> He should just go get his own highly paid lawyers and dig down for a lengthy legal battle.

Have you considered that what the person did in this situation was actually illegal?

Yes, when you do illegal things, it is difficult to defend them in court. But that doesn't make him in the right.

It doesn't even look like he was going to be sued, since he took down the website, and apologized.

It was the kid who went public with all of this, in order to get the clicks and likes.

To be fair, the one massive piece of leverage they have is their bankroll, regardless of the legal validity of their claim. However this just highlights the futility of turning this into a bankrolled lawyer battle.

that's a much more reasonable question and would be a reasonable response, but OP decided that instead of asking that question, he's rather provoke repl.it. If they had no leverage before, asking what leverage isn't going to increase how much leverage they have. But this? This post seems to me like it's more likely to increase repl.it's leverage against OP than the reverse.