Posted on 10/03/2009 7:53:29 AM PDT by MindBender26
There is panic at Black Rock
Last evening, at an executive-level party attended by some of the Senior Suits from CBS, (and others,) Letterman was the ONLY topic of conversation. There was clearly panic in the air. And old friend/fiend who was there said it was more delicious than the cold Hors Dourves and watered down Scotch.
There was no concern for the moral implications of Lettermans actions, of course. The big worry was about the huge cost of litigation from all the victims of Lettermans slippery zipper.
When the news of the trouble was first announced, there was about an hour of relief that Dave had dodged the bullet and the show/network was safe.
Then the calls from the lawyers started. It didnt matter whether they were from CBS outside counsel or the victims lawyers; the message was all the same. Its goona cost big time. In Lettermans pathetic attempt at humor, he had proven all the potential plaintiffs cases, and turned millions of potential jurors against him.
At first CBS itself thought they were protected by two elements. His staff may actually work for World Wide Pants, Inc, Lettermans separate, private production company. Sorry, but that will only slow the lawyers down for about 30 minutes. CBS provided the working environment, venue, etc.
CBS IS on the hook for any damages.
Secondly, many liability policies specifically exclude or limit coverage for sexual harassment. No one was willing to talk about that end of it . but those that knew were not happy.
Bottom line, when all said and done, depending on how many women (and possible men) were involved/victims, CBS will probably write checks in the $100,000,000 range. They cannot afford to let this go to public trial... and therefore any settlement will be for "telephone numbers... with area codes!"
Serves them right!
And Sarah Palins book is doing so very well everywhere
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Some are guessing that this will only mean chump change to Letterman.
Sounds like your glass house has a few cracks. Sending whale glue....it smells but works well.
Regards, Sarah
True and that will of course be CBSs argument in a motion for dismissal.
However, that will not stand for long. At least one of the women will have been found to have applied to CBS and referred to WWP, people worked for both entities, etc.
And remember, CBS can't "afford" to have any judgments or settlements unpaid by Letterman. Can you imagine that publicity?
Any contract CBS has with WWP is meaningless in this situation. Party A and Party B cannot make a contract to limit the rights of Party C. WWP and CBS can have all the contracts that say WWP is responsible for any damages, but if a court finds CBS liable in any way, all that does is "make" WWP pay CBS for any damages after CBS pays them.
I know. This is still in the what if phase of an unfolding event. There might be 4 women, there might be 40. There might be a few million paid out, or there might be hundreds of millions paid out. Loss from advertisers could be anywhere from zero to hundreds of millions. Nonetheless, there are some very frowny faces around CBS these days. And that's a good thing.
Wold Wide Pants....Ha ...you can't make this up
David Litterpig should have to live by the politically correct shi* he espouses ! ! ! The poor down-trodden helpless females were VICTIMS of the chauvinist PIG ! ! !
I'd take the bankruptcy of SeeBS anyway I could get it.
Feel sorry for the kid. The wife....I'm sure she knew she was one among many. The marriage was her payoff. Who the hell would want to be a girlfriend of 20 years and suddenly marry the guy. Best guess: They knew this was going down BEFORE THE MARRIAGE.
If it’s 40 they’ll erect a statue to the guy. He’d have to be running an assembly line. That explains the different interns every summer. LOL!
Deeeeeeeeeeeeelish!
David Letterman’s top ten excuses:
This is satisfying on many levels.
Wow so much news in the past 2 days.
Letterman is an ass.
He is crude and vulgar and tasteless. And most of all; not funny.
I miss Johnny Carson.
Nothing would please me more than to see that gap-toothed sack of fecal matter do a perp walk.
1. Bitches set me up.
2. Depends on the meaning of the word sex.
3. F%$ked. But accurate.
4. Bush fault.
5. A-Rod is my hero.
6. I confessed because $2million was too much scratch to pay for my itch.
7. Can't we all just get along a little?
8. Lawsuits? Now Couric won't be the only one to have a public rectal exam.
9. Get 0bama on the phone and tell him I have a job he can save.
10. Late show will now be: Magic Moments with David Cop-a-feel
Crap! I was just about to say that.
LOLOLOLOL!
You can't make this stuff up!
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