UPDATED 02.10.2022 @ Noon EST: I am NOW guessing that all this tweeting by Owens yesterday refers, in fact, to a preliminary discovery scheduling hearing (or some-such) in the $20 million Klacik defamation matter, in Baltimore’s local court system. There, Candace herself is being sued for falsely stating that a GOP candidate for elected office had committed crimes. So this is actually a story about her facing the same claims, as a defendant, as she made against Zuck, as a plaintiff — but with a much bigger price tag.

Due to how First Amendment law works, Candace is unlikely to owe much in damages (and likely nothing like $20 million), but it seems clear her statements (and refusal to run the denials / explanations by Klacik) were libelous, per se.

However, the question is… how much in damages will there be (at an eventual jury trial), when this one pot calls the (other) kettle… black? [I cannot closely track these local proceedings remotely, since the Baltimore courts aren’t fully online. Further (1 pm EST) update — the half sheet still lists this case as dismissed by agreement just before Halloween 2021. So it may NOT be this case, afterall.]

End update.

No need to belabor it, but a search of all federal courts reveals no additional litigation on this topic, and the deadline to appeal this loss long ago passed.

So unless she’s involved in some private arbitration (or new unpublished state court litigation in Tennessee — unlikely)… her claim to be “in court” on her own case… seems dubious at best.

FINAL UPDATE: I gather Ms. Owens paid the filing fee for an appeal, to the State Supreme Court in Delaware. Yesterday, that court heard a half-hour of oral arguments (see page two of that PDF), as to why Ms. Owens’ suit was properly dismissed, for “failure to state a claim,” as indicated above. I would expect a ruling shortly, affirming that Ms. Owens has lost completely, since the law here is so crystal clearly against her. End all updates.

Onward, grinning… out.