Re: Rape Education Story #64

Robert Lee wrote:
> "Bo Raxo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: 
>
>
> > Wow, can I be a victim of a false accusation?  For a million bucks,
> > they can say I raped Mother Teresa for all I care.
>
>
> This goes way beyond a false accusation, Bo: the university essentially 
> tried this guy without his knowledge, pressured the alleged "victim" to 
> declare him guilty over and over against her will and then lied when she 
> wouldn't, and then notified him that he wouldn't be getting the 
> certification he'd earned over a criminal charge they'd pretty much 
> invented only after he'd paid for it in money, time and successful 
> effort. They broke their own internal codes in doing so, never mind legal 
> contracts with the guy. 

There were real criminals in that case.  But the Gonzaga University 
officials were never charged with their crimes.

Bob




> There's nothing particularly absurd about him getting a million bucks for 
> a seven year fight over that, considering legal fees. Let's guess...I 
> dunno, something mid-low, like 40K as average salary+benefits he could 
> have taken in on his earned certification over those seven years. That's 
> almost $300K. Then figure punitive damages, which the Supreme Court says 
> can be the same as the real damages, but no more, so--we're up to $600K, 
> now. 40% of award is not unusual for attorney's fees, so...hey, whaddya 
> know, we already got to a million bucks, and all the guy gets is double 
> what he should have earned, and that's guessing low, plus a little extra 
> for all the trouble of getting reamed up the ass by a bunch of busybodies 
> who should have known better.