My guess is for the exposure. Isn't there a saying about how no exposure is bad, or something like that? It's especially telling that he already had one court case against him pending when he did the same thing again. My first thought was some people never learn, but he probably knows full well what he's doing. The kindest thing you could say about him is that maybe he's not very smart, but unfortunately, I don't think that's the case.
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