Whether there are 2 or 20 sides to any 'story' does not mean the truth is in the middle.
It is widely agreed that Canouse and clan scammed tremendous sums from shareholders--and have made a literal career out of doing so.
Canouse, and perhaps you along with him, wants to cover his illicit short position, and keep the full extent of his illicit dealings from being uncovered. But it is too late, on both counts.
now as CEO not once has he said that his intentions would be to rape the company until he is made whole
Oh, well that guarantees it then--Joe would be a great CEO...
Let's see...3 billion more shares, drive the company into bankruptcy as he has in fact explicity threatened to do... No thanks. Canouse is a lowlife scammer, as everyone here knows.