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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- A jury has awarded former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura $1.8 million in his lawsuit against the estate of "American Sniper" author Chris Kyle. The federal jury in St. Paul found Tuesday that the 2012 best-selling book libeled Ventura in describing a bar fight in California in 2006. Kyle wrote that he decked a man later identified as Ventura after the man allegedly said the Navy SEALs "deserve to lose a few."
originally posted by: dashen
So now a widow has to come up with 1.8 million dollars?
did the book even make that much money?
the person who did the crime is six feet underground.
Maybe next he will dig up the grave and challenge him to another bar fight?
originally posted by: dashen
Mr Ventura was not mentioned in the book at all. The fight scene referred to a gentleman known as scruff face. Only in a few promotional interviews did he suggest it was in fact Jesse Ventura.
So no, I do not believe someone should profit from lies.
Neither do I believe that the book directly called out the plaintiff.
this all started because of some bad promotional stunt perpetrated by the deceased.
originally posted by: dashen
Mr Ventura was not mentioned in the book at all. The fight scene referred to a gentleman known as scruff face. Only in a few promotional interviews did he suggest it was in fact Jesse Ventura.
So no, I do not believe someone should profit from lies.
Neither do I believe that the book directly called out the plaintiff.
this all started because of some bad promotional stunt perpetrated by the deceased.
originally posted by: Swills
Congrats Jesse!
Many here on ATS called him disgusting for going through with his lawsuit but a jury of peers saw differently.
originally posted by: Swills
Many here on ATS called him disgusting for going through with his lawsuit but a jury of peers saw differently.