Yeah, he fact that he not only attached the letter but quoted it in its entirety is strong evidence that he wrote it. Everything he does is perfect and beautiful and so moving, he can't help it. How could one possibly select quotes from that masterpiece to include in the main document? Impossible. It would be like chiseling a piece off Michelangelo's David.
I don't know how he got that idiotic letter onto an actual attorney's letterhead, especially with her full knowledge and cooperation. It's easy to believe it's a forgery.But while the phrasing is absolutely Russell's,
somebody has proofread it and cleaned it up, and Russell must have paid that somebody (because who would do it otherwise?).
One thing is for certain: There's zero chance of him ever being on AGT or any similar show now. Well done, Russ. Your pathological need to explain just guaranteed you'll never get another audition anywhere, ever.
To be fair, he was never, ever going to end up on AGT, or any similar show, because his songwriting ability is negligible, and even the most skilled "accommodations" can't hide that fact.
I like how Russ says that he's held back from expressing himself and his talent because people discriminate against him for his "disability". Truth is, if Russhole actually were as talented as his delusions tell him he is, then he would be able to express himself THROUGH his talent. If he was as talented as he thinks, then he would let his music and lyrics be his new voice.
People who have genuine talent, or at least a genuine drive to express themselves through an art form, are going to do it, no matter where they are or who is watching. Artists, writers, poets, and, I am sure, songwriters, have managed to find ways to pursue that creative self-expression in prisons, in mental institutions, while living in poverty, while being members of persecuted minority groups—and often while having no audience capable of appreciating their gifts.
Russell can't be bothered to write a song unless he has a specific female celebrity as a target for his lust. He doesn't write songs about his own experience as an outsider. He doesn't even write generic love songs. His songs
only exist because he wanted the attention of Heidi Klum, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, Yovanna, etc.
Russell has written a handful of songs, but he's not a
songwriter—not in any meaningful way (and he has no talent at it to make up for his meager output). Yet he keeps gunning for recognition as one, in the most ham-fisted and delusional manner possible.
But Shit-Lips isn't talented at a prof level. He's a rank amateur at playing the piano, barely passable enough to play at church and family parties.
LOL—people walking by his apartment window while he's practicing on his piano don't shout abuse at him because he's disabled; if indeed they say anything at all it's because his playing is so shitty.
And Russhole definitely wrote that "lawyer" letter. For one thing, he couldn't afford the retainer because he wasted all his stimulus money on Yo, Yovanna and his AGT audition. For another thing, Russhole has a history of forging letters and committing perjury. He did it at least once before with the Dennis Hof letter, and he more than likely wrote that email that was totally from Kiwi Farms, honest, that he tried to include in his lolsuit against Null. He has no problems with ignoring the rules and breaking laws if he believes it will get him what he wants. And if the courts ever discover that he's been falsifying documents and testimonies in his legal filings, well...it won't be pretty for Russhole.
Somebody else had a hand in making that letter presentable, but the basic content is entirely of Russell's devising. I just wonder how and why he ended up getting an attorney in NYC (why not a LV local?) to submit it on her letterhead—or if she's even aware that it exists, and is attributed to her. I know that some attorneys will send out futile letters like this, making an argument that is clearly idiotic, just to appease a client. But Russell has no money as well as no case, so was the $200-500 he likely paid for this worth it, given the level of cringe involved?
That the letter exists at all is the single most baffling thing about this entire document.
Just read through a bit more of the lawsuit. The first few pages can be destroyed with one simple question: "How do you know you were talented enough to pass the auditions?"
"Because I moved to Las Vegas and spent $3000, and gave it 110% effort," is how Russell would likely phrase it, adding, "And I'm not just some 'sob story'; I've actually kicked my disability's ass!"
He has no idea what "talent" actually means; I'm convinced he thinks others are successful only because of opportunities they've been unfairly given, and that he has been unfairly denied.
I wouldn't put it past AGT to offer the 'settlement' of "Okay, you can be on the next season" and then they put him in front of the celeb judges and make him out to be a clown. "THIS GUY WANTED TO WIN SO BAD HE TOOK US TO COURT!!!" would make for great fucking TV.
No, they won't do it. Russell is a literal drooling (semi-)retard, and the outrage that would ensue if they made him the object of derision on the show would not go over well at all. Plus, he'd probably turn around and sue them again for damaging his reputation and inflicting emotional distress.
The absolute best policy with Russell, as far as the media is concerned, is to completely ignore him.
We've joked around here in the past about how Russell is God's Favorite Idiot, getting away with all kinds of insane, ridiculous behavior, and having standards lowered in his favor, due to his disability, his low intelligence, and his readiness to claim discrimination when he doesn't get his way. He has been incredibly fortunate so far, escaping consequences that any young man of normal appearance would have been forced to reckon with. And yet that same God has also, through Russell's disability, kept him out of the media spotlight he craves—that spotlight that would burn him to a crisp, were the full force of it ever to shine on him. Russell resents the shit out of that, and keeps struggling against it, like the idiot he is, never recognizing how blessed and protected he actually is.
If he were a better person, if he had any redeeming personal qualities at all, this would be a tragedy, but as he is? It's pure black comedy.
Considering it's a legal document, might be a good idea to have the man's correct title in there. "VP of legal" is colloquial.
Russ will writing "ain't" and "wanna" in his filings before too long.
His legal filings are full of colloquialisms; I think it was in one of his Taylor Swift lolsuits where he referred to himself being "screwed over" by Swift and/or her management. Seriously, if you haven't read his older complaints, I encourage you to do so, because they're fucking hilarious.