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252. Probably once she was 18, they could now count her as defaulting

Mon Aug 5, 2013, 01:05 PM

Aug 2013

Statute of Limitations for a plaintiff minor does not start to run until they turn 18. Maybe filing an answer to the complaint is not due until 30 days after the minor turns 18. So she defaulted as an adult and they entered the judgment against her. Not that turning 18 suddenly makes you able to handle litigation, but she would have known by then the suit was pending. Should have gotten legal advice, filed an answer and argued liability, but likely losing on that, argue the amount of the damages.

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Tawana Brawley begins making payments 26 years after rape report [View all] The Straight Story Aug 2013 OP

and this blueknight Aug 2013 #1

not sure if it's just white people dlwickham Aug 2013 #2

This is why the Rev. would not get elected dogcatcher in the city of New York. msanthrope Aug 2013 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #4

Bought and paid for by the man who fomented the Brooks Brother's riot. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #6

I didn't think you were. But that 2004 campaign was a living, breathing msanthrope Aug 2013 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #8

I think Kerry would have been just fine, but you are right about the repsonse to the swiftboating. msanthrope Aug 2013 #14

Kerry did most certainly respond to the Swiftboaters. The Media chose to ignore him. This has been KittyWampus Aug 2013 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #60

A gadfly can be useful. X_Digger Aug 2013 #9

No, This is the EXCUSE a lot of WHITE people have for hating Rev. Sharpton. CBGLuthier Aug 2013 #249

BULLSHIT leftynyc Aug 2013 #268

He should probably help her pay. n/t Fla Dem Aug 2013 #257

I would question the OP's motive for bringing up this subject ...... rdharma Aug 2013 #10

Yep, Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #12

Exactly! rdharma Aug 2013 #16

And which way is the wind blowing on this one? Agschmid Aug 2013 #19

If you feel the need to post that question,....... rdharma Aug 2013 #22

What a waste. Agschmid Aug 2013 #28

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #31

I can't. Agschmid Aug 2013 #33

I'm new here..... but...... rdharma Aug 2013 #34

But what... Agschmid Aug 2013 #40

I'm NOT new here and I can tell you the OP has done this (and little else) Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #24

And in the 9 years you haven't figured out Agschmid Aug 2013 #36

Sometimes people need to be made aware of certain things. Moses2SandyKoufax Aug 2013 #42

META is gone. META was a call out paradise. Agschmid Aug 2013 #45

"This is why META was so valuable" Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #46

Here is some META for you... Agschmid Aug 2013 #47

It's a news story... Pelican Aug 2013 #243

Yes you must be new or you would know the SS posts about everything under the sun. dkf Aug 2013 #48

-1 Agschmid Aug 2013 #20

Oh? Why is that? nt rdharma Aug 2013 #23

People should not be called trolls. Agschmid Aug 2013 #26

Who said anything about "trolls"? rdharma Aug 2013 #29

You realize I replied to this post... Agschmid Aug 2013 #32

You did, that's who. You gave a thumbsup to a now hidden post calling the OP a troll. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #61

As usual. Squinch Aug 2013 #209

Yep. His concern is noted. n/t backscatter712 Aug 2013 #82

And he's/she's speaking for "all white people" to demonstrate their disdain for Al Sharpton. Liberal_Stalwart71 Aug 2013 #224

i think this is wrong. she was 15 at the time. i don't think such big judgments against teens HiPointDem Aug 2013 #11

She was a minor? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #13

i agree, if anyone should be paying restitution, it should be the adults involved. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #35

Sharpton and her lawyers did pay restituion for the defamation. Jenoch Aug 2013 #232

She was not a minor when she didn't show up for trial. You see, she didn't bother to show msanthrope Aug 2013 #55

Like I said, I'm not terribly familiar with the chronology GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #58

She kept repeating that the man was a rapist 10+ years later. Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #18

i don't care. she was 15 when it happened, a minor. she should not be having to pay $185K, HiPointDem Aug 2013 #38

She was NOT A MINOR when the defamation trial took place. She didn't show up for it. She lost by msanthrope Aug 2013 #54

Please understand Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #67

They're garnishing from her paycheck. n/t tammywammy Aug 2013 #76

Yes. I took that into consideration. Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #108

tawana brawley didn't lie about what happened to become famous or rich, but to avoid being HiPointDem Aug 2013 #99

I didn't mean Brawley Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #105

yet sharpton only had to pay $65K. and johnny cochran paid it for him. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #111

Sharpton, Maddox, and Mason had a sugar daddy pay for them........... Historic NY Aug 2013 #104

Cochran wanted nothing to do with this once ceonupe Aug 2013 #137

I'm not totally familiar with the circumstances GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #41

