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Description: We received the following unsolicited confidential settlement offer that Ind Monthly's attorney Gary McGoffin allegedly drafted and provided to Glenn Stewart's legal council days after the Mardi Gr...

We received the following unsolicited confidential settlement offer that Ind Monthly's attorney Gary McGoffin allegedly drafted and provided to Glenn Stewart's legal council days after the Mardi Gras 2012 incident. We shared the content of the letter with Lafayette District Attorney Mike Harson and inquired whether any of its content constituted possible extortion charges under Louisiana law. Mr. Harson had the following to say: "I don't see any evidence of extortion in the proposal. It appears to be a simple offer to settle some or all of the civil disputes between the parties arising out of the incident. Any threat to be implied from the document is that the parties would otherwise end up in litigation which is inherent in any civil dispute. What is noteworthy is that there doesn't appear to be any tie-in to the criminal proceedings that were envisioned. There is no offer to drop those charges if the offer was accepted. In fact it appears that the parties understood that the criminal proceedings would continue." Read the not so confidential settlement offer below and feel free to share with your friends, family and co-workers. We reached out to managing editor of Ind Monthly Walter Pierce for comment, however as of publication, Pierce had not responded to our request.

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