Last week, in a complete volte face LE dropped all his self justifications because he finally realised nobody was ever going to buy it.
This is precisely what happened. He had finally given up on getting back the patrons who had dropped him. They are now lost to him forever as he made it clear he was not sorry and still believed exJWs should support him. Even after the begging stunt in January, he was already in a negative figure and steadily decreasing to 380 and further. Instead he played the last card he had and culled in all the newbies who had started watching his content after all the drama died down. But he made one critical mistake. He mentioned the "defamation" in the first video, and then in the second video it took up over half. That planted a seed and people now know there is some information out there that runs counter to Lloyd's interests. As he pleads for his audience to think for themselves and do their own research, as well as exposing JWs for keeping their followers away from apostate material, it's gradually going to dawn on them that he's doing the exact same thing.
Whatever way he paints it, that is a tacit admission that his position is indefensible and he can only attract new supporters by obscuring his real position. Now all he can do is hope his new supporters don’t search “Lloyd Evans defamation” in any search engine because his recent patron boost is built on lies and obfuscation and he knows it.
And they will come across this information sooner or later. It's usually a never-JW partner or someone else who will notice that they have a double standard now - JWs are worthy of scrutiny but Lloyd Evans isn't. They will get all worked up when they see the next video, tweet or forum post that is critical of Lloyd Evans. It will become so obvious. Lloyd is betting on the information to be completely buried and pushed to the fringes. This is why he's gloating so much. He wants people to become upset, frustrated and simply tired of his antics that they leave or keep to their own group.