How does South Park get away with trashing identifiable people? Are they sued often? - eviltoast
  • CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    7 months ago

    Keep in mind that a celebrity can send you and me, regular joes, a C&D and we’d likely comply simply because we lack the resources to sustain a challenge in court.

    What stops celebrities and organizations from suing South Park creators is likely the opposite: they have money and a legal team.

    The same thing happened with John Oliver when he talked shit about some coal mine owner that was notorious for suing people. The mine owner served them from a court that had friendly laws but they were ready. And they had insurance to pay for it.