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.
No matter what happened I wish anyone the best when they are down whether it is their fault or not.
People are only losers when they quit trying to better themselves.
No dimbulb, you're jealous of his accomplishments. Pathetic, anonymous you.
It's on the WaPo website with an AP byline.
Thank you, I'll be here all night. Rim shot.
WOW!!!
Howlin, you are good, damned good
:-)
This is just the msm going after their worst nightmare; Rush Limbaugh. They can't stand him exposing them for the frauds that they are day after day and now is their chance to do a major league drive-by on him and they are foaming at the mouth.
Bottom line is all it(the mssm demagoguing of Rush) will do is piss some of us off even more and we will continue to expose them for the journalistic frauds they are even more.
AP did. ABC gets their wirecopy from the AP.
My point: Rush is better than you. Glad I can clear that up.
Oh, I listen all the time when I'm out and sometimes I even scan the threads.
As you say, there isn't anybody here who didn't listen to Rush the first time and think, "OMG, it's not just me!"
He was arrested, charge will be dropped in 18 months if he passes all the conditions.
What do you think he did when he went into a program voluntarily?!!!!
You misunderstand. It isn't "again". This is the only time he has ever been "arrested"; in the past he was being investigated. This is an arrest based on a warrant just now executed on the old, original charge of doctor shopping. He posted a small bail and pled not guilty to the charge. Prosecutors have said they will not pursue a trial on the charge if Rush meets certain conditions regarding his admitted drug problem and pays investigation costs.
Both....
he was arrested.....
he made a deal.....
Read the first post in the thread along with the article, and that should explain it.
Warrant....
Arrest.....
Bonded Out....
Deal to be filed Monday with court......
18 years.
You can bet the cost of that persecution cost 10X $30,000.
Look in the mirror.
Oh, it's too funny.
I took at peek at DU, they are furious. They are convinced Limbaugh got off because he is "rich and white" (amazing how liberals are so obsessed with the color of people).
They are ripping. And his mug shot is sending them into frothing fits. Each one starts out posting how thrilled they are, and as the truth dawns, how he didn't even plead guilty, they dissolve into rage.
I love DU when their hatred turns to ashes.
He's an admitted addict who's been in treatment for his addiction, while unnamed witchhunters who want to take him down have been energetically trying to invent a case against him.
Even the last time he went for treatment it was obvious this was coming. Rush is a smart man and so are his lawyers.
He did nothing more wrong than a misdemeanor. He'll be fine. And so will us Rush fans.
...and so did the state.
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