He’s the one who got on the news and put his identity out there. It’s not the Jazz fault people created fake twitter and tweeted horrible things in his name. FS1 even broadcast a couple of them as real. Sue FS1 for defamation of character. They literally reported something was him that was not.
Not yet, but your time will come lol
This is a civil case, not criminal. You don't have to prove it "beyond a reasonable doubt." Just the "preponderance of evidence."
Much of it is subjective. If Russ felt it was a racist comment, who's to tell him it wasn't? My honest thought on it the whole time is the guy meant it as a comment that Russ sucked dick, hence the being on your knees "like you're used to" part. But it's subjective, not definitive. Of course he's not going to play the homophobic part in court, he's going to play the iced knees part in court. The Jazz have said they have interviews that line up with Russ's story and I believe have said they have video/audio as well. I'm sure they have interviews that corroborate he was acting inappropriately, but we'll see. The Jazz never specifically accused him of exactly what he said, and what he said is subjective depending on how someone takes it.
IMO, if the Jazz and Westbrook are responsible for publicly accusing him (in the case of Westbrook) or insinuating (in the case of the Jazz) that he is a racist. If it turns out to have been false, then they should be responsible for the reasonably anticipated reaction (public freakout and harasment/private loss of job).
In his interview he did not claim to be a racist. That was done by Westbrook and the Jazz. If he didn't make inappropriate comments at the game, and this has just been a giant witch hunt, then I feel very bad for the fan. Even if he is a confrontational dickhead, he shouldn't have been treated this way (IF it was false). I hope the truth comes out and he is held responsible, or Westbrook, Jazz, and all the media who publicly treated him as guilty are punished.
Agreed and the Jazz claim they have evidence, and people who know people close to the Jazz say the Jazz claim they have evidence, I have yet to see anyone actually say they've actually first hand seen the evidence. I hope they have evidence, if they don't have actual evidence, yeah he'll probably get paid.
Yes, and got kicked out of some pilot program he was going through.
From twitter from someone who read the case. I'm not paying $25 or $30 to look at the lawsuit lol "The Jazz accused him of using racist language when they banned him. They claimed they investigated what happened but they didn’t speak to anyone who the plaintiffs will be using as witnesses."
I get that but it’s the Jazz choice. I’m sure the threat of physical violence is part of the lawsuit.
I mean, I'm no lawyer so I really have no idea. Not something I can really argue, but it seems like they would have some level of liability if he is right and he never said those things.
