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JV may have gotten his 1.8 mil, but I think his reputation will be damaged even more because the average Joe will percieve him as taking food of the plate of a dead war hero's widow. There is also a perception that he couldn't accept a loss in a bar fight and so had to take it to court.

Joe Bob, what did Kyle say in his depo? Did he admit that he did not punch JV? Just curious.'

Thanks,

Jordan

The case isn't over.

Actually, he was in a way. He gave a deposition before he died and he admitted in said deposition that he made most of the story about Ventura up.

No, he sued Cris Kyle. When Kyle died, the suit continued, but now it was the Kyle estate. Kyle was unjustly rewarded for defaming Jesse Ventura. Now Jesse got to prove it was a lie in open court.

Still a douchebag aren't you doveeye

What do you see happening next? An appeal?

So if you serve in the military you can't be sued for libel or slander? What meeting did I miss at which this rule was passed?

Proof of this?

Well the case was held in Eden Prairie MN, good ol Hennepin County...why am I not surprised of the outcome.... its asinine this case ever saw the light of day..but then my faith in the Hennepin County leftist liberal court system is ZERO....

The operative word here being "most", not "all".

But, if'n I were Jesse Ventura I'd turn around and give the money back, or donate ALL of it to some veterans-related cause and state that all I really wanted was to clear my name.

If his does that he wins back respect, do otherwise and he proves his critics right.

JMHO,
Birdwatcher

He still maintained that he punched Ventura, but he admitted that Ventura probably hadn't said the things he accused him of saying, he said tables did not go flying and the like as he said in his book, and he was really hazy on whether it happened inside or outside the bar.

I'm not a litigious fellow, but were somebody to state I said something like that about our service members, I'd probably take every recourse available.

And if you died, I'd probably continue forward.



Travis

I imagine Ventura is a modestly well off fellow, but I would be surprised if his entire net worth is more than $10 million. Heck, it might be MUCH less than that. The point?

Well, these things take on a life of their own. After the attorneys get involved expenses mount in a hurry. I figure on a deal like this with a thirty to forty percent contingency fee and costs, somewhere between half a million and a million of that is going to go to the attorneys, if they ever see or collect on the judgment. Ventura has a contract with his attorneys and I'm sure that if he were to magnanimously set aside the judgment on his own as some on this board would like, then he is going to owe that much to his attorneys. So, not being a filthy rich guy, he couldn't do that if he wanted to do it.

I would still be interested in a source for this information. Thanks.

so I am reading up on this guy and apparently he's made some rather startling claims post war.

One reporter has written that Chris Kyle claimed to have killed 30 civilians from atop the Superdome in the aftermath of hurricane Katrina?

don't you go to jail for that or at least get investigated?

It ain't rocket science, he could state exactly what you said, and then turn around and give back or donate all of the award that accrued to him. I'd guess that there are many folks out there who would do exactly that.

Again JMHO,
Birdwatcher

Rather than have you continue to passive aggressively insinuate that I am lying, I'll give you a tip.

Go to this neat place called Google. A search box will appear. In said search "Chris Kyle deposition". Then, press "enter". Magically, a list of article responsive to that search will appear. Click on the very first one. It is an article from the Minnesota Star Tribune about the trial. It tells what was shown in court from Chris Kyle's video deposition.

Unverifiable legacy

My opinion:

It's pretty clear that Kyle was fabricating the Ventura story.

Regardless, I don't know what Ventura gains by pursuing this lawsuit against Kyle's estate. Kyle is somewhat of a national hero, and public opinion is gonna go against Ventura regardless of the facts.

This is really about Ventura's ego, and Kyle's ego. They are essentially the same (type of) person, personality wise. The main difference is that Kyle has killed a bunch of people, and Ventura only killed those mexicans in the Predator.