—hush money paid through a settlement —
Seriously? You think that is it?
I’m not buying it. There are far too many bs cases that are just paid off because it’s cheaper. And what I am hearing about the settlement amount fits into that category. ANYTHING under $100k is “quit bothering us” money.
Statement is presently being prepared by the woman and her attorney. IF Cain would have kept his mouth shut and not devised so many different stories on the incident, it’d be dead today. This is what has caused this woman to now step out of the shadow...Cain’s lies. What always happens is the coverup...that’s what will deep six you. Everyone is calling Cain and Company Amateur Hour.
It was a settlement, never made it to court. That means the aggrieved party agreed that the $35,000 payment satisfied her alleged damage and was made whole and agreed to close the proceedings subject to the non-disclosure agreement and other terms not known to us.
Her lawyer no doubt took her case on a contingency basis with his fee being the usual third. In this case about $11,550 leaving his client with $23,450. Not exactly the lottery.
I’ll even suggest that she snapped up the first offer and that her lawyer told her to take it because she had no substantive case that would survive a full court action. Which means Mr Slippenfall would not only not receive his one third fee, he would be out of pocket for all costs as well as his lost time which could have been pursuing other shady deals. Many of these sharpies haven’t stepped a foot in courts in years.
A typical nuisance suit.