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Wouldn't that be hard to accomplish without attracting the gaze of the press?/NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #1
Private civil settlements can be sealed, as I understand it. n/t pnwmom May 2015 #18
Probably because he can't admit what he's done to himself much less anyone else. Solly Mack May 2015 #2
He's getting Duggard then irisblue May 2015 #4
Soon enough, Hastert will talk about how it's the media and liberals Solly Mack May 2015 #8
it would mean more people would know about it JI7 May 2015 #3
I don't see how that is possible. gvstn May 2015 #5
His lawyer would have been legally bound ... NanceGreggs May 2015 #7
If he was thinking rationally, yes. Solly Mack May 2015 #9
This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #11
Maybe his victim said "no lawyers" DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #12
The thing is it would have better for the victim too. gvstn May 2015 #13
Plenty of options. former9thward May 2015 #15
But it's NOT LEGAL unless there's a lawyer involved. rocktivity May 2015 #21
He would have had to tell the feds the guy he is blackmailing him... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #22
we are just lucky that someone didn't try to really black mail him... grasswire May 2015 #6
This FBI translator says he probably was gvstn May 2015 #14
ack!! grasswire May 2015 #17
Wow. I remember her testimony. I wonder if this will finally come out now. Thanks! n/t pnwmom May 2015 #19
Yep. Like Michael Jackson. Luminous Animal May 2015 #10
Probably ashamed of having sex with men/boys...nt Jesus Malverde May 2015 #16
I think it's because the blackmailer and the victim are NOT one and the same. rocktivity May 2015 #20
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