I apologize if this is a stupid question, but why is the withdrawn subpoena a mercy for Russell?
His family now won't have to be interrogated about shit they have no knowledge about, saving them and Russ a great deal of embarrassment when he's already on thin ice with the court. AFAIA they're still expecting an explanation for his timewasting, otherwise he's due a hefty fine and/or dismissal.
Something that never would've been necessary if Russ didn't take a fucking age pulling a witness list out of his ass in the first place.
He never expected his case to make it this far, so he is now unfortunately the dog that caught the car. In his panic, he has named 2 family members as witnesses to his copyright infringement claims who weren't even aware this latest lolsuit was ongoing until opposing counsel contacted them.
Not only that, but the key witness that the case he insisted needed to be moved back to Utah for is conspicuously absent from Russ' disclosure. Presumably he was going to speak on the harassment portion of the claim which has already been dismissed.
Not to mention the fact that just namedropping people with a phone number does not a disclosure make. You need to give addresses and the relevant shit they intend to testify about. Both of which he failed to do.
At this point, Russ has all but admitted that in terms of ebbuhdance, he doesn't have shit. On either claim.
Plus he's filed a motion backpedaling on libelling Hardin as some kind of politically-motivated pawn of the Farms, but then proceeded to accuse Hardin of being compromised because he was paid in an unconventional way. It's just a fucking mess.