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Posted on 04/28/2006 3:11:12 PM PDT by kristinn
Edited on 04/28/2006 3:20:03 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
Rush Limbaugh's attorney has issued a statement announcing a settlement of the Florida prosecutor's investigation into alleged doctor shopping by Rush Limbaugh.
Details have been read by Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh. Basically, the charge of doctor shopping is dismissed, with some conditions.
In response to media and other inquiries, Roy Black, Rush Limbaugh's attorney, released the following statement today concerning a settlement agreement with the Palm Beach County State Attorney's Office to end the investigation of Mr. Limbaugh:
"I am pleased to announce that the State Attorney's Office and Mr. Limbaugh have reached an agreement whereby a single count charge of doctor shopping filed today by the State Attorney will be dismissed in 18 months. As 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. 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 this 18 months, 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."
The actions taken today are as follows:
-- The State Attorney has filed a single charge of doctor shopping with the Court. The charge is being held in abeyance under the terms of an agreement between the State and Mr. Limbaugh.
-- Mr. Limbaugh has filed a plea of "Not Guilty" with the Court.
The formal agreement between Mr. Limbaugh and the State Attorney will be filed with the Court on Monday. The terms of the agreement are substantively as follows:
-- Mr. Limbaugh will continue in treatment with the doctor he has seen for the past two and one half years.
-- After Mr. Limbaugh completes an additional 18 months of treatment, the State Attorney has agreed to drop the charge.
-- Mr. Limbaugh has agreed to make a $30,000 payment to the State of Florida to defray the public cost of the investigation.
Has anyone else ever been charged in Floridah for "doctor shopping"
This sounds like a Drive by Prosecutor gladdened by Drive By Media.
They are wimps and cave in to everything while pursuing no foe for their transgressions.
Cynthia McKinney is the latest example of this hypocrisy and the lack of stones belonging to Repubs.
I could care less what the people at DU think.
I do want the people at FR to be honest about what has happened here.
You know, you bring up a point that we should also pick up on, and not let go.
The MSM basically ignored the Sandy Burger thing. Here you have a former high ranking United States National Security Advisor stealing classified documents and stuffing down his underwear. And the press ignores it.
Contrast that with a radio talk show host and a prescription drug problem. Breaking news on all networks, other national stories bumped so the focus could be on Limbaugh.
A very interesting study of priorities, I would say.
For once they want to confine the comments to a single thread instead of the usual 40 gazillion threads.
They try to make that sound like a huge amount, but it works out to a little less than 3 pills every six hours -- it depends on the dosage, obviously, but that's hardly an extraordinary number of pills.Enough to make him permanantly DEAF. Too many, for sure.
"18 continued doctor visits"?
Isn't that what started all this in the first place? Why doesn't he have to go to 12-step meetings, Narcotics Anonymous, or something, like other people? If he considers seeing a doctor as "treatment," he runs the risk of using again.
Fat?
All these headlines are confusing, but they're all true. He was arrested and has settled. Apparently up until this point, it was only an investigation with no charges. I suppose Roy Black had something in mind when they day finally came.
So he can't vote anymore?
I used to like Savage too until he decided it would be profitable to his program to appease the left just like Bill O'Reilly did. Ofcourse Savage bashes Bush from the right but the libs love it and Savage knows it. I mean, all you have to do is look at the city from which he broadcasts. He appeases the left by bashing Bush from the right.
Them lightning throwing kittens are quick.
He's not one to talk about addictions.
-PJ
Ah, the ramblings of people living in the past.
Leaving aside the fact that you didn't have the nerve to say that to my face, and the fact that it's 100 percent horses**t, what does being a BushBot have to do with being able to see a guilty person cop a plea?
You don't have to be a doctor to have an opinion. And you don't go into treatment if you don't have a problem either.
Methinks the poster in question has read too many Al Franken texts?
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