Posted on 08/09/2017 7:15:05 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Useful idiot syndrome. This is one leg of the wide web of deceit the entire totalitarian left long ago devised.
>> His career on tv is over just like O’Reilly.
Yeah, but he could be SecretRy of Commerce.
Not unless named.
Bolling might not name HuffPo now in smart tactical move.
If so, (depends on how the policy is written) HuffPo’s insurance carrier might not be required to pay for Ali’s defense if HuffPo itself is not a Def.
Sounds like a potentially very smart move on part of Bolling’s lawyers. (They are very much a White Shoe firm.) Ali cannot afford a good defense, and the message herein to HuffPo is that if your insurance carrier starts to pay for Def, we’ll add you as a defendant.
Not unless named.
Bolling might not name HuffPo now in smart tactical move.
If so, (depends on how the policy is written) HuffPo’s insurance carrier might not be required to pay for Ali’s defense if HuffPo itself is not a Def.
Sounds like a potentially very smart move on part of Bolling’s lawyers. (They are very much a White Shoe firm.) Ali cannot afford a good defense, and the message herein to HuffPo is that if your insurance carrier starts to pay for Def, we’ll add you as a defendant.
This is especially true, since Bolling is a Public Figure money damages are unlikely, but through Discovery they can effectively make Ali admit he had no story.
Sounds like Bolling has very good lawyers.
Look into the Darren Sharper case.
All-Decade NFL player. Maybe the best looking guy in the NFL. Excellent student who graduated from William & Mary.
Doing 20 years for multiple rapes.
Amen to that.
I don’t see how Bolling doesn’t end up paying attorney’s fees for this.
The standard here is actual malice. Ali claims he has sixteen sources. And at least one Fox personality already went on the record about Bolling.
Unless he can prove some massive conspiracy with Ali at the center of it, he’s not going to be able to meet the standard.
Doesn’t matter. Unless he had reason to know that all these sources were yanking his chain, it’s not going to be viewed as malice or reckless disregard for the truth.
This is high profile. Ali is going to set up a legal defense fund and/or end up with the best free speech attorneys working bro bono. He’s not going to go broke paying for his defense, whether HuffPo foots the bill or not.
Again, Bolling claims 16 sources, and there is a Fox contributor who just buried Bolling on Facebook. The truth of the story is not at issue here (aside from an affirmative defense). The questions is whether Ali acted maliciously or recklessly here.
I don’t see how Bolling proves that unless there is some memo where 16 women agree to take him out and admit to having a reporter willing to go with the ruse.
I wasn’t aware of that, thanks for the information. Both my parents were daily communicants and I joined them numerous times when I could. That says a lot to me about Eric Bolling.
Actually, in this sort of action, “Truth is the ultimate defense.”
Regardless of Ali’s motives, sources, even commercial enrichment from the story, if the story is true, Bolling has no case.
“Yasher Ali, a “freelance reporter,”
At last, a reporter whose name I can pronounce!
All of us here knew it couldn’t be yours, anyway. ;)
“Sounds like Bolling has very good lawyers...”
A case can swivel on a tiny oversight.
George Washington, et al, would not believe what goes into legal defense “work”.
Well, yes, obviously.
Not really this kind of case. It’s pretty straightforward.
......I’ve had the opportunity to sue people for a lot of money several times and walked away from it. I don’t think Kimberley will sue Bolling because she’s a lawyer and thoroughly understands the subject of litigating and my take is she likes Bolling.
Plus Bolling could counter sue her and all kinds of juicy stuff about Bolling could come out and get in the press.
I meant “juicy stuff about Kimberley. Sorry.
I would have liked to have read your post, jazz. Paragraphs really do help our eyes and brain read and follow the written word.
Best,
K.
Indeed. I think they picked the wrong guy for the setup.
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