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Media Matters CEO Embroiled in $850G ‘Blackmail’ Scandal with Former Domestic Partner

Feb. 27, 2012 9:21pm

David Brock, CEO of the George Soros-backed website Media Matters, dished out $850,000 to an ex-domestic partner after he was threatened with “damaging information involving the organization’s donors and the IRS,” according Fox News.

In a lawsuit settled last year, Brock accused William Grey, his former domestic partner, of repeatedly threatening to expose him to the “scorn or ridicule of his employees, donors and the press in demanding money and property.”

The Media Matters CEO claims he was forced to sell his Rehoboth Beach, DE, home in order to meet Grey’s demands. Grey responded to Brock’s lawsuit by denying that he “committed any ‘acts of blackmail.’”

“Brock’s bitter legal battle with Grey, who is described in a Sept. 14, 2010, police report…as his domestic partner of more than 10 years, began after Brock began dating Washington, D.C., restaurant impresario James Alefantis about five years ago,” Fox News reports.

Media Matters CEO Embroiled in $850G Blackmail Scandal with Former Domestic PartnerBrock and Alefantis (Photo Courtesy: Washington Life)

“For the next three years, Brock and Grey traded angry accusations, which were documented in the police report and were the foundation of a pitched legal battle replete with charges of blackmail, theft and financial malfeasance,” the report adds.

So what pushed Grey to finally threaten to “expose” the Media Matters CEO?

Apparently, according to a civil suit filed by Grey, Brock had taken $170,000 in possessions, including, but we assume not limited to, an $8,000 Louis Vuitton suit bag, paintings, a rug, a chandelier, a painted bust of a Roman soldier, and a couple of wooden chairs.

“Brock took Grey’s threats seriously and called police in 2010. In the police report, filed by Metropolitan Police as a stalking incident, Brock accused Grey, also 49, of attempting to blackmail him with a series of emails threatening to ‘release specific derogatory information about [Brock] and his organization to the press and donors that would be embarrassing to him and cause harm to the organization,’” Fox reports.

Among the “threatening” emails sent by Grey, one written in 2008 read: “Please finish this today so I don’t have to waste my time emailing anyone – Biden, Coulter, Carlson, Huffington, Drudge, Ingraham.”

Almost two years later, Grey accused Brock of “financial malfeasance” and threatened to sabotage Brock’s fundraising efforts.

“Next step is I contact all your donors and the IRS,” Grey wrote in an email dated May 19, 2010. “This is going to stink for you if you do not resolve this now.”

Brock claims that he made the payout to Grey “under duress.”

“On March 8, 2011, Brock filed his own suit against Grey for more than $4 million, demanding Grey return the $850,000, plus pay millions more in punitive damages,” Fox reports. “The two settled two months ago under terms that remain confidential.”

Brock, as many Blaze readers know, has come under fire due to reports that his supposed non-profit website has allegedly been working with top Democrats — a blatant violation of its tax-exempt status. Perhaps Grey knew a little something about this. It would certainly explain why the Media Matters CEO (who makes $300,000 a year) was willing to sell his vacation home and dish out $850,000 to make it all go away.

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Comments (148)

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  • JACKTHETOAD
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:26am

    Poor little guy. All alone now and out to get cox as much as he’s out to get Fox.

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:09am

      Funny!

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      Thatsitivehadenough  
    • D-Fence
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:11am

      Ba’al

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      D-Fence  
    • littlefish
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:16am

      I’m confused . . .. .which one is the Gay Basher ???

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      littlefish  
    • turkey13
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:50am

      That doner list would tell a story in itself! You would be surprized at all the rich Closet Queers giving money to one of their own. Then he might of been afraid his friends would figure out why his nick name was shorty.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:51am

      They make such a cute couple…..

