He was in the middle of the tradelane. I had went through there a minute ago, and after taking the next not-disrupted tradelane, i saw the trader on the other side getting into the lane i had just left.. Then, i saw the comm begin.
That was fact. And guess is that Eternal didnt allow the trader to run for 20 km to dock while talking.
And yes, im not eternal, but i saw it, so i give my 2 cents, so its not only him against the trader, in case that one even bothers to come.
PD: He didnt say bad RP, he said he violated the F1 rule instead of just trying to run away or whatever other non-illegal option he had.