I've been called lots of things, I'm sure stories have been told about me and some by blow-hards of the first order. I am long past caring. The one that should know the truth does and that's all that matters to me. I am silly and still naive enough to think that should be good enough for everyone.

It isn't as if Kyle tried to infect Ventura and his family with TB or Ebola... As to income, well crap, Ventura was a PROFESSIONAL WRESTLER, i.e. spreader of bull feces. He should be able to use the "notoriety" of the mention as great PR to make money and instead he does this which is harming his rep far more than anything Chris Kyle ever said about him.

JonF, aka bpjon with login issues.

“All of that comes directly from money that Taya and Chris received from royalties or whatever assets the estate may have,” he said.
Borger also asserted that under the law, the $1.3 million part of the jury’s award is only advisory and the final determination will be up to U.S. District Judge Richard Kyle, no relation to the author. He also said they will be considering all their legal options “in the days and week to come,” including a possible appeal."

Otony

In my head, I know you and Byron are completely correct. In my heart.....well.

On the face of things, it appears that Ventura offered Kyle the opportunity to get out of this without going to court. It also appears that while the event may not have occurred exactly as told by Kyle, other people present at the time found Ventura offensive and boorish. I think the consensus may have been he "needed a whupping" even if he didn't get one, and the sea story began there....

Unfortunately, both men's egos are/were such that a compromise couldn't be found. Should Kyle have retracted? Yes. But having said that, I think it was incumbent of Ventura to have continued to pursue an alternative solution, rather than drag a grieving woman to court. Yes, she is the representative of the estate, but she is still the widow of a murdered man. Some compassion could have gone a long way, and yet it still ended up in court.

To me that shows a man whose single-minded pursuit of his "reputation" was more important than, oh, um, his reputation. Because to his dying day, he will be remembered as the guy that dragged a woman into court to finish off an argument with her dead husband over whose d**k was bigger, right or wrong.

Otony

Still, that left a whole lot of the state having legitimately voted for that wingnut.

Otony

Bottom line, whether it happened or not, Chris should have never named "scruff-face".

The money settlement looks really, really bad. But the lawyers have to get paid.

As usual, everybody except the lawyers lose.

http://www.americansnipers.org/shop/as-org-promo/custom-donation-98.html

http://www.funker530.com/jesse-ventura-wins-1-8-million-in-defamation-lawsuit-against-d...

During the trial it became clear that Chris's veracity regarding this situation was clearly lacking.

Prior to being killed he admitted that some of his statements about "Scruff Face" were exaggerations or even untrue.

Prior to the suit Jesse indicated he would be happy with a retraction and apology but Chris refused so Jesse proceeded with the lawsuit. At the time it was considered to be showboating and without a chance of success...what jury would find in favor of a blowhard washed out politician over a handsome, charismatic real deal war hero.

In the end the jury believed Jesse's eye witness's and evidence more than they believed Chris's and found for Jesse.

The settlement will not come out of the widow's bank account but instead will be payed by the publisher and liability insurance. The question remains if Jesse will even attempt to collect the settlement however all the lawyers will get paid one way or another.

The issue that troubles me is that while I feel that Jesse was within his rights to go after Chris, the family should have been considered completely off limits.

The final result is everyone knows that Chris lied and Jesse is a jerk.

Byron

Otony