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riverwalker

(8,694 posts)
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 02:30 PM Jul 2014

Jesse 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






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Jesse Ventura wins defamation lawsuit against Chris Kyle (Original Post) riverwalker Jul 2014 OP
Boom. Happy for Ventura. nt 7wo7rees Jul 2014 #1
I'm surprised. Defamation cases are tough to win. The Velveteen Ocelot Jul 2014 #2
Kyle seemed to have a history of lies to make himself out to be tough JI7 Jul 2014 #7
Youch. n/t DirkGently Jul 2014 #3
good frylock Jul 2014 #4
American Viper Jackpine Radical Jul 2014 #5
GOOD, not a fan of Ventura, but he was right on this and Chris Kyle was a lying asshole JI7 Jul 2014 #6
Former SEAL Chris Kyle Allegedly Killed by Former Marine He Was Trying to Help w4rma Jul 2014 #8
It's a sign of the times I guess. zeemike Jul 2014 #9
I kind of followed the trial riverwalker Jul 2014 #10
Good Max power Jul 2014 #11
I'm surprised but glad. NaturalHigh Jul 2014 #12
Have to disagree here PAProgressive28 Jul 2014 #13

JI7

(89,172 posts)
7. Kyle seemed to have a history of lies to make himself out to be tough
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 04:34 PM
Jul 2014

hopefully this means many of the stories about those he killed in iraq were fake also.

zeemike

(18,998 posts)
9. It's a sign of the times I guess.
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 05:11 PM
Jul 2014

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)
10. I kind of followed the trial
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 05:19 PM
Jul 2014

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.

PAProgressive28

(270 posts)
13. Have to disagree here
Tue Jul 29, 2014, 06:22 PM
Jul 2014

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.

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