Well, he's not actually a "mountain man" despite the ponytail and funny hat. No mountains in Manhattan, are there? A more normal newspaper probably has the basic facts less skewed. A quick google turned up this:

‘Natural man’ found guilty for host of charges - The Belgrade News: Local News

The language of "natural man" and "fictitious, fraudulent action" and so on reminds me of the kooks in Canada that have been working at similar arguments for several years and were recently described in detail in a court decision from Alberta. In case you are interested in some of the ridiculous facts of the "organized pseudolegal commercial litigants":

CanLII - 2012 ABQB 571 (CanLII)