Posted on 04/28/2006 5:32:16 PM PDT by RonDog
This just in, from Yahoo! NEWS:
Press Release Source: Rush Limbaugh Reports Stating Rush Limbaugh Was Arrested Are Inaccurate; Limbaugh's Attorney Holds Press Conference at 8:00 pm Tonight
Friday April 28, 7:55 pm ET
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 28 /PRNewswire/ -- A spokesman for Rush Limbaugh said some news reports that state Mr. Limbaugh was arrested are inaccurate.Separately, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, Roy Black will hold a press conference at 8:00 pm this evening at the Marriott Hotel at 1001 Okeechobbee Road in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Mr. Black will discuss the agreement reached today with the State Attorney's Office whereby a single count charge of doctor shopping that was filed today by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months.
As previously announced, a primary condition of the dismissal, Mr. Limbaugh must continue to seek treatment from the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years. This is the same doctor under whose care Mr. Limbaugh has remained free of his addiction without relapse.
Mr. Black stated, "Mr. Limbaugh and I have maintained from the start that there was no doctor shopping, and we continue to hold this position. Accordingly, we filed today with the Court a plea of 'Not Guilty' to the charge filed by the State.
"As part of this agreement, Mr. Limbaugh also has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation. The agreement also provides that he must refrain from violating the law during the 18 month period, must pay $30 per month for the cost of "supervision" and comply with other similar provisions of the agreement.
"Mr. Limbaugh had intended to remain in treatment. Thus, we believe the outcome for him personally will be much as if he had fought the charge and won," he said.
Contacts: Sitrick And Company (310) 788-2850 (212) 573-6100 Mike Sitrick Tony Knight Tammy Taylor Anne George
He doesn't have any criminal record to be expunged. He has not been convicted of anything. The charge of doctor shopping is going to be dropped.
It's amazing isn't it? The double standard leftists have re: rich conservatives (like Rush, that did it the old fashioned way....by earning it)....and rich leftists (like Teddy 'Hic' Kennedy, sKerry, Rockefeller, etc, who just had to be born to have the $$$).
Funny...I've never heard ANY leftist express disdain for Teddy for being a rich, fat, white guy.
That is entirely beside the point, don't you think? The point might possibly BE that Rush took the pain pills in lieu of having to have the back surgery. I've heard the back surgery makes other pain seem like a walk in the park, and I don't blame him for avoiding having it performed. I would. The pain pills relieved the pain enough so that Rush could keep working without having the surgery. I also suspect that Rush is a workaholic. (Ergo, how he went from having no money to being quite well off. He EARNED it.)
"Out of all the years I have listen to Rush, I don't recall him ever announcing on his show that he was taking time off for back surgery."
Tom DeLay sure started a trend with mugshots didn't he?
You are a nut. Pardon someone for a crime that results in 18 months probation ?
I understand, from both Rush and Sean Hannity who also explained it, that the required surgery involved access through and near his vocal cords. For obvious reasons, not a good idea for Rush. Anyone else remember these discussions?
8am 4-29-07 ABC news on the radio still saying he was arrested...lmao.
The Drive by media got their revenge on Rush.
My dad was a golf pro, played at least 5x per week for 40 years with a lot of back pain from an injury in his thirties. I play a lot of golf also, and your theory worthless.
That's true...I forgot about those.
So I guess OJ is innocent.
B.S.
I have a lot of pain in my feet, but I tape them up and do a lot of hiking, walking and running. YOU got to play with pain, not wimp out like you liberals.
Caspar Weinberger's indictment was certainly timed, but you'll never get the prick that did it to admit that.
I'm not a liberal. Can't stand the them. Can't even think of the last time I voted for a Democrat. Just because I am not a Rush Limbaugh fan makes me a liberal? Some of my views might lean a little liberal depending on the subject.
Too late! You'll never get the idiots to stop repeating, "Rush was arrested, Rush was arrested."
Dan Quayle didn't misspell "potato," it was the media that distorted the incident. Read his book Standing Firm for his account.
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