Numerous other news outlets, including , also followed up on the Yelp story after the Express ran the piece. Some stories cast . .

Now Kathleen Richards, the Express reporter who wrote the piece, to Stoppleman's claims that her reporting was shoddy. It's in the form of a follow-up piece, this time with no anonymous sources.

She writes about numerous Bay Area merchants who, on the record, say they've faced extortion from Yelp representatives. She even names the Yelp employees who made the nefarious demands.

There has been no response yet from Stoppleman on the .