HOUSTON — Sarah J. Fields who publicly burned a cease-and-desist letter on video in September from a Houston couple who sent it sued her for defamation in Harris County District Court, alleging she spent months publishing false statements that damaged their reputations and continued after they formally disputed them.
The lawsuit obtained by The NC Beat, was filed on October 29, 2026, and names Jeanetta Brantley and Ashley Brantley as plaintiffs. It states that Fields began posting about them on July 28 in connection with Jeanetta Brantley’s enhancement of a Sea Tow recording tied to the Nolan Xavier Wells investigation. One early post, according to the filing, drew 662,000 views, more than 3,200 shares, and over 25,000 comments and reactions. Fields described Jeanetta as a “self-proclaimed audio engineer,” said her work had become a “dog whistle” for harassment of Nolan’s friends, and claimed the couple’s businesses were either unregistered or operating illegally while still selling products.
The lawsuit asserts those characterizations were false. It states that Audio Done Right operates under an active Doing Business As designation, that no professional license is generally required for the audio work described, and that S.M.A.R.T. Vegan LLC’s inactive status concerned its franchise-tax account rather than any health or occupational license. Business records cited in the petition indicate the company had already stopped selling physical products before Fields’ posts.
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HOUSTON — Sarah J. Fields who publicly burned a cease-and-desist letter on video in September from a Houston couple who sent it sued her for defamation in Harris County District Court, alleging sh...