Move on. Focus your energy on finding your next position.
This is not to excuse discrimination in any form. But, your former employer has the upper hand in terms of dollars and time. They can, and will, play a war of attrition.
He was hot af in his early days...the “muscle jock next door” look. IMHO he went off the rails with the ink and who knows what...glad he seems to be in a better place...