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Wolfgang Halbig violates Free Speech, loses court battle, $23K Judgment
http://sandyhookanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/08/wolfgang-halbig-violates-free-speech.html
Sunny California - Today, Wolfgang Halbig lost an epic court battle that has been quietly waged in the Superior Court of California for the past several months.
The court awarded a court's judgment in favor of this blog for just under $23,000 to compensate for damages and costs related to Halbig's attempt to abuse our Constitutionally protected free speech!
The court specifically found that Halbig was attempting to infringe on free speech and specifically found that we PREVAILED and were thus entitled to recovery.
A moment of real satisfaction was had, early in the hearing, when Halbig's attorney meekly requested a little scratch for himself, "I'm not awarding you anything." the Judge reportedly responded, shutting down Halbig's side right on the spot. Halbig must (obviously) pay his own attorney fees. Today's loss, including fees to Halbig's own attorneys in California and Florida, is estimated to be around $30,000!
SLAPP - When people file meritless actions in courts attempting to chill free speech, it is called a "SLAPP" - a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation". In numerous articles we have contended that Halbig's lawsuits are SLAPP suits.
California has very strict laws against SLAPP type actions. Florida legislation barring SLAPP was signed into law last month. One can't help but wonder if Halbig's suits had anything to do with Florida's brand new law; it seems certainly aimed straight at Wolfgang.
And now the rest of the story...
Wolfgang Halbig raised tens of thousands of donor dollars promising to sue various government entities related to the Sandy Hook tragedy; however, when the time came to produce something substantive, Halbig's ego took control he filed suit against small blogs that "dared" to discuss him in a less than favorable light; he sued bloggers for their blog posts and for parody photos. He sued bloggers that hurt his feelings. His lawsuit in fact claims "hurt feelings" in pleading.
Halbig even sued a blogger over this parody photo:
Absurd lawsuit, right?
As Americans, we are allowed to discuss Halbig, whether he likes it or not. As filed in the California case, Halbig is a public figure in regards to Sandy Hook. He speaks widely in the press and he raises money through public campaigns; he is thus subject to public discussion. We are allowed to parody him. We are allowed to discuss him. We are allowed to disagree with him.
Halbig's attorney's did not even attempt to deny Halbig was a public figure; that is now on record.
Discussion of public matters and public figures related to public matters is at the very heart of free speech; speech on the very subject Halbig speaks in the press about; the free speech Halbig hoped, in vain, to chill. The United States Supreme Court has ruled that discussion of people like Halbig and of issues like Sandy Hook is PROTECTED.
If it is even possible to legally defame Halbig, one would have to try very hard. It is Sandy Hook Facts stated position that Halbig is slander-proof because Halbig's OWN statements in the press and his published beliefs are literally so disgusting and vile, nothing that could be said of Halbig by someone else could lower his reputation. His reputation is already in the "Mudd", by his own statements and actions.
Therefore, when Halbig attempted to use the vast power of the state to attempt to attack this blog, we did not back down. We stood up to the bullying tactics of Halbig and his combined team of Florida and California attorneys and filed an action to stop him in his tracks. We argued his action was a violation of our free speech rights. We prevailed against them all!
Hoaxers who value their free speech should be very pleased that Halbig's attempt to assault the Constitution was defeated.
In the case, Halbig attempted a last minute legal shuck and jive by attempting to dismiss the action, hoping to thwart the obvious and impending ruling of the court in favor of this blog and substantial monetary award. We objected to Halbig's maneuver and the court continued the matter for one month, giving Halbig one last chance to make a sensible case.
Halbig failed. Miserably. Really, Halbig had no chance. He was facing freedom; the Red, White, and Blue. Today is a great victory for all Americans.
It is not over. Halbig's legal assault of free speech continues, as does a massive investigation into Halbig past. Halbig is facing substantially more legal troubles, and none of them will help him "investigate" Sandy Hook. More legal actions are being planned; however, some will be undertaken based on how Halbig chooses to proceed. At least two legal teams are preparing to pounce in Florida. More will be divulged on Halbig and the actions against him, very soon.
Today's loss followed Halbig's crushing defeat at the conclusion of his FOIA Hearings. Halbig is burning a lot of donor money and causing trouble for a lot of people; but the reality is his actions are destined to failure; the one left footing the bill for those failures will be Wolfgang Halbig.
Halbig has thirty days to appeal the order of the court; however, the only person who could possibly advise Halbig to do that would be his own attorney's and their desire to milk more fees out of Halbig on lost causes. That happens to Halbig, a lot.
California Courts do not tolerate SLAPP stuff, and would doubtless award us more money on appeal. The wise thing to do would be for Halbig to STOP going after bloggers, his hurt feelings, and free speech, and instead focus his vast resources on things like FOIA and Sandy Hook.
Other stuff...
Unfortunately for Wolfgang, two reputable funding sites, GoFundMe and Paypal, have cancelled Sandy Hook Justice accounts for unspecified reasons. It is speculated neither company appreciated Halbig attempting to raise money using Sandy Hook conspiracy theories; who can really blame them? I mean really, Hoaxer theories are nauseating, false, and idiotic.
Not one single hoaxer has produced even one single piece of evidence of Hoax. Ever. Not one.
You can check out Keith's latest video for some new insight into Halbig:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEWyZCyB-9M
On a much more serious note, Halbig's behavior is getting more worrisome. In addition to promising to spend every penny of his retirement in another meritless action; his absurd and false claim that the Dash Cams do not have time stamps, Halbig is incessantly "tweeting", calling for the destruction of Toyota Dealerships and Service Centers. It is not clear exactly what Toyota did do Halbig to reap his ire.
halbig's twitter is gold:
https://twitter.com/halbigW/with_replies
People on Google Plus and Facebook are wondering, how long until Halbig self-destructs completely?
When Halbig is correct in FOIA, even we have supported his right to that information (for example, we believed Halbig was entitled to the Hochsprung emails once he properly narrowed the request to an intelligible request).
We are an investigation blog looking into Sandy Hook and the invention of Sandy Hook Hoax by less than honorable people. Lately, we have focused on Halbig, because focus tends to occur when Halbig SLAPPs you with an idiotic lawsuit. You came to OUR house Halbig, we didn't come to yours. In any event, Sandy Hook Facts stands ready to fight for our rights, if Halbig's sharks or other hoaxers try again. As we told Halbig's attorney, there will be no settlement! So don't come back, Ever. On the legal front, we don't bluff, as Dryden and Halbig have learned.
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OUCH. halbig got 'SLAPPED'. It will be interesting to see how he responds. I'm sure it will involve asking for more money.
& I wonder why wolf has never mentioned this lawsuit? or this lawyer? how many does he have? why was kay wilson, of all people, handling the FOI? why weren't these lawyers or expenses ever listed in his filings?
I wonder if he will mention how he just lost over $30,000 in his fight against free speech.
LOLOLOLOLOL @ "You came to OUR house Halbig, we didn't come to yours" :lol:
those who know, know. wolfgang halbig is "the gift of weirdness that keeps on giving".
