State Supreme Court Refuses Unemployment Case Of Former State Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell

LANSING – In a brief order the Michigan Supreme Court says it will not get involved in an unemployment benefits case regarding former assistant attorney for the state, Andrew Shirvell, who was fired in 2010 after stalking and harassing the openly gay University of Michigan Student Body President Chris Armstrong.
Shirvell made headlines in 2010 when it was discovered that in addition to working for the state, Shirvell ran an online blog titled "Chris Armstrong Watch" where he posted photos and anti-gay comments about Armstrong.
Shirvell was later fired from his position after an investigation found that he used state computers to persecute and harass Armstrong, calling the then student body president a "radical homosexual activist," a Nazi, and "Satan's representative on the student assembly."
Armstrong sued Shirvell for stalking, harassment and defamation of character in 2011. A 2012 jury awarded Armstrong $4.5 million in monetary damages for the defamation.
On Feb. 2, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a federal jury correctly found Shirvell liable for defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of emotional distress and stalking for his relentless campaign against Armstrong.