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Terri Schiavo's Ex-Husband Michael Threatens to Sue Her Family Over Foundation
Life News ^ | 5/3/10 | Steven Ertelt

Posted on 05/03/2010 4:17:02 PM PDT by wagglebee

St. Petersburg, FL (LifeNews.com) -- Terri Schiavo's name could be back in court, but this time for a different reason. Her former husband says he is considering a lawsuit against her family because they started a foundation in her name to assist other disabled who may be deprived of their legal rights and medical care.

The foundation was once named Terri's Fight and existed before Terri's death, which saw Michael Schiavo starve and dehydrate her to death over 13 days after winning a court order to take her life.

The Schindler family -- Terri's mother and father and brother and sister -- headed up the foundation to defray legal expenses and costs to provide Terri the rehabilitative treatment and medical care Michael deprived her when he gave up on her recovery.

Following Terri's painful euthanasia death, the Schindler family change the name to the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation and it has raised a modest amount of money -- less than six figures -- to provide help and support for disabled people like her.

But, Michael, who said he never wanted anyone to profit from the use of Terri's name, claims the helpful nonprofit organization is doing just that.

Michael says a court document gives him rights to the name Terri Schiavo and he says it means no one can use her name without her permission. His attorney has written to the Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation telling it that its use of the name violates that court order.

Schiavo's attacks are ironic given that he attempted to profit politically from Terri's death, by starting a political action committee that supported candidates until it closed down after the FEC repeatedly fined it for late reports and violating reporting guidelines.

David Gibbs, a pro-life attorney who helped the Schindler family during their legal battle to protect Terri's right to live, told WTSP that the Schindler's are doing a good job running the nonprofit and helping hundreds of people.

Gibbs also says the foundation has the right to use Terri's name since she is a public figure and they are related to her.

Wesley J. Smith, an attorney and bioethicist based in California, says what Michael Schiavo “believes” is "irrelevant and beside the point."

"Had the reporters wanted to find out the kind of help the foundation offers others, producers could have called me or a myriad of others active in this field, who are quite aware of the selfless giving and effort each surviving member of Terri’s family offers to others," he said. "Indeed, I have personal knowledge of case after case in which the Schindlers worked selflessly–and without financial compensation of any kind–to assist family members save their cognitively disabled loved ones from suffering the same dehydration fate as Terri."

Smith says neither Terri's brother Bobby Schindler nor her sister Suzanne Vitadamo are making any money off of Terri's name.

"And as for profiteering–Bobby Schindler’s salary is $37,500 annually, and all speaking fees he receives go to the foundation," he explained. "His sister Suzanne, makes less and is 14 months in arrears in receiving her compensation."

"It is also worth noting, that after receiving complaints, the IRS investigated the foundation and gave it a clean bill of health in 2008," Smith continued. "The hatred of this family is pathological and obsessive."

Smith says the Schindler family is a wonderful one who have been unfairly attacked.

"Father Bob gave everything he had to save his daughter’s life, and seeing her die slowly by intentional dehydration when the family was prepared to love and care for her the rest of her life, destroyed his health and eventually took his life," he said. "I stand wholeheartedly and unreservedly with the Schindler family and against the continual calumny mounted against them."

Related web sites:
Terri Schindler Schiavo Foundation - http://www.TerrisFight.org



TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: euthanasia; moralabsolutes; prolife; terrischiavo
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But, Michael, who said he never wanted anyone to profit from the use of Terri's name, claims the helpful nonprofit organization is doing just that.

What a disgusting piece of crap!

1 posted on 05/03/2010 4:17:03 PM PDT by wagglebee
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Human garbage. He’s got no case.


2 posted on 05/03/2010 4:17:48 PM PDT by SoCalConstitutionalist
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3 posted on 05/03/2010 4:17:49 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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4 posted on 05/03/2010 4:18:11 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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5 posted on 05/03/2010 4:18:36 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: SoCalConstitutionalist

Would somebody please put this Schiavo dirtbag on ice?


6 posted on 05/03/2010 4:21:41 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
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To: wagglebee

For $25 someone could have Mikey visited by some big ol ex-cons from da hood who are longing for “prison love”.


7 posted on 05/03/2010 4:22:31 PM PDT by dusttoyou (libs are all wee wee'd up and no place to go)
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To: wagglebee

He is sick, what an evil, vile man he is.


8 posted on 05/03/2010 4:22:47 PM PDT by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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There is a special place in Hell for this festering maggot.


9 posted on 05/03/2010 4:22:48 PM PDT by chris37
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It’s all about money for him, isn’t it.

People like him give a new meaning to the term *mercenary*.


10 posted on 05/03/2010 4:23:32 PM PDT by metmom (Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
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He must need money.


11 posted on 05/03/2010 4:26:34 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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"But, Michael, who said he never wanted anyone to profit from the use of Terri's name,...."

WHO the h$ll is HE to say ANYTHING - "HE never wanted".... too bad, who the heck cares what HE wants.

12 posted on 05/03/2010 4:26:43 PM PDT by jackibutterfly ( Palin is so under obama's skin, he hears 'Hail to the Chief' when he sees her.)
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To: wagglebee

Or maybe his lawyer wants to stir things up again.


13 posted on 05/03/2010 4:27:11 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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Sorry, but isn’t enough he had her murdered.


14 posted on 05/03/2010 4:27:51 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: metmom

Mikey is still pissed that he had to spend all of Terri’s money murdering her.


15 posted on 05/03/2010 4:32:13 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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But, Michael, who said he never wanted anyone to profit from the use of Terri's name

He starved her to death, but that wasn't enough. He wants to see her family, and every other disabled person, suffer as well.

He reminds me of Michael Newdow who keeps trying to outlaw Christianity in the U.S. because his ex wife joined a church and found happiness in spite of once being married to him.

16 posted on 05/03/2010 4:36:21 PM PDT by concerned about politics ("Get thee behind me, Liberal")
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Does the creep have a job these days?


17 posted on 05/03/2010 4:36:37 PM PDT by freespirited (There are a lot of bad Republicans but there are no good Democrats.--Ann Coulter)
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To: wagglebee

I’m sure that God’s reason for keeping this human piece of excrement on the planet is a good one.


18 posted on 05/03/2010 4:38:46 PM PDT by MWestMom (Tread carefully, truth lies here.)
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"Michael says a court document gives him rights to the name Terri Schiavo"

So, one person can indeed own another.

19 posted on 05/03/2010 4:40:15 PM PDT by Falcon4.0
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To: wagglebee

2Ti 3:13 But evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived.


20 posted on 05/03/2010 4:40:43 PM PDT by Bellflower (If you are left DO NOT take the mark of the beast and be damned forever.)
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