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By CARLOS PEDRAZA | OCTOBER 1 2021 | 3 MIN. READ
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Axanar's Alec Peters' Criminal Charge Upped to Assault in DragonCon Incident
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ATLANTA — In a revised report of the DragonCon altercation between Axanar producer Alec Peters and critic Shawn O'Halloran, Atlanta police have now charged Peters with assault.
Peters had initially been charged with disorderly conduct in the September 5 incident at the annual scifi convention. But a police supervisor reviewing the report insisted it be amended because injuries appeared to be involved when Peters swatted O'Halloran's phone from his hand, Senior Police Officer TaSheena Brown told AxaMonitor.
In changing the charge to simple assault, the revised report noted that Peters had used his hands or feet as weapons in the altercation with O'Halloran.
Georgia law describes simple assault as an attempt to violently injure someone or putting a person in a situation in which they could reasonably be injured.
The charge of simple assault, like Peters' original charge of disorderly conduct, is a criminal misdemeanor, subject to maximum penalties of one year in jail and/or a fine as high as $1,000.
A court hearing has not yet been set in the case.
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Read the Revised Police Report AxaMonitor obtained a copy of the incident report filed against Alec Peters, who has been charged with simple assault in an altercation at DragonCon on September 5. Download the report.
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Video of Alec Peters’ altercation with Shawn O’Halloran is at odds with Peters’ account in court.
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Peters to Face O'Halloran in Georgia Court on Oct. 5 Over Protective Order Against the Axanar Critic
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Next Tuesday, Axanar producer Alec Peters goes to a Georgia court to get a temporary protective order made permanent against his most ardent critic, Shawn O'Halloran (pictured at right), against whom Peters has been charged with assault.
O’Halloran plans to attend the hearing with his Georgia attorney to quash the order. So far, it appears Peters is pursuing the matter without legal representation.
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Peters took advantage of Georgia law, which allows him to seek a temporary protective order by submitting a sworn statement to a judge. The request was made and granted ex parte — without O'Halloran present, meaning only Peters' account was read by the judge.
Peters' sworn statement, however, is directly contradicted by two videos of the September 5 incident at DragonCon, and by the police report in which he was charged with simple assault.
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On Trekzone: How a Peters Ally Became a 'Hater'
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Dean Newbury built most of the sets for the never-made Axanar feature film, and was once a stout public supporter of producer Alec Peters. Today, he's been a target of Peters' litigious nature. Matt Miller interviews Newbury.
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Peters' Multiple Court Face-Offs Next Week
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Besides his court appearance seeking a permanent protection order against Shawn O'Halloran, Alec Peters will face former Axanar director Paul Jenkins in court for the first time in his defamation case against the renowned writer.
The hearing, scheduled October 4, is over a dispute between the two over discovery in the case. It follows a mandatory mediation this week ordered by the court. In a Facebook post, Peters described the mediation as "probably a waste of time," and told of his attorney "pummeling" Jenkins.
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Alec Peters posts his thoughts on his defamation lawsuit against former Axanar director Paul Jenkins.
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