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08-31-2017, 08:39 AM
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Sweatin' to the Ruling
Simmons Lawsuit
In what was apparently a first-of-its-kind ruling for which there was no established precedent, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge has thrown out fitness guru Richard Simmons' defamation lawsuit against the National Enquirer for the tabloid's claim that Simmons was undergoing the transitioning process associated with an alleged forthcoming sex change operation. The judge, while acknowledging that a sizable percentage of the population may be prejudiced against transgender individuals, ruled that the Enquirer's story, even if false, was not sufficiently defamatory to constitute libel, unless specific harm could be shown to have resulted from it.
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08-31-2017, 08:45 AM
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The guy is rather strange, it wouldn't shock me if the story was true. He definitely isn't very masculine nor wants to be.
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08-31-2017, 09:39 AM
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This will make it open season on celebrities.Some will deserve it; some won't.
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08-31-2017, 12:35 PM
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Ugh...the guy always gave me the creeps. Sorta like PeeWee Herman.
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08-31-2017, 01:32 PM
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If the story was false, the suit shouldn't have been thrown out.
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08-31-2017, 01:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Marshall Bennett
Ugh...the guy always gave me the creeps. Sorta like PeeWee Herman.
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PeeWee was real popular around the time I lived with a girlfriend and her 3 children from a previous marriage who were ages 5-8. I think they had all of Peewees moves and watched them over and over. And my girlfriend wondered why I was always at work or the race track.
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08-31-2017, 06:40 PM
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Pee Wee is alright, I guess, but never sit in front of him in a theater.
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Who does the Racing Form Detective like in this one?
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08-31-2017, 08:13 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tom
Pee Wee is alright, I guess, but never sit in front of him in a theater.
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Without borrowing his raincoat.
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09-01-2017, 10:58 AM
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"But don't ask me what I think of you, I might not give the answer that you want me to. "
Fleetwood Mac, Oh Well, Part 1 (1969)
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09-22-2017, 06:25 AM
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Sweatin' A Little More Now
Richard Simmons Ordered to Pay Legal Fees
Richard Simmons has been ordered to pay the National Enquirer's legal fees in connection with defending itself against Simmons' dismissed defamation lawsuit against the tabloid.
Last edited by Overlay; 09-22-2017 at 06:26 AM.
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