Of possible interest? If so, please contact him directly. Jonathan ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Walsh, John <John.Walsh@coloradodefenders.us> Date: Mon, Jun 23, 2025 at 3:04 PM Subject: To: j-coopersmith@tamu.edu <j-coopersmith@tamu.edu> *This Message is From an External Sender* This message came from outside your organization Dr. Coopersmith, I apologize for reaching out out of the blue, but I’m having a really difficult time finding anyone who might be able to help. My name is John Walsh, and I coordinate the forensic litigation for the Colorado State Public Defender’s Office. In simpler terms, I help people find hard-to-find experts. I’m hoping that’s where you may be able to help. There is a criminal case in Colorado where one of the relevant issues is, for lack of a better term, the “state of the internet in about 2004.” In particular, the issues revolve around a person who potentially met another person on an online message board involving BDSM-like activities. There are lots of questions we’d need answered, for example, how prevalent internet meet-ups were, how such meet-ups would have been organized without things like Tinder, how sophisticated/regulated such things would be, etc. Basically, we’re looking for someone who would be able to inform a jury about the relative state of the internet nearly 20 years ago. I am hoping, based on some of your publicly-available work, that you may have some of this knowledge. In the alternative, I hope you may be able to point me to another person who might. So you know, I can provide any number of details about the case, but suffice it to say whoever testifies would be there to educate the jury only and would not be opining about the guilt or innocence of the accused. Thank you in advance for any help you may be able to provide, and, again, I do apologize for reaching out in this way. I can be reached most easily at my work email (this one), or also my work cell 720.654.5963. Respectfully, John Walsh (he/him) Director of Forensic Litigation Office of the Colorado State Public Defender