Cannot even begin to agree with you. When the CEO goes public to say a passenger had every right to be in the seat the airline sold him, that’s game, set and match.
Doesn’t matter if you agree with me. Press conferences are NOT admissible in court because they are 100% meaningless in the legal arena. Functionally they are hearsay, the person is not under oath and can say whatever they want. If it actually gets to court NEITHER of his press conferences will be presented because they have no legal meaning. Long established legal fact, stuff said away from the court and not during an investigative interview is just stuff, it has no meaning.