🧵This is an admission and maybe a humblebrag. I waded into the AH v JD case entirely based on my experiences with defamation. This includes actually being sued once by a wealthy nut — insurance defended and won, nothing like what AH endured in VA. The jokes drew my interest and I believed he was a victim for a short while. However once I read the op-ed I knew the case was weak and once I read the UK file and result I was convinced. I did not find her testimony to be all that great through my atty lens because I was pretty clueless about DV and

🧵So an update on the AH insurance drama to head off any phony baloney from lolyers. Clearly it appears that this fight is purely between New York Marine and Travelers over the huge costs of the already settled case. Doubtless in settling AH has handed this over to Travelers. New York Marine alleges clearly that Travelers controlled the firing of NYM’s chosen firm. NYM also takes potshots at Travelers’ allowing the lawyers to blow through $10mm in fees.

It’s not “believe all women.” “Believe women” is the #metoo slogan. Before the ink dried men’s “rights” people added “all” and started hating. The point is that forever if a woman said she was abused she immediately was doubted.🧵 Believe women points out that false accusations are extremely rare. Therefore, before starting a witch hunt and hating, justice requires that a woman’s cries be heard. We all grew up in a patriarchal culture. By instinct we circle the wagons around the powerful facing a threat.