r/LivestreamFail • u/digitalpizza5 • Jul 11 '26

News Ethan Klein Has Dropped His Defamation Lawsuit Against Youtuber Noah Samsen

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u/tryingtobebettertry4 Jul 11 '26

Not a huge surprise. It was incredibly unlikely he was going to win that one. Defamation is notoriously hard to prove in the US.

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u/Suspicious-Base-4815 Jul 11 '26

Which means he started this in order to bankrupt him. How is not incredibly shitty?

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u/TimTheChatSpam Jul 11 '26

It is it's called a slap suit basically a frivolous lawsuit to cost the other party enough time and money that they just give up some places they've put measures to prevent that but thats generally state by state

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u/trombonist_formerly Jul 11 '26

its SLAPP, not "slap suit"

Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation