SILBERGEIT: Here is what it looks defamation looks like 7] After the issuance of the claim, Cohodes has made further public statements about Thompson on Twitter. Cohodes has an audience of approximately 7,000 followers. Those followers may in turn pass on Cohodes’ tweets to others. The tweets include the following:
(a) May 20, 2015: “…Thompson came by the Hen House the other night and did him in with a shovel…” Beneath this message Cohodes placed a photograph of an opossum that Cohodes had killed at his farm by hitting him in the head with a shovel;
(b) June 5, 8 and 21, 2015: Cohodes posted several ‘tweets’ referring to Thompson as a snake, posting photographs of snakes with each of them;
(c) August 2, 2015: Cohodes responded to a ‘tweet’ by another Twitter user which asked, “Are you bringing your…umm…castration equipment with you when you visit Ontario?” Cohodes replied on Twitter, “Never leave home without it.” Cohodes posted a photograph of a chicken and her chicks, with the words, “Of course. They hatched when that Coc\k Sucker served me with that Silly As\s Suit. When I see them I think of that shi\t stock.” Cohodes testified that the “Silly As\s Suit” was this lawsuit, and in referring to the “coc\k sucker”, it was either the law firm or Thompson;
(d) September 9, 2015: “He is at a bar somewhere drinking out a shoe. That is what you get and deserve”. Above this message Cohodes posted a photograph of Thompson;
(e) September 13, 2015: “Not to mention I got sued for speaking out after Thompson grandstands. He will truly rot in Hell”;
(f) September 16, 2015: “Maybe Thompson should have called Gaston before he sued me…Only 5 more points to go. Someone collect his passport”. Immediately below this message Cohodes posted a photograph of an individual named Gaston being led away in handcuffs by law enforcement officers. Cohodes accepts that in this post he implied that someone should collect Thompson’s passport so he couldn’t leave the country. On the same date Cohodes posted another tweet stating, “Thompson in the not to [sic] distant future”. Beneath this message Cohodes posted a cartoon of an RCMP officer dragging behind him a cartoon villain;
(g) September 21, 2015: “Thompson is a Bully and a Coward & suing people for having an opinion doesn’t work. I hope to make an example of him gloating it is not…”;
(h) September 29, 2015: “The Joker Card. Don’t leave home without it.” Beneath this message Cohodes posted a photograph of a movie villain (the “Joker”) holding a card with a picture of Thompson’s face on it.
[38] For these reasons, I find that there are grounds to believe that Thompson will be entitled to damages in the action.