My response: Lisa Watson and Cupcake Jones need to be boycotted.
Spread the word, FReepers. We actually have a lot of sway.
The one good thing is, the money raised before the Gofundme was shutdown is still available, apparently.
The downside, of course, is that 100,000 bucks will go right to the two who sued Melissa and her hubby out of business in the first place. And they’ll still owe another 35 grand.
I’d agree Watson is a hateful person, in any case. Even if she didn’t agree with the folks over at Melissa’s, it’s just plain nastiness to try (and succeed) to derail efforts for like-minded people to help them. What a wench. So much for “love wins”, eh?
I also just don’t see how, as someone else pointed out, the sum awarded isn’t a violation of the 8th Amendment. This family of 7 has been financially destroyed by the settlement. If that is not the definition of “excessive fines”, I do not know what is.