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Republican Reportedly Called Child 'F*g' Then Sued News Outlet for Covering It

https://www.advocate.com/media/wisconsin-lawsuit-republican-antigay-slurs

The lawsuit has cost the newspaper so much it might close.

Republican Reportedly Called Child 'F*g' Then Sued News Outlet for Covering It

The article points out that this republican politician and businessman, Cory Tomczyk, is suing a non-profit news site for reporting on his use of the slur towards a 13 year old boy. Although he lost his suit, he is appealing the decision. This suit has already cost the news site $150k.

How do these lawsuits not fall under SLAPP laws?

4 comments

Kftrendy

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From the article:

In a deposition submitted by a lawyer for the news site, Tomczyk is quoted as saying, “I have a brother who is a gay guy, and I’ve certainly out of joking and out of spite called him a ‘f****t’ more than once.”

Zoom, enhance:

and out of spite

Out of spite? You've called someone a slur - the specific slur in question, in fact - out of spite, multiple times, and yet you're claiming this specific time you've been defamed? What's the defamation? Did they falsely imply that you were at a 10/10 on the homophobia scale at the meeting while in fact you were only at a 9/10 that day?

ZombiFrancis

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Because political capital protects its own.

goforliftoff

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I didn’t read the article, I don’t know where this took place, I don’t know anything about any of the people involved, but I do know this does not seem out of the ordinary at all and I am not surprised in the least.

Trekman10

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Maybe he's appealing because he can't afford to pay the fees he forced the news site to incur if he loses (I think that can sometimes be part of a decision, but maybe I'm wrong).