Pensacola, Florida & Daphne, Alabama - An Alabama man has won 7.5-million dollars after he successfully sued a competitor for slander after he
called his car dealership “Taliban Toyota”. Eastern Shore Toyota
owner Shawn Esfahani, who was born in Iran and became naturalized in 1980, originally pursued
$28-million in damages from Bob Tyler Toyota due to Fred Kenner.
Esfahani claimed Kenner told at least one couple buying from him
would “help fund the insurgents there,” he's “laundering money
for them,” Esfahani is from Iraq, is “a "terrorist"
who put soldiers including the salesman's brother in harm's way, and
said on the Eastern Shore sales floor "Esfahani is funneling
money back to his family and other terrorists. I have a brother over
there and what you're doing is helping kill my brother."
Shawn
Esfahani the dollar amount awarded was irrelevant unless it sets a
precedent by which other business owners can fight back against he
considers un-American.
"This case didn't take aim at just
Mr. Tyler, it was intended to address any other business that resorts
to those kinds of actions to win at their game unfairly."
Eastern Shore Toyota is in Daphne,
Alabama and Bob Tyler Toyota is in Pensecola, Florida.
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