In July 2012, Cassingham sent a message to the True Stella Awards mailing list, announcing that after several abortive attempts to restart the list he came to the conclusion that he had said everything about the subject of frivolous lawsuits that he had intended to say, and so was shutting down the Stella Awards.
Pada bulan Juli 2012, Cassingham mengirim surat ke milis True Stella Awards yang isinya mengumumkan bahwa setelah berkali-kali mencoba memulai kembali daftar ini, ia mengaku telah mendeskripsikan semua tentang subjek tuntutan hukum dangkal yang diinginkannya, sehingga ia memutuskan untuk mengakhiri Stella Awards.