Did Monty drop the case because he wanted Nick to stop calling him a pedophile?
He started the lawsuit because he wanted Nick to not call him a pedophile with no evidence. He dropped the suit because he couldn't continue to afford it. Discovery is the most expensive part of the lawsuit, and Nick and Randazza were running up the bill with stupid motions.
There's a reason people/companies with more resources do that to people without them: because it works.
Think about it, if Nick goes back to calling him a pedo, then he could hypothetically sue him again for defamation. If Nick gets sued, that would get him into serious trouble with his probation?
No, as far as I could tell, it'd be a civil issue, not a criminal issue.
I could be wrong: is it possible that because Monty dropped the suit, he's not allowed to sue again? I don't know, that's why I'm asking.
If he wants to drop a lawsuit, he can. If he wants to bring a new lawsuit, he could do that too. It'd be under Minnesota's new anti-SLAPP laws that didn't apply to his previous lawsuit (but Nick/his attorney pretended applied to it).
If Nick robs Melton of his golden cow and I was melton I'd be pissed. Melton would have to make Nick the new focus of NLO.
If Nick's faggotry gets Melton to lose Aaron, it could get really funny, really fast. I bet they know things about each other that would make it really bad really fast, and only one of the two is currently on probation. You think Nick manages to get a W when the lawsuit gets dismissed against him, only for his former tolerator (who has dirt on him) to go after him instead.
It'd be the most heartwarming scenario: the worst faggots you know are all suffering.
'Do not harass or have direct/indirect contact' = 'let me talk about it on my show right after Aaron got in trouble for indirect violations by doing a show'
If your show can't survive without a-logging Aaron, you don't deserve to have a show. Also should probably kill yourself if you rely on making fun of Aaron to pay your bills. Yikes.