Billionaire Dan Gilbert calls Motor City Muckraker ‘dirty scum’ over surveillance story

Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert was not happy late Sunday night when his teenage daughters asked about a Motor City Muckraker story that showed the billionaire’s real estate team was erecting cameras and a transmitter without permission on buildings that don’t belong to him.

. @Sara_Tonyn @vincethepolack @MCmuckraker True Sara, but when my teenage kids start asking about this dirty scum, it requires a response. buy zovirax

— Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) April 27, 2015

Before signing off, Gilbert offered a few more kind words.

I know.”Ignore them”.Just once in awhile you have to let the lying venom filled wannabes know that they will be held accountable.Goodnight! — Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) April 27, 2015

We challenged Gilbert to show an error in the story, but he didn’t respond and instead blocked us on Twitter.

@cavsdan @vincethepolack Libelous, huh? Come on, Dan Gilbert. What’s libelous about the story? Here’s your chance. buy Cymbalta

— Motor City Muckraker (@MCmuckraker) April 27, 2015

Gilbert also directed his ire at Eric Lacy, a former MLive reporter who often covered entertainment in metro Detroit. Gilbert apparently didn’t think it was very manly of Lacy, who was celebrating his birthday, to tweet about Bruce Jenner, a former gold medalist who revealed that he is transgender.

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. @EricLacy This coming from a “tough guy” who spends half his weekend tweeting about Bruce Jenner. Keep smirking, Lacy… — Dan Gilbert (@cavsdan) April 27, 2015

Lacy fired back with kindness.

Thank you, Dan Gilbert! Just inspired me to make a donation to Detroit’s Ruth Ellis Center for homeless LGBTQ youth. http://t.co/dLFaIWZ15J

— Eric Lacy (@EricLacy) April 27, 2015

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