Yes. Completely bogus. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #59

How did they establish that? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #63

The grand jury did, there was no evidence of what she said happened tammywammy Aug 2013 #68

That's seems pretty thorough GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #75

The guy who committed suicide YarnAddict Aug 2013 #70

I saw the suicide mentioned in the NYTimes article GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #78

Yes, YarnAddict Aug 2013 #92

How can they know it was completely unrelated? dkf Aug 2013 #115

Findings of the grand jury. YarnAddict Aug 2013 #126

Yes I read that but am skeptical unless he knew nothing about being accused. dkf Aug 2013 #128

His suicide note... tammywammy Aug 2013 #170

One of the accused. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #98

There was no evidence of assault by another person--here's the grand jury report. It's an eye opener msanthrope Aug 2013 #71

the defamation suit was about the events of 1987. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #101

Well, then, I guess I have to agree with this. But I think she's messed up in the head. kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #117

She was NOT A MINOR when the defamation trial took place. She didn't show up for it. She lost by msanthrope Aug 2013 #52

I have seen some info that he sued in 1988. boston bean Aug 2013 #83

The trial was in 1998. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #89

Then what gives here, with this argument. boston bean Aug 2013 #100

She was 15 in 1987. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #107

oh, I'm just being dyslexic. I was reading it 88. boston bean Aug 2013 #110

Wait... Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #114

LOL, i can be a dufus sometimes, almost read it wrong again!!! boston bean Aug 2013 #121

She should have fought it treestar Aug 2013 #200

She should have gotten Johnny Cochran to pay it. He paid for Al. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #205

Or get him to defend her! treestar Aug 2013 #206

I think she knew Pagones had her and her mother dead to rights. It was a hoax from the start, but msanthrope Aug 2013 #212

Yeah, though that might have been in her favor treestar Aug 2013 #214

She's living with her mother and stepfather--no way she sells them out. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #218

Wiki says her excuse might have been that treestar Aug 2013 #219

But I think a lighbulb went on in Glenda Brawley's head---how to make money off of this. msanthrope Aug 2013 #226

"We should be millionaires." tammywammy Aug 2013 #227

Indeed. From all the money that rolled in, you have to wonder where it went. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #229

That may have been her excuse Jenoch Aug 2013 #228

No. Since she hasn't said that as an adult treestar Aug 2013 #234

Under the circumstances, did she have any chance of prevailing at trial. branford Aug 2013 #207

That is all possible, too. treestar Aug 2013 #253

Agreed. I don't know how a stupid, immature girl could be found personally financially kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #116

Because she failed to show up for court when she was 25. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #179

Because stupid and immature people are still responsible for their words and actions? nt hack89 Aug 2013 #183

I wonder if this guy Jenoch Aug 2013 #15

Yes--Johnnie Cochran paid it for him. nt msanthrope Aug 2013 #261

Yeah, I read that later after I wrote that post. Jenoch Aug 2013 #266

Why the emphasis on this story? rdharma Aug 2013 #17

The Straight Story posts lots of threads tammywammy Aug 2013 #27

Exactly. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #50

I'll agree he post a lot of links. I noted to him one day when he posted about 30 of them in an hour boston bean Aug 2013 #87

i dont know why people here blueknight Aug 2013 #21

I don't know why people here like to bring up RW talking points from years ago! nt rdharma Aug 2013 #25

Please explain the RW talking points. Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #39

Why please expand... Agschmid Aug 2013 #43

And what RW talking points would those be .... oldhippie Aug 2013 #64

I have an idea why you are posting nothing but drive-by insults and accusations. arcane1 Aug 2013 #74

Well , then speak! rdharma Aug 2013 #93

You first n/t arcane1 Aug 2013 #122

What right wing talking points? leftynyc Aug 2013 #269

What are the talking points? Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #84

Could you explain what is a Rw talking point in this thread. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #120

This isn't from years ago. NaturalHigh Aug 2013 #245

not in post-racial america? noiretextatique Aug 2013 #260

Some pictures of from back then Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #30

