iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
He will unfortunately lose most of these cases, unless they defamed him with something unrelated to the trial. Barnes briefly represented him, and he did a breakdown of why defamation lawsuits are pointless if you are charged, even if the outcome is Not Guilty.
For example, OJ was declared Not Guilty, but everyone still calls him a murderer. This falls within 1st amendment.
Its sad, but your reputation is legally ruined once you are charged, even if you are innocent.
masterofballs@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
He has a shot against the ones that truly lied. Some said he killed and or shot at black people for example. The news does not have the right to report false facts. Opinions are protected but you can't report false facts to influence jury pools. Which is what happened here.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Fuck, seems like his lawyers are fucking him over:
TUCKER: "Will you be suing any news organizations?"
KYLE RITTENHOUSE: "We're looking at quite a few, politicians, athletes, celebrities, Whoppi Goldberg is on the list, she called me a murderer after I was acquitted... So is Cenk [Uyhur] from the Young Turks."
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1495938071396855816
That murderer thing isn't going to be enough. He will lose a lot of $$ fighting this.
masterofballs@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
There are teams of lawyers willing to do it Pro bono. People are also willing to donate funds to do it. Many companies will settle without ever going to court too. He'll be alright.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Are you sure they are doing it Pro bono ? Where'd you hear this ? The thing with the crowdfunding is that his old lawyers Pierce tried to steal the money.
Lin Wood and his "caretaker" during the trial controlled the money in the name of the family, and it was kind of shady according to Barnes. Shady lawyers might be happy to lie to the family, make them fight a losing case to pocket the donations. It would be a big loss for the kid.
iamtanmay@wolfballs.com 2 years ago
Yeah, something like that could stick. I hope he gets payback after all the shit they made up.