I say no.<P>He wrote a book, told everyone he welcomed a lawsuit - he would defend those words in court. But when the lawsuit came, when he was about to be deposed, he did NOT go forward but he and his publishers settled with the Ramseys for an undisclosed amount of money.<P>His book is full of lies, he knew it, we all know it.<P>He used witnesses who were not credible as the source of several bits or misinformation. Had he gone to court all that would have been exposed.<P>Here is an old post by Frank Coffman. It has to do with Steve Thomas' book and a story from Judith Phillips. It is one of many examples of "problems" with ST's book.<P>~~~~~~~~~~<P><i>A post... <BR>10 . "uncorroborated stories" <BR>Posted by MaskedMan on May-04-00 at 11:19 AM (EST) <BR>Steve Thomas presents many unsourced and uncorroborated stories. <P>On page 5, he presents the improbable story that JonBenet was chilly at a restaurant, but Patsy wouldn't let her put on a jacket<BR>because "You're still on show." Steve Thomas didn't identify his source, but I know that this is one of Judith Phillips' urban<BR>legends. <P>When I aksed Judith about where and when this episode happened, she said that she didn't know and that she didn't see it<BR>herself. She said someone else had seen it. I asked her, "Who saw it?" She wouldn't tell me. So, this is just an unverified<BR>third-hand rumor. <P>Judith has done this repeatedly. She's lied to me about what she supposedly knows. She would claim to have first-hand<BR>knowledge about something, but then she'd change her story when I tried to pin her down. For instance: <P>Judith told me that Priscilla White had told her that John Ramsey tried to discourage Fleet White from entering the wine cellar<BR>room on Dec. 26, 1996. I believed that story for a long time. She was the source for a story to that effect in the National<BR>Enquirer of April 1997. When I found out later that that never happened, I asked Judith how Priscilla could have been so wrong<BR>about that. Then, Judith admitted that, uh, well, she didn't hear the story directly from Priscilla, but from someone else... <P>Steve Thomas used Judith for several dubious stories. She is the anonymous "family friend" whom Steve Thomas mentions. It<BR>wouldn't occur to Steve to double-check his information, since any story unfavorable to the Ramseys is automatically true to<BR>him. Positive stories, of course, don't appear in his book. <BR></i><P>Steve Thomas has been discredited. I don't know why anyone wuld believe anything he wrote.<P>I believe those people who sent him money for his DEFENSE were robbed (fraud?). Thomas offered no defense for what he did - - he dropped out before he had to face the court.<P>Thomas can talk now - - apologize, tell the truth... but there is only silence.<P>Not even a note on the official forstevethomas.com site. The BORG there still believe in him.<P>They have the lawsuit there - - but not the documents that ended it - - they still refuse to tell the whole truth.<P>Sad.<P>