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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Pitman dismisses claims in a countersuit brought by the co-founder of the Austin Chronicle and South by Southwest (SXSW) after he was sued by a former employee, who says he coerced her into sex and then withheld her salary after she refused to marry him. He countersued, alleging she had stolen “several valuable comic books and pulp magazines” from his garage. The counterclaim is inappropriate, as the legal questions in the suit and countersuit “contain no overlap,” and the co-founder’s alleged sexual harassment and abuse would not “excuse or legally justify” the alleged theft or vice versa. At the same time, claims against the Chronicle should be dismissed because no evidence suggests the Chronicle knew about this situation and “deliberately chose to look the other way.”