Jesse Ventura wins 1.8 Million in Defammation suit

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[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]ScholesGoals wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]Severiano wrote:
There are a lot of people with a lot of conviction over things they don’t know.

Some things to keep in mind about Jesse Ventura… He was a guest speaker at a graduation, he’s respected and invited to ceremonies to speak. He frequents the same spots as other dudes, he is part of their culture PERIOD. You can’t take away his service. Shit, I remember when I was in how stoked I was to get to see Jesse’s old video’s that were used to train spec ops guys.

Jesse Ventura makes a career off of his name and reputation. How exactly is he supposed to carry on when someone defames him? None of this is any of our business anyhow. Maybe there should be a better code about keeping quiet about service in groups like the Seals. [/quote]

I agree about the code of silence, which I guess I always assumed was in place anyway. I understand the litigation against CK to try to right himself, however, when CK died, his best course of PR action would have been to say, “Although I still stand behind my previous statements , recent events have brought me to the realization that some things are more important than a bar fight who said what. Although we disagreed, the passing of a fellow Navy vet is beyond tragic and I would like to offer my prayers and support to his family and drop my lawsuit at this time.” Boom, he comes out the best he can. [/quote]

Wouldn’t that of left JV open to counter suits?
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Not a lawyer, but I don’t really see how it would. Explain your thinking and I will try to see if I am wrong there somewhere.
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Me neither, I am really asking not telling.

I would of thought if JV dropped this then CK wife could counter with litigation claiming JV was lying and try and get money for damages, lawyer fees etc?

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[quote]ScholesGoals wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]ScholesGoals wrote:

[quote]jbpick86 wrote:

[quote]Severiano wrote:
There are a lot of people with a lot of conviction over things they don’t know.

Some things to keep in mind about Jesse Ventura… He was a guest speaker at a graduation, he’s respected and invited to ceremonies to speak. He frequents the same spots as other dudes, he is part of their culture PERIOD. You can’t take away his service. Shit, I remember when I was in how stoked I was to get to see Jesse’s old video’s that were used to train spec ops guys.

Jesse Ventura makes a career off of his name and reputation. How exactly is he supposed to carry on when someone defames him? None of this is any of our business anyhow. Maybe there should be a better code about keeping quiet about service in groups like the Seals. [/quote]

I agree about the code of silence, which I guess I always assumed was in place anyway. I understand the litigation against CK to try to right himself, however, when CK died, his best course of PR action would have been to say, “Although I still stand behind my previous statements , recent events have brought me to the realization that some things are more important than a bar fight who said what. Although we disagreed, the passing of a fellow Navy vet is beyond tragic and I would like to offer my prayers and support to his family and drop my lawsuit at this time.” Boom, he comes out the best he can. [/quote]

Wouldn’t that of left JV open to counter suits?
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Not a lawyer, but I don’t really see how it would. Explain your thinking and I will try to see if I am wrong there somewhere.
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Me neither, I am really asking not telling.

I would of thought if JV dropped this then CK wife could counter with litigation claiming JV was lying and try and get money for damages, lawyer fees etc?
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I do not think dropping the lawsuit would increase the chance of that happening any more than if he kept it going. I feel like if she didn’t counter sue under the current circumstances, she probably wouldn’t have if he had dropped it.

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[quote]ScholesGoals wrote:
I would of thought if JV dropped this then CK wife could counter with litigation claiming JV was lying and try and get money for damages, lawyer fees etc?
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Sadly, I would think that to all unbiased onlookers, if anyone was lying, it wasn’t Ventura. All of the people present at the date in question either claim no altercation occured, or that they personally didn’t see any altercation occur. You can’t really sue Ventura for making a claim that seems to be actually supported by all available evidence. Especially in light of clearing his name when it was seemingly brought up by someone else in attempt to further their own agenda (self promotion, book sales,…)

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[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
You can’t really sue Ventura for making a claim that seems to be actually supported by all available evidence. Especially in light of clearing his name when it was seemingly brought up by someone else in attempt to further their own agenda (self promotion, book sales,…)

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Well… You can, it wouldn’t make any sense but the way our justice system works, you never know who will win and who can get sued for what.

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[quote]The Mighty Stu wrote:
Especially in light of clearing [JV’s] name
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Cracks me up every time I read this. Not because you’re wrong, but see SexMachine’s post above. Dude is a fruit cake, lol. His name isn’t cleared.

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[quote]csulli wrote:

[quote]geordieboy wrote:
I wonder how many navy seals we have in this thread.[/quote]
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Mostly because there is a lot of debate over whether JV is a real Seal or not, even amongst current and former seals, or so I gather. I was wondering if there were any seals on this site, and if they could give their perspective on the matter.

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My partner at work is a former seal,had to pull half of the stuff out of him( he got out 4 years after 9/11) then did some work for companies(CIA.?) till 2009 before settling into the security/ bodyguard field…showed him this thread and he stated Jesse was accepted by seals( even though he was only UDT) but half the reason they accepted him was b/c of his celebrity status…said he wasn’t happy with the whole Kyle/Ventura he said she said debacle and while he believed it happened,thinks Jesse should have taken the high road as his name was mud already with all his conspiracy theories…but is glad that a lot of seals are shunning him now,like I said he’s a man of few words and have to pull stiff out of him …

we had to escort Marcus Lutrell at a hotel for a press junket for Lone Survivor and it was funny as he looked at Marcus and they nodded and gave the chin to each other like they sensed they were both warriors…my .02 cents,really loathe Ventura for not dropping the lawsuit once Kyle was killed