(CNN) -- A federal court jury in Detroit has awarded a $4.5 million judgment to the University of Michigan's first openly gay student body president in his suit against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who had written disparagingly about him on the Internet, the student's lawyer said. The jury came back with the award late Thursday against Andrew Shirvell, said Deborah Gordon, a lawyer representing the plaintiff, Chris Armstrong, 22, who graduated last year. A U.S. District Court jury found in Armstrong's favor on four counts -- defamation, stalking, intentional infliction of emotional distress and invasion of privacy, Gordon told CNN in a telephone interview.
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NEW: Shirvell calls jury award "grossly excessive"
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Jury finds in Armstrong's favor on four counts, including defamation
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"He's a little out there," lawyer says of Shirvell
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Shirvell accused Armstrong of promoting a "radical agenda"
Asked for specifics about Shirvell's conduct, @placeholder lawyer Gordon said, "He said (Armstrong) had an orgy in a dorm room and sex in a park and that he had liquored up underage freshmen to recruit them to the 'homosexual lifestyle.'"