Link to Kennedy's guilty plea coverage on Cincinnati Enquirer

[jackobee]

http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20090420/NEWS0107/304200009/1055/NEWS

 

[RebelBruiser]

I can definitely see why he took a plea deal given those results. That's nothing.

 

[DerHntr]

great ambulance chasers from oxford for it.

i guess it is finally time to change my signature line, damn it.

 

[Coach34]

"Bill Armstrong, the school's director of operations for the basketball team, also was charged with disorderly conduct. Armstrong pleaded guilty before a different Municipal Court judge on Monday and was fined $100."

article doesnt mention Armstrong getting the 40 hours of community service or 6 months probation...

 

[RebelBruiser]

I'm sure he was able to work less of a plea deal since disorderly conduct was his only charge. I think it said he ended up paying just under $200 in court costs and fines, and he's basically done I believe. AK was facing the assault charge too, which is probably why they were able to get more out of him on the plea.

 

[FlabLoser]

I hate apologies that skip admission of guilt:

(From the CL)

The third-year Ole Miss coach also apologized "for any role that I may have played in this unfortunate situation."

I apologize if....

I apologize that I may have...

********. You can't apologize without admitting to what you're apologizing for.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

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[bonedaddy401]

A guilty plea would seem to rule out his suit against the valet right?

Damn effect vs. affect....who knows the difference

 

[RebelBruiser]

I think so, and I believe the suits against AK were both countersuits to the suit he filed in the first place. So I'd guess that he'll drop his defamation of character suit, and they'll probably follow by dropping theirs.

 

[bonedaddy401]

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[Mean Machine say what]

if anything this plea would help his civil suit. However, I doubt seriously either goes forward with the civil suits.

This plea seriously puts a hole in the cabbie's scenario.

 

[RebelBruiser]

I don't know how that works. I just have a feeling that we'll hear in a few weeks that the civil suits have been dropped, and then it'll all be over except for the community service and the heckling at future games.

 

[bonedaddy401]

That he was assaulted?

 

[rebelrouseri]

Since the standard of proof in a criminal suit (beyond reasonable doubt) is higher than in a civil suit (preponderance of the evidence), the plea could be used against him as an admission that he disturbed the peace. However, agreeing that you may have been rowdy or even belligerent to the cops by no means proves that you assaulted someone. I would think both civil suits are free to move forward, and I'm not sure why people think the end of the criminal matter ends the civil matter.

 

[captaindawg]

a criminal case is not going to help you in a civil case that is based off the same set of circumstances. Nice try though.

 

[Shmuley]

a confidential settlement of the civil lawsuit. Apoo gets his payday prestige. Kenzyte keeps his gig.

 

[RebelBruiser]

a criminal case is not going to help you in a civil case that is based off the same set of circumstances. Nice try though.

If the prosecution in that case agrees to a lesser charge than what is being charged in the civil case, then I would think that it does help someone in AK's shoes. I can't remember what all the civil suits were about, but if there was a civil suit for the assault, then by agreeing to a deal that didn't involve an assault charge, I would think that a civil suit involving an assault charge would lose some steam.

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

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