And we've even got pics! rdharma Aug 2013 #37

Please explain yourself Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #44

Let me see if I have this straight. pintobean Aug 2013 #155

A textbook example of "disrupting poorly" arcane1 Aug 2013 #157

I think it's been served before. pintobean Aug 2013 #160

And YOU come out in defense of another RW talking point! rdharma Aug 2013 #158

can you answer the question. What RW talking point? hrmjustin Aug 2013 #159

Straight as an arrow. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #161

Get's your attention every time! rdharma Aug 2013 #163

Yeah well... cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #165

Oh, really, do you want to go there, my friend? rdharma Aug 2013 #169

Yes, please. nt pintobean Aug 2013 #171

The words "please proceed" come to mind. arcane1 Aug 2013 #173

And he seems to know me so well. pintobean Aug 2013 #166

I know LOL. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #167

He's no longer allowed to post in the gungeon. tumtum Aug 2013 #190

It's just a matter of time pintobean Aug 2013 #198

He's started his own thread about this subject tumtum Aug 2013 #204

Neither is his buddy pintobean Aug 2013 #210

She was just a minor Politicalboi Aug 2013 #51

She wasn't a minor when she decided to fail to show up to court for the defamation suit. msanthrope Aug 2013 #56

It's about time. What she did was atrocious. badtoworse Aug 2013 #53

And it's over and done with..... why are the RW stooges trying to breath new life into it? rdharma Aug 2013 #57

This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #62

Breathing new life into what? badtoworse Aug 2013 #72

Why are you not participating NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #80

What's the discussion? rdharma Aug 2013 #85

No, it was a news story NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #91

The OP felt it was important to stir up old RW shit! rdharma Aug 2013 #95

So you are making empty accusations? NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #97

It was an AP News story published TODAY. Only an idiot would claim otherwise. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #102

BULLSHIT! blueknight Aug 2013 #106

Yup! BS! Names of "young men" even indicted? rdharma Aug 2013 #125

I'll keep bumping this up until leftynyc Aug 2013 #270

You're a clever fellow... The OP posted the story because it was a story in today's news, hughee99 Aug 2013 #123

I didn't call the OP a troll. rdharma Aug 2013 #130

It doesn't take a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows. n/t hughee99 Aug 2013 #139

No, I dare say...... it sure doesn't! rdharma Aug 2013 #140

Nice work. hughee99 Aug 2013 #142

+1 ..nt TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #132

there were some mitigating factors treestar Aug 2013 #203

If she would have fessed Jenoch Aug 2013 #236

Wouldn't she be admitting to a crime and get jail time? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #237

I was referring to the original Jenoch Aug 2013 #239

But now, if she admitted it, would she get jail time? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #256

I am not an attorney, Jenoch Aug 2013 #258

OK. GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #259

Day 3 no, but at age 25 when being sued treestar Aug 2013 #238

It is obvious she made it up. Jenoch Aug 2013 #240

no. the suit was in 1989. and in fact, the timeline kind of reeks. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #246

I like the Rev katmondoo Aug 2013 #65

He's an opportunist that made his entire career on this. n/t Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #187

Reading about him, he fought hard treestar Aug 2013 #193

I remember this case from when I was a kid here in NY. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #66

Sometimes stuff like this incident is true. Far too often, incidents have been "white" washed. Hoyt Aug 2013 #69

Hope she is taken for every penny she's worth LittleBlue Aug 2013 #73

Now you're just getting vindictive. rdharma Aug 2013 #77

It's my honest opinion about the man LittleBlue Aug 2013 #86

What innocent men would he send to prison? rdharma Aug 2013 #88

Only because the state found out it was a lie LittleBlue Aug 2013 #113

Who was charged? rdharma Aug 2013 #119

No one because the court found the case ceonupe Aug 2013 #144

Duke Lacrosse? Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #150

Because I'm from NC ceonupe Aug 2013 #153

Chill man. Dr. Strange Aug 2013 #178

My bad ceonupe Aug 2013 #248

Because what happened was outragous Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #112

Agree. jessie04 Aug 2013 #81

He's far more guilty than she. she was a stupid kid, he was a con-man looking for a Egalitarian Thug Aug 2013 #189

If she was 15 at the time treestar Aug 2013 #79

Wouldn't her parents be on the hook then? badtoworse Aug 2013 #90

No, I think kids are liable for their torts treestar Aug 2013 #201

The defamation suit was in 1998 n/t tammywammy Aug 2013 #96

and it was about the events of 1987. and actually, pagones' suit against brawley was in 1988. HiPointDem Aug 2013 #103

I did some digging about Boudica the Lyoness Aug 2013 #127

she wasn't being sued for what she said at a rally, she was sued for what happened when she HiPointDem Aug 2013 #141

also: she did not "keep defaming this chap for years afterwards". in fact, the statement at the HiPointDem Aug 2013 #145

She needed to have fought it at least treestar Aug 2013 #192

since when can minors even be *charged* with 'defamation'? HiPointDem Aug 2013 #194

In a civil suit treestar Aug 2013 #199

it's over $400K. she's an lpn, works at a nursing home & lives in an apartment. average lpn HiPointDem Aug 2013 #208

