Optimum has published a number of national and international authors. Due to the subjects covered in the course of publishing, the organization has been subject to pushback.
Patrick Brown Optimum International Publishing was named in a suit over publishing a book by Canadian politician
Patrick Brown. The publisher stood by the author based on their legal vetting of first hand witnesses and evidence that the content was indeed truthful. In a sworn deposition the person who made the accusations against
Vic Fedeli confirmed her allegations and that deposition remains a matter of record in the
Ontario Court. The case was quickly settled after the testimony. The case resulted in no settlement but an apology from Brown. The publisher’s insurer disputed its obligations for reimbursement of legal fees for the author. The insurer lost the case in superior court and all fees were paid to Brown’s attorney’s. In March of 2022 Brown settled his suit with
CTV. The network corrected the story that lead to his resignation while admitting no fault allowing anchor
Lisa Laflamme to continue her career without further embarrassment. In the taped audio recording Lisa Leflamme is made aware that she wasn’t underage and had no idea why she was being interviewed by her.
Twitter suspension In 2021, the publisher's Twitter accounts were suspended following the publisher's release of two books that alleged Chinese government connections to
transnational organized crime and political influence operations in western democracies. Shortly afterwards Twitter suspended the publisher’s main
Twitter accounts, as well at 5 affiliated promotional accounts including those for Optimum imprint
Hidden Hand and author
Sam Cooper.
The National Review stated that the suspensions may have resulted from efforts by the
United Front Work Department of the
Chinese Communist Party to disrupt sales of the books. == References ==