“Rittenhouse has played this stupidly from day one. Sandmann the opposite. Hire GOOD lawyers and then shut up while they make rain for you. And boy did Hyle’s attorneys make it pour. They work on % so no “fundraising” is needed IF the case and client are solid.”
Really? KR’s attorney’s aren’t doing contingencies on all the lawsuits? Hmmm. Wonder who is advising him? SMH.
Another difference is that Sandmann became a “public figure” almost solely because of the slander ginned up by CNN, the Washington Post, and others. This made it possible for his lawyers to argue, successfully, that they weren’t shielded by the “public figure” standard of the infamous New York Times vs Sullivan ruling.
It’s the same for the bakery that successfully sued Oberlin college. Gibson’s bakery never would have made waves beyond it’s own neighborhood if Oberlin College hadn’t turned itself into an echo chamber of crackpot race-baiting accusations.
The public figure standard will be FAR more difficult for Kyle Rittenhouse to meet. For one thing, his criminal trial was itself a widely covered public event. Kyle Rittenhouse himself has granted televised interviews. It’s going to very difficult for him to clear the NYT vs Sullivan “public figure” hurdle.