Victory!!! Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and @Wonkette over publications protected by 1A.

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The First Amendment Retweeted

Victory!!! Attorney Larry Klayman sued Rebecca Schoenkopf and
@Wonkette
over publications protected by 1A. The court repeatedly told him his lawsuit was frivolous, yet he kept filing the same allegations. The court just dismissed the suit with prejudice and will enter sanctions.

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[JohnSJ]

1. Klayman is in need of major psychiatric help

[DURHAM D]

2. Make him pay.

Please someone, empty his pockets.

[nycbos]

3. Who is the guy?

Some context would be useful.

[quaint]

5. Long, ugly, repetitive history.

https://floridajustice.com/larry-klayman-v-wonkette-case-status-locker-room/

Law Offices of Phillips & Hunt Law Offices of Phillips & Hunt

A good day for 1A. The Court granted our Motion to Dismiss in Larry Klayman v. @wonkette and Rebecca Schoenkopf, saying, “Defendant’s statements do not present an actionable basis for claims of defamation because they are protected statements of pure opinion or rhetorical hyperbole.”

While it allows Klayman a chance to amend, it also found he was a “public figure” and thus subject to actual malice standard. This makes these weaponized attacks legally frivolous. The judge even noted, “Finally, it cannot be seriously disputed that Plaintiff played a central role in these controversies.”

We will seek fees/costs and fight any attempt at appeal. “Defendants’ insinuation that sexual harassment is a “favorite hobby” of Plaintiff, or that he sued all members of a race and subpoenaed a former president’s genitals, are obvious exaggerations intended for comedic effect.” Rock on, Wonkette and Rebecca. We have your back. @ Law Offices of Phillips & Hunt

[geardaddy]

6. I know someone personally who was sued by him

for defamation. Of course Klayman lost.

[quaint]

8. He really needs to be sanctioned.

I hope he had to pay that person's legal costs.

[geardaddy]

12. I don't remember if he did

but the case went on for years. It was ridiculous.

[azureblue]

9. and the law office

Will get their money from Larry. He will try to play games but all that will do is run up the bill. He will try to get the law office to reduce the amount owed, you know, professional courtesy and all, but that won't happen. If he had accepted the first loss, it would be different, but his repeated abuse of the law in an attempt to intimidate Wonkette, means the law office is tired of his crap.

[nuxvomica]

11. The best description I've read is from the SPLC

About Larry Klayman

Larry Klayman is a pathologically litigious attorney and professional gadfly notorious for suing everyone from Iran’s Supreme Leader to his own mother. He has spent years denouncing Barack Obama as a crypto-Communist Muslim, convening meaningless “citizens grand juries,” and railing against an endless list of enemies.

more at this link:
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/larry-klayman

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13. Perfect, thank you.

[getagrip_already]

4. dismissed with prejudice......

I think that means he can never file that suit or any derivation of it again.

Not something a court typically does, though I'm just a ninny and in no way a legal mind..

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7. Wonkette is one of my favorite sites for news and great comedic writing.

Yay Rebecca!!

[Grins]

10. Has Klayman ever won a lawsuit?

And why isn't he part of the Elite Strike Force legal team?