Posted on 08/12/2017 7:51:32 AM PDT by ptsal
Col. David “Wil” Riggins, after a highly decorated Army career that included multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, was on the verge of promotion to brigadier general in July 2013 when he got a phone call at the Pentagon from the Army’s Criminal Investigative Division to come in for a meeting. Once there, he learned that a blogger in Washington state had just accused him of raping her, when both were cadets at West Point in 1986. An investigation was underway.
Then, Riggins sued Shannon for defamation, claiming that every aspect of her rape claim on the West Point campus was “provably false,” and that she wrote two blog posts and a Facebook post “to intentionally derail [his] promotion” to brigadier general. During a six-day trial that ended Aug. 1, a jury in Fairfax County, Va., heard from both Riggins and Shannon at length. And after 2½ hours of deliberation, they sided emphatically with Riggins, awarding him $8.4 million in damages
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In the eyes of an impartial jury and the law it does - 8.4 million times.
What a loss for the U.S. military that this man’s career was derailed by a lying, scheming, delusional opportunist. As a female, I cringe at reading about her transgressions.
There’s a ton of money to be made blogging. Getting clicks, ad money. Just saying.
$8K of the $11K+ donated was given by 5 people. One $4K donation and four $1K donations.
JoMa
That’s Andy Kaufman!
To all men, see what happens when you make a stand on gender issues?
Decided to go back and see status. It is still under $12K, although having just looked, one person donated $10, 11 hours ago.
JoMa
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