Manuel Noriega Kicked Out Of Court

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William H. Fahey threw scorn on the case of Manuel Noriega vs Call of Duty: Black Ops II maker Activision / Blizzard in his finding last week. 

He stated that Noriega failed to provide any evidence of harm to his reputation. Instead that given the world-wide reporting of his actions in the 1980s and early 1990s, it was hard to imagine that any such evidence existed. An opinion that after the generals incarceration and trial in absentia that we noted earlier would probably prove elusive to say the least.

Defence Counsel Rudy Giuliani was quoted as saying that the ruling was an important victory, and was important for protecting free speech. The former New York mayor  also released a statement that it was an absurd lawsuit from the very beginning and that it was a good thing that a notorious criminal didn’t win. In typically grandiose Giuliani style he announced that it was "not just a win for the makers of Call of Duty, but a victory for works of art across the entertainment and publishing industries throughout the world."

Legal website Law Genius has the full text of the finding for your perusal which we have linked below. 

“Noriega v. Activision/Blizzard (Order on special motion to strike)” by Superior Court of California County of Los Angeles