Salisbury v. Gawker Media: Now with AJ, Et Al

AJ Daulerio was added as a defendant earlier this week in former ESPN guy Sean Salisbury’s defamation suit against Deadspin. Related: Gawker’s Gaby Darbyshire is showing her foreign barristerness by giving the following comment by email, which the Mckinney Courier-Gazette rudely sic’d: “Besides, the truth is an absolute defence (sic) to libel, and the gory truth will come out during the legal process.” This is America, Ms. Darbyshire. Please speak American. The Gawker VP, of course, gives much better quote, being an actual lawyer and all, than the new blogger-defendant.

When asked if he had an “ax to grind,” Daulerio said, “Yeah. That was one part of it. But I also felt a little safe and justified in doing this stuff.”

*Cringes* Except the problem is Salisbury’s lawyers don’t even know what to do with this: “He expressed a clear purpose and embarrassed people for his own entertainment,” said one of Salisbury’s lawyers, Todd Harlow. Oh, Todd. Even in a Texas District Court, “embarrassment” is not anything like a standard for defamation.

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