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      000degrees  
    • jdtanker
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:16am

      Where’s CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, anyone? Here’s a story, oh wait, media matters supports Oblabla. Nevermind.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 10:53am

      We can all agree that this is news. Big story. Not a word from the main stream media. Not surprised. My point is not that i am surprised, but what else are they keeping from us? Daily caller can’t get it all. Bet there are plenty of huge huge stories that they have buried.

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    • drphil69
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:33am

      ROTFLMAO! o

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      drphil69  
    • Freedom from liberals
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:28pm

      Greed and corruption has no boundaries. C’mon cowpiers, go after that greed of the 1%.

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      Freedom from liberals  
    • AvengerK
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:49pm

      Gosh what an adorable couple (I couldn’t write that without just little vomit coming up in my throat).
      Here’s to Media Matters losing it’s tax exempt status. Has anyone asked Brock why he didn’t want to “pay his fair share”?

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    • landman1
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:54pm

      Just the little grins on their faces gives a whole new outlook to the thought of “fudge”

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:24pm

      This “IS” the foundation of the communist party (democrats). Lying. Cheating. Stealing. Are all part and parcel of the communist ethos. Crime good. Good, bad.

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    • pavepaws
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:32pm

      Ohhhhh. This story explains everything.

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      pavepaws  
    • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges12
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:05pm

      “David Brock, CEO of the George Soros-backed website Media Matters, dished out $850,000 to an ex-domestic partner after he was threatened with “damaging information involving the organization’s donors and the IRS”

      One fággots? Two fággots? America don’t need no STINKIN’ FÁGGOTS!

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    • shirleyandpearl
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:18pm

      this needs to come out in the general election and these so called selfless democrats who are so sympathetic to the supposed ninety-nine percent…. another profile of a coupla’ pigs to add to the long list of democrats who line their own pockets first in the name of social justice…. brings to mind, Edwards and Gore who have crawled back into the woodwork.

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  • IntheKnowOG
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:15am

    Surprise, surprise, surprise…….Why isn’t that all over the news? That questoin was rhetorical…….

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:20am

      Sick, sicker and sickest, was that their real names?

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    • oldguy49
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:33am

      to bad they wern’t married……….then they could suffer the pains of divorce like the rest of us………then the bottom boy could take all the ****………no pun intended

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    • WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges12
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:10pm

      “Brock and Alefantis (Photo Courtesy: Washington Life)”

      One fággots? Two fággots? America don’t need no STINKIN’ FÁGGOTS!

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      WeDontNeedNoSteenkinBadges12  
    • Taquoshi
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 11:05pm

      Well, Mr. Brock, what goes around, comes around. You reap what you sow. Enjoy!!!

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      Taquoshi  
  • Gonzo
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:12am

    Did Brock really threaten to “thcrath hith eythes out”?

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  • hillbillyinny
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:38am

    Sad, lost, individual. Get thee self to God and come to the Light!

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    • carbonyes
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:19am

      Looks like the faggotay and the faggette’s fairy tale didn’t end in a happy ending. A couple more of Obama’s buddies, sweetees, or whatever you want to call them. No wonder the pure excrement that comes out of Media Matters. Your sin shall find you out!

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      carbonyes  
    • riverdog1
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:20pm

      not much of a storey. domestic partners pay off their “spouses” all the time. the real story is if there is a irs problem and so far only fox has made alegations about it which usually means that is all made up. fox, not credible.

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  • Watchyer6
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:37am

    What is the “financial malfeasance” that the spurned lover threatened to expose? Oh, and I want to know more about the $8,000 Louis Vuitton suit bag.

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  • TEARS FOR AMERICA
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:36am

    There is so much darkness involved in and around this administration that it just makes it even more extremely urgent to pray for exposure of this evil corruption that is enveloping our nation.

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    TEARS FOR AMERICA  
  • Susie
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:34am

    I am sorry, but no matter how many times I see it or how many times they try to convince me that it’s normal, I will never, never accept homosexuality as such. Though this kind of reprehensible behaviour may certainly happen between a man & woman, this case seems all the more base and disgusting when you add their homosexual behaviour to the mix. Is there no limit to how far men will go to debase themselves ?

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  • HuckleberryFriend
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:32am

    Let me guess, the IRS, despite having an obvious lead in a big case that should already be on the table, will turn a blind eye instead of follow up on this info. Why? Because the IRS is not so much about collecting taxes as it is the punishment arm of the government.

    Liberal Progressive breaking the law? No harm, no foul.

    Conservatives trying to follow the letter of the law but are a political enemy of the President? Gotta drop the hammer on them.

    Just ask the Tea Parties who have been getting the shakedown from the IRS lately if you think I exaggerate.

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    • HuckleberryFriend
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:12am

      Also, where is Occupy Wall Street on this? Isn’t this the rich 1% using a corporation to dodge taxes? Or are they just proving what everyone suspects, that OWS is a shill for the Obama administration?

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      HuckleberryFriend  
    • PossumRoadkill
      Posted on February 29, 2012 at 8:14am

      So very true! There is an article on here today about this very thing. The IRS is only one of the tools of the Progressive Left and Right in our Government today.

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      PossumRoadkill  
  • ProudTeaPartyMember
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:27am

    Wow, he really bent over backwards for that guy.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:12am

      Really backwards. Funny thing, I knew my Gaydar was beeping when his pic started to get thrown around as the media matters man. Angry little poofter. Fartknockers sometimes can be the meanest people too. Would have like to have seen some of their cat fights.

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      SoupSandwich  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:15am

      SOUPSANDWICH, LOL, better you than me when it comes to watching their cat fights. As a cop in my previous life time, have been to some domestic disturbances and must admit it took me a little longer to figure this out on the first one. Finally it started to sink in that the long haired flat chested woman was not a woman after all. Fortunately on the first one we had several officers there and I had to excuse myself to step outside and laugh harder than I had probably ever laughed before. I can now live the rest of my life not seeing any more of those cat fights.

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  • Mad_as_Hell...
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:21am

    What goes around, comes around… live by the sword, die by the sword… You know…

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  • BruceMajors
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:21am

    Brock appears to have now broken up with Alefantis. He has an ad up on Chemistry.com saying he single. So you too could get some palimony. However his ad specifies white men only bighomocon.blogspot.com/2012/01/media-matters-for-america-whites-only.html

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    • Barack Oburgundy
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 8:54am

      Could Brock be a racist? He only dates white men?!?!? What the hell is that all about? Sounds like a hypocrit liberal progressive democrat. I am truly surprised by this because he has been obama’s bottom &itch for sometime now. He swallows every bit of obama’s koolaid!!!

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    • spirited
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:28pm

      …being BLACKMAiLEd ?

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  • bcope01
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:14am

    Someone had a “hissy-fit”.

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    • Paul G
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 9:08am

      You mean Sissy-fit?

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    • pickyourpoison
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:44pm

      Which one is the “pitcher” and which one is the “catcher”? I bet brock “plays behind the plate.” Hehehehe hell has no fury like a woman scorned.

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  • Bill Rowland
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:58am

    $300,000 a year for running a non-profit political neutral(?) news service? Sounds like a racket to me. Homosexuality aside this guy is ripping off the taxpayers with his liberal bias and tax exempt statis.
    Holder will never do anything but the IRS is supposed to be interested in tax cheats regardless of their political leanings. Why aren’t they doing their job? Is the Sec of Treasury involved? Another cover up by this administration? Another attack on FOX News?

    OMG

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  • ZABO
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:19am

    this no good turd cutter packer is mad at the world cause he like’s men. this useless piece of dog stool is only a couple of months from blowing his head clean off his shoulders. i can see the obituaries now. can’t wait till the gay man kills himself. no love loss for this bunch of sticks.

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:35am

      This explains it all….including the progressive left….they have a do as we say because we know best mentality but just don’t look in our closet’s.

