Posted on 10/11/2006 1:52:56 AM PDT by abb
Good thought.
I was thinking today that the worst thing that can happen to these boys now is if the lying accuser refuses to testify.
That would give Nifong the out he wants and he could still insinuate they were guilty and he could have proved it.
I wondered yesterday on these threads if they have ANY recourse against her or him when this is over.
If the case is dropped and if there is a way, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see them sue somebody.
Ain't that the truth, LOL!
I should know better than to say "I need a life."
I think most likely it's both of them, if the CBS hype is true.
Exactly! We have heard Kim's statement and some statements from the players in previews and teaser, but no preview of the interview from Brodhead or information regarding the whole "presumption of guilt" aspect. I don't know what it will be axactl but something much bigger than Kim's statement is coming.
I hope they can sue somebody.
That is the best thing that can happen for them, because they don't have to waste years of their lives on trial where there is a chance they can be convicted.
No, it is not; because people will always say that somebody bought her off.
Don't forget her big mouthed cousin has been telling anybody who will listen that "they" offered her $2,000,000 to drop the charges.
It may have transmitted through Gottlieb. Gottlieb is probably still working overtime to cover his butt, not yet realizing the depth to which Liefong has sunk him - or he let himself be sunk.
And the trial is a better alternative? In Durham? Give me a freaking break already.
That's totally ludicrous.
If the case is dropped, there is NO way for them to clear their names......unless they sue the hooker and Nyfong and perhaps the county and/or the state.
The whole sorry lot of them should be sued, including Nifong, DPD, Duke, Brodhead. There needs to be accountability when all is said and done. ANd yes, they can be held legally accountable. Prosecutors have wide immunity but not from making knowingly false public statements, and Brodhead has been sued before for precisely this kind of miscondut. I still shake my head in disbelief that Duke hired him after knowing his track record at Yale for ruthlessly and wrongly throwing people under the bus based upon lies.
The first lesson I learned when I got involved in local politics (against a very liberal establishment) is that you have to be willing to inflict more pain than you can accept. In this instance, pain is defined as putting these clowns under oath, forcing to tell what happened, and publicly exposing them.
They have no choice now; they HAVE to clear their names.
Do you expect them to jump for joy if she backs down and go on with their lives?
Their lives are in ruins and they have to do something to reclaim them and prove their innocence.
It's naive to think they will let this go.
There are unsubstantiated rumors that the $2M offer cousin Jacki discussed was actaully the asking price from the FA to go away, and that is the big bombshell on 60 minutes.
I told you before and I'll say it again: these families are MAJOR players; they will not stand for this being brushed under the rug on a technicality like her not testifying.
They are some VERY powerful people and they have VERY powerful friends; these are the kind of people who sweep into two in a new administartion; they hang out with Ben and Sally Bradlee; they ARE going to prove their sons innocent beyond any doubt. IMO, of course.
If they are not interested in the money, they could sue just the FA in court, and then force the sorry lot of characters to produce discovery, testify, etc. You get no money but can pinch them good in a very public manner.
It's like the country judge. He demands to hear the district attorney's case, then slams the gavel down. "Guilty!" he says.
The defense attorney says" Wait a minute - do we get to tell our side?" "Go ahead," says the judge.
After the defense attorney presents his case the judge says: "Damn! Now he's innocent!"
I doubt that is true; Bradley seemed to indicate the bombshell is Kim's "new claims."
I'll be more than glad to jump for joy with you if that's what it is though.
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