This evinces a very archaic view of both domestic abuse victims and their psychology. I think people stopped blaming domestic abuse victims for not reporting crimes a long time ago. It’s not like it makes it any easier to say no to money (that she probably deserves anyway)

General DV psychology kind of suggests she doesn’t want it published. I’m not sure it’s a given but here is some literature out there that it isn’t necessarily healthy for someone to be “re-victimized.”

pedantry accepted. Maybe tarnish or besmirch

I don’t expect the NFL to hold one of those but I do expect the Cowboys to.

I was just thinking about this. I was honestly going to pose it more as a question because I wondered if the victim would have appreciated this and, beyond that, would it ultimately be healthier for her even if she personally didn’t think she wanted it.

I still don’t get the prosecutors’ decision not to pursue it. Obviously one of the loose ends Diana wasn’t able to track down. I agree with the “lawyers around the town” that that is the first conclusion but I’m not exactly sure what other conclusions there are. But like Diana, it doesn’t exactly make sense

Missing something - North Alta Vista Terrace is just a tiny road with houses that look kind of nice but pretty similar to other roads with houses.

I’m guessing you thought you would get a more sympathetic ear

Really? There are still free fax services out there (fax zero, efax). They are cumbersome but at least they are free.

So all you non-lawyers have to understand something - the merits of the case don’t have much to do with settlement contracts at the extremes. At some point, a lot of money is a lot of money and there is a point of diminishing returns when it comes to litigation and expecting high 8 figure payouts.

Sure. One of us is a lawyer, the other one isn’t. I know who to put my money on.

It’s a pretty good case. And 10 million is a lot of money. He will settle.

I’m assuming he settles for $10 mill

Oh yeah, so stupid. He got a broken leg and is going to get paid $10M and look like a badass doing it.

And now he’s gone. Probably just related to the logistics of having a backup QB for the Sunday game.

This isn’t exactly a scientific study

I know you mentioned it in the preface but it really does help that both women had the much stronger case and the congressional hearings were grasping at straws and relying on bluster. Plenty of people previously have succumbed to that so it is a credit to Clinton and Richards that they could withstand it but being on…

You have something bad to say about Pootie Tang? Tell it to one of your unfunny friends

It’s so much better than that. He then used his personal twitter account to act like this account was a fake when both are verified:

By numbers, there are more liberals in Texas than there are in like 30 other states. Maybe don’t paint with such a broad brush