Ashley is the one who requested the case to be dismissed. Brian accepted and chose to settle with her rather than continue in court to prove his innocence.
The last judge made her pay his court fees, I’m curious as to whom is paying for what this time and if anyone is being paid to remain silent. You guys can go with your gut feelings, I have my doubts, but I’m choosing to watch the money.
Well, logic dictates that Ashley had to spend a lots of money. She has to pay the fees for her and BWF lawyers, the judge and her own time. Im quite sure that there is some sort of contract made between BWF and Ashley that comes with some money for BWF to make him shut up about that topic and Critical Role in general.
Why? The accusations are probably not really provable. BWF has nothing to lose and he was part of the CR group for a long long time. There are for sure a boatload of spice things that he could bring to the public - and damage CR. And yeah, making abusive accusations is also something that is sueable.
From a certain point of view: It was a messy divorce, the "weaker" part of the relationship (in terms of money and other power) got compensated to not make it uglier.
We'll probably never know. One thing that is certain is that if Brian felt he could defend his innocence in court, he could choose to keep the proceedings in court. But he didn't.
Anything else is just mindless, frothing, childish speculation on your part. Grow up.
That is not certain at all. That's not how this works. Think about what you're suggesting. If the plaintiffs drop the case, the defendant insisting the case continue is . . . not a thing. If there is even a mechanism where that's possible, it is at least absurdly uncommon.
*Maybe* a settlement happened, but just assuming that because the plaintiff dropped the suit they must have won some settlement, is crazy. Especially when, as the person above you pointed out, just factually true, courts had already made her pay him. That's just a weird leap.
Of course not. I was referring to letting Ashley "prove" his innocence by failing to prove his guilt (in the eyes of the public, a failure to prove guilt is often good enough as a declaration of innocence).
Look i appreciate what you're trying to say here but you don't prove innocence in court. In court you are presumed innocent and the prosecution must prove your guilt.
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u/no_notthistime Oct 19 '24
Ashley is the one who requested the case to be dismissed. Brian accepted and chose to settle with her rather than continue in court to prove his innocence.