Former CC-GM Testifies In MJ vs. Bubba Trial

Dan DiLoreto

A former Clear Channel radio executive took the stand Thursday in the defamation lawsuit trial involving two popular Tampa radio DJs.

Bay9News reports, former executive Daniel DiLoreto said Clear Channel became so alarmed about some of the things Bubba the Love Sponge Clem was saying on his radio show,  they started to tape his shows every day on their own to make sure they heard what he was saying. 

Todd "MJ" Schnitt is suing Clem for what he said were "highly offensive, insulting or fighting words and defamatory statements".

On the stand Wednesday, Clem said he called Schnitt's wife Michelle an offensive name on air only to promote an ongoing radio feud between the men in 2008.

Clem's attorneys said it was free speech, protected by the First Amendment.

In court Thursday morning, DiLoreto was on the stand as much of Wednesday's radio clips from Clem's shows in 2008 were replayed.

In one clip, Bubba accuses MJ of fixing a national contest, rigging it for one of his employees. DiLoreto, when asked if that was true, said no and that he had never heard of anything like that.

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