From: Peter Heimlich [mailto:peter.heimlich@gmail.

com] Sent: Thu 11/8/2012 1:04 PM To: undisclosed-recipients Subject: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. http://www.the-sidebar.com/2012/11/was-country-music-star-luke-bryan-lyin.html Peter M. Heimlich ph: (208)474-7283 website: Medfraud

blog: The Sidebar Subject: RE: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. From: Karah-Leigh Hancock (music reporter at the Athens [GA] Banner-Herald) Date: 11/8/2012 1:12 PM To: Peter Heimlich I'm sorry, but I think you might be taking this thing way too far. Not because I've reported on Luke Bryan, and I'm personally a fan, but I've chocked (sic) plenty of times on food and can't remember the exact details. Choking on food isn't illegal.
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:58:40 -0500 From: Peter Heimlich To: Karah-Leigh Hancock CC: Andre Gallant, Donnie Fetter Subject: Re: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. Dear Karah-Leigh, Thanks for your e-mail and I'm sorry to hear about your frequent choking episodes. FYI, here's the American Red Cross choking rescue guidelines for conscious adults: http://www.redcross.org/flash/brr/English-html/consciouschoking.asp Re: Luke Bryan's claimed choking rescue, here's an idea. Why don't you fact-check the story? I'm just a humble blogger, so presumably Bryan's representatives have concluded they can ignore me. Since you're a staff reporter at a daily, they may feel compelled to answer you. If the story turns out to be true, that's newsworthy and you can give deserved praise to his unidentified rescuer friend. As I reported in my previous item, I've already nominated his unknown rescuer for a Heimlich Institute Save-A-Life award.* If the story turns out to be bogus, that's newsworthy, too -- even for a fan like you, right? More news pegs? Luke's a Georgian and so am I. In any event, if your paper chooses to report the story, I'm available for comment. Thanks again for your e-mail -- and to avoid further choking, experts recommend that you don't bite off more than you can chew. Cheers, Peter Peter M. Heimlich Duluth, GA 30096 ph: (208)474-7283 website: Medfraud blog: The Sidebar * http://www.the-sidebar.com/2012/09/whos-mystery-friend-that-rescued.html (page down)

Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:21:30 -0500 Subject: Re: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. From: Karah-Leigh Hancock To: Peter Heimlich I'm a Georgia (sic) and from near his hometown and have interviewed him several times. I just don't see this story as newsworthy... More National Enquire-ish (sic). It would be as if someone gave Carrie Underwood midol for her feminine problems. Sorry!
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:41:55 -0500 From: Peter Heimlich To: Karah-Leigh Hancock CC: Andre Gallant, Donnie Fetter (Banner-Herald editors) Subject: Re: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. Interesting reply. Thanks for sharing your perspective -- PMH Three months later I sent her my third item which reported that Bryan's managers told another reporter they would not be answering questions about the alleged choking incident. Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:39:40 -0500 From: Peter Heimlich To: Karah-Leigh Hancock Subject: Re: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin'about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. It's looking like Luke pulled a mini Manti T'eo. His managers are now refusing to answer questions from reporters about his dubious choking rescue: http://www.the-sidebar.com/2013/01/nashville-singer-luke-bryansmanagers.html IMO, it's not nice to tell lies (especially to gin up cheap headlines), but perhaps I'm old-fashioned. PMH

Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2013 20:47:30 -0500 Subject: Re: The Sidebar (today): Was country music star Luke Bryan lyin' about being rescued from choking? Not even his mother will back up the story. From: Karah-Leigh Hancock To: Peter Heimlich I suggest you find something better to do with your time.