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    • BeagleTamer
      Posted on February 29, 2012 at 9:03am

      you know that you, along with the majority of the people who comment on this site are twisted people who are full of hate right? why doesnt anyone make a point rather then just spitting nonsense that de-humanizes people? i guess i should take into account that we are dealing with blind glenn beck followers

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  • TomFerrari
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:16am

    Threatening to go to conservative media is not surprising.
    HOWEVER, threatening to tell biden or huffington… Now that tells us who is pulling the strings!!!
    FOLLOW THOSE TWO NAMES AND YOU WILL FIND THE TRAIL.

    Oh, and $8,000.00 for a piece of luggage?
    REALLY?
    I’m seeing some 1%-ers.

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    • Dstarr55
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:19am

      Nice catch, Tom. Biden surprised me as well. I thought it was Jarrett that was his inside connection – seems to go a little higher.

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  • nelbert
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:07am

    Brock seems to be quite the mental case. First there was his paranoia that manifested itself with his Glock-toting personal assistant, and now this over-the-top drama with his ex-boy friend.

    Couldn’t happen to a nicer guy. ;-)

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  • trappedinwv
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:41am

    This is when I support gay marriage. His fun time boy would have cost him half, instead of just his vacation house. Once the Homosexuals go through a few divorces they will rethink this whole marriage thing.

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    • BruceMajors
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 7:33am

      Gay marriage is legal in DC where Brock lives in lily-white Kalorama. If you want some palimony he has left Alefantis and has a singles ad on chemistry.com form white men only.

      Bighomocon.blogspot.com/2012/01/media-matters-for-america-whites-only.html

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  • lukerw
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:40am

    George… are you associating with Bad Guys?

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  • Free2speakRN
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:03am

    Who controls the moves of the IRS? It would seem they ordinarily would like a case with this much money. Maybe we should go to Holder for justice.

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  • One Man Progressive Wrecking Crew
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 4:02am

    So, David Brock likes to chomp on c*** huh…. Funny the same tactics he employs upon others are now being used upon him…..850 g’s is a lot of hump and go dough, so Brock it’s time to take that medicine… and NOOO, it’s not a Barney sized suppository like you were hoping.

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  • TimeForReason
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 3:02am

    David Brock is an angry homosexual who wants to justify his sin. People don’t understand that when you go down the path of evil, there is no end to it. This country is accepting the evils of homosexuality, abortion, etc.. If you read the story of Sodom and Gomorrah in the Bible, God judged the homosexuals with blindness. Yet afterward, they still tried to get to the men to rape them with homosexual sex while blind! As the murder of unborn children continues, we are soon to see the killing of newborns. Evil is a path that has no end. The argument “what harm do homosexual couples do?” is naive. Evil leads to more and more evil. God knows what He is talking about. Read the Bible, repent. God loves you.

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  • alina.bolero
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:57am

    What? Questions of ethics and character within the halls of Media Matters? It couldn’t be!

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    • kaydeebeau
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 5:48am

      My thought was why worry – the left and those who support media matters have no morals or shame or guilts- no one would have cared what Brock did or does

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  • RareConservativeInWA
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:45am

    sounds like the irs should look into media matters as something is worth threatening to go to the IRS over.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:18am

      Will never happen with Eric “The Red” Holder running the DOJ. Maybe during the next administration. Hope there two manage to take down Media Matters in a total media melt down.

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on February 28, 2012 at 6:27am

      DUH — That should be “these two” not there two.

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  • Doc McCoy
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:30am

    That is so g@y!
    Actually, just a bit too q-u-e-e-r.
    There are more teeth in their (wedding?) photo than in a great white shark.

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  • AzTopCat
    Posted on February 28, 2012 at 2:24am

    And the liberal eat their own. Media Matters does not matter. Glad to see that these sleeze balls are getting payback. Paybacks a bitch and I am sure Brock is feeling the pain. :) Life is good!!!

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