I have mentioned numerous times the utterly meritless August 2022 defamation lawsuit that was filed against me by undischarged bankrupt and middle-aged oil patch swamper Patrick "Quintuple Threat Nexus Chick Magnet" Ross, but you've always had to take my word that it was a pile of utter rubbish. Well, by way of support, I will gift you the main body of Patrick's accompanying Affidavit of December 2022, which is supposed to bolster his filing of malicious defamation against me.
I will not attempt to sway your thinking on the matter; I will post this affidavit without comment and let my long-suffering readers opine on how well they think this locks down an accusation of defamation against me.
And away we go:
Your thoughts, if you would, as to how well Patrick locked down his defamation lawsuit against me with this Affidavit?
P.S. It's worth noting what Patrick is asking for from the August 2022 Statement of Claim:
That's right ... four million dollars.
Four.
Million.
Dollars.
Plus costs. Don't forget costs.
ONE MORE THING FOR NOW: As many people will know, defamation requires someone making what is called a "statement of fact"; that is, uttering something as being unquestionably factual or true. It is not enough to make statements of opinion; statements of opinion do not rise to the level of defamation as long as it's clear that what is being uttered is clearly opinion.
Witness, then, this snippet from a November 2022 Affidavit of Patrick's, which he claims represents defamation on my part:
Do you see the problem? Well, of course you do since, in literally every single paragraph quoted by Patrick, I am clearly stating that what I am reporting is what I heard, with such qualifiers as:
- "according to rumours"
- "I have been informed"
- "I have been told"
- "If any of the above is true"