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.
> I've been a conservative since I was fifteen I am now fifty seven. After all those years of nothing but liberal media, I will never forget the day I found Rush. I love him for that and I always will.
We are the same age and ought to both remember Barry Goldwater fondly. I'm am still a Goldwater Republican. I don't for a minute think that Limbaugh is.
Sorta like an AMWAY diamond.
ditto
Sure it will.
Everyone loves me.
Yes, and he has help to raise over 15 million for the Leukemia Lymphoma Society in the last 15 years.
ummm..
Newsflash. He was Arrested, and that is a fact.
People turn themselves in all the time and get arrested.
Now if the story didn't mention at all about the deal he made, or that he bonded out an hour later, then maybe I would be angry too.
What would your headline be?
"Rush Limbuagh arrives at Police Station to drop off $3000, takes an hour"
When aren't we?
He's already been on for 16 years, and I hope he's on another 16 years.
Nicely done!
I'm sure the judge takes that into consideration as a mitigtating circumstance.
He was no doubt sick of this case. It's over now. He's not going to break the law so his probation doesn't mean anything. $30K (+ Black's couple o' bucks) isn't going to break Rush and now it's behind him.
Ironic that the MSM is screaming about how "they" arrested Rush on drug charges today (as if he was caught ingesting today, geez) of all days, when Rush just collected untold sums of money for the leukemia lymphoma foundation on his show today. He is way more saint than sinner today.
Too bad he didn't get community service (h*ll, he delivers more community service to this country than most, 15 hours a week). What a jailbreak fantasy to scoop him up in his orange jumpsuit as he picks up papers on the side of the 405 freeway...
Heh.
I notice that you are still scared to to respond to me!
;<)
See ya!
Otherwise, Limbaugh is a fat, arrogant, abrasive, abusive, drug addicted hypocrite. Give him 5 years.
Wow. Unbridled jealousy and you're dead wrong.
Rush will be on the radio for as along as he wants.
These trumped up charges against Rush really burns my a$$. I totally understand the chronic back pain he's been having to deal with, it suck's.
I too live in Florida and this state has scared doctors to death over prescribing painkillers which are necessary to get through some days. Personally I try only to take them whenever the pain gets simply too much to bare, but am really never pain free and know there are others in worse shape than myself.
My original Dr. wrote me one last scrip when the state started warning Dr's for over perscribing them. This made me go to a different Dr only to get one scrip only and move on to the next, and so on, and so on.
More times than not when calling to make the appointment and having to describe what the visit would be for I was told right up front that no pain medication would be given.
I've spent as much a $1000 bouncing from Dr to Dr just trying to get one of them to give me the prescription I needed.
OMG...................ROFLMAO!
Without doubt.
Hmmmm....It's 7:50 and STILL no replies. Must be he is desperately looking for anything.
Whoa, those PMs must have been something! :-D
The ZotFather has spoken!
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