The lawsuit is justified because Ian defamed Ethan by accusing him of being a pedophile and molesting his children, which is not protected free speech.

“If somebody just would started making a video like, "Yeah, Charlie came to my house and molested my children." [snorts] I mean, I wouldn't protect their right to say that if children, yeah, Charlie, he um he's a pedophile and he wants to [ __ ] kids. I'd be like, "Well, that's crazy. That's not true”