Posted on 04/01/2014 12:03:32 PM PDT by SatinDoll
BOSTON (AP) — A Saudi Arabian man injured in the Boston Marathon bombings has filed a defamation lawsuit against Glenn Beck, accusing the conservative commentator of calling him "the money man" behind the attack.
Abdulrahman Alharbi, 20, said in the lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court in Boston that his reputation was "substantially and severely damaged" as a result of Beck's statements on the air linking him to the bombings.
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FLOTUS made a point of visiting him in hospital.
The lawsuit trial will be interesting as there should be all kinds of opportunity for discovery.
"The lawsuit, which also names the broadcast companies connected to Beck's show, seeks a jury trial and unspecified damages."
If I were Beck, I would see this as a great opportunity to skin the Arabs and make a huge publicity event out of it.
“If I were Beck, I would see this as a great opportunity to skin the Arabs and make a huge publicity event out of it. “
The justice system is entirely random with a strong liberal bias. There’s not telling what might happen once you get in front of a “judge.”
this will be interesting and they have to tie it to beck and no other contemporaneous stories. Which was reported first?
Civil suit interrogatories...could get interesting.
this will be interesting and they have to tie it to beck and no other contemporaneous stories. Which was reported first?
I am sure us freepers can find an easy answer for this....
I have to wonder if this is an estabishment attempt to try to take Beck down or to control him if “they make it go away”....
Discovery: Law. Data or documents that a party to a legal action is compelled to disclose to another party either before or during a proceeding.
(wiki source) Discovery, in the law of the United States, is the pre-trial phase in a lawsuit in which each party, through the law of civil procedure, can obtain evidence from the opposing party by means of discovery devices including requests for answers to interrogatories, requests for production of documents, requests for admissions and depositions.
I think discovery is one of the reasons savvy conservatives like Mark Levin are not sued. This should be interesting and will likely be dropped upon word from Saudi Arabia.
Leon Uris’ `QB VII’ comes to mind. The plaintiff may be sorry he opened this can of worms.
“I have to wonder if this is an estabishment attempt to try to take Beck down or to control him if ‘they make it go away’”....
(You think how I think. My husband thinks I am crazy, always thinking the establishment is in on things....)
He will fold like a paper doll, He had this info and did not use it all. It was out there for any reporter that had the fortitude to stand up. We did out part.
To prevaiul, this guy will have to prove damages.
What possible “damages” could an Arab suffer “to his reputation” ????????????????????????????
Check out the Mark Steyn suit by that idiot Michael Mann of hockey stick infamy.
same thing.
This character is a “victim”? Really....
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, while testifying in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee , actually conceded that Abdul Rahman Ali Al-Harbi, the Saudi national who moved from ‘suspect’ to ‘person of interest’ to ..
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011643/posts
Alharbi Visited the White House Several Times ..
Abdul Rahman Alharbi on a Watchlist..
Do you have documentation for these claims or is this just your opinion?
See previous posts on this thread about "Discovery". The Al Qaida affiliation claimed by Beck is the heart of the defamation suit. Hence, I doubt a FReeper yet has a smoking gun.
Never argue with a man that buys ink by the barrel...
Or in this case one who owns his own tv/radio network!
“handling the “pressure cooker bombs” when they started to go off.”
What? If he was close enough to touch one he’d be much more severely injured. From the ignition to blast is milliseconds, they were filled with blackpowder and fireworks powders.
Yes, FLOTUS visited him, that much is correct.
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His hands were burned and the explosives used in the pressure cooker bombs were also on his hands.
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