Smirky Boy wants $250 Million from Wash Post..why not go for Billions???

[jodymarie aimee]

little dipshit..any question he is a baby Trumper...

[greymattermom]

1. So won't they look into his whole family

during discovery?

[Iliyah]

2. Better yet, discovery will expose the racist school.

[theboss]

8. It always amazes me what people on both sides of the aisle think "Discovery" is

It's not a carte blanche freedom to expose everything about you and every person you associate with.

They chose this figure, because that's what Bezos paid for the Post.

[tikka]

3. Any information on this kid's parents?

They must work for or at some companies. Those companies might not like the negative PR from having them as employees.

[theboss]

9. We seriously need to stop this

Doxxing everyone for everything is going to burn everyone to the ground.

[Cicada]

4. They picked the amount Bezos paid for the paper

That is the source for the amount. Lin Wood is one of the attorneys. He represented Richard Jewel and the parents of Jon Benet Ramsey. He has a great track record and does not seem to file flimsy cases. The boy may win some money. Obviously not $250 million but maybe more than a million.

[Vinca]

5. I hope the little asshole loses and has to pay court costs.

[PTWB]

6. I'm actually all for this lawsuit

Bezos can afford to drag this thing out for years - making sure that shithead Maga kid’s parents have to drain their bank account and he gets absolutely no inheritance. And in the end they’ll either drop it or lose the suit. Win win!

[obliviously]

7. I don't make enough money

to want to try mocking this boy more.

[Skidmore]

10. Who?

Not familiar with this one.

[theboss]

11. I actually think this is an interesting case

This feels like something that is going to end up being studied by First Amendment scholars someday.

What is the cost of exposure in a social media age?

In the 1970s, I'm not even sure this is a case, even if the Post defamed him, because I'm not sure what the damages could be. It would be forgotten in a week, and it's possible that the kid himself wouldn't even have been aware of the story unless someone mailed him a copy of the paper.

In 2019, this will literally follow him for the rest of his life.

Now, the curious question is whether that itself is even damaging considering he could probably start a GoFundMe and get $1 million for legal defenses before the week ends.

It's interesting.

(Note: None of this is a commentary on whether he, his parents, his fellow students, the dioscese, etc are good, bad or indifferent people).