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I hope these seize their bank accounts.
Oberlin College was ordered by Ohio's state appeals court to pay Gibson's Bakery the sum on April 1, but continues to contest the payout, and says it is considering its options.
The bakery was wrongly accused of racism after calling the police on three Oberlin black students for shoplifting a bottle of wine.
Oberlin College REFUSES to pay $33m in damages to family-run bakery that called cops on three black students for shoplifting: Dean of the liberal arts college falsely accused store of racial profiling and set woke mob on them
- Oberlin College was ordered to pay $30 million in damages after it attempted to overturn a 2019 guilty verdict of defamation and libel
- The school was found guilty of fueling student protests against Gibson's Bakery after a white employee accosted a black shoplifter in 2016
- Though the shoplifter later pleaded guilty, administrators such as Meredith Raimondo distributed fliers accusing the bakery of a history of racism
- The protests led directly to a significant loss in business for Gibson's Bakery, including a long-term contract with the college itself
Oberlin College was ordered by Ohio's state appeals court to pay Gibson's Bakery the sum on April 1, but continues to contest the payout, and says it is considering its options.
The bakery was wrongly accused of racism after calling the police on three Oberlin black students for shoplifting a bottle of wine.