Levant claims 'blackmail' as ex-contributor attacks him online
Levant claims 'blackmail' as ex-contributor attacks him online 
Janice Dickson
Thursday, August 17th, 2017 Ezra Levant. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pawel Dwulit Janice Dickson
Thursday, August 17th, 2017The chaos at Rebel Media intensified today, with one former contributor asking pointed questions about how the hard-right online outlet uses reader contributions and founder Ezra Levant claiming in turn that he’s being “blac kmailed.â€
“I’m being blackmailed. I’m being extorted,†wrote Levant on his website in response to a video posted online Thursday by former contributor Caolan Robertson.
Robertson, who says he left Rebel Media two weeks ago, alleged in a lengthy YouTube video that Levant tried to pay him $20,000 to ensure he wouldn’t speak publicly about what the organization does with the money it crowdfunds from supporters.
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