>> It’s a lot of time, misery, expense and effort to be invested on Levin’s part. <<
Agreed. Mark is PROBABLY bluffing.
Still, if Levin can pretend successfully to be just a little bit crazy and irrational, then maybe he can intimidate Matthews and the latter’s ilk into backing down and/or withdrawing some of their more extreme statements. Even if they’re confident that Mark couldn’t win a full-scale lawsuit, they certainly wouldn’t want to be deposed by him.
In the meantime, Mark’s ingenious little game no doubt will allow him to have more fun than barrel of monkeys!
I really think he’d do it, consequences be damned.