speedoo
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Right, way too early to be optimistic on that point. After a week or two, maybe.Not even at the 24 hour point yet. I, for one, am wary of piling on.
Right, way too early to be optimistic on that point. After a week or two, maybe.Not even at the 24 hour point yet. I, for one, am wary of piling on.
People are hanged, literally or figuratively. Never-animate objects are hung.LOL I never know the correct past tense of that word
People are hanged, literally or figuratively. Never-animate objects are hung.
My good grammar deed for the day.
I'm not so sure. All he is being accused of in the intial incident is a rebuffed flirtation. That's not particularly damning. There are a lot of other proof hurdles for the plaintiff to negotiate before she could prevail.
I have begun a deep dive on this "woman". ["findings" removed" - JS]
I am only posting public data.Be careful what you post about her or imply...she may sue you. Don't put Nan in the position of having to reveal your identity to authorities.
We don't need research attacking her on her background or associations.I am only posting public data.
Who is attacking her? I am just trying to get a better picture of who this person is and, maybe, better understand her motives. Again, I am just posting public information. I'm not sure how posting facts is equated with attacking.We don't need research attacking her on her background or associations.
If the defendants' lawyers come to the point of going after her credibility, that will done within boundaries acceptable to the court.
There isn't a lot to be said, speedoo. A complaint is a flexible thing that can be and often is amended multiple times. So it's not a stationary target. My initial reaction was, of course, picky.JS, I would be very interested in hearing any comments you, and other real attorneys (as opposed to the rest of us pretenders) might have re. The actual complaint.
Your first announced research results featured guilt by association. Any further discussion of your intentions will need to be by PM.Who is attacking her? I am just trying to get a better picture of who this person is.
There's no such thing as innocent until proven guilty in public opinion anymore. Look at Duke, those guys were hung before they were even given a trial.
I've been lovin' Euro 2012...Gehe Deutschland!Thank you. Started Rehab this week (got me walking and riding bikes). Be awhile before I can get back to work. Good thing the Euro soccer tournament is on....gives me something to do all day. (besides post on here or the Cesspool - not allowed to get my heart rate up that high )
The Duke guys were hung before hand and now are cashing in with a lawsuit.There's no such thing as innocent until proven guilty in public opinion anymore. Look at Duke, those guys were hung before they were even given a trial. Kobe Bryant as well. In the public's eye, an accusation means you're guilty.
The complaint states that the defendant was overheard calling the plaintiff "ghetto" and having said "I don't know why they are calling Shaniqua over here." It is not detailed who overheard this and how it was reported to Hardwick. Was it the two players? That remains to be determined.
I think that the claims of racially insensitive language would be as alarming than the claim of sexual harassment.
I agree with most UConn fans that there is probably little to the Geno portions of the complaint, as I stated earlier, the "glass ceiling" is another issue. Think about Kantner.I agree, this information was very disturbing to me. It also appears that if this did happen, it could be corroborated as it occurred with others present.
Why? So fifteen more phony lawsuits can be launched against him? Whatever you're willing to pay for you'll soon have more offered for you to buy.... Geno will probably settle so as not to risk his reputation further.
Actually, that's not exactly correct.
She provided a list of witnesses, who she said knew about the encounter, to the N.B.A. this year, in an attempt to retain her Olympic assignment, she said. But the league’s general counsel did not talk to these people, or to Mr. Auriemma, according to the lawsuit.
“I was willing to close this story in 2009,” Ms. Hardwick said in an interview last week. “If Geno had not interfered with my job and my livelihood, I would not have filed this lawsuit.”
In the suit, Ms. Hardwick, 46, a lawyer and a former New York City undercover narcotics detective, accused Mr. Auriemma, the N.B.A. and USA Basketball, which oversees the women's Olympics team, of employment discrimination.
It's possible she lost her job for some other reason, and was trying to find a scapegoat to blame and now accused him of sexual assault, but as a lawyer and former NYC undercover narcotics detective, I find it difficult to imagine that she'd be making it all up.
On the flip side, I have a hard time imagining Geno actually doing what she accused him of. Not to be overly dramatic, but if true, this would potentially be the worst thing to ever happen to WCBB at UCONN...
Probably my favorite post in this thread, Cat. Question: how quickly could Geno's lawyers file to dismiss the complaint against him, and is it feasible that that could be adjudicated quickly?Geno's lawyers will seek to dismiss the complaint and I don't see how it survives such a motion. As has been stated by others, the legal claim against Geno is very, very weak. The complainant and Geno work for different employers. The complainant's employer is the NBA and Geno is working for USAB. The complaint doesn't assert a direct discrimination claim against Geno (how could it? Complainant doesn't work for Geno or USAB), but instead asserts that NBA is responsible for Geno's alleged unlawful conduct through the principle of respondeat superior (employer is responsible for the conduct of its employees, agents, contractors, etc.). But if the plaintiff prevails on that theory, by definition the claim is only against the NBA, not Geno.
A couple of additional thoughts. There is no way that Carol Callan and USA Basketball heard about this situation for the first time yesterday. I doubt there is anything involving USA Basketball that Callan doesn't know about. The filing of the lawsuit may have been news, but it appears USA Basketball knows why Hardwick won't be in London in July. This is from John A's blog:
USA Basketball continued to withhold comment Tuesday and would not explain why Hardwick was fired. A source familiar with situation told the Courant Monday night that her dismissal stemmed from unprofessional conduct more than a beef with Auriemma.
“That will all come out in due process,” said USA Basketball spokesman Craig Miller.
For the record, Cat is a Reliable Source for legal issues.Probably my favorite post in this thread, Cat. Question: how quickly could Geno's lawyers file to dismiss the complaint against him, and is it feasible that that could be adjudicated quickly?