So what we can gather from all this is that Russ decided his father and brother would totally back him up on his “hardships” if he asked them, and then the stupid fuck went and claimed he had two witnesses in his court filings - a) without telling his dad and brother anything at all and b) assuming he could get away with that as his witnesses would never be contacted by anyone and Russ could just make up his witness’s statements as he went.
I don’t think his family had any clue this legal case was going on at all, never mind that Russ had them in mind to be witnesses. Russ thought Null would give in, or that the court would rule in Russ’s favour, way before any evidence from Russ’s witnesses was needed. Russ especially didn’t think (or didn’t know) that he’d be forced to give contact details of his witnesses to Hardin, or that Hardin would contact them immediately - before Russ had even asked his dad and brother if they would be happy to act as witnesses for him. Poor Russ’s dad had a phone call from a lawyer absolutely out of the blue, talking about a legal case he had no clue about. Imagine finding out you’re involved in a legal case and are expected to attend a hearing, with absolutely no warning whatsoever. And just before Christmas, too.
No wonder Russ’s brother immediately said he didn’t want to be a witness. Looks like Russ panicked and called him before Hardin could, and his brother told him to gtfo with involving him in Russ’s stupid legal bullshit, especially without asking him first.
So, Mr I Have My Paralegal Degree lied about having witnesses, lied about what evidence they could give, attempted to not disclose their contact details, then directed one of them in what to say right in front of opposition counsel. The judge will ignore all of that ahit, sadly, if his previous attitude towards Russ is anything to go by.
So now both Russ’s dad and brother have told Russ to knock that shit off, and that they don’t want to be involved in his crap. Now Russ has no witnesses (meaning his previous statements about having them were lies). So now what? This surely has to affect at least his claims for damages, right? Because he seemed to be angling for his witnesses proving how much damage The Hardship Farms had caused him. Does it affect the case in any other way, though?
God, I hope the judge awards Hardin costs for all of this bullshit. It’s the least he could do after Russ gave everyone the run-around with his made-up witnesses and made-up harms.
