The host of Canadian searching TV present Alpine Carnivore is searching for damages to the tune of $2.425 million {dollars} within the British Columbia Supreme Courtroom over what he alleges is ongoing harassment stemming from wildlife violations he dedicated years in the past and subsequently resolved.
The civil case was filed on behalf of Michel Beaulieu, a resident of Calgary, Alberta, and his media firm, Carnivore Studios, Inc., within the British Columbia Supreme court docket Monday. It particularly names each the person conservation officer Wyatt Pile and the B.C. Conservation Officer Service.
The lawsuit stems from wildlife violations dedicated by Beaulieu and his spouse, Lynn, on no less than three massive sport hunts in 2020 and 2021, plus further expenses from 2022. As we reported final yr, the couple was fined greater than $31,500 for searching with out a license, illegal possession and export of wildlife, and different expenses.
“The Beaulieus have been unaware that their conduct was in contravention of the searching legal guidelines of BC legislation. The Beaulieus have been accustomed to the method of sharing tags in Ontario and have been beneath the idea that the method of sharing tags was comparable in Alberta and British Columbia,” reads the lawsuit. “Pile charged the Beaulieus for searching the black bear with out the right tags and/or sharing the tag.”
This is identical argument Beaulieu made in a 15-minute video printed in February 2024. He apologized for his actions and defined that he broke legal guidelines out of ignorance of native searching regs quite than outright malice.Now Beaulieu, who’s described as a hunter, TV character and businessman within the go well with, alleges that Pile’s harassment has successfully ruined his enterprise.
“On or about October 6, 2022, Pile, in a malicious, obsessive and compulsive trend started, with out affordable justification, reviewing Beaulieu’s historical past in an try to improperly prosecute Beaulieu,” reads the go well with. “This was almost two years after Beaulieu had paid the submitting charges related therewith and the offences had been absolutely addressed.”
Beaulieu says Pile’s “interference” has prompted sponsors to drop him, held up an software for switch permits, and even misplaced him cash on the sale of his house. The go well with additionally mentions a Fb put up by the Conservation Officer Service that allegedly made false statements about Beaulieu.
Along with $325,000 for defamation and $200,000 for malfeasance of a public officer, the go well with seeks $1.9 million in misplaced revenue. That features $40,000 in misplaced income for publishing on YouTube, $120,000 in “misplaced web offers” $150,000 in cancellation of clothes offers, and $590,000 in misplaced future enterprise.
Whereas Alpine Carniovre used to publish new movies weekly, no movies have been posted to the model’s YouTube channel in 14 months. The latest video featured a Coues deer hunt and was printed on Jan. 14, 2024.
The lawsuit additionally asks $1 million in misplaced income over the rushed sale of the Beaulieu’s house. (The couple determined to maneuver as a result of Pile’s habits was “affecting their wellbeing.”) Actually, the go well with alleges that Pile tried to look their house “with out the requisite search warrant” by posing as a possible purchaser for his or her property in Beauverdell, B.C.
“Pile proceeded to expressly misrepresent himself, his id, and his intentions and deliberately mislead the Beaulieu’s realtor in an try to carry out an illegal search of the property realizing that the Beaulieus wouldn’t be at house,” reads the go well with. “Pile is stationed in Prince George and the property in respect of which he sought to achieve entry beneath false pretenses is located in Kelowna.”
Prince George is about an eight hour drive from Kelowna.
“Furthermore, Pile had beforehand obtained a search warrant to look the Beaulieus house and workplace on the allegations of trophies and carcasses being within the house and workplaces, in an effort to achieve proof of the illegal killings he obsessed about,” continues to the go well with. “Throughout these earlier preliminary searches, Pile was unable to seek out any proof pertaining to expenses in British Columbia. Pile due to this fact, as a consequence of his obsession to punish Beaulieu, unlawfully tried to look the property.”
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Neither Beaulieu nor his lawyer instantly responded to a request for remark Friday. The B.C. Conservation Officer Service additionally didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Friday. Each events have 21 days to reply to the go well with.