If she's a nurse, she got past some character examination treestar Aug 2013 #213

pagones is on record as saying SwampG8r Aug 2013 #221

that's interesting treestar Aug 2013 #222

i feel SwampG8r Aug 2013 #225

Yeah I'm for cutting some slack treestar Aug 2013 #233

i think she SwampG8r Aug 2013 #235

she was 16 when she was sued for defamation. not 25. she was 25 by the time the damages HiPointDem Aug 2013 #247

Probably once she was 18, they could now count her as defaulting treestar Aug 2013 #252

they hadn't even assessed the damages when she was 18. they didn't do that until after she HiPointDem Aug 2013 #255

Respectfully, it's not that simple. branford Aug 2013 #216

maybe had she shown upnin court Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #129

Whatever his mistakes Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #94

i respect your opinion blueknight Aug 2013 #109

Then why single out Al? Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #118

my agenda is blueknight Aug 2013 #186

Exactly how far back in time Shankapotomus Aug 2013 #211

i never said he was dumb! blueknight Aug 2013 #215

Do you think folks would be trying to stir this up years later...... rdharma Aug 2013 #124

There was an AP story about the fact she has to actually start paying hrmjustin Aug 2013 #131

Really, Sherlock? rdharma Aug 2013 #133

Well than why are you insulting people in this thread? hrmjustin Aug 2013 #134

Don't hold your breath waiting for an answer. They are just trying to be disruptive. arcane1 Aug 2013 #135

It is a shame. I tend to agree with the posters dislike of guns but this poster was just plain rude hrmjustin Aug 2013 #136

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #146

How dare you! hrmjustin Aug 2013 #147

Wonder who the two were who voted to leave it The Straight Story Aug 2013 #181

You can see it in MIrt. I deleted it. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #184

DOH! The Straight Story Aug 2013 #185

Your welcome. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #188

and this post goes along with all your posts against sexism towards women and racism against blacks CreekDog Aug 2013 #264

You keep accusing people of stirring up old news and sufrommich Aug 2013 #138

Hey Red Dharma... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #143

What's with the "Red", my friend? rdharma Aug 2013 #148

Yeeeeshhhh...dunno... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #149

How could I read something into being called "Red"? rdharma Aug 2013 #151

Look, Red, I get it... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #154

There's that RW "Red" thing again! rdharma Aug 2013 #164

Oh, are you still here?... TeeYiYi Aug 2013 #217

Today I finally put a senseless member that loved that annoying smiley on ignore cpwm17 Aug 2013 #152

The Tawana Brawley fiasco turned me off to Rev. Al forever. branford Aug 2013 #156

So why are you taking time to dig up the old "dirt"? rdharma Aug 2013 #162

I didn't "dig up old dirt," I simply read a news story. branford Aug 2013 #168

I feel no need, as an attorney, to object to Kevin Zegers marriage to Jaime Feld. rdharma Aug 2013 #172

I could offer a comment about you, but I'm confident that it would violate the TOS. branford Aug 2013 #174

The poster you are talking to can not nrespond to you due to the fact that rdharma post above was hrmjustin Aug 2013 #176

Al Sharpton used to call people 'faggots in public. And he was a huge liar. Bluenorthwest Aug 2013 #175

Couldn't find a news report with NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #177

Post 170 has a link to the grand jury report. tammywammy Aug 2013 #180

OK, thanks :) n-t NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #182

After reading it NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #191

Sadly is does happen. Exhibit #1 - the Duke Lacross Case. n/t branford Aug 2013 #195

Yeah, and for some reason a lot of these high profile cases seem to go this way. n/t NewThinkingChance40 Aug 2013 #196

I think it is far more likely to happen in a high profile case. branford Aug 2013 #197

This all happened in the area where my family lives... PennsylvaniaMatt Aug 2013 #202

Minor or not... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #220

That's very true GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #230

well said.. nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #241

i lived in ny in 1987 rdking647 Aug 2013 #223

She should be serving time... not paying a fine. HolyMoley Aug 2013 #231

Or.... theHandpuppet Aug 2013 #242

for what crime, exactly? noiretextatique Aug 2013 #262

If she lied these men thewn that would be a crime. hrmjustin Aug 2013 #265

Filing a false report leftynyc Aug 2013 #271

I feel for the people who were affected by this case. NaturalHigh Aug 2013 #244

I hold Al Sharpton responsible. The Link Aug 2013 #250

It's as relevant, as topical, as sincere, and as important in the here and now as LanternWaste Aug 2013 #251

I Believe You Tawana Capt. Obvious Aug 2013 #254

i see all the zimmerman apologists are here noiretextatique Aug 2013 #263

Good. It's about time. But she belongs in prison. nt Demo_Chris Aug 2013 #267