Anglin was not present at the July 11 hearing, nor was any attorney there to represent him. He forfeited his defense in April after repeatedly refusing a judge's order to appear in the United States for a deposition, and his attorneys subsequently asked to withdraw from the case.

"This victory is every bit as important as it would be if Andrew Anglin had showed up for trial," said John Morrison, a Helena attorney also representing Gersh. "It's also not surprising to me that somebody like Andrew Anglin who commits these acts of cowardice is afraid to actually show up and defend his position."

In a tearful testimony last week, Gersh said she had left her luggage packed for weeks after phone calls, emails, and hateful messages flowed into her family's lines of contact in December 2016. The emotional turmoil still lingers today, her therapist testified, with signs of post-traumatic stress disorder that cannot heal because the messages continue to arrive.

Lynch noted this continuum in his Monday decision, which also found Anglin must remove any content about the Gershes from the Daily Stormer.