How to save yourself mid to high 6 figures:
- discover evidence
- publicly retract your mistakes based on this
- leave the other dude litigating Donkey Kong
It's that easy.
Based upon the judge's wording, it sounds like Australia's defamation laws are the same as the U.S. defamation laws. The plaintiff has to pass
extreme burden of proof hurtles:
The plaintiff
must prove all three of these elements were at play:
1) The defendant lied maliciously about the plaintiff
2) The defendant
knew he was lying and it wasn't an honest mistake (supremely hard to prove; Billy was able to prove it based upon e-mail exchanges)
3) The defendant's lies materially harmed the plaintiff's quality of life (business deals, family relations, etc.)
That's why defamation cases are so rare. That Billy Mitchell was able to not merely win, but be awarded almost every last thing he sought shows what a great case he had, and what a psychopath Karl Jobst is.
Also, Billy Mitchell's the greatest gamer of all time. Don't care that he switched to emulation as an old man. Cope, dilate, and seethe, Redditors.