I'm not ignorant of the legal system nor the stakes of this particular case, and you're not winning any troll points today.  I would like to see WWeek cover all the details of this case.  The free speech concerns are certainly valid, but they're only part of this story.  The other story here, the one they're not telling you, is about how our legal system (and IMO the local press) has failed to protect our community from this creep for over a dozen years.  Now, he's even found a way of manipulating the system for profit.  Is that not a story worthy of the fine journalists at WWeek?

And if YOU think he's innocent, then maybe you'll explain why the jury dismissed the defamation and false light claims?  Maybe you'll explain the alternative motives of so many different women, who don't know each other, and who have bravely come forward with these accusations over many YEARS?  Maybe you'll read the public documents and ask yourself if you believe the system works to protect women?