Armenius
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Outsiders financially back civil court cases for whatever reason all the time. It's not like this is setting some kind of new precedent in civil cases in the US.Oh I'm not disputing that Gawker was most definitely guilty. And Thiel was perfectly in his right to use his money. However by hiding the money source, it just sets a precedence that if you have enough money you can fight a proxy war with someone you don't like and keep your hands clean. It's used in business and politics where it's frowned upon (and some cases illegal), so I don't see why we should encourage it here. In this case though Gawker deserved to get stepped on, it's future cases I'm concerned where a defendant may actually have something important to protect not get swept under the rug or buried by gag orders.