Good points. Perhaps that is true about precipitating settlements. I hope so. I hope Sandmann can get at least a couple hundred million in settlements.
RE: your last point though - While I am sure the perp’s lawyers are already working on 1600 different angles, flow charts, and presentations I’d rather not give them any clues.
Me too.
But even if the media bigs eke out a not guilty verdict, this story - told over and over again - and memorialized forever on Youtube, will leave corporate reputations and personal careers in tatters.
The media's coming defense will be: “Yes, we were negligent” but “No, it did not rise to the level of gross negligence.”