High profile tort lawyers don’t take retainers. They front the costs and take a percentage of the recovery. I suspect that just prepping the documents and serving all the defendants is going to cost at least $25,000.
They willfully and maliciously slandered and libeled a child. They invaded his privacy and probably ruined his life.
These scumbags are gonna pay.
The fact this scum went after minors makes it exponentially easier to get a payday and hopefully a whimpering apology. There are special laws against defaming a minor, non-public figure.
These arrogant twits need to learn a lesson and get hit in their thick wallets.
Calm down everyone. It’s me, jhavenfarm, who always tries to talk everyone off the “filing a lawsuit = winning the lottery” ledge. The essence of a defamation action is the collection of damages for the ongoing damage to one’s reputation. A plaintiff in any case is required to mitigate his damages, that is, to lessen the amount. Full and unequivocal retractions and apologies must be sought and, if given, essentially defuses the claim as against the person who gives them. These plaintiffs do have a leg up in that they are not public figures so New York Times v Sullivan does not apply: they don’t have to prove that those who spoke about them knew the statements were false, just that they statements were false