COMPLAINT AGAINST ADVOCATE JULIE SETON, AGENT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE Intimidation through propaganda and abuse of the law whilst in acute conflict interest for personal and political purpose From left: Adv Julie Seton, Premier Alan Winde & Esme Edge (ex-DA Clr and married to Seton) Date: Sunday, 7 March 2021 To: WESTERN CAPE LEGAL PRACTICE COUNCIL (LPC): Frank Dorey (Director) Craig Waters (Acting Head of Disciplinary Department) Gail Bramwell (Disciplinary Department) CC: THOSE WHO ALLOW DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE CORRUPTION: President Cyril Ramaphosa Minister Justice Ronald Lamola Minister Police Bheki Cele Minister ‘Hawks’ Godfrey Lebeya Minister COGTA Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson COGTA Faith Muthambi National Prosecuting Authority Office of the Public Protector Western Cape Legislature National Council of Provinces (Parliament) Helen Zille and the Democratic Alliance Federal Executive Friedrich Naumann Foundation Inge Herbert Western Cape Legislature Knysna Municipality & Knysna Council Submitter: Michael Hampton Evidence: Follow this link and click ‘Download All’ button) Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 1 | P a g e INDEX • Organogram …………………………………………………………………………………….……… 3 • Introduction …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4 • Examples of My Evidence ……………………………………………………………………… 7 • Background …………………………………………………………………………….…………….. 12 o Advocate Julie Seton ……………………………………………………………..…… 12 o The Blue Gang …………………………………………………………………..…..…… 16 o My Credibility …………………………………………………..………………….……… 18 • Same Shit, Different Government ………………………………………….……………… 46 • Intimidation ……………………………………………………………………………..……..……… 52 o SLAPPing Me ………………………………………………………………………………… 54 o SLAPPing Others ……………………………..…………………………………………… 69 o One Propaganda Attack as an Example ……………………………………… 76 o Propaganda Themes & Examples ………………………………………………… 77 o Other Threats …………….………………………………………………………………… 84 o Seton’s Protection Order Contraventions Provide SLAPPY Clue … 87 • Contraventions of LPC Rules ……………………..…………………………………………… 88 • The Way Forward ……………….…………………………………………………………………… 91 • Punishment ……..……………………………………………………………………………………… 92 • My Concern Regarding Legal Practice Council Impartiality …..……………… 93 • Evidence Index …………..…………………………………………………………………………… 94 • A Helen Zille photo reminder …….……………………………………………………….… 99 • If I Am Imprisoned ……………..…….………………………………………………………… 100 Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 2 | P a g e Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 3 | P a g e INTRODUCTION 1. This is complaint against Advocate Julie Seton. She also uses the names Julie Lopes and Julie Jefferys. Lopes is the name on her ID. Jefferys is the maiden name of her married partner, Esme Edge. Seton is the name she uses most. 1.1. She is Legal Practice Council (LPC) member #52800 [LPC01]. 1.2. Contrary to her listing on the LPC website, she practices in Knysna, not Cape Town. I am unaware of her having officially acted as counsel in the Western Cape High Court. She works in the Knysna Magistrates’ Court where she organises most actions against me through others. 1.3. Her cellphone is 082 778 8396. 2. Advocate Seton is a political operative, an indirect ‘hitman’ for the Democratic Alliance (DA). She compromised the rules and spirit of the LPC, and damaged the justice system, by pursuing political agenda in her roles as a social media administrator, journalist, municipal employee, political candidate and legal practitioner - cumulatively, a conflict of interest for her latter role. 3. She acts in extreme conflict of interest for her political party, married partner, associates and selfish ambition for power. She has contravened the Legal Practice Act 28 of 2014 ("the Act") and the Code of Conduct which govern the LPC. She is the embodiment of what the LPC should not represent. Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 4 | P a g e 4. She pretends to be the victim whilst being the aggressor. She uses lawsuits and propaganda as weapons. She abuses her legal role to protect corruption and maladministration whilst damaging citizens who demand good governance and accountability. That includes her harassing and intimidating me for years. 5. Advocate Seton’s individual transgressions are easy to understand but the context is enormous. To present it fully would be time-consuming. Consequently, in the interests of expedited justice, I will not burden the LPC with full timeline and thousands of associated pages. However, the evidence for this complaint will amount to several hundred pages. And the context that is provided must add to the severity of her punishment. I would be dissatisfied with anything less than disbarment and assistance with criminal charges. 6. The LPC is not the Constitutional Court. I do not expect nor want it to weigh up the merits of the many related court cases and corruptions. However, a common- sense overview must accompany specific examples I provide of Seton’s misconduct. 