FSU Settles With Rapeis' Accuser for $950,000

[Durty South Swamp]

sad part is we are the real victim here, that 950k is nothing more than our tax dollars hard at work.

 

[WobbleGator]

sad part is we are the real victim here, that 950k is nothing more than our tax dollars hard at work.

Sucks for you.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

Sucks for you.

 

[PastyStoole]

Folks, this is just round 1. TPD and Rapeis will pay far, far more.

She has real money now she can use on lawyers, P.I.s and experts in those cases.

 

[Marianna-FL_Gator]

Folks, this is just round 1. TPD and Rapeis will pay far, far more.

I see the title 9 will continue even though they settled. I think they are in some serious sh*t with that but I've never practiced law. What's your take on it?

 

[Double Gator Dad]

I will take Law's word for it and assume that there is more to come but I can't help but think that this is step one in the eradication of this entire mess from the landscape.

Two years have passed, State's Attorney Meggs has retired with a full pension, the TPD goes on covering up everything that happens, FSU still works in tandem with FSU to ensure legal impunity, Pam Bondi continues to ignore the dirt right under her nose and best of all, FSU and every politician in America spews crap about crimes against women and how much they care.

Just another day in the new America.

 

[NCOGator]

I hope she gets all of Winston's singing bonus as well, and he is out on the street with his $3 education from F$U by next year.

 

[rogdochar]

Rape is violent abuse. The long history of FBI interviews of victims reveals that
in their statements victims' brains no longer allow them to even say "we" when
speaking of the rapist = not we went to the party but "he took" me to the party ...
... the victim can no longer speak of any togetherness with the attacker.

 

[alcoholica]

The ESPN ticker said that legal fees of $700k were included. Remind me, but wasn't her aunt her lawyer?

 

[MJMGator]

I hope she gets all of Winston's singing bonus as well, and he is out on the street with his $3 education from F$U by next year.

Don't forget his signing bonus, too.

 

[NCOGator]

Don't forget his signing bonus, too.

Yeah that too. LOL

 

[Alagator]

The ESPN ticker said that legal fees of $700k were included. Remind me, but wasn't her aunt her lawyer?

She was. But some firm out of Colorado (I think) took the case over. They had successfully tried cases like this and at the time of them taking the case, most assumed this was indicative of the guilt of rapeis, fsu and/or TPD, as most believed this firm never would have taken the case if they didn't feel with some degree of certainty they could prove their case.

 

[Scott512]

Too bad she didn't get more.

 

[MJMGator]

Clowns basically pull a number out their ass to make it sound like they are paying mostly legal fees and not for damages.
Check out this article from USA TODAY:

Did FSU overstate attorneys' fees in announcing lawsuit settlement?

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...lement-erica-kinsman-jameis-winston/79315752/

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Again, I think this is a sovereign immunity issue. Basically this means that the state or govt can't be sued except to the extent they waive immunity. By statute I think it is $300k. If their statutory limit is $300k, they have to state the rest is for attorneys fees in order to pay a settlement 3 times the amount.

As was mentioned, this is purportedly the biggest settlement ever against FSU. They want out, badly and quickly.

 

[crosscreekcooter]

Two years have passed, State's Attorney Meggs has retired with a full pension, the TPD goes on covering up everything that happens, FSU still works in tandem with FSU to ensure legal impunity, Pam Bondi continues to ignore the dirt right under her nose and best of all, FSU and every politician in America spews crap about crimes against women and how much they care.

Just another day in the new America.

This sounds very similar to stuff going on in Washington

 

[2ndAmend]

Only $900,000 ? she got raped.

Dearest rog, so sorry to see you received a DISLIKE... thought only I get DISLIKES.

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Let me remind everyone that this is not about whether she was raped. It is about the fact that there was no investigation of ANY kind for nearly one full year due to a cover up by FSU and TPD.
Who knows if she was raped, all we know is that apparently FSU believed she was so they squashed it.

 

[Durty South Swamp]

DGD gets it. This one wasn't about whether she was raped or not. It was about the fact that fsu deliberately shirked their responsibility to conduct a thorough investigation of the "allegation" of rape by the alleged victim and report the alleged incident to the proper authorities so law enforcement could do its own proper investigation. Instead of doing what they were required by title ix law to do, they buried the story and actively conspired against the victim in order to protect their golden boy. That is why this was a no brainer and fsu was willing to set the record for settlement payout before a trial occurred; they knew they were up creek without a paddle and no amount of money would outweigh the embarrassment of being proven guilty of intentionally screwing over a rape victim to protect their scumbag football program. The truth is they get off super cheap. They could have easily gotten 5 or even 10 mill off the boosters because going to court would have ended in absolute disaster for the school, regardless of the truth of the allegations.

 

[rogdochar]

My bad ... I fogged over the points DGD and Durty made. So true & accurate.