^^^^That is the absolute truth!! Is there any way to horde some of it?
^^^^That is the absolute truth!! Is there any way to horde some of it?
From Taya Kyle, Chris Kyle's widow.
The ENTIRE problem with this country is that common sense has been barred from the legal process, and it has been for a long time...
The verdict was announced around 1:20 p.m. Tuesday. The federal jury awarded Ventura $500,000 for defamation and $1.3 million for unjust enrichment. That brings the total to $1.8 million.
On the sixth day of deliberations, the jury decided that the 2012 best-selling book defamed Ventura in its description of a bar fight in California in 2006. Kyle wrote that he decked a man whom he later identified as Ventura after the man allegedly said the Navy SEALs "deserve to lose a few."
On the sixth day of deliberations, the jury decided that the 2012 best-selling book defamed Ventura in its description of a bar fight in California in 2006. Kyle wrote that he decked a man whom he later identified as Ventura after the man allegedly said the Navy SEALs "deserve to lose a few."
I haven't read the book and wasn't at the trial so i have no opinion about the award. I would want more info.
If Kyle actually did "deck a man" over a percieved insult he committed a criminal act.
I am disgusted about our court system, and frivolous lawsuits, and the assaulting of strangers. But again, I don't have enough info so my opinion isn't worth much.
If Kyle actually did "deck a man" over a percieved insult he committed a criminal act.
I am disgusted about our court system, and frivolous lawsuits, and the assaulting of strangers. But again, I don't have enough info so my opinion isn't worth much.
I wouldn't defend Jesse Ventura, but slander tends to make people like him angry. I'm not saying he's right or wrong, I'm saying that if you slander him to make money from a book, his reaction will be predictable.
Similar to the Zimmerman trial, 2 me know what happened and 1 is dead. I have heard a ton of Ventura interviews, and every time he's always glowing about the Navy Seals and his time with the branch. So I find it hard to believe he would say something like that. However, I don't think this single story sold all the books and don't know why Kyle would have to gain from lying.
i'm curious if anyone know what evidence was presented. To win a slander case, especially against a public figure, has some pretty high standards. Typically involving lying.
I don't have a clue about this case, or if ventura argued he wasn't a public figure in this case, but it does seem like there'd have to be some evidence to support his position that hasn't been presented here.
I don't have a clue about this case, or if ventura argued he wasn't a public figure in this case, but it does seem like there'd have to be some evidence to support his position that hasn't been presented here.
People who were there on the night in question, swear under oath that Kyle's account never happened. Defamation is a very high bar to clear legally. The whole thing could still be reversed on appeal.
AAAAND, I couldn't give a flying ass fukc about Jesse Ventura, but the suit was filed before Kyle was killed, and the idea that a guy shouldn't react against lies being told about him...is sort of inexplicable, especially around here.
The defendant is dead. Its a one sided story.
