Micheal Schiavo Refuses Settlement Offer that Includes Granting him all of Terri's Money

Terri's Website http://www.terrisfight.org ^ | 1/28/05 | Attorney Gibbs

[bjs1779]

George, Michael, and family members! They might get banned every time they post but that won't stop them from lurking! ;)

God must love these people very much. He has prevented them from committing murder all this time. It must be so frustrating for them! : )

[FreepinforTerri]

So we go back to court on February the 7th. Good. More time wouldn't have hurt though.

[syriacus]

Looked like immunity to me. Mention of no furture court involvement.

Last year I was thinking that offering him immunity might be the answer, but now I'm not sure that he can be really be guaranteed immunity from everything at all levels (local, state federal).

For example, if some authority finds Terri's civil rights have been denied, will they accept an agreement in which someone else gave away her right to have been treated humanely?

Do people who repeatedly attempt to kill their children get to go off into the sunset scot-free?

My asking this question doesn't help any person, who might be lurking. Any person's lawyer already knows the limits of what rights can be traded away in another person's name, especially if that lawyer has been a "leader" in the field of this type of guardianship.*

I think this offer of immunity needed to be made. At the same time, with this offer on the table, Michael can twist this situation to say, "See I was offered immunity, but I turned it down. I must, therefore, be innocent. I truly am only carrying out Terri's wishes."

*This type of guardianship should be given some other name, like bodily enslavement.

[El Gran Salseron]

"But the ongoing crimes"

Which "ongoing" crimes would that be?

[FreepinforTerri]

Denying Terri rehab is an ongoing crime. Denying her oral health care. Keeping her imprisoned. Denying her access to her family for months on end.


Just a few 'ongoing crimes'

[tutstar]

Well adultery is a misdemeanor. I'm not sure which category of offense the breaking of the guardianship requirements would fall under. This case has really made me wonder how many guardians are actually being made to comply with the statutes that pertain to guardians. If there was a really good prosecutor they could get him for plenty of things, denial of religious freedom, neglect, and more.

Some wonder if insurance fraud could be charged as well. He never said anything about Terri not wanting to live that way until after he won a million for rehab. About $700,000 of that was awarded specifically for Terri's rehab which she hasn't had. It's being used to pay George Felos.

[Dante3]

You are right, this case could be investigated. I've seen on cold cases on A&E and CourtTV where the investigators have gone back thirty or more years.

<P<IMHO Michael is beyond a control freak. He is a sadist and he might figure he'll get the money anyway, maybe he is planning a book deal. Just look at the passes given to him by the judges. He didn't even have to show up for some of the depositions -- just ignored them.

[amdgmary]

Wrangling continues as Terri Schiavo's family issues challenge to Michael

an ABC Action News report 01/28/05

CLEARWATER - Terri Schiavo's parents are offering Michael Schiavo everything they have if he'll just walk away and let Terri live.

The Schindlers made that very public challenge to the husband of their brain-damaged daughter Friday; the two sides have been locked in a legal battle over Terri's fate for years.

"He's nowhere to be found," Terri's father, Robert Schindler, said. "Let Michael Schiavo stand right where I am now, in front of all these cameras and microphones, and then you ask him the questions: Why will he not give Terri back to our family?"

The family also made an offer to give Michael uncontested access to Terri's finances and story if he drops his efforts to have her feeding tube removed.

"Book rights, movie rights, any money that could ever be made off of Terri, he can have it all -- any money that he would inherit -- if he would just please, please walk away," explained David Gibbs, the Schindlers' attorney.

George Felos speaks on behalf of Michael Schiavo, who hasn't commented publically on the case since 2003.
While the Schindlers took the case to the court of public opinion, a legal battle waged inside court as well. Gibbs argued Terri was never properly represented.

Calling it "frivolous" and "outrageous," Michael Schiavo's attorney argued that it was just another stall tactic meant to deny Terri her right to die.

"I have said over and over again, this case finally is going to end when the state court justices say no more stays, no more postponements," George Felos told Action News.

It doesn't look like that will happen anytime soon. The judge will take a week to look at this latest appeal after Felos gets a chance to respond to it, and a decision could be weeks away.

The court is also looking at another appeal, which would remove Michael Schiavo as Terri's guardian. A date for that case has not yet been set.

http://www.tampabaylive.com/stories/2005/01/050128schiavo.shtml

[ishabibble]

Even more, why can't he just divorce Terri and give her back to her parents? Because she is, in fact, the prime witness to her own attempted murder.

Sunny von Bulow is the key for Terri. The Schindlers should review that case, and I only offer this because Sunny's state was dismissed because she was a very rich socialite. The Schindler's need to look at the von Bulow case. Claus was found guilty guilty the first time; after Alan Dershowitz got involved, and did the lawyer jig, Claus got off. I truly believe the Michael Schiavo is guilty of attempted murder.

[Dante3]

I agree. And Terri is in far better condition that Sunny. In Sunny's case the children, not the husband, became the guardians. Even though the husband got off the second time - wasn't it because of a technicality? - no one demanded that he be the guardian.

[bjs1779]

Apparently Judge Greer has been rubing elbows with Scientology. This stuff is not for the faint hearted! Warning: stay away soccer moms.

Lisa McPherson.Church of Scientology involved. Pinellas-Pasco Medical Examiner Joan Wood has said the medical evidence indicates McPherson went without fluids for five to 10 days, possibly longer:

Scientology attorney Wally Pope—who represented his "church" in the Lisa McPherson case—was the individual selected to bestow this high honor on Judge Greer! Wally cited high ideals, personal character, and judicial competence: "Yet, in the teeth of all that, he has steadfastly demonstrated exactly what the John U. Bird award was created to honor: high ideals, personal character, judicial competence and service," lawyer Wally Pope said before bestowing the honor.

[amdgmary]

1/28/2005
For Immediate Release

Why Won’t Michael Schiavo Just Let Terri Go Home?

Following a court hearing today before Judge George Greer in the Pinellas County FL Probate, Robert and Mary Schindler, parents of Terri Schiavo, made public a settlement offer that was proposed by their attorneys to attorneys for Michael Schiavo on October 26, 2004.

Although Mr. Schiavo's attorneys have verbally rejected their proposal, the Schindlers will continue to keep their offer on the table and remain hopeful that they will one day be allowed to bring their daughter home.

A copy of the letter is available at http://www.terrisfight.org/documents/SettlementLetter10-04.pdf

[pc93]

The planned 3rd attempt to dehydrate/starve, etc. is an ongoing crime. It is an on-going attempt to murder. There is no statute of limitations on that.

[pc93]

The planned 3rd attempt to dehydrate/starve, etc. is an ongoing crime. It is an on-going attempt to murder. There is no statute of limitations on that.

[pc93]

Oops.. double post.

[windchime]

Thanks, Ohioan from Florida!

[windchime]

Bump!

[sport]

I would like to see george felos excerise his right to die.

[tutstar]

thanks for the ping...

[supercat]

Last year I was thinking that offering him immunity might be the answer, but now I'm not sure that he can be really be guaranteed immunity from everything at all levels (local, state federal).

I think putting one more condition on Michael might help clinch that: that Florida and the feds invite him to turn state's witness against Felos et al. Once he did that, the deal would be not just between him and the Schiavos, but between him, Florida, and the state. Further, by turning state's witness against Felos et al. he would be protected from them.