Disabled Senior Florida Artist & American Author Sues Google, Amazon, and Meta

SEBRING, Fla. - April 8, 2026 - PRLog -- Today, Kris Courtney, a 66-year-old disabled American artist and author, filed a federal lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida against Google LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., Meta Platforms, Inc., and John Does.

Federal # 2:26-cv-14119-SMM complaint alleges a two year coordinated and targeted U.S.-only distribution ban, mass deletion of verified reviews, algorithmic demotion, and retaliatory conduct following a formal Preservation of Records Notice.

Courtney alleges the tech giants engaged in coordinated viewpoint discrimination, antitrust violations, and exploitation by suppressing his award-winning cozy mystery comedy Florida Retirement Is Murder - Website

"ACT" an original oil painting of the American flag and Bible previously displayed in the office of former US Speaker of the House John Boehner.is also being removed from public view.

The suppression evidence became accelerated on June 18, 2024, when Amazon abruptly censored and banned the paperback edition from U.S. distribution at the exact moment the book was experiencing a major sales surge and attracting unsolicited film/TV interest from Creative Artists Agency (CAA).

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"After a lifetime of challenges, I poured everything I had left into this book and my art as a final act of hope for my legacy and grandchildren," said Courtney. "What happened wasn't moderation — it was the deliberate erasure of a disabled senior's voice, livelihood, and patriotic expression. I'm fighting not just for myself, but for every independent."

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Courtney is seeking $18.175 million in actual damages plus+ treble damages [$54.525 million] under the Federal Sherman Antitrust Act §§ 1 and 2 and Clayton Act § 3 for the alleged antitrust violations, compensatory and punitive damages for the First Amendment state-action/jawboning violations and related state-law claims (including breach of contract, FDUTPA, and exploitation of a vulnerable adult).

March 25, 2026 Consent Decree in Missouri v. Biden (Exhibit BD), which acknowledged that the prior Democratic Biden White House Administration "trampled free speech rights by censoring Americans' speech on online platforms, often by exerting substantial pressure on third parties." It also references ongoing antitrust actions against the defendants and notes that in September 2025, YouTube (a Google/Alphabet subsidiary) agreed to pay $24.5 million to settle a First Amendment censorship lawsuit brought by President Donald J. Trump (Trump v. YouTube, LLC).

About the Case:
Case No.: 2:26-cv-14119-SMM
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida