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Richard Simmons ordered to pay $130,000 after transgender lawsuit
NBC News ^ | March 12, 2018 | Brooke Sopelsa

Posted on 03/15/2018 1:13:49 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat

More than six months after dismissing Richard Simmons’ defamation lawsuit against the National Enquirer and Radar Online, which ran articles alleging that Simmons had undergone sex reassignment surgery, a judge ordered the fitness guru to pay nearly $130,000 in attorneys’ fees to the media outlets and their publisher, American Media, according to court documents.

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Gregory Keosian issued his ruling on Friday. The defendants had filed a motion in January seeking $220,000, which Simmons' lawyers criticized as a "billing fiesta."

Simmons sued the media outlets in May 2017 after they ran articles claiming he is transgender. A June 2016 cover of the National Enquirer, for example, read: “Richard Simmons: He’s Now a Woman.” In his lawsuit, Simmons claimed the outlets published the stories with “calculated malice.”

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To: TigersEye

That’s about what I figured. Being labeled trans-gender may even be a compliment these days.


21 posted on 03/15/2018 1:45:11 PM PDT by Rio (I was deplorable when deplorable wasn't cool.)
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To: TigersEye

We need a NAMMBA (North American Manly Man Brotherhood Association) to tell the weirdos what to do.


22 posted on 03/15/2018 1:47:27 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Rio

It is to a California judge.


23 posted on 03/15/2018 1:47:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

LOL

I just want to say, I am NOT a lumberjack!


24 posted on 03/15/2018 1:48:36 PM PDT by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: humblegunner
So basically you object to calling a queer.. a queer? What about cows and baseballs and firetrucks? Should we call them ferrets and rocks and starships just because somebody has got their little feelings hurt?

How is that, in any way, a response to this article or my comments about the same?

25 posted on 03/15/2018 1:49:45 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: TigersEye

Yeah, some logic, right? The judge essentially ruled it was bigotry if someone objects to front page stories being run about them saying they had themselves castrated (among other things) when they didn’t and the publication knew that they didn’t...and now rules they, the victim of the intentional lies, should have to pay the publication that ran the knowingly false story.


26 posted on 03/15/2018 1:53:59 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: TigersEye

If you’re a lumberjack that’s okay, as long as you’re dealing in literal, not figurative wood!


27 posted on 03/15/2018 1:54:12 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Always found him likeable but too squirrelly...

At least as far as I know he never imposed his political views on anyone. Might be too absorbed in pushing his business image [at least I hope it’s just an image and not an obsession] to even have political views.


28 posted on 03/15/2018 1:54:48 PM PDT by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: HiTech RedNeck

I think you may be right.


29 posted on 03/15/2018 1:54:59 PM PDT by WayneS (An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last. - Winston Churchill.)
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To: Republican Wildcat
I always admired Richard Simmons, he was the Liberace of the fitness industry.

His flamboyancy (which always caused me to chuckle) and associated videos lead a lot of fat people to change their life styles around and lose weight.

I hope he overcomes these media and legal assaults against him.............

30 posted on 03/15/2018 1:56:24 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: Republican Wildcat

It should be obvious to everyone.


31 posted on 03/15/2018 1:56:55 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Republican Wildcat

California Hate America libtard logic.


32 posted on 03/15/2018 1:57:56 PM PDT by TigersEye (13 Russian Facebook trolls ... and a Siberian partridge in a Russian Olive tree.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Come on man, this ain’t facebook.
Wasted space.


33 posted on 03/15/2018 1:58:16 PM PDT by hadaclueonce ( This time I am Deplorable)
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To: hadaclueonce

It’s not wasted space to post a story about a judge punishing a victim because of his (the judge’s) support of “transgender rights.”


34 posted on 03/15/2018 2:03:13 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: Hot Tabasco

Well still, there was a point of swish beyond which even he didn’t want to go. That testosterone helps him not be as fat as he might otherwise be. And I wonder if he ever ventured that in his lawsuit. “Look, I’m physiologically male and never wanted anything else, and it makes perfect sense for my line of business.”


35 posted on 03/15/2018 2:03:15 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

So....does this mean he had gender reassignment surgery.


36 posted on 03/15/2018 2:03:30 PM PDT by Angels27
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To: humblegunner
So basically you object to calling a queer.. a queer?

I don't, you obviously did not read the article. The National Enquirer claimed that he was undergoing transgender surgery, which has been proven false..........

It's got nothing to do with being queer............

Here's from the article that you didn't read:

falsely asserting that Mr. Simmons is transitioning from a male to a female, including 'shocking sex surgery,' breast implants, hormone treatments and consultations on medical castrations,” Simmons' lawsuit stated.

37 posted on 03/15/2018 2:07:48 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (My cat is not fat, she is just big boned........)
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To: WayneS
The burden of proof is on the accuser - unless you support tyranny.

OK, fine... proof.
Somebody yank has drawers down and let's see.

Let the accuser yank his fruity drawers down.

Thereby putting the burden of proof on the accuser.

38 posted on 03/15/2018 2:10:21 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Hot Tabasco

The devil’s in the details. Maybe Simmons didn’t even have sex.


39 posted on 03/15/2018 2:12:20 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

You mean he used to be a girl?


40 posted on 03/15/2018 2:14:19 PM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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