Suing doesn’t always pay…Hypothetical – Let’s say that Diddy owes this guy 10k. So the guy will have to go to Court and request a court hearing in which he would pay a filing fee, of say…$350 (Depending on your state.) The photographer will get a court date set (hypothetical) of September 15th, 2012. In the meantime, the photographer will have to retain a lawyer (2k to just talk with them) and have Sean combs served with the suit (100-150 for each attempt but keep in mind, Sean Combs has bodyguards). In the meantime any lawyer who will go against the law firm that Sean has on call will probably charge 300-500 per hour in the case. So let’s say Sean was served during the 4th attempt (600) and the Court Date is set. On September 15th, his lawyer will arrive and ask for a continuance for _ reason. The court date has been reset  to December and another  continuance has been given until March 2013. Photographer has spent over 8k to win 10k, with the lawyer receiving 30% of judgment, so Photographer says “Forget about it”. So in March, Photographer cannot afford a lawyer, while Sean’s machine grills him…and they win because Photographer is not prepared. In the meantime, they have attached a counter suit for attorney’s fees so now Photographer owes Sean 100k.

Now, if Photographer still has lawyer and wins his case in March 2013, Sean’s lawyers will appeal….and appeal and appeal until either they win, or until it reaches it’s final denial…3-5 years later and after hundreds of hours paid to the attorney. So that 10k could easily cost hundreds of thousands; which either way proves that it would be easier to write off the 10k then to have to pay for lawyers, miss work, and deal with the headache of suing someone who calls themselves a misspelled version of “Daddy”. The effect of Twitter is much cheaper and priceless in letting the world know of his shady dealings.