“This is a law suit engineered for publicity.”.....
EXACTLY! Or, a notice of about to be suicide.
The rats will send their talking heads out to make the case and the headlines from the usual suspects will be all over the media. Some people will believe what they hear and read about this. The rats probably think this will help with their main goal - taking back the house. So they are risking this backfiring at some point for a shorter term goal.