7. Seton’s negative actions aim at silencing my anti-corruption activism. Her strategy includes: 7.1. Propaganda, from anonymity and her own identity. She was part of a social media collective that branded me as a paedophile, sociopath, destroyer of the economy etc. 7.2. Destroying my income and charity work via attacking my credibility and making the Public fearful. Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 5 | P a g e 7.3. She and the gang she belongs to, henceforth referred to as the Blue Gang, threatened my readers with litigation. 7.4. The Blue Gang repeatedly take me to court, a process known internationally as Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP). The applicants may be individuals but the dominant figure, directly and indirectly, is Advocate Seton. She is the local organiser of the SLAPP which benefits the politicians, government officials and their corruption. 7.5. They intimidated my father, readers and local businesses. 7.6. They seek to have me imprisoned for defamation, but the real goal is to silence me for exposing theirs and other DA offences. 8. The Blue Gang, with Advocate Seton being its most active member, will be described furtheron. 9. Advocate Seton has been emboldened by no one willing to bring her to justice. That lack of oversight includes the legal fraternity she belongs to. Instead, many have assisted her. As example, she has repeatedly contravened the protection order I have against her [LPC02a-d]. 9.1. It began as an interim order on 11 March 2016 and, as a final protection order, ends on 20 September 2021. 9.2. Again, I am not requesting the LPC consider the merits for the protection order, only that it be acknowledged and underlined that Seton’s behaviour as an LPC member is at odds with the Law she is supposed to represent. Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 6 | P a g e 10. I cannot imagine a similar situation of injustice if Seton had, for example, been ANC or EFF in this Western Cape. It is consequently notable that she is DA serving DA interest in a DA-controlled province. History shows that corrupt power is served not confronted. That is how our country has suffered from “State Capture”. That subservience to power and greed are why corrupt members of the DA, such as Advocate Seton, has been sheltered. 11. Again, for the sake of speedy justice, I will not detail the stratosphere encircling this situation, but it will be obvious from my evidence that Seton belongs to something bigger. I may limit the scope of my complaint but with the caveat that others such as Attorney Richard Sohn are worthy of investigation too. EXAMPLES OF MY EVIDENCE 12. I provide limited context and a few examples of Advocate Seton’s degeneracies before I get to the main body. 12.1. I do so because my introduction is cautiously long, and I want it to be clear to any Public reader and the LPC Investigating Committee that my necessarily lengthy complaint deserves close attention. 12.2. I do so because the Cape Bar previously dismissed my complaint against Seton, protecting her by lying that I had provided no evidence of her misdeeds. 13. It is important to note that there is a conspiracy against. Advocate Julie Seton will be shown to be part of it. Complaint Against Advocate Julie Seton a.k.a. Julie Lopes 7 | P a g e 13.1 "You are so obviously being targeted. I have asked people about you in general, and most people answer that you are to avoided. When I push for a reason why, not one person has been able to answer. A huge smear campaign, which I am sure you are well aware of. I have it on good authority that the DA are actively trying to get you out, by whatever means possible - again, I'm sure no big news to you. I just can't believe the scale of it. What I am surprised about, is the amount of fear involved. People are petrified to stand up. I have watched cases where residents’ lives have been made unbearable difficult and impossible because they have had a run in with Lauren Waring [Municipal Manager]. I see the same thing happening with the ratepayers’ associations. if you disagree, you are instantly side- lined. Anyway Mike, I just wanted you to know if you ever need airtime, to please let me know - I would be happy to sponsor some for you. Candace." [LPC03]. 13.1.1. Candace Myers, a DA insider, emailed me the warning above. She is a prominent figure on the Brenton Ratepayers’ Association (BRA) where Seton’s married partner, Esme Edge, lives (and where Seton lives with Edge now). Candace Myers became a campaigner for the party. She is married to Peter Myers who was DA Chairperson whilst Edge was Deputy Mayor. Seton and Edge were supporters of Myers until he replaced Edge as Deputy Mayor. Similarly hypocritical, the Myers couple joined the DA’s propaganda campaign against me. 13.1.2. Edge, when dating Seton, became Deputy Mayor of Knysna on 12 February 2013. 13.1.3 The warning of the DA's campaign against me was dated 30 July 2013, whilst Edge was in office. 13.1.4.