More Trouble for Sea Shepherd Society
Donors claim in court that anti-whaling activist Paul Watson and his Sea Shepherd Conservation Society took donations from them under false pretenses, by intentionally sinking the ship they gave to the cause and then blaming Japanese whalers, to solicit more donations.
Ady Gil, owner of the eponymous ship Ady Gil, Vince Dundee, and Faast Leasing California, of which Dundee is a managing member, filed a civil RICO complaint against Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and Watson on Wednesday, in Superior Court.
Gil, an animal rights activist, says he got the 78-foot long ship by paying $1 million for a controlling interest in Earthrace Limited, its prior owner. He then donated the ship, which was renamed in his honor, to Sea Shepherd for use in its anti-whaling campaign.