Pouncey in the news again

[sick beats]

sick beats, your nasty stinking ass is showing again.

Again? I never left. You might want to check your meds; you seem disoriented and, quite frankly, just out of it. Visit the doc, and inform him of the side effects you are experiencing from the 7 different drugs you are on.

Yes, the Nevada case against Ben fizzled. That's what lawyers call it when a plaintiff sues for big bucks and settles for peanuts, a/k/a, nuisance value. Fact is, nobody knows what the dingbat got, so all the yakking about a "game check" or "half a game check" is bull****.

No, "a fizzle" would indicate it went away. "Settling out of court" is a whole different animal. If it truly fizzled, as you foolishly claimed, Ben wouldn't have had to pay a dime. But, he paid over 6 figures, which you have never seen in your life at one time, so spare us labeling it as "peanuts" and stop further embarrassing yourself.

What we do know is that after she filed the suit, a lot of evidence (including her own e-mails) became public and exposed her as a liar. Ben's lawyers were then threatening to sue HER.

Ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww, they "threatened to?" Did they? Then it's totally meaningless. Your ignorance is glaring.

It wasn't long before her lawyer publicly reduced her demands to these: That Ben would admit the rape, apologize, and donate $100,000 to some organization for abused women. That PUBLIC offer was rejected immediately.

It was? That is shocking. It wouldn't be because the demand was a stunt all along, would it?

Now tell me why he would then settle the case for a game check or half a game check. That's pure bull**** and you bought it. You're not just a nasty prick; you're stupid. LeBoo THAT.

LeBoo that? You really are just an embarrassment. You can't even remain in a conscious state where you can grasp reality. Go take a nap and down your meds. We know you don't actually work.

[sick beats]

It wasn't $685, it was less than that. And it was likely less than $352, based on the salary year. A settlement in the low six figures is cost of defense with the rates that he was paying Cornwell, particularly considering the scorched earth approach that Cornwell was taking.

When you can buy certainty for the cost of defense, you do it. Particularly where you also get a negative story out of the headlines.

Maybe. But for the LeBoo of the board to claim the case "fizzled" when it in fact got settle out of court, well, let's just say that assertion is completely false. But, no surprise there.

[papillon]

Maybe. But for the LeBoo of the board to claim the case "fizzled" when it in fact got settle out of court, well, let's just say that assertion is completely false. But, no surprise there.

I would say that going from $50 million to somewhere between 100K and 350K is fizzling. While not disappearing completely, that is fizzling to most, I would think. She received no acknowledgment of wrong doing from Ben either, so the settlement was pretty much just to save court costs, it's more prudent than anything.

Pappy

[sick beats]

I would say that going from $50 million to somewhere between 100K and 350K is fizzling. While not disappearing completely, that is fizzling to most, I would think. She received no acknowledgment of wrong doing from Ben either, so the settlement was pretty much just to save court costs, it's more prudent than anything.

Pappy

No one settles out of court unless the plaintiff has the possibility to cause grief. Personally, if I was 100% falsely accused, I would bury her. I actually think she is a lying scum bag - that's not the point. When someone says, "The case fizzled" it usually would indicate no settlement of any kind was reached and the plaintiff got nothing. I know of a company that was in a suit and when the prosecuting attorney was right about to mail all past employees over the matter of unpaid overtime, the company raced to an out of court settlement. I wonder why? Someone might try to claim that case "fizzled" but that wasn't the case there either.

[birtikidis]

No one settles out of court unless the plaintiff has the possibility to cause grief. Personally, if I was 100% falsely accused, I would bury her. I actually think she is a lying scum bag - that's not the point. When someone says, "The case fizzled" it usually would indicate no settlement of any kind was reached and the plaintiff got nothing. I know of a company that was in a suit and when the prosecuting attorney was right about to mail all past employees over the matter of unpaid overtime, the company raced to an out of court settlement. I wonder why? Someone might try to claim that case "fizzled" but that wasn't the case there either.

