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One of the articles also implies that he would threaten or actually commit violence against Watson or his daughter, he says.

“It is a very serious allegation that needs to be defended against because it could have criminal repercussions.”

The affidavit says that Dipopolo has never met Watson, spoken to him on the phone or traded emails with him.

“First and foremost, I am a family man. I have a loving common-law wife and six children with a seventh on the way. Above all else, my family is of utmost importance to me.”

Dipopolo adds he coaches Little League, attends a Catholic church, is a member of the Italian community and contributes to charity. He’s been a longshoreman since May 2012.

“I became a longshoreman as it was good pay, a great pension and stable employment. It also required relatively little in the way of training or education. I have a family that I need to support and this job allows me to do so.”

The matter started with an article Watson wrote on his blog May 9, a followup to an article on organized crime and the port of Vancouver written by Vancouver Sun reporter Kim Bolan, says the affidavit.

I have defended my right to free speech in a U.S. court while residing and posting from Canada. You’re not the first

The May 9 blog stated that Dipopolo was the president of the Kelowna Hells Angels and that during his tenure, the Kelowna Hells Angels collectively were charged in a large drug trafficking ring and convicted of operating a huge stolen car ring in Kelowna, says the affidavit.

Dipopolo has been described in a B.C. Supreme Court judgment as a Hells Angel, but says: “The collective group has never been charged in a large drug trafficking ring nor convicted of a huge stolen car ring.”