Last week, Oliver devoted much of his show to pushing back on the notion that vaccines cause autism, which was motivated by personal reasons. He also claims that Murray Energy has received a flood of calls from fans of the show, including one where an employee was told to “Tell Bob Murray to eat sh*t.” Additionally, he says that his health has suffered because of the clip. In the filing, Murray accused Oliver of encouraging “vigilantism” among his audience, citing what media outlets have described as “the John Oliver Effect.” He complained that his company’s website had to be taken down to increase security measures after it was nearly crashed by spammers. He briefly mentioned the lawsuit at the top of last week’s episode but said that he had been barred from talking about the specifics of the case, though he pledged to divulge more information at a later date. Oliver and the other defendants would also no longer be able to publicly discuss the suit. If granted, HBO would be prohibited from re-airing the June 18 episode where he was mentioned, and they would even be forced to remove the segment from YouTube. According to The Daily Beast, the coal magnate has requested a gag order against the host and the network.
There were further developments this week in the defamation lawsuit brought by coal company CEO Robert Murray against Oliver and HBO.
While Oliver is used to dissecting the news on a weekly basis, he himself made headlines recently when he was sued over a segment on coal.
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