Posted on 07/12/2022 5:54:15 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
Oberlin College is facing $4 million in interest charges after refusing to pay $33 million in court-ordered defamation damages to a mom-and-pop bakery that it slandered as racist.
Gibson’s Bakery is reportedly struggling to survive after Oberlin College students and dean of students Meredith Raimondo falsely accused the business of racism.
Moreover, students are continuing to boycott the 137 year-old bakery, despite the allegations being proven false.
To make matters worse, the woke Ohio college is not paying its court-ordered damage to Gibson’s Bakery.
Now, Oberlin College faces paying $4 million in interest on top of what the school already owes, according to a report by Daily Mail.
Earlier this year, three judges on the Ninth District Court of Appeals issued a 3-0 decision upholding the 2019 ruling in the case. The award is the largest defamation verdict in Ohio history.
Oberlin College was ordered to pay Gibson’s Bakery $33 million for defamation damages in 2019 after Raimondo — now an ex-dean — orchestrated a woke mob into slandering the family as racists for calling the police on three black students for allegedly shoplifting a bottle of wine.
The money was to be paid to the bakery by April 1, but the college has refused to pay it.
Additionally, two of the plaintiffs are now deceased. Gibson’s Bakery owner Allyn Gibson and his son, David Gibson, have since passed while the family awaits the millions that they were awarded from Oberlin College.
Meanwhile, Oberlin has reportedly appealed the ruling against them. The appeal is set to be heard by the Ohio Supreme Court, after two lower courts rejected the college’s attempts to get out of paying the Gibson’s.
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Bakery should take their judgement, turn it into a lien and then force the college property to Sherriff Sale to be made whole...
They have no intent of paying they know they lied, and lied for years, and are still lying to this day, and don’t care...
I’d already have done this if I were these people.
Oberlin posted an appeal bond in the amount of the judgment, or close to it. Gibsons Bakery should be able to collect against the bond if the college loses its appeal to the OH Sup. Ct.
Oh they absolutely can MAKE IT HAPPEN...
It’s not a request, you take the judgement, turn it into a lien and then force a foreclosure and sheriff sale, it’s not debatable or negotiable, and if the sheriff refuses to do it then they are subject to criminal prosecution as well.
They have no intention of paying, they lied, knew they lied, continued to lie and continue to lie to this day.. there is no integrity at this institution at all, and while the foreclosure process will drag out... its the only way they are going to see any money.. This college is just hoping they can continue to grind this family down.
If Family themselves won’t do it, then they can sell their judgement to investors who will pay them less than face value, and then they will be the entity that drives this through to final payoff.
I can understand if the Family doesn’t want to spend several more years fighting these snakes... but all it takes is the numbers to be right and someone will be willing to put cash in front of them and fight the fight to get the balance and intrest.
Objection: Relevance?
What a cop-out that is.
The Oberlin endowment fund exceeds $1 billion. The school has plenty of cash to pay the judgment plus interest.
This case is a prime example of the use of the justice system by the well heeled to prevent justice from being delivered. Those with deep pockets can use procedural delays to delay and wear out less affluent opponents. Likely Oberlin and its attorneys have made a quick private settlement offer for significantly less than the judgment. The alternative for the bakery is to spend years in litigation, struggling to keep their business going in the face of boycotts by the school, students, and likely many of the townspeople.
There is a reason the Constitution guarantees the right to a speedy trial. Unfortunately the judicial system no longer functions to provide plaintiffs or defendants swift justice. Lawyers and judges have distorted the system to serve the wealthy, not the common citizen.
Put Oberlin into receivership to pay off its debt. Shut it down.
Some suggested steps:
A. Have the state of Ohio revoke Oberlin's charter to exist as an institution of higher learning within that state,
B. Cancel all of Oberlin's accreditation(s),
C. Conduct a detailed forensic audit, ... deferred maintenance, salaries, travel expenses, ...
D. Sell all of Oberlin's assets, starting with the contents of it libraries, valuable works of art, text, writings, ... , ending with its land, buildings, etc.
I took a quick look at the Ohio statute. It's pegged to the federal short term rate, currently .13%. Basically, every October they look at the short term rate and add 3% to determine what the judgment interest rate will be for the next year. So Oberlin's currently on the hook for slightly over 3%.
Good luck to the bakery.
I had a court case against a shopkeeper who refused to pay me rent.
We won, and he was ordered to pay $3000.
He refused, so we had the Sherriff go to the store and empty it, to put into storage for auction.
My wife (at the time) said it was great to see the shopkeeper sitting on the concrete outside while they carted all his stuff out.
What I'm also saying is that when you are white and you own a company in a place where many of your patrons hate you, you should expect that at some point you'll be accused of being racist. I don't think that's a very controversial opinion.
IIRC, the endowment funds are allocated for specific uses by their donors and cannot be used for any other purpose.
I disagree with that sentiment.
The bakery is not PART of Oberlin College. “Evil” people use products and services in addition to others. As another poster pointed out, Oberlin likely wasn’t evil in 1885.
Cultures and demographics change over time, it isn’t contingent on a business to adjust and move around to suit what they think is a clientele unless there is a business need to do so.
A business that had been serving the community in Detroit since 1885 would be expected to decide to shift the location of their facility if, as times changed, their employees could not walk safely to their car, shoplifting and store damage costs were elevated, and store security costs increased.
In that case, they, as a business might well decide that a change of venue would be advantageous and make the move.
But to make that move because they have political differences with their clientele is not something I want to necessarily see based solely on that.
As a customer, I want to be able to make a choice on who I patronize or not, on whatever criteria I want.
As a business owner, I would expect to be able to do the same.
In the America today where a substantial portion of the Black population has been propagandized and trained to hate the white population, being called racist is a feather in your cap. That badge, the feather, means that for some reason, some how, you have struck a mortal or at least injurious blow to the fictional Black unity.
Fortunately for America there is a growing opposition that I call the Afro Heritage minority-minority. This body members are true Americans and do not bear the taint of the real political racism. Clarence Thomas, Doctor Ben Carson, Hershal Walker are near the top of the list. There are many lesser knowns who quietly be American every day.
I recognize that among the Afro Heritage citizenry there is not the desired and fictious Black unity but rather great diversity of thought and action and ordinary living.
Although I might be labeled as racist, I am actually a student of culture, a culturist. Racist is an archaic anachronism
Call it Gibson college
This entire incident began due to a shoplifting incident. That incident was used to further a claim of racism. If you operate a business where the prevailing culture is one of far-left, anti-white hatred, maybe you should consider moving that business. That's all I'm saying.
I like the idea of Hillsdale taking it over!
Though I will say, it would be fun to see the sheriff's padlock on the front door of the admin building. :D
No they don’t need it, but if they refuse the pay the judgement can be turned into a lien can indeed be entered against the physical property and foreclosed on to force a sale.
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