Owen V. Posner: The Battle Continues

The kerfuffle between disgraced author Gerald Posner and Frank Owen got personal at the Miami Beach Botanical Gardens last night. After being dismissed from the Daily Beast following several accusations of plagiarism, Posner is now defending himself from charges that his book Miami Babylon plagiarizes from Owen's Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture. After the contentious encounter Owen posted this on his Facebook page:
 

The real sparks came after the reading when Lera asked Posner "Are we still going out for a drink to discuss this?" Posner exploded. His plastic face turned red: "Yeah, I'm a thieving cocksucker." "Yes, you are a thieving cocksucker," Lera replied. And then an elderly lady came running towards them: "This is a botanical garden. It's a peaceful place. Can you please take it some place else?"

Miami New Times, which broke the story, has more here, including another video in which Posner defends himself and bizarrely throws his wife under the bus as well, saying she is partly to blame while apologizing to her at the same time.