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Far left company Pateron banned (Right-wing) Comedian Owen Benjamin

Alt-right comedian asked his fans to sue Patreon. It backfired.

72 of Benjamin’s backers tell Patreon they will move for arbitration.

Patreon amended its TOS to bar those claims.

Backers move for arbitration.

Patreon loses procedural rules in arbitration.

The lawsuit against those backers is filed.

Owen Benjamin has managed to get 72 of his fans sued by Patreon.

Owen Benjamin’s backers filed arbitration actions under a clever workout unique to California law.
Under California law, Patreon is obligated to pay *in advance* all of the arbitration fees required in the case involving Owen Benjamin’s former backers.

Millions of dollars.

Seeking to avoid these fees, Patreon moved for an injunction in to shut down the arbitrations.

After Patreon sued Owen Benjmain’s former backers, the so-called “bears” retained a prominent lawyer
@marcorandazza
to represent them against Patreon.

Court, “The tentative ruling is to DENY the motion for injunctive relief.”

Patreon has presumably lost unless they are able to persuade the judge at this hearing to reverse himself.

The logic being applied in the Patreon can be used against PayPal when PayPal bans accounts.

This Patreon lawsuit outcome has a major implications.