When looking through the latest legal filing in the defamation lawsuit against Buzzfeed and editor Ben Smith that stems from publishing the Trump dossier in full, one might suspect the suit brought by Russian tech mogul Aleksej Gubarev is all fun and games. It feels like some headlines straight out of Buzzfeed, in fact. Gubarev's lawyers almost seem to be trolling the website.

Make no mistake, the lawsuit itself is certainly serious business. It alleges that Buzzfeed, by publishing the dossier in January, falsely portrayed Gubarev as a "significant player" in the Russian government's bid to hack the Democratic National Committee. (Gubarev serves as the chief of Web hosting companies Webzilla and XBT.) But the latest legal document's intro looks like this:

If you didn't notice, there's a footnote next to the word "Kitten." In that footnote, Gubarev's legal team writes that there's a cute picture of a kitten on Exhibit 41, (PDF) apparently buttressing the brief's introductory line.

After starting with a kitty reference, the court filing (PDF) claims that the dossier, as applied to Gubarev, does not have "any basis in fact whatsoever." The document from Gubarev's legal team also focuses on a jurisdictional fight as to whether the case should be dismissed or heard in Florida or New York. Gubarev's lawyers hint that Buzzfeed might not want to face a jury in Florida, the state where a jury concluded that Gawker should pay $140 million to Hulk Hogan for publishing a sex tape of the former pro wrestler. In the aftermath, Gawker filed for bankruptcy and auctioned off itself.

"Defendants simply do not want to be in Florida, because they believe they will receive more favorable treatment in New York," the document claims.

Buzzfeed is "surprised"

For its part, Buzzfeed remains "confident" that the lawsuit will be dismissed. "We're surprised by the plaintiffs' desire to make light of this matter," Buzzfeed said in a statement. The site, however, has apologized to Gubarev and blacked out his name from the document online.

The Trump dossier was a leak of unsubstantiated anti-Trump documents that touched on everything from Russia allegedly having leverage to extort him to alleged sexual escapades. The documents even referenced a potentially treasonous act. Trump called it "a disgrace," "fake news," "phony stuff," and "crap" when the reports surfaced. However, FBI Director James Comey said earlier this month that the bureau was probing whether there was collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government.