rappaticThis happened in 2019. The wheels of justice turn very slowly.
When they turn this slowly it's disingenuous to call it justice. Spending 10% of your adult life locked in legal battles is a ridiculous price to pay for something that should be resolved in under a year.
They weren't "locked in a legal battle". Their criminal charges were dismissed within 6 months of the incident happening. What resolved recently was a civil suit they themselves brought for damages from defamation and emotional distress.
Yes, civil suits are also legal battles. There's no reason it should have taken more than a year to resolve.
By the way, I dont know who you are quoting as that is not my exact wording.
I think this is the kind of thing that sounds reasonable until the first time you've sued someone. Resolution in one year? Don't even fantasize about it.
"We" (here in W.Australia) got sued by a US company for doing math once - took six years of legal back and forth to "win", eight years out of people's lives from disruption, and essentially destroyed a company that innovated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LizardTech,_Inc._v._Earth_Reso....
I don't think these are crazy timelines for civil litigation here. I mean, is it worth criticizing? I guess, sure. But: civil suits take for-ev-er. A case is an indeterminate but fairly large number of steps, each of which includes 1d8+4 month next check-in date.
No, of course, believe me I understand viscerally.