We’ll admit we have a bit of a sentimental attachment to this story, so forgive us old timers if we go on a bit?
Remember Ahmed “Clock Boy” Mohamed, whose detention by police over a box that looked like a detonator led President Obama himself to invite the high schooler to bring his “cool clock” to the White House? The cool clock with the numbers on the inside of the case, like all cool clocks?
You might also remember that Mohamed’s father in 2016 filed a defamation lawsuit demanding apologies and retractions from several defendants, including Ben Shapiro and Glenn Beck.
Shapiro was accused of “making fun of both the President and Ahmed” during a Fox News appearance the previous October, saying that Ahmed’s quick meet-and-greet with Obama at Astronomy Night was a “bit of a downgrade” from the “star-studded event we expected between the President and Ahmed Mohamed where the President was going to knight him, give him the Order of Merit and then declare him the greatest scientist since Isaac Newton.”
That suit was dismissed after a three-hour hearing, but what we didn’t know was that the case was still working its way through the courts on appeal, and on Wednesday, Shapiro announced that his legal team had against destroyed the defamation suit.
So much for the Clock Boy case – we just destroyed them again on appeal! Well done, @KurtSchlichter!
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) July 11, 2018
Yeah, we just destroyed Clockboy's defamation suit against Ben Shapiro. The Texas Court of Appeals drove a stake through its heart. Another huge win. Thanks for relying on my firm and the Gober Group in Texas, @benshapiro ! https://t.co/mzgm0ukaBu
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 11, 2018
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That mushroom cloud over Texas is Clockboy's case against @benshapiro going bye-bye.
We won the appeal. So did the principle of free speech. They lost. pic.twitter.com/yjXXtzUf5M
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 11, 2018
I could not be prouder to represent a client like @benshapiro.
He never wavered.
They were going to have to pry his right to speak his mind freely from his cold dead hands. #1A
— Kurt Schlichter (@KurtSchlichter) July 12, 2018
Nice work.
Wow I had no idea Clock Boy was still an issue. Congratulations!
— tmazgal (@tmazgal) July 11, 2018
I guess Clock Boy’s 15 minutes are up.
— Bradley Mattice (@bradwart) July 11, 2018
@KurtSchlichter cleaned his clock
— Bored_In_America (@Bored_In_USA) July 11, 2018
It was only a matter of time.
— Trenton Hettlinger (@thettlinger22) July 11, 2018
My favorite part of that whole thing was how this kid basically took apart a digital clock and put the pieces in a case… and liberals oohed and ahhed like it was the most brilliant scientific achievement since the Human genome was mapped.
— Victor Tango Kilo (@GenghisKhet) July 12, 2018
Careful, there … you could be setting yourself up for a defamation lawsuit.
Many, many congratulations to you both.
— Bookwormroom (@Bookwormroom) July 11, 2018
https://twitter.com/BuildJOBACUS/status/1017199086066253824
Yeah, the family demanded $10 million from the City of Irving, Texas, and $5 million from the school district, and that did get crushed. A federal judge dismissed it.
— DonnaBeachLife??? (@DonnaCr45) July 12, 2018
Delicious
— Gary Eaton (@garysteveneaton) July 12, 2018
I’m actually suing the tsa for not letting me board with my new electric razor pic.twitter.com/MoGuSKT0RX
— wsbull99 (@wall_st_bull99) July 12, 2018
Hahaha pic.twitter.com/KGVThntuhG
— Faith Frolics (@FaithInFr33dom) July 12, 2018
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Ahmed 'Clock Kid' Mohamed named one of 2015's most influential teens https://t.co/VN6UPvY9Kv
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 28, 2015
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