Adam Weinstein’s Epic Trolling of Chuck C. Johnson, a Story in Tweets

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Our old cyberstalker pal Chuck C. Johnson had quite a night last night. Tomorrow his response to Gawker in the defamation suit he filed is due in Missouri; he’s filed for three extensions on the due date so far, and I think this time he has no choice but to put up.

So all of a sudden, Chuck started acting “friendly” toward journalist Adam Weinstein, who recently left the employ of Gawker, trying to get Weinstein to give him some dirt he could use in his case. Yes, that’s right — a day and a half before his response was officially due he started desperately emailing Adam Weinstein.

And the great part of this story is that Weinstein immediately posted all the emails on Twitter for everyone to see.

It began with Chuck reaching out to Adam asking him to “chat” about Gawker and offering to pay him for it. Adam notes that friendly Chuck recently threatened to sue him.

But Chuck being Chuck, it wasn’t long before the conversation started to get … uncomfortable.

Then Chuck threatened to sue Weinstein again, because remember, this is Chuck Johnson.

Too funny! “Don’t make me sue you, let’s be friends!”

And with that, the trolling began.

And then, Chuck let it all hang out and told Adam exactly what he was looking for; he was offering to pay Weinstein to provide him confidential lawyer-client memos from Gawker that he imagined would help his case. Note that this entire scheme is based on a complete fantasy; Chuck doesn’t know these memos exist, he’s just sure they must. This is some truly bizarre thinking.

Not only that, even if they did exist, Chuck imagines these memos were instructing Gawker employees on how to avoid defamation. So how exactly does Chuck think this is going to help him prove defamation? It’s a mystery like so much about this weird individual.

If you’re familiar with the concept of “discovery” in civil cases, you may be wondering why Chuck doesn’t just look for these “memos” in the discovery process. Well, that’s the beauty of the anti-SLAPP motion filed by Gawker’s attorneys: among other protections it affords the targets of harassment suits like this, it blocks the discovery process. So Johnson is forced to resort to this pathetic attempt at trickery instead.

Notice how he inserts the St. Louis Cardinals into this crazy fantasy — because he filed this defamation suit in Missouri (where his crack legal team is licensed to practice), and Gawker has filed motions to relocate the trial to a state where it would actually be relevant, like New York or California. He’s trying desperately to show a connection to Missouri. He so sneaky.

And then, to conclude this fine entertainment, Chuck suddenly realized Adam was tweeting out all this stuff he thought was on the sly, and pretended he meant to do this all along and now he had the memos because he was so clever.

“Hey, thanks for leaking everything. I just got the memos I wanted.

“Thank you, honey. Next time I’ll leave the money on the dresser when I get you to do my bidding… Oh wait, you’d do it for free.”

Oh yes, that’s our Chuck! So much for the faux friendliness.

But with this amount of naked desperation on display, I can hardly wait for that response to Gawker tomorrow. It’s going to be epic.

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