From a press release issued by Peter Jones: FIRST PERSON/OPINION: Matt Gross, owner of Straightline Media (publisher of Motorcycle Street & Strip magazine) and MMG Management, was served a lawsuit, filed against him by Peter Jones, Bill Syfan, Beth Hottell and Brian J. Nelson, for non-payment of $39,647.16 for services rendered in the production of Motorcycle Street & Strip magazine. The last issue published of MS&S was the January/February 2004 issue, which was on the newsstands in early December 2003. When Gross was served with the suit, at his home, he identified himself to the server as Mark Davis. When asked by the server for identification he became irate and refused. Following “Mark Davis” being served, Gross called the lawyers representing the plaintiffs and denied the allegations outlined in the suit and made derogatory comments. Presently, the suit is pending in the Arizona court. More, from a press release issued by Matthew Gross: FIRST PERSON/OPINION: Let’s us please get the facts in perspective. The entity, Straightline Media, a Nevada LLC only has been sued. Neither Mr. Gross as an individual, MMG Management or any other of Mr. Gross’s businesses have been named in this nor any other suit. Any inference as such by Mr. Jones is made only with the intent of malice. Unfortunately Mr. Jones is nothing more than a disgruntled ex employee that was terminated on Jan 6 2004 for his ongoing misconduct and disruptive behavior. Following his termination Mr. Jones started a campaign to willfully and maliciously destroy the publication. Causing the depletion of all of Straightline Media’s operating capital and assets. Mr. Jones stole all the magazine files used to create the publication. Contacted magazine advertises and made false accusations, sent emails asking to have items picked up and then refused to cooperate when contacted by someone to do so, including the Long Beach Police department. Released confidential information to a competing publication. Even going as far to forwarding the magazines PO Box belonging to Straightline Media to his home address. In addition to all this Mr. Jones maliciously interfered with the recent sale of the magazine that would have got it back on newsstands months ago. Mr. Jones started calling the perspective buyer daily, claiming that he alone controlled the OEM’s and the advertises, stating that they only did as he asked, as well as that the magazine would be nothing without him at the controls. His bizarre remarks and obsessive behavior caused the sale to fall through. The fact is this, Peter Jones’s poor judgment and past reputation for problematic employment speaks for itself. Mr. Jones certainly has an capacity for embellishing fiction as the truth and as such, soon will regrettably leave Straightline Media little choice but to file a counter claim on Mr. Jones, Ms. Hottell, and Mr. Syfan as individuals, for the hundreds of thousands of dollars that have been lost due to the above actions. Straightline Media LLC