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Posted on 05/23/2025 4:59:18 AM PDT by Twotone
On Thursday afternoon, Judge Irving of the DC Superior Court ordered vexatious litigant Michael E. Mann to pay Mark's co-defendants Competitive Enterprise Institute and Rand Simberg $477,350.80 in attorney's fees - within thirty days.
This is related to counts that were dismissed on Anti-SLAPP grounds half-way through the case - one was against CEI for republishing a National Review editorial critical of Mann deemed protected speech and the other against CEI and Rand for "intentional infliction of emotional distress".
According to anti-slapp.org:
SLAPPs are Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation. These damaging suits chill free speech and healthy debate by targeting those who communicate with their government or speak out on issues of public interest.
SLAPPs are used to silence and harass critics by forcing them to spend money to defend these baseless suits. SLAPP filers don't go to court to seek justice. Rather, SLAPPS are intended to intimidate those who disagree with them or their activities by draining the target's financial resources.
SLAPPs are effective because even a meritless lawsuit can take years and many thousands of dollars to defend. To end or prevent a SLAPP, those who speak out on issues of public interest frequently agree to muzzle themselves, apologize, or "correct" statements.
Which is what a court determined Mann did. So now he has been ordered to pay up.
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Karma for Michael “Piltdown” Mann. The most destructive slimy fraud the world has ever seen. /spit
It has been far, far long in coming.
Good. Good. Good. Good!
Gonna be difficult for Michael Mann to sit down with that hockey stick up his hind end.
Would live to know why Mann ended up leaving PSU and going to Penn.
Bet there’s a story there...
...love to know...
“Well, well, well ... How the turns tables ...”
He can't hang out with his buddy Coach Sandusky any more at PSU, but heard he might be able to land a spot on Penn's girl's swim team.
Can’t wait for Mark Steyn to comment on this!
Maybe now we’ll find out who’s been funding this self-righteous turd - I don’t see him coming up with a half-million of his own money within a month.
Justice, after soooo long.
“ordered”. Yeah, right. Will not happen. Will be appealed. Lemme know if any $$ ever change hands.
OTOHand, this result should incite everyone else to go after everyone who contributed to this obvious fraud. Go after THEM — they are the ones who got all the global warming $$. They have billions!!
I figure these people can at least put liens against MM’s personal property. He didn’t fund any of the case himself. So it should be interesting to see if his benefactors want to cough up $ when the case is against him.
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