I doubt you would try to bury her. The case would drag on for so long that you'd lose exponentially more money than it'd be worth. Ben doesn't get a lot of endorsement deals as it is, and the ones he has would have abandoned him long before it was over with. Plus teams may find it to be too distracting and he would then have started bouncing around. If he were truly guilty she would have tried to bury HIM. Settling out of court allows her to get a financial gain and it allows him to move on.

[phillyesq]

No one settles out of court unless the plaintiff has the possibility to cause grief. Personally, if I was 100% falsely accused, I would bury her. I actually think she is a lying scum bag - that's not the point. When someone says, "The case fizzled" it usually would indicate no settlement of any kind was reached and the plaintiff got nothing. I know of a company that was in a suit and when the prosecuting attorney was right about to mail all past employees over the matter of unpaid overtime, the company raced to an out of court settlement. I wonder why? Someone might try to claim that case "fizzled" but that wasn't the case there either.

Easier said than done. Every lawsuit carries risk. The risk varies based on the merits of the case, the jurisdiction, skill of the plaintiff's lawyer, etc. With a celebrity like Ben, the mere mention of the allegations harms his brand, regardless of whether the allegations have merit or not. If you or I get sued, it's likely that nobody knows about the suit. Your name is not dragged through the papers daily.

Settling a lawsuit, particularly for a public figure, is a business decision. You stop the publicity and also eliminate the risk of a jury trial. What if you get a Ravens fan on the jury?

[sick beats]

Easier said than done. Every lawsuit carries risk. The risk varies based on the merits of the case, the jurisdiction, skill of the plaintiff's lawyer, etc. With a celebrity like Ben, the mere mention of the allegations harms his brand, regardless of whether the allegations have merit or not. If you or I get sued, it's likely that nobody knows about the suit. Your name is not dragged through the papers daily.

Settling a lawsuit, particularly for a public figure, is a business decision. You stop the publicity and also eliminate the risk of a jury trial. What if you get a Ravens fan on the jury?

I don't disagree with any of the above. But still, I wouldn't call any suit settled out of court as having "fizzled out" that is all. The person claiming that obviously didn't know a settlement was reached.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Again? I never left.

You did leave when you were kicked out under your previous name lloydroid.

[Shawn]

You did leave when you were kicked out under your previous name lloydroid.

Oh scnap...he didn't think about the matching ip addresses in the moderator logs.

[hawaiiansteel]

You did leave when you were kicked out under your previous name lloydroid.

does Crash hold the all-time record for most board aliases?

[RobinCole]

sick beats, wrong again. I followed the case closely and was aware that the case had been settled. I practiced law for 35 years. I know how these things work. You, OTOH, don't know doogie. Among lawyers, a suit filed with great fanfare and demands for big money starts to fizzle when the plaintiff publicly and drastically lowers her demand before the defense has even made an offer. When the defense not only rejects that demand but ridicules it, and the case is later settled with monetary terms not disclosed, it means she "caved".

Use the search engine of your choice and the search term "Roethlisberger rejects settlement". Browse the dozens of articles that come up. Note how the plaintiff and her lawyer were ridiculed, their competence and sanity even questioned, how one commentator called their conduct "bizarre". Even Ben's lawyer publicly suggested that the woman was mentally ill. You beginning to get the idea?

[Captain Lemming]

does Crash hold the all-time record for most board aliases?

No doubt he is.
My question......has Crash been banned more times under his various names than all other banned people combined?

[RuthlessBurgher]

No doubt he is.
My question......has Crash been banned more times under his various names than all other banned people combined?

If you don't include banning the bots that are trying to sell knockoff jerseys, then probably, yeah.

[Eich]

No doubt he is.
My question......has Crash been banned more times under his various names than all other banned people combined?

He's a legend when it comes to embarrassing record-setting. He's been kicked off more discussion boards than TO was kicked off teams! Has anyone ever made more predictions that didn't come true? But with such a volume of them, one is bound to be right from time to time and there he'll be within nanoseconds, touting his vast wisdom.

[RuthlessBurgher]

My favorite is when he comes back telling everyone that he's been saying something or other on here for years and years, and someone calls him out by stating he's officially been a member for, like, 4 days.