On the latest episode of LastWeekTonight, John Oliver (iamjohnoliver) took a deep dive into SLAAP suits
"Eat S***, Bob!": John Oliver Takes Aim at Coal Tycoon Bob Murray With Musical Number, Fiery SegmentThe 'Last Week Tonight' host addressed the coal baron who dropped a lawsuit against the HBO show and introduced new claims of sexual misconduct allegations against Murray."Lawsuits. The reason that the sentence 'Greta Thunberg allegedly killed Jeffrey Epstein' has the word 'allegedly' in it," the comedian explained.
"Murray's lawsuit against us asked for damages because he claimed that nothing has ever stressed him more than our 'vicious and awful attack,'" Oliver continued. "Which is an odd thing to say, given that, as I just mentioned, he oversaw a company whose mine collapse in Utah resulted in the deaths of nine people."
Oliver later shared that he believed Murray's goal wasn't to win the case, but instead for it to be a SLAPP suit. Oliver added, "The whole point is to put the defendant through a difficult, painful experience." "Here we go again," said Oliver. "It is yet another Bob Murray attempt to bully people into silence, and he has been doing this for decades. I will stand behind our first piece and I will stand behind this one."
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