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I disagree with you about it not supporting his side of the story. Extortion is gaining something via a threat of coercion. The SMS (if authentic) is pretty clearly a threat, leaving us just in the dark about the exact action demanded.

Whether or not a crime or tort occurred here is for those with JD's to discern.

You are correct about the obnoxious part of it, but I'm uncertain that Pasco had any opportunity to avoid this public crap beyond giving into the demands of Casasanta according to Pasco's twitter, he got a threat in the mail yesterday this was going to happen: http://twitter.com/#!/dlpasco/status/33271220623384576

EDIT: OH, you're talking about the "Oh is this enough work" part that Casasanta is talking about. I was talking about the "Why did this dispute go highly public" part.