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Zikten posted...

TurgidTyrant posted...

Good for him, he's wrong.

What makes you think you can declare that as a fact? You have no idea what secret trick they have saved up, and you can't tell the future or know what the judge will decide

You can say "I think he will fail to prove malice"

But you can't say "he's wrong" like there is zero chance he can win and that you know-how it will end

You yourself seem to have unfailing confidence in Kickvic and think they are invincible

Because as a public figure he'd need to prove actual malice. He'd need to prove that said statements were all individually made by Monica, Ron, and Jamie either knowingly false, or with a reckless disregard for their truth or falsity. Which is going to be exceedingly difficult, given that they A. Had their own experiences that they allege and B. were influenced by the increasingly public allegations against Vic Mignogna, which they very arguably didn't have much influence initiating.

KickVic as a whole actually started after Hazukari, a former contributer to AnimeNewsNetwork, started getting outted for sexual assault and sexual harassment. After that time, a campaign started to out other entities in the anime community known for similar allegations, and Vic was at the top of the list with over 100 accounts against him.

https://www.theoasg.com/articles/please-save-my-money/when-accusations-divide-a-fanbase/13323

https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/ap1lhk/whats_the_deal_with_animeoutsiders_vic_mignogna/eg5n30y/

https://twitter.com/ANN_Bamboo/status/1093401935170826241

So, #KickVic started up before the Sony/Funimation investigation - a timeline even Vic's own lawyers admit to in their Original Petition. In addition, it started up in the aftermath of another sexual assault scandal in the anime fan community. Given those two facts, I don't see how Beard and friends can establish that Monica, Ron, and Jamie's accounts were either knowingly false - since they had their own alleged experiences with him - or made with a reckless disregard for their truth or falsity - given that the beginning of the public accounts against him started in the aftermath of another scandal that they (as far as I can tell) largely had no involvement in.