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Elon Musk Is Funding Ex-‘Mandalorian’ Actress’s Suit Against Disney | Gina Carano accused Disney and Lucasfilm of discrimination when they dropped her after she posted baseless conspiracy theories (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

He's taking a page from Peter Thiel

[–] Neato@ttrpg.network 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. Isn't Thiel notorious for SLAPP suits?

[–] downpunxx@kbin.social 4 points 9 months ago

sure, but in the case of gawker, it wasn't a slapp, and they won, and gawker was ruined, their entire staff laid off, and sold off for pennies

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

How can she SLAPP‽‽