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National The Latest: Judge awards $4.1 million in neo-Nazi case

Rejected submission by aristarchus at 2019-06-13 02:40:37 from the Storm-behind-in-arrears dept.
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Washington Post reports [washingtonpost.com],

A federal judge has awarded $4.1 million to a Muslim-American radio host who accused a neo-Nazi website operator of falsely accusing him of terrorism.

U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus Jr. had previously agreed to enter a default judgment against The Daily Stormer founder Andrew Anglin and his company.

A bit more about the money, but still principle?

On Wednesday Sargus ruled in favor of SiriusXM Radio show host Dean Obeidallah (oh-bee-DAHL’-ah) and his request for financial damages and for an injunction ordering the website to take down articles about Obeidallah.

Obeidallah says Anglin falsely labeled him the “mastermind” behind a deadly bombing at a concert in England.

Anglin hasn’t responded to the lawsuit, and his whereabouts are a mystery. His father, Greg Anglin, testified briefly Wednesday but wouldn’t talk about his son.

Is Anglin still on the run after the Whitefish case? [missoulian.com] Or that other one? [timesofisrael.com]

In coverage at Gizmodo [gizmodo.com]:

Where collecting the cash award is concerned though, things get somewhat more complicated. Anglin has claimed to be living abroad for years and has repeatedly declined to provide his location or appear in court for this or other suits against him. His father testified in court today that he’d helped deposit $100,000 to $150,000 in reader donations that had been mailed in, though this gives only an incomplete picture of the operating funds of the Daily Stormer, a website which currently only accepts contributions via cryptocurrency.

Speaking with Gizmodo, however, Subodh Chanda—one of the lawyers representing Obeidallah—said he was optimistic about the funds being recovered, claiming the court had significant tools at its disposal, including the U.S. Marshalls, to enforce the judgment.


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