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When the action was filed in February, the actor's lawyers called them "frivolous", saying: "Mr Cage does not control Weston's behaviour in any manner and is not responsible for Weston's alleged assault of his mother."

The president has demanded “a lot” of money to settle the case, which many 1st Amendment experts call “frivolous.”

"This is just another attempt to intimidate and bully this poor woman that we will deal with in due course. We won’t be bullied or intimidated by frivolous cases," Buzbee concluded.

In other contexts, courts identify the party as the problem rather than the order immediately at hand — for example, a “jailhouse lawyer” serving a life sentence in prison who endlessly files frivolous lawsuits.

"The frivolous, fictitious and appalling allegations have been dismissed," he wrote.