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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsJesse Ventura wins defamation lawsuit against Chris Kyle
(Was suing the estate of "American Sniper" Chris Kyle for writing about an encounter Ventura claims never happened.)
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Jury awards ex-Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in defamation suit over sniper memoir.
Ventura total damages in defamation lawsuit: $500k for defamation, $1.3m for unjust enrichment
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,267 posts)It will be appealed, no doubt.
JI7
(89,172 posts)hopefully this means many of the stories about those he killed in iraq were fake also.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)frylock
(34,825 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)takes a hit.
JI7
(89,172 posts)w4rma
(31,700 posts)zeemike
(18,998 posts)When our soldiers brag about how many people they have killed.
In any other wartime it would have been considered shocking and immoral to brag about killing people...now they are celebrities.
riverwalker
(8,694 posts)Kyle was young, with arms like tree trunks. Ventura is an old guy, in good shape, but 62. Kyle wrote he punched Ventura who landed on the floor. Witnesses who saw Ventura the next day said he had no marks or injuries.
Ventura denies he ever said "you guys deserve to lose a few" and all the other stuff.
Max power
(60 posts)He deserved to win the case
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)PAProgressive28
(270 posts)Jesse is a nut and he should have dropped the suit after Kyle's death. The guy never "bragged" about the number of people he killed. If you're referring to the Opie & Anthony interview, go back and watch it again. Kyle was very humble.