For anyone trying to understand the context of this. (rewrite - please read the final line before replying)
Alyssa Mercante (journalist) is suing SmashJT (YouTuber) over what she in court describes as an extended harassment and defamation campaign tied to "videogame culture war".
It pretty much boils down to allegations that he:
- repeatedly wrongly accused and defamed her across Twitter & YouTube,
- encouraged people to ostracize and target her,
- damaged her reputation and career,
- and contributed to her losing income through journalistic opportunities.
The big issue for him is that he apparently just... kept going. Publicly. Constantly.
He could have stopped being a horrible person at any time. Even after the lawsuit was filed he just never stopped Tweeting and Streaming talking about her. And there are tons of screenshots, tweets, clips, and YouTube videos documenting it.
Now from what we're seeing, he's losing major parts of the case, is reportedly closing in on $80K in legal debt, and could potentially end up paying punitive damages on top of that.
All because he seemingly refused to stop posting about her online, disparaging her reputation and making false accusatory tweets.
Alyssa just wanted to not be falsely accused of weird things and harassed constantly, and SmashJT didn't want to stop attacking, now he's facing consequences of his actions.
No winners here, not because Alyssa isn't going to win. But because she DESERVES more money than whatever he can pay for what he put her through.
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@SmashJT choked back tears last night.
A week after not buying his wife a Mother's Day gift he tells her they cannot proceed w/ improvements on their kids' bathroom thats in "shitty condition" due to his escalating legal costs.
Failure as a husband & father reaches new depths.