Absolutely Disgusting..
https://www.reuters.com/legal/ebay-...rassment-couple-behind-newsletter-2024-01-11/
EBay to pay $3 million penalty over harassment of couple behind newsletter
Overseeing the harassment campaign was Jim Baugh, a former Central Intelligence Agency employee who at the time served as eBay's senior director of safety and security. His lawyer has said he felt pressure to do something.
At Baugh's direction, the Steiners received anonymous, harassing Twitter messages, bizarre emails, and disturbing home deliveries that included spiders, a funeral wreath and a book on surviving the loss of a spouse, prosecutors said.
In August 2019, Baugh and others traveled from California to Natick to surveil the Steiners and try to install a GPS tracking device on their car. The Steiners spotted them and contacted police, prompting the federal investigation.
Baugh was sentenced in September 2022 to 57 months in prison. Others in the case have received punishments ranging from home confinement to two years in prison.
The Steiners' lawsuit remains pending and is set for trial in March 2025. In a statement, they said they are determined to "do whatever we possibly can to ensure that no corporation ever feels that the option exists for them to squash a person's First Amendment rights."
