Oberlin College's President has been doing a press tour claiming that this is a first amendment case, that the college is being held responsible for the speech of the students, and that Oberlin College did not libel the Gibson's.
Gibson's lawyers issued this 56 page document showing the evidence against Oberlin College and its Dean Raimondo. The PDF highlights the evidence presented against Oberlin College at trial, the eyewitness testimony, the electronic communication between college administrators, and the jury forms declaring that Oberlin College did indeed libel the Gibsons Bakery.
The printouts of the electronic communication are devastating to Oberlin College. Administrators are talking about "smearing the brand" of the Gibsons, "unleashing the students" "raining fire and brimstone" on the bakery. There is an email discussing restoring the college's contract with the bakery only if a solution to shoplifting is found outside the legal system.
The press release quoted above is here.
That Bakery must be closed for business by now, after all the law suits, correct? That area would not be conducive to doing proper business transactions anymore.
This is the sort of insanity we get when Leftists never have to deal in the real world on a day-to-day basis. They’re so self-brainwashed as to their righteousness that they can’t believe it when things don’t go their way, and double down on stupid.
Oberlin, the school that did not learn.
They should design a special Oberlin College donut with a bunch of holes filled with nothing but nuts and flakes and offer it to th paren o students at a ridiculously high price.
They could also do a special cake called the “44 million dollar they never learn” cake.
The amount of legal fees to be awarded has not yet been determined. Oberlin is very likely to end up paying a significant sum of money to the Gibson plaintiffs, since at this point interest accrues on the judgment.
It is time for the Oberlin Trustees to step in and tell the administration to settle the suit. It won't be a small sum like it would have been at the outset, but at this point they are unlikely to win on appeal.
Gibson’s Bakery reacts to $11 million verdict against Oberlin College.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZfsoPoWidw&t=11s
Good. The Oberlin people can’t stop lying.
Therein lies the rub. A college is inanimate. It has no opinion and cannot be responsible for anything. People take action, and people must be held responsible. Inasmuch as people used the institution and acted in their roles as administrators then the institution should be ordered to pay at least some of the restitution. But the administrators, staff, faculty et al face no personal risk for their actions - not even their jobs. It is not their money. They are insulated. That is wrong. People libel each other, people slander each other, people need to be accountable to their actions.
Moreover, the people involved used the weight of the institution to bully others unjustly. They did not act in their capacity as individuals, they commandeered the college's resources and staked its reputation for their individual motivations. They hid behind the college rather than stake their own personal reputations. The college should sue the staff and administrators involved in these actions for restitution.
Tried to find a link for the 56 page FAQ of the Bakery, but it is not posted at www.lawlion.com.
The bakery should give those “students” free cookies and cakes. Laced with cyanide.
Key bit from the document:
Prior to the events of November 2016, Oberlin College was dealing with its own tumultuous environment. In December 2015, African American students sent President Marvin Krislov and others at the College a 14-page list of demands, within which it accused Oberlin College of functioning “on the premises of imperialism, white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, and a cissexist heteropatriarchy.” [Trial Exhibit 257].8 President Krislov’s response was not enough for some students, ...
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So the Dean was worried about getting fired — we’ve seen that at other colleges.
Using the bakery, they decided to be ‘woke’ and play the race card. Backfired.
Worth a read. Amazing these ‘educators’ spent their time and university resources to try to drive someone out of business.
The college asked the bakery to let ‘first-time offender shoplifters’ go. The shoplifters later plead guilty.
Loved reading the details. College was found guilty of libel and dug their own grave. Couldn’t have happened to a nastier bunch of pricks. They still think they’re above the law.
“The printouts of the electronic communication are devastating to Oberlin College.”
Good.