Fr. Jay Fostner (Fox 11 Online)
GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – A Brown County judge on Wednesday reinstated a $100,000 penalty against the founder of a popular Green Bay area Facebook group in a defamation case brought by a De Pere priest.
Rev. Dr. Jay Fostner’s attorneys argue Jason Jerry continues to violate terms of a settlement in the case.
Jerry is the founder and moderator of the “Greater Green Bay Society of the Llama” Facebook page, with 12,600 members, which was paused Wednesday – the same day the Brown County judge reinstated the penalty against Jerry.
Fostner, the former vice president for mission and student affairs at St. Norbert College, filed the suit against Jerry for posts Jerry made on social media and other digital platforms regarding claims of sexual abuse.
A judge ruled in Fostner’s favor in April 2021. The parties later reached a settlement awarding Fostner $1 in damages, provided Jerry removed “defamatory statements” and refrained from making similar statements in the future. If the agreement was violated, however, the penalty would increase to $100,000.
Fostner’s attorney filed a motion in Sept. 2024 alleging those terms had been violated. The filing claimed several posts on social media accounts used by Jerry, including posts as GreenBayLlama on the “Greater Green Bay Society of the Llama” Facebook page and on the “Norbertine Accountability” Facebook page, violated the agreement.
In March 2025, the parties reached another resolution agreement. It again barred Jerry from making statements that could reasonably be interpreted as referencing Fostner or previous allegations involving sexual assault and coverups. Court records show the agreement lifted the $100,000 judgment against Jerry and withdrew a contempt motion, as long as he complied with an existing court order barring similar social media statements.
Court documents show Fostner’s attorneys allege Jerry has “repeatedly violated the injunction” and terms of the agreement since March 2025. Jerry’s attorney argued that he should not be held liable for “merely sharing a hyperlink or news post that indirectly contains another embedded link” because he did not reference, attribute, endorse, or materially contribute to the allegedly defamatory content in the “unknown link.”
Wednesday’s ruling by Judge Donald Zuidmulder allows enforcement of the $100,000 punitive damages judgment to move forward again.
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