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Hello and welcome to another livetweeting of a livestream from Nick Rekieta, Alleged Internet Lawyer, regarding Vic Mignogna v. Funimation et al, subject of the famous #threadnought. We're live in a minute but a few brief reminders.
Nick talks very fast. I am typing and watching/listening to him in another stream. I will not be able to respond in real time to comments but COMMENTS ARE WELCOME.
Also, if you find this amusing, feel free to drop me a little something at Ko-Fi: ko-fi.com/legalinspirati… Not necessary, always appreciated, and will probably be used for psych meds, which I'm going to need before this is all over.
#threadnought I will be leaving for Fort Worth shortly. Follow this thread for updates to the sanctions hearing. IANAL so I cannot live tweet, but I will take notes and let you know if anyone else shows up.
Here we go! 
Passed security and headed to the third floor.
Good evening #Threadnought, let's talk about the hearing that was held this afternoon now that I've finished work. If I miss anything, well, sorry, I was the only one in the gallery and I'm working off of my notes and memory. 1/17
Takeaways: Slatosch will not be deposed right now, may be compelled to testify later. Judge Chupp does not like the idea of calling Ty to testify at all and seems like he would prefer any alternative to that. Sanctions on Lemoine dismissed. 2/17
I mentioned that the gallery was barren, but the plaintiff's chairs were not. Four of Vic's lawyers were present, though the only two I can name are Martinez and Ty. Only Martinez spoke for the plaintiffs. For the defense were @TXantislapplaw and his boss(?) 3/17
Good evening #Threadnought!
Welcome to another exciting livestreaming of "Nicky Explains It All." We'll start in a few minutes, but first a few things.
1) If you can and if you want to, donations toward the meds I'll probably end up on accepted here: ko-fi.com/legalinspirati…
Welcome to another exciting livestreaming of "Nicky Explains It All." We'll start in a few minutes, but first a few things.
1) If you can and if you want to, donations toward the meds I'll probably end up on accepted here: ko-fi.com/legalinspirati…
2) Nick talks very fast. I have the stream splitscreened with Twitter. I can't respond to your responses until the stream ends for the most part. Please feel free to respond! I just likely won't answer for a while.
3) Nick makes a lot of hateful remarks. I don't endorse them and for the most part I have just gotten to the point where I ignore them. However, I am very sarcastic and sometimes I use them as part of my Art. Please don't take anything I say as agreement with such.
Okay we're about to go live with tonight's exciting episode of the Nicky Mouse Club. Please stand by.
#Threadnought
#Threadnought
Hooking up my laptop fan stand because it's about to get HEATED all up in here!
Chat participant: Nick's pronouns are late/late.
Heh.
Heh.
When lawtwitter goes down nostalgia lane for "told you so" opportunities, they go back to June 6. We go back to April 19, the day the lawsuit was filed. We can go back before then, but April 19 is when the online conversation got into the legal weeds.
Nick was quick to disseminate his talking points about the prima facie case they needed to present at the TCPA stage. He told them that Vic would only have to state under oath that he didn't do the things in the allegedly defamatory statements, and then the burden would shift.
They couldn't wrap their heads around the idea that, if you can't prove that someone's statements are defamatory, then you maybe shouldn't sue them for defamation. (Especially not in a state with one of the strongest anti-SLAPP laws in the country.)
@micahodor This... is a big lift.
@micahodor I will attempt to sum it up.
Vic Mignognia is a 50 something year old American voice actor, famed w/in a niche audience for voicing characters in anime localization dubs. He is also, by growing reputation, a sex pest who went to cons to pick up young women and harassed coworkers
Vic Mignognia is a 50 something year old American voice actor, famed w/in a niche audience for voicing characters in anime localization dubs. He is also, by growing reputation, a sex pest who went to cons to pick up young women and harassed coworkers
@micahodor These rumors have been swirling around the industry and adjacent fan community for at least a decade, but came to head around January 2019, following the release of Dragon Ball: Broly, where Vic played the title character, due to a combination of MeToo and Twitter being Twitter.
Texas defamation lawyer ⬇️
In case you didn't notice, in the above tweet, the entire doc is linked, c/o @questauthority.
drive.google.com/file/d/1ESKH2k…
drive.google.com/file/d/1ESKH2k…
🤔🤔🤔
I finished reading Ronica's TCPA motion.
Please don't defend Vic if you haven't read this.
I skipped the depositions and articles I'd already read, but I otherwise read every word. I fixed the sideways pages and put it on my drive, if anyone wants that.
drive.google.com/file/d/1uRvwJP…
Please don't defend Vic if you haven't read this.
I skipped the depositions and articles I'd already read, but I otherwise read every word. I fixed the sideways pages and put it on my drive, if anyone wants that.
drive.google.com/file/d/1uRvwJP…
I went into this with a lot of excitement because I knew it was going to destroy whatever sliver of a case Vic had left. It absolutely did, but it left me feeling emotionally drained. This is a truly terrible document. It's even worse if you know how many stories got left out.
These emails between Vic and @MicheleSpecht hurt so much to read. We all knew how much she must have suffered, but to see it laid out like this—and for him to try to deny her the right to tell her story in the end—is just the nail in his coffin. What a reprehensible human being.
@greg_doucette #threadnought
Not a full breakdown of Nick's commentary. I'm sober, so nah. But here's a crazy bit. And I'll transcribe it word for goddamned word. The things I do for you people. Abandon hope all ye who enter.
Beginning at 1:43:20
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Not a full breakdown of Nick's commentary. I'm sober, so nah. But here's a crazy bit. And I'll transcribe it word for goddamned word. The things I do for you people. Abandon hope all ye who enter.
Beginning at 1:43:20
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"[quoting Rial] I just went along with it... I just went along with it. [mocking high-pitched voice] Knowing that Stan would save me. [fake-as-hell deep voice] I just went along with it. You know what that sounds like? I mean, I know how she's describing it
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[Nick, continued] and I know how I'm going to be characterized for this but I don't really care. Listen, 'I just went along with it' sounds a lot like consent. It sure sounds like consent when you just go along with it, 'cause you could have just said 'nah fam I'm good'
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