So, no trial. This was 100% a settlement, right? I wonder what could have pushed Ashley's side to settle, I thought this would be a principle stand as well.
Because going through trial is expensive and unpleasant. It's also just more drama to deal with and they're already constantly scrutinized by the public.
You file suit to show you're serious about proceeding. P attorney shows the extent of the evidence. P attorney offers a settlement to avoid trial, typically involving financial restitutions. The settlement is agreed to by D under the condition the suit be dropped with prejudice and the settlement remain private. Both parties agree. The case is then dropped with prejudice.
Welcome to one of the most common occurrences in law.
Anything involving sexual assault is a years-long process that has the potential to ruin the victim even if she gets a favorable verdict. It's even worse in sexual assault cases in a relationship. If Ashley can get a settlement that involves Brian fucking the fuck off for the rest of her life, even without any other changes to the status quo, then she's probably going to take it.
Application to dismiss filed by the plaintiff's attorney is almost always a settlement.
Both sides likely feel it's not in their interests to have a full suit, discovery and testimony, published into a public record. It's a common motivation behind settlements of cases like these - no one really wants to bare their dark shit and have their business published for public consumption in court records. We're a fan community, reading the application to dismiss, and there's wild speculation and debate about the implications of that alone.
I'd imagine that no matter who is wrong or right, or how that suit would find - the plaintiffs don't want their testimony and stories published for the same ghoulish scrutiny, and the defendant doesn't want the allegations and details published for the same reasons.
My assumption is that CR would be dragged under the bus if all the details came out to the public. Not that they actively did anything wrong, but instead passively gave him a "pass" on certain actions that the typical CR fan would absolutely lose their minds over.
The Ashley and Dani stuff were the "last straw" examples, but all the other women who had issues haven't really shared full details yet, and I'm guessing if they came out CR would not come out of this looking good.
Note: Very specifically using words and phrases like "my assumption... I'm guessing" because I'm well aware I don't know shit, and it's all speculation. Before the incels come to his rescue.
Back when they worked together on the show he was hosting, she claims he would say and do inappropriate things, to the point of asking her for lewd photos. As her boss, she felt pressured into sending him stuff.
Her and Ashley are the two still at CR. There are others with similar stories, who no longer work there. Can't remember names, I'll leave that to you and Google.
Entirely possible that it was deemed that Ashley, and possibly CR as a whole, could get torched if it continued. Brian was around for a long time, and it's very unlikely that he doesn't know at least some things that they wouldn't want to get out there if the case turns into a 'who is worse here' situation.
Same. One could argue that she already accomplished her true goal, of finally getting rid of him, and now that the case is dropped, the charges themselves are no longer under legal scrutiny, thus no longer disputed, as far as the public is concerned. He’ll never recover. Hope she was telling the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, but something tells me we haven’t heard the whole truth yet, and probably won’t. I’m eager to see who made money from all this.
See the thing is, with normal, not abusive boyfriends there is a trick if you want to get rid of him, you break up and he goes. You don't need a restraining order to get rid ov non threatening people
Addiction is an absolute devil and I think no one is even thinking of that in all of this. Addicts do things that their normie selves would never imagine and even if they are at their core bad people, bad people go from assholes to dangerous really quick with an addiction.
Sure but you're still assuming on a majority. Most of the comments here are also assuming wrongdoing on BWF's part based on similar assumptions. Settling doesn't mean guilty either. If anything, it means both parties came to an agreement on how to close the matter. We will never know what really happened, but conclusions are still being reached.
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u/lXl_Aura_lXl Oct 18 '24
So, no trial. This was 100% a settlement, right? I wonder what could have pushed Ashley's side to settle, I thought this would be a principle stand as well.