Mike Postle Seems in Courtroom through Zoom to Argue In opposition to Authorized Prices Award

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19 Might

He has been seen much less usually than the Scarlet Pimpernel since his alleged livestream dishonest got here to mild 18 months or so in the past, however this week Mike Postle appeared as soon as once more on a stream. This time, nonetheless, not like his ‘sick poker heater’, it was a courtroom look and it value him cash!

Postle was pressured to defend himself within the newest authorized wrangling, his authorized consultant leaping ship a number of months in the past after the alleged cheat “did not adjust to the written settlement between the agency and the shopper, and communication has in any other case ceased between the shopper and legal professional.”

That was in response to Steven T. Lowe, of the Beverly Hills (CA) primarily based Lowe & Associates, whose movement to be relieved of his responsibility was duly granted, leaving Postle lawyer-less for the second time.

At stake this week was a bit of Postle’s supposedly ill-gotten features, as Todd Witteles chased the Sacramento-based professional for authorized charges and courtroom prices.

We reported on the preliminary ruling this week that noticed Poker Fraud Alert founder Witteles awarded $26,982 within the anti-SLAPP listening to, after Postle dropped his personal $330million defamation lawsuit.

This award was lower than the total $43,314.50 claimed by Witteles, Presiding California Superior Courtroom Choose Shama H. Mesiwala calling a few of his legal professional’s charges of $695 per hour “extreme and pointless”.

Subsequent it was Postle’s flip to argue that the award was extreme, claiming that he hadn’t pressured Witteles to retain counsel in any respect. He additionally claimed that Witteles’ defence counsel, “They took it upon themselves to do as a lot as they might to harm me on this state of affairs.”

He then described a “harassment and defamation marketing campaign” as “in depth” and “ongoing”, regardless of voluntarily dropping his personal case in opposition to Witteles, whistleblower Veronica Brill and others, together with ESPN, Daniel Negreanu and Doug Polk’s Upswing Poker.

You’ll be able to hearken to Postle’s authorized wranglings and ramblings beneath, however the lengthy story wanting his newest day in courtroom was that the person described as ‘poker god or poker cheat’ will nonetheless must pay Witteles near $27k.

This week may see him hit with one other invoice as Veronica Brill’s anti-SLAPP prices listening to is because of be heard, and as at all times we’ll carry you the total story as quickly because it occurs.

If you happen to missed something linked to the case over the previous 12 months, our in depth protection of the Postlegate scandal may be considered beneath: