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Some of the allegations made in this trial border on the comical; although it is somewhat scary it took them so long to throw the case out. "He continued to co
by parennoob 11y ago
Some of the allegations made in this trial border on the comical; although it is somewhat scary it took them so long to throw the case out.
"He continued to contact them, they said, in part through the use of hashtags he knew them to be involved with." Let me get this straight – imagine two people, Alex and Bob, who are both comics fans. Alex doesn't like Bob and has blocked him on Twitter. Now Bob tweets something like "I like Marvel #comics". Can you seriously say that he is "harassing" Alex because Alex is specifically searching for Tweets with that hashtag and sees Bob's Tweet?
In my opinion, people wasting the court's time with such cases should be fined a hefty amount.
- ojbyrne 11y agoI wouldn't be surprised if the defendant files a civil suit against the plaintiff.
- ssijak 11y agoCan he get compensation for all the bad things that he endured because of this trial (lost job, was not able to work because he was banned from the internet, etc..)?
- pakled_engineer 11y agoHe crowdfunded some of the legal fees https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/gregory-alan-elliott-twitter-trial-support-fund https://www.generosity.com/fundraising/gregory-alan-elliott-... Unsure if it's even worth incurring more lawyer fees pursuing the loss of employment as the women will likely have no money to pay him, file endless appeals and delays, ect.
- hobs 11y agoIf it was the USA the judge could have always choosen to brand them a vexatious litigant, which as Jason Scott said, "Basically means you are an asshole in the eyes of the court." It also sets up certain requirements to use the legal system (like paying a certain amount of the defendants attorney fees up front iirc)