Court smacks down former Michigan official who stalked and harassed gay student
A federal appeals court has upheld rulings against a former Michigan assistant attorney general who viciously stalked and harassed the first gay student body president at his former university.
The Detroit Free Press reported that Andrew Shirvell got no relief from the U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals, which also upheld a $3.5 million judgment against Shirvell from a 2012 jury trial. In 2010, then-assistant Michigan attorney general Shirvell found out that his alma mater, the University of Michigan, had elected openly gay Craig Armstrong as its student body president.
Shirvell was incensed and proceeded to mount an all-out campaign devoted to attacking and smearing Armstrong. He started a blog devoted solely to maligning Armstrong, calling him a “racist,” a “liar” and an agent of “the radical homosexual agenda.” He posted copiously on the University of Michigan’s Facebook page, then began to make visits to the campus and to Armstrong’s home, once showing up at 1:30 in the morning to harass and intimidate the student president.
All of these actions, Shirvell insisted, were protected under his right to free speech.
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