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https://jalopnik.com/former-stanford-student-finally-loses-defamation-suit-a-1851715698
Huh. Commit vehicular manslaughter w/ two victims, then sue the victims for defamation for telling the university? Properly dismissed through an anti-SLAPP motion.
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Man, that takes some stones. It angered “King” (apparently his chosen nickname, his real name is Vivek) that these peasants dared to contact Stanford to try to get him kicked out of SU based upon SU’s good conduct clause. This after Varga killed the couple, married 38 years with 15 grandkids.
Here’s the opinion. Pretty interesting: Vanga v. Juarez, No. A169427 | Casetext Search + Citator. Basically, the Juarezes made 4 assertions:
- Plaintiff murdered the Juarezes
- Plaintiff was driving while under influence
- Plaintiff attempted to flee the scene
- Plaintiff violated Stanford’s Code of Conduct.
The court found that the first and fourth assertions were merely opinions, within bounds, and essentially so found for the second statement. They also held that defamation occurs if they are stating or implying actual facts capable of being proved true or false. The court basically agreed the third statement was incorrect, but no damages were proved. And they awarded the Juarezes court costs, which was pretty cool.
BTW, King has sued additional members of the family. I suspect those lawsuits will be overturned as well. And what was really reprehensible is that he demanded in the lawsuit that they cease encouraging his criminal prosecution for his criminal behavior.
It gets better.
The facts of the case is that he was speeding, rams into the back of them, his car flips and turns into a fireball. Apparently not intoxicated (though he was arrested for that at first), also resisting arrest and grabbing for the cop’s gun. He’s suing the CHP and the Atwater police for those things, engaging John Burris who represented such luminaries as Barry Bonds, Tupac, Rodney King, etc.
I didn’t see a resolution of his criminal case, filed in Merced County courthouse.
Audaces fortuna iuvat
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