Max was on Stern several months ago before the verdict came down. He wasn't too articulate but his trial was brought up. I wasn't too impressed with him during the interview.
Max said plenty of things "in public" but no one really cared and his message was all over the place. First it was "I'm a multi-millionaire whos sold thousands of movies and can blow $500 grand on this case...bring it on!" Now its "I'm broke." Press coverage was all over the place too; maybe highest it got was a story on Nightline I thinks. The industry learned about most of it through Mark Kerne's legal bullshit and five dollar words, or AdultFYI.
Just another reason Max should have left or fired Jeffrey Douglas and gone with some other, especially if he thinks Jeff would have secured him that $300 grand from FSC. Did Max think he was going to be entitled to it by retaining Douglas? Was Lawrence Walters willing to take the case? He was a local Florida boy and gets on the national news all the time; could he have not given it the mainstream press coverage that could have cracked the case apart?
And another chicken shit move on behalf of FSC; the case doesn't have enough national press? WTF? How about 80% of their backers think Max got what he deserved and was subjecting the industry to way too much scrutiny after being warned time and time again. Think anyone there has the balls to say that to his face?