After the Princess of Wales revealed her devastating cancer diagnosis last month, many hoped the frenzy over her retreat from public life would finally end.
And while some conspiracy mongers have apologized (including celebrities like Andy Cohen), other key players, particularly those on social media, have doubled down on their harassment of the ailing princess.
Tech entrepreneur Christopher Bouzy, who became famous for his appearance in Harry and Meghan’s 2022 Netflix documentary, is among those who have already been exposed for spreading defamatory lies about Kate.
Bouzy is a staunch member of a self-styled ‘Sussex Squad’ who vigorously defends Meghan against perceived online harassment, while apparently considering attacks on Kate as fair game.
But while Bouzy continues to obsess over the absurd theory that recent images of Kate in a farm shop in Windsor were fake, he has at least drawn the line by questioning the princess’s cancer diagnosis.
The same cannot be said for all of his fellow Sussex online defenders.
Today, DailyMail.com exclusively exposes Johnathan Perkins.
Perkins, a lawyer who worked at Harvard University and currently serves as UCLA’s Director of Race and Equity, has spent recent weeks spreading vile falsehoods about the princess on his is alive” and making the totally unfounded claim that her cancer is fake.
Today, DailyMail.com exclusively exposes Johnathan Perkins.
Perkins, a lawyer who worked at Harvard University and currently serves as UCLA’s Director of Race and Equity, has spent the last few weeks spreading vile falsehoods about the princess on his X account (formerly Twitter), including the totally unfounded claim that Your cancer is fake.
In posts addressed to some 31,000 followers, Perkins, 37, boasts of his credentials as a “public scholar, higher education lawyer, speaker and podcast co-host,” adding – not without irony – that he is dedicated to “creating a more just and equal world”. society’.
Among his many recent posts about the princess, the most malicious are his accusations that she is a “known liar” and that he does not believe she “had or has cancer.”
He has also said that Kate “doesn’t deserve my respect”, that she could be “in a coma or dead” and that the Royal Family is “using the Cancer Card” to “cover something else”.
On Easter Sunday he cruelly joked: “Wait, isn’t Kate Middleton supposed to get up today?”
The lies about Kate’s diagnosis are particularly shocking given that Perkins himself is a cancer survivor and posts openly about his own past battle with the disease.
Like Bouzy, although Perkins apparently has no qualms about trashing Kate’s integrity, he seems practically allergic to even the slightest criticism of the Duchess of Sussex.
Early last month, he tweeted: “Do you realize that entire tabloid departments are dedicated to making up nonsense about Meghan Markle?”
In another post, he shared a photo of the duchess and wrote: “FYI, this is a Stan account of American Princess Meghan Markle.”
Perkins, who resides in Los Angeles, trained as a lawyer at the University of Virginia, before going on to work in the prestigious Office of the General Counsel at Harvard.
Now at UCLA, he earns $125,920 per year as part of the university’s ‘Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.’
As such, many will point to obvious hypocrisy between his cruel comments about Kate and his stark contrast to UCLA’s “Equity, Diversity and Inclusion” values.
In fact, the university’s “Inclusive Excellence Framework” states that in her role, Perkins works to “uphold the dignity of all” and “encourage open-mindedness, understanding, compassion and inclusion.”
It also makes it clear that the university “does not tolerate acts of discrimination, harassment or conduct that causes harm to people.”
Specifically, UCLA human resources guidelines for staff strictly prohibit the harassment of individuals on the basis of “cancer-related” medical conditions, while those found to have violated harassment guidelines can expect “disciplinary action” or ” dismissal/dismissal”.
In a statement to DailyMail.com, a UCLA spokesperson said: “Statements on (Perkins’) personal social media account do not reflect the views of the university.”
“(UCLA values) seek to foster open-mindedness, understanding, compassion and inclusion among everyone in our diverse community,” they added.
Perkins did not respond to requests for comment, but has since “locked” his employer”.
Still, some might be surprised that UCLA has, so far, stopped short of removing Perkins from his position.
After all, this is not the first time it has caused a headache for university staff.
In a since-deleted tweet from March 2022, Perkins appeared to wish death on conservative Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas after his admission to the hospital.
“No one wants to openly admit that (we all) hope Clarence Thomas dies,” he wrote.
After considerable backlash, UCLA was forced to admit that its comments “did not reflect the views of UCLA EDI.”
And yet Perkins, who never apologized, somehow kept his job.
Nor was it his first run-in with academic bureaucracy.
While a student at the University of Virginia School of Law in 2011, Perkins made headlines after accusing campus police of racially profiling him during a late-night stop and search.
In a letter published in the law school’s student newspaper, he claimed that two officers had stopped him on the way home from a party, told him he “fit the description” of a man they were looking for, and carried out a body search.
At UCLA, Perkins earns $125,920 a year as part of the university’s ‘Office of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.’ In her role, she works to “uphold the dignity of all” and “encourage open-mindedness, understanding, compassion and inclusion.”
UCLA’s human resources guidelines for staff strictly prohibit the harassment of individuals on the basis of “cancer-related” medical conditions, while those found to have violated harassment guidelines can expect “disciplinary action” or “dismissal/dismissal.” dismissal”.
Many students supported Perkins, who has since become a fierce supporter of the Black Lives Matter movement.
However, weeks after his letter was published, Perkins dramatically retracted his claims, saying in a statement: “I wrote the article to draw attention to the issue of police misconduct.” The events described in the article did not occur.
The backlash that followed was enormous, with his fellow Virginia students and the media accusing him of race-baiting and calling him a liar.
In 2017, Perkins backtracked again, this time stating that the incident occurred as he had first described it, but that he had been forced to retract his statement following threats from the FBI.
After so much upheaval over perceived lies and scandals potentially threatening his job security, one might think Perkins would be more cautious about what he says in public.
But if his recent virulent ramblings about the Princess of Wales are anything to go by, some people may never find out.