It has been so many years since this, and so much speculation, but now a retired witness to the whole thing has stepped forward. Yes, that thing. The reason Bullshido even covered the machinations of College of Learning and all their affiliates from 2005 to 2015. The case. That one.
"I stumbled across your site and assumed you were in the know. I also read some very curious comments from one of my NDA people, so naturally I had to investigate." They said.
"But don't worry. I am long since retired from all this. I was one of the prosecution on the case of (LWS) and (COL) versus (AG)."
"The statute of limitations of the NDAs expired in 2017, so that was very clever of the poster. So, what do you want to know?"
We replied. Was (AG) ever posting on Bullshido.org?
"He was not posting there."
Was the case or cases against him false or defamatory?
"With prejudice means there was more than that."
Was he posting on other aggregate sites?
"He was posting on a site which was court ordered to be removed. CultMember.com. "
Was he mean to his ex wife, or the accused?
"The allegations against him were dropped. In a court of law, they were proven false."
How many COL people stood as witnesses to this?
"The CEO and most of her staff were allegedly witnesses. They could not have all been in the same room with the accused. It is not possible. He operated out of state."
We will not say where this was, as it's already known where the other company was.
So my next question is, was there a settlement in 2008?
"No. Not in this case. The accusers clearly were attempting to destroy the defendant. It was dropped with prejudice. The lawyers for the company refused then to show up, and repealed in anotherr higher court, which also was dropped."
A counter suit indicated a patent issue that had nothing to do with this. It was just the ceo trying to milk money from AG, right?
"I was not part of that case. I do not know."
Was all of this about money?
"It usually is about money. They didn't get anything. He didn't either."
So this actually jells with what (KB) said years ago.
"Going to assume he has gone on with his life, and stayed out of the spotlight."
Did acting members of the COL and the LWS actually use company time to berate and harass ex students?
"Yes. It's in the cases."
How did you know of this?
"I was involved. I regret it. I advised them not to do that, as it was legally sketchy. If even one of them turned and sued for defamation, they would be in for trouble legally."
The statute of limitations have expired on the whole thing, so in the end, everyone loses.
Maybe some of the ex students were actually trying to educate the masses more than riff on them. Seems they were trying to help for the wrong reasons. But in your opinion, was it justified?
"The former employees and students have every right within free speech to post so long as it is not defamatory. I see nothing defamatory about this site, for instance. It is an archive of those events."
Ha, the only thing I ever got was a divorce summons from them.
"That's against the law. I take it the limitations have expired on that?"
They have. It was a while ago. I wasn't even married. Ha.
"Well, then you had nothing to worry about."
Was Bullshido responsible for their bloggers?
"No. According to the terms of service, they were not responsible for anyone posting. That is why unlike the other site, they could not be removed."
And CultSlayerUs? It too was taken down. The first was.
"You closed that account, not a court order."
You are good.
"But it is a good thing OKD disappeared. That was questionable."
Yeah, that was. But to clarify, AG got nothing. TYK got nothing, KK got nothing?
"They got nothing."
Is it even libel?
"No. It was not hate speech. It was free speech. Testimonies of former students, like whistle blowers are protected."
So we don't use real names. I think I started this just shy of 21. Ha.
"You and yours are very clever, and decent sleuths. Too bad you never went into the business."
Ha, no.
End transmission.
EDIT. The term was not with prejudice. It turns out it was dismissed because they weren't legally married.
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