The sad things is, I get why she would settle and disappear rather than go through the appeal process again. With enough money criminals can always get off or have their crimes reduced to nothing. Prosecutors are spineless and have no financial or promotional incentive to pursue cases like this. Hell, being the…

This is as important a story as Deadspin has ever done. My contempt for Hardy, Jones and Goodell is matched only by my admiration for Diana’s epic reporting.