Parr: Peter Thiel employed lawyers for a decade waiting to sue Gawker
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Sam Parr discusses billionaire behavior and recalls details from Ryan Holiday's book about Peter Thiel's long-term legal campaign to destroy Gawker Media.
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“Peter Thiel basically employed this Three lawyers, big shot lawyers, and they're, and basically when he was outed as gay by Gawker, he employed, and this is a great book by Ryan holiday. I forget what it's called, but he employed these three lawyers and I forget when he was outed, but something like Oh nine. And he goes however long it takes your full-time job decade. He goes, just wait for Gawker and those guys to screw up. And when they slip up, tell me, and we're going to pounce. And he employed these guys the whole time.”
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