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.
My local NBC affiliate also just announced, as breaking news, that Limbaugh's been arrested.
Wait a minut
ABC and AP just announced arrest over the wires????
That was my post, and apparently he was arrested. It's on AP Breaking News.
Link? I looked all over Yahoo and can't find anything.
It sounds to me like the AP is just trying to have some fun with the float time between the original story and the retraction and fixed story that will follow shortly.
-PJ
KFI just announced the same thing. What the heck is going on?
What the heck is going on? Media keeps saying he has been arrested...
Another one flew by, yanked.
The MSM's head must be smokin' over this.
The drive by media will say he was arrested until such a time as someone corrects them and they have to admit their mistake.
He turned himself in, so Abrams is saying.
Time to kick back with a fistful of oxy and Mannheim Steamroller.
Rush wasn't ever actually charged before, was he? I think this may be a case of them actually filing formal charges, going through the motions of arresting/arraigning him, but with the understanding that it won't be pursued criminally if he meets the other conditions.
Were they letting him go, dont get in trouble in the next 18 months, and now using a new charge related to the investigation.
What's up? They are still saying he was arrested?? Anyone know?
So was he really arrested or is the truth this thread's headline?
A mugshot of Rush?
Well, what was he arrested for then?
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