Unusual Lawsuit

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

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Sleeping Yankees Fan Sues ESPN For Defamation | The Smoking Gun

Sundrop · Jul 8, 2014

Lepplady · Jul 8, 2014

Talk about a frivolous suit. I'm pretty sure he knew before he sat down that the stadium has cameras, and that fans get shown on the big screen. It's the risk you run.

Lily Sawyer · Jul 8, 2014

I hope the judge throws the book at him AND fines him for wasting taxpayers' dollars on a frivolous lawsuit. Idiot.

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

But, they made fun of him.

Lily Sawyer · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
But, they made fun of him.

Boo hoo.

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

Lily Sawyer said:
Boo hoo.

So you think the judge should just put this case to bed?

arista · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
But, they made fun of him.

Please put on his big boy briefs and deal with it.

Sundrop · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
But, they made fun of him.

Yeah, and you make fun of me almost every day....sometimes, several times a day......
Wait!! I could end up rich!!......I even have documentation!!!

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

arista said:
Please put on his big boy briefs and deal with it.

I'm not getting near that dude's briefs...........legal or otherwise.

Sundrop said:
Yeah, and you make fun of me almost every day....sometimes, several times a day......
Wait!! I could end up rich!!......I even have documentation!!!

I never.............

Isn't it time you cleaned up your hard drive and deleted some documents? Just a friendly reminder it's not like there is anything that you could use against me................ :O_O:

Sundrop · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
I never.............

Isn't it time you cleaned up your hard drive and deleted some documents? Just a friendly reminder it's not like there is anything that you could use against me................

Never????......HA! The blue raspberry thing alone left scars that may never heal.....
I keep telling you that I'm fragile, but you don't listen.....

I'll never delete those documents......I know they'll never make me rich, because I dish out as much as I take,
but they're good for a belly laugh, now and then :biggrin2:

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

Sundrop said:
Never????......HA! The blue raspberry thing alone left scars that may never heal.....
I keep telling you that I'm fragile, but you don't listen.....

I'll never delete those documents......I know they'll never make me rich, because I dish out as much as I take,
but they're good for a belly laugh, now and then

Is it my fault that you get scars from not wearing your gloves? And, it is beyond me, how on earth you get scars from picking a fruit that doesn't exist!!

AnnaMarie · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
But, they made fun of him.

Did they? He accuses them of saying nasty stuff, name calling, etc. if that's true they should be charged. But all the video I've seen/heard does not include any of that.

They refer to him sleeping, they ponder whether the person to his left is with him, and joke about that guy eating while he sleeps (not wanting to share his food). But that is not insulting the guy who is sleeping.

Out of Order · Jul 8, 2014

AnnaMarie said:
Did they? He accuses them of saying nasty stuff, name calling, etc. if that's true they should be charged. But all the video I've seen/heard does not include any of that.

They refer to him sleeping, they ponder whether the person to his left is with him, and joke about that guy eating while he sleeps (not wanting to share his food). But that is not insulting the guy who is sleeping.

Not from what I've heard, I was just stirring the pot. Sorry, thought that was pretty obvious.

carrie's younger brother · Jul 8, 2014

I don't agree with the lawsuit but I also do not think ESPN's cameramen should have shown him for so long and for the commentators to talk about him like they did. I don;t think this would have happened, say, 10 years ago. I blame social media for lowering the bar on what is respectful of a person in a public situation. I'd be upset too if I were him.

Lepplady · Jul 8, 2014

Out of Order said:
So you think the judge should just put this case to bed?

*giggles*

Shasta · Jul 8, 2014

carrie's younger brother said:
I don't agree with the lawsuit but I also do not think ESPN's cameramen should have shown him for so long and for the commentators to talk about him like they did. I don;t think this would have happened, say, 10 years ago. I blame social media for lowering the bar on what is respectful of a person in a public situation. I'd be upset too if I were him.

I agree. Being in public doesn't entitle someone to belittle you and make fun of you.

Of course, I get upset by all the mean memes that are posted about people as well.

Just because people are sensitive doesn't give others a right to be mean and act like bullies. Sorry, but it doesn't.

We preach about bullying and then get upset when someone doesn't want to get bullied.

Shasta · Jul 8, 2014

Lepplady said:
Talk about a frivolous suit. I'm pretty sure he knew before he sat down that the stadium has cameras, and that fans get shown on the big screen. It's the risk you run.

It wasn't on the big screen. It was on national television.

A fan who was shown sleeping during an ESPN broadcast of a recent New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game is suing the TV network and two of its announcers for allegedly disparaging him during the telecast,

Lepplady · Jul 8, 2014

Shasta said:
It wasn't on the big screen. It was on national television.

A fan who was shown sleeping during an ESPN broadcast of a recent New York Yankees-Boston Red Sox game is suing the TV network and two of its announcers for allegedly disparaging him during the telecast,

It didn't show on the big screen in the park? I guess all those people around him weren't looking at themselves on the screen, then.
Whatever. Either way, there's no case. It's frivolous and ridiculous.

AnnaMarie · Jul 8, 2014

carrie's younger brother said:
I don't agree with the lawsuit but I also do not think ESPN's cameramen should have shown him for so long and for the commentators to talk about him like they did. I don;t think this would have happened, say, 10 years ago. I blame social media for lowering the bar on what is respectful of a person in a public situation. I'd be upset too if I were him.

What did they say about him that is offensive? From the video, not from the lawsuit.

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