We Have An Ambulance Chasing Deaf Guy Suing Us

Boston.com – Like many companies that experience rapid growth, Barstool has also been hit with litigation, including a civil rights lawsuit filed in September in New York. A plaintiff named Phillip Sullivan Jr. says in his 23-page civil complaint that, as a deaf person, Barstool is violating his rights by not using closed caption technology on their videos, making it impossible for him to listen. Portnoy sounded a note of skepticism when asked about the suit, saying it “sounds like someone using an old law to try to trip up an Internet company.” Not so, according to Sullivan’s lawyer, C.K. Lee, who expressed hope that the “lawsuit will provide more sensitivity and awareness as to the social and accessibility barriers that the disabled face on a daily basis.” Don’t expect equivocation from Portnoy, who repeatedly scoffed at Sullivan’s complaint, noting that Barstool could make accommodations for him if he contacted the company.

“That sounds like an ambulance-chasing deaf guy,” he said.

So Boston.com wrote an article about us the other day. It was about how we’re not going to bend the knee to public opinion. How ESPN cancelling BVT wasn’t a repudiation of our site, but validation. Anyway at the end of the article they mentioned how the bigger we’ve gotten the more headaches we’ve encountered and how we’re currently being sued by a deaf guy for not having subtitles on our youtube videos. Then the article ended with this quote from me.

“That sounds like an ambulance-chasing deaf guy,”

I got to be honest. I spit out my coffee and I wasn’t even drinking any when I read this. I totally forgot I even said this during the interview. But I was so proud of myself for it. Like I’m not the type of guy who likes to pat myself on the ass, but god damn that was funny. And since nobody else will blog how funny it was and tell me how great I am I took it upon myself to do so. Hey rest of Barstool…you’re welcome.

Oh and by the way it’s true what I said. Just because this guy is deaf doesn’t mean he can’t be a scumbag. Just totally dirtbag move trying to make money from this loophole in the law. If history has taught us anything its that there is no bigger friend to the deaf and blind than yours truly.

Role tape….