After all the advances we have made as a species, why haven't we found a way to rid ourselves of scummy people like this? There's just SO MANY of them, and they ruin EVERYTHING!
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2025
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Yeah fuck this guy.
What is a SLAPP suit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UN8bJb8biZU
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google it
Maybe I missed it, but were there any consequences for filing the SLAPP? The suit was tossed, which is a good start, but then what? The article made it sound like California has anti-SLAPP laws, but were they applied here?
Yeah. They said it's now righted the wrong, but I don't think so.
Usually, the anti-SLAPP statute specifies that the SLAPPing party needs to pay the defendant's legal fees, but in this case they were represented pro bono by a high-profile attorney, so maybe that's the only remedy and it just didn't apply.