"It takes real guts to stare that sort of power in the face, and then put it in its rightful place."

And in this case it means putting an 84 year-old billionaire (and his chief lackey) into a cell at the Wayne  county jail for contempt. Even if it was for only a day. If you ignore the Detroit Metro-Times' Curt Guyette's  hyperbole and snark and just focus on the details you get a pretty good sense of why this Maroun guy is thought to be such an asshole from his article.