I wonder if the alleged grocery store coworker of Jassem Emwazi who claimed he denounced his son was one of those sued. If he only went to Kuwait to visit his mother, it's unlikely he worked at a supermarket. (It would also make the reports that Jassem Emwazi lived in Kuwait for the past two years with his daughter false.)

al-Hashash also repeated that "so far, Western security agencies have not provided any evidence to prove that Mohammed Emwazi is Jihadi John". At the time he initially told the media this, he also said Jassem had not been in contact with Mohammed for "ages" and security services had checked all his phone records and substantiated this.

Why did the lawyer withdraw? It could be the pressure -- representing a universally hated client is never easy. But I wonder whether he was threatened by the Kuwaiti government. The Daily Mail reports a Kuwaiti member of parliament demanded Jassem Emwazi apologize for his statements or leave the country.