
him but the breakdown was due to him not Kathryn or Stephen The reason for my
leaving was because I was being ignoredrdquo
Nahmod says hersquos going to ask the judge on Thursday to remove his gag order because he
feels the whole story touches upon gay rights issues (ldquoIf Beecher and I had been able to
marry back in 2005 there wouldrsquove been a divorce hearing and Kathryn wouldnrsquot have
been able to do what she didrdquo he says) and mental health issues (ldquo[Kathryn] used our
disabilities to get us raging against each otherrdquo he says) He also alleges that Rock has left
more than 20 vitriolic comments on his blog under various pseudonyms
Kathryn Rock has denied leaving any comments on Nahmodrsquos blogs but shes aware that
ldquohersquos written severalrdquo blogs about her since the gag order was issued Reached by phone
Rock seemed reticent to discuss specific aspects of the issue and had only one comment
about Nahmod ldquoI am sorry hersquos so miserable and he has so much hate I hope someday he
is able to see past the hate and love himself and somebody else againrdquo
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1312014 Despite a Gag Order SF Blogger David Nahmod Continues to Write About Surprise Couple He Claims Brainwashed His Ex-Boyfriend
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Tags Arizona bi-polar disorder David Nahmod gag order gay rightsGoodwin Beecher Kathryn Rock restraining order SF blogger StephenPolich Surprise
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draw more attention to this whole thing I am obeying the judgersquos order but Irsquom still
talking about this issuerdquo
Goodwin has been living with Stephen Polich and Kathryn Rock since the fall of 2005 He
says he has never read any of Nahmodrsquos blogs but that he does have a computer and uses
it a couple of times a day
ldquo[Davidrsquos] delusionalrdquo Goodwin says ldquoThis has been going on ever since I left him Itrsquos
been three and a half years and hersquos still carrying on He blames Kathryn for me leaving
him but the breakdown was due to him not Kathryn or Stephen The reason for my
leaving was because I was being ignoredrdquo
Nahmod says hersquos going to ask the judge on Thursday to remove his gag order because he
feels the whole story touches upon gay rights issues (ldquoIf Beecher and I had been able to
marry back in 2005 there wouldrsquove been a divorce hearing and Kathryn wouldnrsquot have
been able to do what she didrdquo he says) and mental health issues (ldquo[Kathryn] used our
disabilities to get us raging against each otherrdquo he says) He also alleges that Rock has left
more than 20 vitriolic comments on his blog under various pseudonyms
Kathryn Rock has denied leaving any comments on Nahmodrsquos blogs but shes aware that
ldquohersquos written severalrdquo blogs about her since the gag order was issued Reached by phone
Rock seemed reticent to discuss specific aspects of the issue and had only one comment
about Nahmod ldquoI am sorry hersquos so miserable and he has so much hate I hope someday he
is able to see past the hate and love himself and somebody else againrdquo
GET THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER
Our weekly feature stories movie reviews calendar picks and more - minus the newsprint and sentdirectly to your inbox
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