Mpetey123 noted that I'm way off on Jewel. I clearly misremembered something.
I could see a defamation argument from the families if and only if anything that they claimed Alex did actually happened, but there's no evidence, and there's been nothing of the sort. If he actually told people to harass family members for being federal agents, then I could see some kind of civil action. But there's nothing of the sort. Basically, the closest I think he ever got was calling one of the father's sick for politicizing the shooting, and saying it was suspicious. There were people on his show that called it fake, but then that's not him committing defamation. The men who actually claimed it was fake, were never sued, which really shows how worthless the case is.
I was under the impression that he's still in the process of appealing the decision, but that can't come until the current argument about the money is settled.
Mpetey123 noted that I'm way off on Jewel. I clearly misremembered something.
I could see a defamation argument from the families if and only if anything that they claimed Alex did actually happened, but there's no evidence, and there's been nothing of the sort. If he actually told people to harass family members for being federal agents, then I could see some kind of civil action. But there's nothing of the sort. Basically, the closest I think he ever got was calling one of the father's sick for politicizing the shooting, and saying it was suspicious. There were people on his show that called it fake, but then that's not him committing defamation. The men who actually claimed it was fake, were never sued, which really shows how worthless the case is.
I was under the impression that he's still in the process of appealing the decision, but that can't come until the current argument about the money is settled.
there was a guy that was harassed by reddit until he killed himself. I think it was terrorism related. ICR though.
Jewell was harassed by the old fashioned media, somewhat pre internet.