A federal court jury awarded $4.5million to former University of Michigan openly gay student body president Andrew Shirvell who accused a former state attorney of stalking and defaming him.
The Associated Press reports:
A jury on Thursday awarded a gay University of Michigan student body president $4.5 million in his lawsuit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who posted about him in an anti-gay blog.
The U.S. District Court jury ruled in favor of Christopher Armstrong, who claimed he suffered distress after a blog created by Andrew Shirvell accused him of enticing minors with alcohol and recruiting people to become homosexual.
“I’m just incredibly humbled by what happened today,” Armstrong told The Associated Press. “This is truly a victory — not just for myself, but for a lot of other kids out there.”
Shirvell, who was representing himself, said the jury award was “grossly excessive” for what was “clearly protected speech … and activity.”
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