It's amusing to look at their (poor) legal strategy in retrospect. They were obsessed with disproving TI w/contract because truth isn't a defense and I'm guessing the anti-SLAPP/slap/whatever doesn't apply either. So they didn't bother to get a lawyer because they thought they could either dismiss it pre-emptively and charge Vic money for it, or they could parade a long line of VAs and cosplayers to tell teary-eyed stories of Vic's rampages until the jury was swayed (not understanding that isn't how this works).
Considering all that, it was pretty stupid for Sabat, Toye, and Rial to go and commit the thing they were so desperate to dodge when they had to know that Nick had a mole in Kamehacon, given he'd already hinted very loudly at that in a way they should have understood.