Jury Orders Gay-Bashing Former Assistant AG Andrew Shirvell To Pay $4.5 Million To Victim (ThinkProgress)
A jury sided with an openly gay former University of Michigan student government president in his defamation suit against Andrew Shirvell, the former assistant Michigan attorney general who was fired for mounting a vicious campaign of anti-gay harassment against him. The jury agreed with plaintiff Chris Armstrong on all counts and awarded him a $4.5 million judgment.
The Associated Press reports Shirvell remained unrepentant:
Shirvell, who was representing himself, said the jury award was “grossly excessive” for what was “clearly protected speech … and activity.”
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