A man calling himself a reverend (Christopher Hitchens noted that in this country once you call yourself a reverend you can get away with almost anything) has withdrawn his lawsuit against Whole Foods.
What he did was order a cake that said LOVE WINS and then take it home and add the word FAG to the cake.
After which, weeping for the cameras because of the trauma he sustained, he sued Whole Foods for having written FAG.
This man, himself the object of a lawsuit because he has failed to pay his student loans, is emerging as an icon of contemptible behavior in a litigious culture. UD is glad to see him assume this role.
UD hopes Whole Foods refuses to drop its defamation suit against him. UD also hopes the law firm that took this case and played along for the cameras with its poor traumatized client gets hit for legal malpractice. Austin Kaplan, the lead attorney, graduated with various honors from American University, here in DC. AU should consider revoking some of those honors.
And the city of Austin might want to revisit Kaplan’s recent Austinite of the Year award.
Kaplan was close to tears as he wrapped up his acceptance speech, displaying to those in attendance how passionate and dedicated he is to his line of work.
There are certainly a lot of man tears around this story. But franchement, for the city, it looks embarrassing.
May 20th, 2016 at 11:47AM
The bizarre thing is that this guy is so disconnected from reality that he thought people would believe this happened at a Whole Foods in the People’s Republic of Austin.